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.

Lenses and Photographic Vocab

I would use a telephoto lens when you have a large landscape area and you're trying to focus on the small details and you have bright lighting.

I would use a prime lens where you have low light and where you want to have fine details.

I would use a wide-angle lens when I have a lot to fit into a frame, like a big group picture.

DEFINITIONS

• depth of field - distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear sharp
• light - element that makes things visible
• shadows - dark area or shape produced by a body between a rays of light
• diffusion - refraction of light or an erratic display of light passing through an element
• Exposure - amount of light allowed to fall on each area of a photograph
• Aperture (f-stop) - opening that allows light to pass through a lens and reach the camera sensor
• Shutter speed - length of time the shutter of the camera is open
• ISO - sensitivity to light of a camera's sensor

7 News Values

Timeliness - One dead, one injured in East Austin shootings

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/police-continue-to-investigate-northeast-austin-sh/nXHg2/

This is timeliness because this event and investigation just happened earlier this morning.

Proximity - Possible shooting reported in South Austin

 http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/possible-shooting-reported-in-south-austin/nXHTG/

This is an example of proximity because the shooting happened right here in South Austin.

Prominence - IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dead at 87

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/10/ivf-pioneer-robert-edwards/2070437/

This is prominence because Robert Edwards was an important figure and his death is a big deal.

Impact - Postal service delays plan to end Saturday mail delivery

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/10/us-postal-service-saturday-delivery/2070407/

This is an example of impact because cutting down the postal service on Saturdays can impact many people that still highly depend on mail delivery.

Conflict - South Korea and U.S. Gird for Missile Test by North Korea

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html 

This is an example of impact because the safety of many people are at risk because of the two country's conflicts.

Human Interest - The Blotter: Two arrested in Round Rock jewelry store robbery attempt

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/blotter-two-arrested-in-round-rock-jewelry-store-r/nXHSR/

This attracts human interest because people are interested in hearing stories about crimes and big dramatic events, such as robberies at a jewelry store.

Novelty - Georgia high school still does segregated prom

 http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2013/04/10/2070453/

This is an example of novelty because its very rare that schools still have segregated events to this day.

My Spread

King Pica Spread

Portrait / Self Portrait

Magazine Cover

Magazine Part II

Life Magazine. October 9, 1913

Early Magazine Covers - first modeled as a book, magazines had covers with titles and table of contents and perhaps a publication date. couldnt tell it was a magazine. small illustration for a decorative look rather than to advertise. didnt have cover lines, many had no covers at all. the article began on the first page.

Vogue, June 1936

The Poster Covers - poster cover had super memorable cover with great illustrations. artistic art dominated graphic design rather than the other photographers work that existed then. these covers were oversized, could of been wall art because it was so big. it revolved around the works of art, contained a small cover line. these poster covers appeared on magazines, didnt really explain the magazine.

Vogue, 1968

Pictures Married to Type - relied on cover lines to attract readers. began constructing a magazine cover with art mixed with cover lines. found new ways of formatting the magazine so it could all tie together. enhanced photo on cover along with putting the right sized font and text. cover lines added alot of hype to how the magazine was viewed. not crazy colors. simple fonts. pictures not overlapping. text wraps around everything. nice and organized.

Fashion September 2010

In the Forest of Words - leads to modern magazine covers, includes intense photography with many cover lines. needs a powerful photo along with powerful cover lines. have models that pose a certain way so they can put in cover lines. affects our views of language and symbols. stands out to how we view things. more text, more colors, stands out to young readers, overwheming looking.

My Favorite Cover

January 2011 - "Ryan Gosling"

Nobody embodied 2011 Leading Man more than the brash and enormously talented Ryan Gosling. In a way, we predicted his moment: Coming off a powerful performance in the indie film Blue Valentine, he had yet to fully display his range—in a comedy (Crazy, Stupid, Love), a political drama (The Ides of March), and a controversial action film (Drive) that captures the slow-boil sexiness he brings to every role. Gosling is a throwback to an old-school stardom, one that prized relaxed confidence and elegance, which is why we paired him with Mario Testino, the classiest photographer around.

This is a formal portrait of Ryan Gosling. They made a really good choice of choosing him because he obviously catches attention, for girls and probably guys also. They also made a good choice by using a white background that focused the attention on Ryan Gosling himself. The lighting is great, its not too contrasted and his beautiful blue eyes stand out. This is a simple, yet classy and formal photo. Its a great pose that really catches attention.

Best Magazine Covers 2012

1. Is She Jut Too Old for This? - formal
2. Bloomberg Businessweek - formal
3. William and Catherine: Love Reigns - informal
4. Elizabeth Taylor: Farewell to a Legend - formal
5. Swimsuit 2011 - enviormental
6. The Body Issue: Hope Solo - formal
7. Time Out Chicago - formal
8. Mila Kunis - formal
9. Ryan Gosling - formal
10. Prince William and Kate - informal
11. Above Yosemite - enviormental
12. Hope Solo - informal
13. The Fashion Issue - formal
14. The Children of 9/11 - formal
15. Grill, Baby, Grill - informal
16. Wild and Wonderful Things - enviormental
17. American Photo - environmental

Magazine Tips

1. Make it pop out and catch attention
2. Make it unique with an interesting story
3. Give it vivid colors to stand out
4. Knock out your competition by keeping up with other magazine posts
5. Know who your audience is, make it attractive and attention grabbing for all ages and types of people.

PhotoShop Notes

Photoshop Notes

SAVE AS

Rename your image. Make sure the image is saved as a .jpg at the highest (maximum) image quality

Save

You do not have to rename the image at this point. Save often and regularly.

Nestle

Tools are stacked on each other – to access those tools you have to left click and hold

USE COMMAND KEYS!!

Command + = zoon in

Command - = zoom out

Command o = open

Command c = copy

Command v = paste

Command z = undo

Command, shift + z = step backward

Command s = save

Command p = print

To turn an image go to >Image>Image Rotation CW and CCW

CW – clockwise

CCW – counter clockwise

Command l  = levels

Level

>Image>adjustments>levels

Channel Blue

Channel Green

Channel Red

Moved just the black and white hersheys kiss

Channel RGB – moved just the brown hersheys kiss (just a little lighter)

Best Prompt Shoot Edited

leveled / black and white

leveled

leveled

Self Portrait

Portraits Reminder

Choice Sheet

I will graduate from Akins in a few months, but that only marks the beginning of a new chapter. I plan on attending The University of Texas at Austin and being a Longhorn. Sadly I won't live on campus; I'll be living right at home. At UT I plan on majoring in Athletic Training, however, that's very likely to change. College hasn't even started yet but I have already changed my major a good four times. Life is a mystery to me at the moment and I have no idea where life is going to take me. Everybody wants a successful future, but that means nothing to me without happiness. Anyways, I hope that my grades continue to stay up and I'll enjoy the remaining of my senior year. Life has passed by a whole lot quicker than I thought, but soon enough, I'll be walking across that stage and done with high school.

Best Prompt Shoot

Green

 

Triangle

 

Backpack

Caption Writing / Vocabulary

Caption #1

Who: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

What: embrace

Where: on the tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport

When: August 15, 2012 (Wednesday)

Why: they  missed each other after being apart for three weeks

How: warmly, lovingly

Background: After embracing Michelle on the tarmac, President Obama tripped and fell and bruised his face.

Sentence #1: Verb? (Present Tense) President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama warmly embrace each other on the tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport on Wednesday.

Sentence #2: Verb? (Past Tense) The Obamas had not seen each other in three weeks and missed each other

Caption Header: Embrace after lonely time on campaign trail

Caption #2

Who: Psy

What: performs

Where: central Seoul

When: October 12, 2012 (Saturday)

Why: famous, many many fans 

How: energetic

Background: on tour all over Asia, this was the last stop

Sentence #1: Verb? (Present Tense) Psy energetically performs his famous track, Gangnam Style, in front of one of his many sold out shows in central Seoul on October 12 and pleases his thousands of fans. 

Sentence #2: Verb? (Past Tense) Psy's popularity blew up tremendously with this one hit and has spread ever since then.

Caption Header: Youtube to worldwide fame.

Caption #3

Who: Christian Haupt

What: throws first pitch at Dodgers vs Padres

Where: Los Angeles

When: September 4

Why: He was honored and personally chosen to represent the Dodgers

How: passionately and skillfully

Background: played in baseball teams and has love for baseball, really super excited

Sentence #1: Verb? (Present Tense) Christian Haupt skillfully and passionately hurls the first pitch at the Dodgers vs Padres game in honor to represent the Dodgers on September 4th right there in Los Angeles.

Sentence #2: Verb? (Past Tense) Chris has played on teams before and cried when he found out that the Dodgers chose him.

Caption Header: Young stars start early.

Definitions

• Depth of Field (shallow and wide) - the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image
• Light (angle and intensity) - element that makes things visible
• Shadows - dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface
• Diffusion - refraction of light or an erratic display of light passing through an element
• Exposure - amount of light allowed to fall on each area of a photograph
• Aperture (f-stop) - opening that allows light to pass through a lens and reach the camera sensor
• Shutter speed - length of time the shutter of the camera is open
• ISO - sensitivity to light of a camera's sensor

Types of Lenses

• telephoto - zooooom
• prime - fixed, no zoom
• wide angle - wider perspective

Welcome Back Part 3

1. This past holiday, it was all about family. Never have we been this close and it makes me appreciate the moments that we have together. Family time is rare due to the fact that everybody's schedules overlap, but this year I was blessed to spend it with them.
2. My resolutions for 2013 is to grow up and do good in college. I also hope to be a better person in every way possible.
3. 2013 gets me excited for graduation! I hope to enjoy this last semester of senior year and to get a great start in college.

2012 In Review

Best song of 2012 goes to Pyramids by Frank Ocean. This is a 10 minute song that's made of nothing but talent and amazingness. There are many different beats throughout the song and has different moods but all blends in very well. This album was amazing in general and Frank deserved the Grammy's of best new artist. It's the best album and definitely has many of my favorite tracks.

Avengers is the best movie of 2012, HANDS DOWN. I loved all of the Marvel movies and combining all of the heroes into one great movie was the best thing ever. It was filled with action along with comedy and I could watch this movie over and over again without getting tired of it. I'm not normally into super heroes, but The Avengers is something else that's worth my time. I highly suggest it to anybody who hasn't seen it before.

One of the most important stories of 2012 is the election. Barrack Obama wins office once again and will continue to make our country strong within the next 4 years. He will help determine how our future will turn out and do his best to make America a better place. It was a very close election, but Obama was able to come out with the win.

One of the most important people of 2012 goes to Adele. She was a new artist that impacted many lives. Her music spoke of the wonders of love and of course, heartbreaks. She attracted many fans, boys and girls, young and old. She set record breaking numbers of downloads and views of her music. She preformed at grammys and large shows. She quickly made her way up to the top and inspired others. 

The biggest 2012 sports entertainment has to be the Olympics. Not every year we get to see the entire world unite into one and compete. Millions were tuned in to support their country and watch the numerous sports. This was a very popular event that definitely made a remembrance for 2012.

Favorite Photo 2012

This will always be a memorable photo of 2012 that nobody will forget. This shooting has impacted America and this is just a really sad moment for us all.

I really like this picture because its made out of people and they all come together to form a perfect image of a girl.

This image really stands out to me because it shows the actual movement of the bullet of the gun. The capturing of the effect underwater is perfect.