merger photo

Sports Action photos

photo 1: Tori Gonzales was chasing her friend with the basketball on a thursday afternoon at Akins  high school.

photo 2: Angelica Martinez was running towards Tori on a thursday afternoon at Akins high school.

photo 3: Jason Gonzales was passing through the track at Akins high school on Thursday after school.

photo 4: Angelica Martinez was holding the basketball at the court at 8th period on a thursday afternoon.

the art of interview, questions and answers

assignment #1
Stacy, Lucy, School board
1. what is your name ? angelica martinez
2. what school do you go to? akins high school
3.do you want school uniforms? no she does not.
4. what academy are you in? AHA
5. would you still like the school if it had uniforms? no she wouldn't.
6. do you think it would save money for the school or lose money on the uniforms? neither.
7.  what do you think are the benefits to uniforms? they have no benefits
8. what do you think are effects on wearing school uniforms? people will be following one rule.
9. Why do you think the school wants to do this? to stop kids from breaking rules.
10. Do you think you can do something to change the schools opinion? no.
11. Why is the school board making the students wear uniforms? to prevent fights.
12. What can the students do to prevent this? theirs not much they can do.
13. Do you think a specific student caused this uniform change? no.
14. Do you think its fair that the school board is doing? no, its not.
15. Would your parents help prevent the uniforms? probably.
16. What if you could choice the type of uniform? still wouldn't like the uniforms
17. do you like dressing up how you want? yes.
18.why do you think there gonna do this? she does not know.
19.would you protest to not have uniforms? yes.
20. Would you think uniforms will represent the school more? in a way, yes.

#2
1. Whats your name? angelica martinez
2. what grade level are you in? freshman
3. what academy are you in? AHA
4. Whats your favorite subject? math
5. Do you like the school? kinda
6.why do you think you got chose for student of the month? because i have good grades.
7. do you get good grades? most of the time.
8. Whats your favorite teacher? coach vasquez
9. What are your plans after high school? go to college
10.are you in any activities? soccer.
11. how many friends do you have? a lot.
12. Do you like being student of the month? yes.
13. have you ever been student of the month? yes.
14. What do you do in class that makes you a good student? do my work and follow the directions.
15. have any of your friends ever been student of the month? yes.
16. are your parents proud of you? yes.
17. what collage are you planing to go to? not decided yet.
18. do you think being student of the month will help you get into a better collage? maybe.
19. do you get any awards for being student of the month? yes.
20. do you get your picture taken for the yearbook? probably.

newspaper

newspaper design notes

broadsheet- narrow newspapers
tabloid- short and squared
folio- information (school, state, address act.)
by line- name of writer, position
lines- separate stories
teasers- preview on whats inside the newspaper \
info graphic- way to communicate info graphically

Front pages of the world

What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why? "the desert sun" because it gives a lot of details on stories and the weather forecast.

What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? "its like a mini-Coachella". i am interested in this because I'm always listening to new music from new people.

How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? 7 stories.

What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc. they all have the name of their newspaper as their font.

What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? they all have different stories, based on were they live.

lenses and photography vocabulary

i would use a telephoto lens to shot at a football game.
i would use a prime lens to shot at a basketball game to focus on the basketball players.
i would use a wide angle lens to shot at the formations that the band performs.

depth of field- the distance in front of and beyond the subject that appears to be focus.
light- the amount of light exposed to the photo.
shadows- effectively used to focus a viewers attention.
diffusion- scatter light
exposure-long-duration shutter speed to sharply capture the stationary elements of images while blurring , smearing, or obscuring the moving elements.

aperture- is the opening in the lens of the camera.

shutter speed- is how fast the shutter  on your camera opens and closes, letting in light to compose.

ISO- was originally a measure of the sensitivity of photographic film to light. it is measured as 100 , 200, 400, and 800.

7 news values

proximity- This is proximity because this accident happened in Southwest Austin.

Officials: Man struck by lightning during storms.

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/officials-man-struck-by-lightning-during-storms/nXBZ7/

prominence- This is prominence because the readers can find this newsworthy to read about.

Possible shooting reported in South Austin

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

impact- This is impact because the war with North Korea can effect everyone in the USA.

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

conflict-  This is conflict because there is a conflict with the son and the father (the republican)

Gay son of Republican congressman speaks out on father
 http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2013/04/10/2071155/

human interest- this is human interest because a lot of immigrants are interested in this new bill.

Immigration bill is personal for many at Capitol rally

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/04/10/immigration-rally/2069969/

novelty- this is novelty because not everyday a student decides to stab other students in campus.

Psychiatric exam set for student held in stabbings

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/10/texas-student-stabbing-college-lone-star-psychiatric-exam/2070403/

timeliness- this is timeliness because the event happened tuesday, April 9 2013.

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/

the most important story would be "possible shooting in Southwest Austin, because i live in south Austin, and the area is pretty dangerous were i live also. and the least important story is "Psychiatric exam set for student held in stabbings" because even though he did something really wrong, nobody really cares if he gets a psychiatric exam.

My spread

yearbook spred

magazine cover

self portrait

Portrait

portrait

magazine cover

"mother magazine" 1844- was an example of a third kind of cover that was common in the first two centuries. it is also a symbolic manner to evoke the spirit of the publication. the magazine illustrates the "family" with the pillars, the arch, and the fountain. The earlier generations customarily read the bible, and pictures, as allegorical messages required active interpretation.

"vanity fair" 1933- the magazine was produced a succession of framable poster covers throughout the 30's.  it was under the direction of M.F Agha and was a very political cover in that time.

"cosmopolitan" 1940 and 1950s- this shows how far a designer could go without becoming mired in the color separations and trappings. most magazines express their cover lines quietly in the type that does not intrude much upon the picture. Also experiments continued in the placement of cover lines, and in unusual covers.

"mary kate and ashley" 2001- this example has almost to no cover lines, and still rare. 92 percent of the covers used vivid , large, prominent cover lines. the cover lines flooded the space, forcing the model to withdraw to a smaller image, to interleave with the words to hold up to make room for the announcement of contents, or to become a billboard.

my favorite cover

this cover has good lighting, and shows a lot the passion of the U.S soccer team and their victories.
the cover photo has a good rule of simplicity, by just focusing on the goal keeper. This is definitely an environmental portrait, because she doesn't know the picture is taken at that moment, and their is no specific way to model the photo. Other than that i think this cover is one of the best and my favorite from all of 2012's cover photos.

magazine tips

1. emotionally irresistible
2. arousing curiosity
3. worth the investment of money and time
4. intellectually stimulating, interesting
5.efficient, fast, easy to scan

green, triangle, backpack edit

green edited.

backpack edited.

triangle edited.

portraits/self portraits and photoshop intro

portrait:

self portrait:

prompt photo shoot

green.

triangle.

backpack.

caption practice/ vocabulary

caption#1

who: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

what: Embrace

where: The tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport

when: August 15, 2012 (wednesday)

why: The Obamas have not seen each other in three weeks

how: warmly, passionately

background: After seeing Michelle, President Obama tripped on the tarmac and slammed on the ground hitting his head. he was flown to closest hospital for treatment.

sentence #1 verb? President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama passionately embrace on the tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport on wednesday. The obamas have not seen each other for three weeks

sentence #2 verb?The obamas have not seen each other for three weeks while the President campaign across the country.

caption header:Warm embrace after long campaign

caption#2

who:Psy

what: Performing on a latter 

where: Central Seoul

when: October 2, 2012 (tuesday)

why: performing his number 1 hit "Gangnam Style"

how: energetically 

background: After his performance, he gets on his limo and then starts to hear his phenomenon hit song on the radio.

sentence #1 verb? Korean singer Psy, is performing on top of a latter very energetically to his number one hit "Gangnam Style" on Tuesday October 2, 2012.

sentence #2 verb? After his performance, he gets on his limo and then starts to hear his phenomenon hit song on the radio.

caption header: singing the hits for the crowd

caption#3

who: Star jet roller coaster

what: stranded in the ocean

where: seaside heights 

when: November 11, 2012

why: Hurricane Sandy stranded the amusement park apart.

how:with the powerful winds, and the ocean 

background: the start jet roller coaster was the most visited ride on the amusement park for 10 years straight.

sentence #1 verb? The Star Jet roller coaster was the main part left of the amusement park in Seaside height, New Jersey after the powerful hurricane Sandy hit in Monday November 11, 2012.

sentence #2 verb? The start jet roller coaster was the most visited ride on the amusement park for 10 years straight.

caption header: the ruins of Star jet roller coaster

vocabulary: 

depth of field: the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.

light: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.

exposure: the amount of light allowed to fall on each area of a photograph.

aperture:the opening that allows light to pass through 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
prime (fixed) no zoom
wide angle (wider perspective)

 

my holiday

1. Tell me what is the one thing that happened on your holiday that you will remember? It can be a trip, a family visit, a present, something fun.
My uncle from New York can to visit us, i got a new iPhone for my present, and my sister told me she's  having another baby.

2. What are your resolutions for the 2013 year? Mine was to improve in my grades this new year.

3. What are you looking forward to in 2013? Im looking forwards to a great soccer season here at akins.

2012 in review

1. What was the best song of 2012?
the best song of 2012 to me is "girl on fire" by alicia keys. She mixes R&B and pop for this song, to give it more meaning to the title. She has sold over 30 million albums since 2001, and a 14 time grammy winner. Personally i love this song, and all her music too, but this one has reached the top 200 songs in 2012.

2. What was the best movie of 2012? to me the best movie of 2012 was breaking dawn part 2. It reached over $141,067,634 for all 8 weekends. With the genres of romantic fantasy, teen romance, vampire, and werewolf. it was the #1 rank in 4,070 theaters. It was an amazing romance movie with a great surprising twist in the end that will surprise everyone.


3. What was the most important news story of the year?the massacre of 26 children and staff at a Connecticut elementary school, along with other mass shootings, was the top news story of 2012. 20 year old Adam Lanza shot kids of 6-7 year olds, and 6 staff members that includes teachers. After this past year of gun violence, President Barack Obama has decided to put an end to all the gun included violence.

4. Who was the most important person of 2012? i think its Barack Obama, because he got re- elected for president this year. Obamas re- election to the presidential job has people wondering what he will achieve these next 4 years coming. Some immigrants hope that he will make a change to the separated families that was the cause of immigration. We all hope that Obama makes better decisions than he has done.


5. What was the biggest sports OR entertainment story OR sports/entertainment person of 2012?
i think its that the spanish singer Jenny Rivera died in a plane accident this december in 2012. Jenni was on a plane from a concert in Monterrey to toluca, Mexico and crashed in a mountainous area in Nuevo Leon stateShe was 43 and on the verge of becoming the kind of magnetic, cross-cultural public personality that her biography promised. That unfulfilled potential led to mourning from Southern California to Mexico.

favorite photos of 2012