Front Pages of the world

1. My favorite newspaper front page is the one from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands because some of the things they was talking about was interesting and because that is where I'm from as well.

2. My favorite headline from that page was "video could be key to finding Boston bomber". I'm interested in finding out who the bomber was and why would he do something like that.

3. There are five stories on the front page of my favorite newspaper.

4. The things that they all have in common is that they all have pictures, they don't have no more then five stories, their captions texts are bigger then the actual text itself, their text is all the same size,  and they all talk about the weather that day.

5. The things that are different is that some photos on newspapers are bigger then other pictures on other newspapers, some have coupons and others don't, and the head title are bigger then others.

Newspaper Design Notes

• Broad Sheet - Tall and narrow
• Tabloid - Short, broad sheet on its side, and half the size
• Folio - reference information (slogan, location, name, etc.)
• Front Page Elements - Flag, Photos, Headlines, Stories, lines
• Teasers preview stories the inside the newspaper
• Byline - contains name and title
• Jump shows you where to find the rest of the story 
• Info-graphic - provides information in graphic form

Sports Action Photo Shoot

Linda Mai, a senior, runs happily as she plays tag.

Linda runs across the field with ball the in hand.

 

Sophomore, James Houston, runs across the field.

 

Junior, Danni Berg-sonne, gets ready to throw the ball yesterday.

Student of the Month Interview

Student of the Month Interview

1.     What's your name? Linda Mai 

2.     What grade are you in? 12th

3.     What academy are you in? Social Services

4.     How old are you? 18

5.     Where are you from? Or where do your roots travel back to? I was born in Austin but I'm Vietnamese. 

6.     Who is it that u look up to? My mom

7.     How many years have you been here at Akins? All 4 years

8.     Who are your friends? Alexis & Elianne

9.     Are you involved in any groups or programs at Akins? NHS & HOSA

10. What about outside groups or programs outside of school? Youth Group

11. What do u want to do when you graduate? I want to graduate from UT and become doctor

12. Who's your favorite teacher? Coach Saylor

13. What's your favorite class? Office Aide

14. Have you been to any events at Akins? I'm pretty school spirited 

15. How would you describe yourself as a student? I'm a pretty good student

16. How do you feel about being Student of the Month? Nice honorable feeling 

17. Did you do anything differently this month than any other months? Just the same as every other month.

18. How well do you get along with other students? I'm pretty nice. I'm sociable. 

19. What do you want to do in your future as a career? Be some kind of doctor

20. What was your favorite memory this year? Homecoming

Student of the Month Interview

1. What's your name?
2. What grade are you in?
3. What academy are you in?
4. How old are you?
5. Where are you from? Or where do your roots travel back to? 
6. Who is it that u look up to?
7. How many years have you been here at Akins?
8. Who are your friends?
9. Are you involved in any groups or programs at Akins?
10. What about outside groups or programs outside of school?
11. What do u want to do when you graduate?
12. Who's your favorite teacher?
13. What's your favorite class?
14. Have you been to any events at Akins?
15. How would you describe yourself as a student?
16. How do you feel about being Student of the Month?
17. Did you do anything differently this month than any other months?
18.  How well do you get along with other students?
19. What do you want to do in your future as a career?
20. What was your favorite memory this year?

Newspaper Design

 

My Yearbook Spread

The 7 News Values in the news

Timeliness:

APD to honor Boy Scout who came to man’s aid

 http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/apd-to-honor-boy-scout-who-came-to-mans-aid/nXHpD/

I believe this article is driven by timeliness because it just happened and it came at a good time.

Proximity:

Possible shooting reported in South Austin

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

I believe this article is driven by proximity because it is close to where I live so I would be someone who would be reading this article. 

 Prominence:

5 things Anthony Weiner and his wife have to say

http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/04/10/anthony-weiner-huma-abedin-new-york-times-interview/2070523/

I believe this article is driven by prominence because it has to do with someone who has been in the news before and was a prominent US representative.

Impact:

Hurricane forecast: Above-average Atlantic season

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/04/10/2013-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-colorado-state/2067953/

I believe this article is driven by impact because since hurricane season is coming around a lot of people are very fearful about how things are really going to look when it comes to the weather.

Conflict:

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

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/world/asia/north-korea-missile.html?ref=world&_r=0

This is a story of conflict because it shows that there is still tension between North and South Korea.

Human Interest:

One dead, one injured in East Austin shootings

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/one-dead-and-another-injured-in-northeast-austin-s/nXHXB/

This is a story of human interest because it has to do with people dying in an area that a lot of conflict happens.

Novelty:

Reward offered in drive-by shooting of circus elephant

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/10/circus-elephant-drive-by-shooting-reward/2070443/

This story is driven by novelty because it's not everyday that you hear about a circus elephant being killed in a drive-by shooting. 

 

 

 

 

Lenses and Photography Vocabulary

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

Yearbook Spread

Best Magazine Covers of 2012

1. Is She Just 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.

Magazine Cover

Photoshop Green/ Trangle/ Backpack

Backpack

Triangle

Green

Portrait/ Self PortraitPort

Portrait

Self Portrait

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)

Plans after high school

Hopefully after high school I hope to find a job near my college and I continue to work and go to school. I know I want to continue playing football in college as well and I hope to get a walk-on scholarship for football while I'm in college.

Holiday Review

1. Over the break I got to hang out with the youth from my church for New Years Eve and it was a whole lot of fun. We pretty much played Madden 13 on the Xbox 360 the entire time.

2. My resolution for 2013 is to actually become closer to God and start being more faithful to Him.

3. Turning 18.   

2012 In Review

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. 

I think Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools(Drank) is the best song of 2012 because Kendrick Lamar puts a piece of himself into the song and talks about some of his troubles. The way Kendrick Lamar puts the song together; the beat and the lyrics just flow so beautifully together.

 

I think Expendables 2 was the greatest movie of 2012 because it had all of the greatest action stars ever, in my opinion. The director put all these action stars into a high-explosive, large shootout, and great fight scene filled movie that really left you wanting more. 

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.

Best Photos of 2012

I like this photo because the soldier looks like he is completely walking on air and it is really interesting to see a photo like this.

The reason I chose this photo is because I really like the look of how the clouds make the eclipse look even better.

The reason I chose this photo is because I liked the fact of seeing humans caring for animals even when they will one day become larger than us.

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. He was taken taken to the hospital for treatment.

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

Sentence #2: Verb? The Obamas had not seen each other in three weeks and missed each othe

Caption Header: Embrace after lonely time on campaign trail.

Caption #2

Who: Psy, Park Jae-sang

What: Concert

Where: Central Seoul

When: October 2, 2012 (Tuesday)

Why: Benefit for Hurricane Emilio

How: Energetically

Background: Nervous before going out, Psy rehearsed the song 5 times before going out into the arena

Sentence #1: Verb? Psy performs in an arena in front of millions screaming fans 

Sentence #2: Verb? Psy performed well as his fans enjoyed every second of the concert.

Caption Header: Psy makes his fans Psy-chotic!!

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 on 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: This rise of a young star.

Depth of Field (shallow and wide) - the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that acceptably sharp in an image

Light  (angle and intensity) - element that makes things visible

Shadows - A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface

Diffusion - a refraction of light or an erratic display of light  passing through an element (scattering)

Exposure - the amount of lights allowed to fall on each area of a photograph

Aperture (f-stop) - the opening that allows light to pass though a lens and reach the camera sensor

Shutter speed - the length of time the shutter of the camera is open  

ISO - the sensitivity to light of a camera's sensor

Types of lenses

• Telephoto- (zoom)
• Prime- (fixed, no zoom, more detail)
• Wide Angle- (wider perspective)