Photojournalism in my Future

Being in this photo journalism class has taught me how to handle a camera and use its settings. I think that the skills that I learned in here will help me be able to take much better quality pictures like at special events or family occasions. I could use my skills to capture memories. I now know how to adjust the lighting and the shutter speed whenever we're in different areas with different types of lighting. This class has helped me become really familiar with the camera and taking good pictures myself is much cheaper than hiring a photographer. My personal goal is to own my own fancy camera one day, and not just use my phone camera. Being a photographer has never been a career option for me, but I would really want to pick up photography as a hobby.

Sports Action Photos

Cedric Williams, a junior at Akins, ran with the ball after catching a pass last week from his classmate, Kevon.

 Cedric sped up to catch the ball that was thrown last week by Kevon.

James Houston, a sophomore at Akins, held the ball tightly as he sprinted across last week.

Danni, a junior, prepared to throw the ball across the field to his classmate last week.

Student of the Month Interview

1. What's your name? Kevon Stevens
2. What grade are you in? 12th grade
3. What academy are you in? AHA
4. How old are you? 18
5. How many years have you been here at Akins? 4 years
6. Who are your best friends? Cruz Godinez
7. Are you involved in any groups or programs at Akins? I played football
8. What about outside groups or programs outside of school? Youth Assistant Teacher and serve
9. How do you like Akins? its okay, ive been here for so long.
10. What are your grades like? i always pass
11. Who's your favorite teacher? Coach Garza
12. What's your favorite class? Office Aid
13. Have you been to any events at Akins? yeah i stay active in school
14. How would you describe yourself as a student? im a good student, i follow the rules and do my work. im pretty chill when it comes to school
15. How do you feel about being Student of the Month? its freakin amazing, never won anything like this before
16. Did you do anything differently this month than any other months? nope
17.  How well do you get along with other students? i know alot of people (smirk)
18. What do you want to do in your future? i want to get my business management degree and my recording artist degree
19. What was your favorite memory this year? our first victory in football against Bastrop
20. Are you looking forward to next year? i dont know, kind of.

School Uniform

3 Different Sources:
- students at Akins
- teachers at Akins
- APs at Akins

20 Questions:

1. How do you feel about school uniforms?
2. Do you think school uniforms would be a good idea?
3. Do you think high school students are too old for dress code?
4. What do you consider "inappropriate" and "appropriate"?
5. Do you think enforcing uniform would take away from the individuality of the students?
6. Would enforcing dress code really better the behavior of students?
7. How flexible will the dress code be?
8. What are the consequences if students were to break dress code?
9. Are there going to be certain colors to wear?
10. What will the school uniforms look like?
11. How do you think students will react to the change of having uniforms?
12. How do you think the staff will react?
13. Is it really "distracting" to show your shoulders?
14. Do you think that shorts reaching the end of your fingertips is a good length?
15. Are you bothered by the way students dress here?
16. Will preventing students from wearing certain items really benefit?
17. Why did they decide to enforce uniform this year?
18. What happens if students all go against the idea of a uniform?
19. Will teachers change the way they dress also?
20. Do you think this will make the school look nicer?

Newspaper Layout

Newspaper Design Notes

• Broad Sheet - tall and skinny, narrow
• Tabloid - short, broad sheet on its side if you open it up.
• Folio - reference information (slogan, location, name, etc.)
• Front Page Elements - flag, photo, headlines, stories, lines
• Teasers - preview stories on the inside of the newspaper
• Byline - contains name and title
• Jump - shows you where to find rest of story
• Infographic - polls, questions answered by students

Front Pages of the World

1. My favorite newspaper is the one from Harlingen, TX because the cover doesn't look boring, it's very attractive and the colors, font, and pictures make it stand out from the standard newspapers.

2. My favorite headline is "More attacks planned?", referring to the Boston bombing, I like this because they didn't have to state what the event was but everybody knows that it has to do with the Boston bombing, it's a very interesting story.

3. 6 stories

4. All newspapers follow somewhat of the same format, a big spot for their newspaper name on top, followed my multiple smaller pictures and several stories in the standard newspaper font. Most times the biggest story is the most drastic story. Most are split into two or three sections.

5. Some have a big dominate picture, looking more like a magazine cover while others have a less smaller one. Some also have more colors than others. A lot of them vary with their text amount, putting a lot more stories than others.