Thursday, February 23, 2017

LoneStar dispatch

A1.
"Varsity cheerleaders prepare for national championships"
Who? The varsity cheerleaders
What? The preparation for national championships
Where? Orlando
When? Feb 10. 2017
Why? To compete and win
How? By practicing
The strongest quote in the article in my opinion is, "We've overcome a lot as a team and I think that this will bond us closer together and it is great to experience a trip like this with the people I spend most of my time with." by Bridget Alvarez.
Yes, the lead sentence made me want to keep reading.

A7.
"High schoolers can fall in love"
Who? High schoolers
What? High schooler are able to fall in love but its difficult sometimes
Where? High schools
When? Anytime
Why? To prove high schoolers can fall in love.
How? Scientific studies on hormones and teenagers.
The strongest quote is a answer from the question "Is high school love genuine?". The quote / answer is "It depends on how you feel about them. It's difficult to find but it's possible" by Jonathan Hollevoet.
Yes, the lead sentence made me want to keep reading because I, myself, am a highschooler.

B6.
"Keep Austin Weird with pets"
Who? Students in Austin
What? More students have weird pets at home
Where? Home, and School
When? Present
Why? Students want more weird pets
How? By adopting them
The strongest quote in the article in my opinion is "They always want to be with you," from Justin Whited.

Photography

A1.
"Varsity cheerleaders prepare for national championships"
1. This picture has great lighting with the stadium lights. The impact of the photo is pretty huge because it shows the joy of cheerleading.
2. Rules of composition show in the picture are Depth, rules of 3rds.
3. The main subject in the photo is Jordan Haschke.
4. The photo seems to be grainy but it could be because of the newspaper, nut the lighting is good.
5. The other cheerleaders creates a depth of field.

B1.
"Senior experiences the ride of  her life"
1. The action photo looks very majestic as Celeste Hermes and her horse are jumping over a obstacle.
Lighting in the picture is looks good without any bright lighting from the background.
2. Rules of compositions present in the picture are balance, and depth.
3. The main subject in this photo is Celeste Hermes.
4. The picture seems to be exposed properly.
5. The overlapping with the fence and the horse creates a depth of field.

B7.
"Yo-yo'ing swings to new heights"
1. The cropping of the action photo makes it look professional. And the black and the gray colors make it look more professional too.
2. The rules of compositions present are balance, and cropping.
3. The main subject is Mathew Lane.
4. The picture seems to be exposed properly.
5. The yoyo creates overlapping.

A8.
"Day in a Life: Student Gymnast"
1. The lighting is good. And the balance is also good too.
2. The rules of compositions present is balance.
3. The main subject is Kate Stubbs.
4. The picture seems to be exposed properly.
5. No

B8.
1. The cropping makes the picture more clean. The impact is huge for girls in the US.
2. The rules of compositions present are balance, and cropping.
3. The main subject is a empowered feminist.
4. The picture seems to be exposed properly.
5. No.

My favorite picture is the top picture in B1, because its filled with action. Rules of composition show in the picture are Depth, rules of 3rds.

My least favorite picture in the B paper is the bottom picture in B4 because they're not much going on.

I would rate it a 4. Its strong points are stories and the pictures. And I think there are and weak points.

Lit Mag

Fruitless Trail

In the Woods

Barren Discovery / cosmic planning

LIT MAG

Front Pages of the World

1. My favorite newspaper front page is the front page for the "Union Leader" from Manchester, N.H, USA. It is my favorite because it is filled with interesting news.

2. My favorite headline from the front page is "Guns in schools, and more: How the new law applies" I like this headline because it seems interesting.

3. There are 7 stories on the front page.

4. The font of most of the letters are very small to fit the stories.

5. The size of the pictures vary.


Thursday, February 16, 2017

Extra credit

DIY Photography

DIY photography is a website for sharing cool, and interesting ideas, stories, and concepts of photography. I thought that the tutorial part of the website was really interesting because most photography sites share "cool, and rad pics" without any tutorials. The tutorials can help a beginner start out taking pictures and experts learn new ways to take pictures. There are wide varying articles from building cool light bulbs to an article about a tiny artificial world made of plastic. They write about stories that a average visitor would find interesting. In a daily basis a average visitor would be able to find out ideas of photography that they could potentially try out themselves. I would definitely add this website when I get myself my own camera, and I would definitely recommend this to a fellow photographer, because it could possibly change the way people take pictures. I would rate this website  a 5 out of 5 because it helps photographers take better more interesting pictures.

There is a article in this website about visual effects and how they can put into use in a way that would surprise us. Roy Peker a compositor and the creator of the video which is the subject of the article shows us what visual effects and a creative mind can acheive. In the video, Roy and his team alters the real world that fooled everyone. He includes motion tracking, green screens, and other video editing effects to create all sorts of stuff from a colorful paint job on a van to creating a extra citizen on a bike. He created this video to prove the people saying "I hate visual effects, they look fake" wrong. From this article I learned that visual effects aren't always noticeable and can be used for many different creative projects.
"Can You Guess What's Real And What's Added In Post?" - John Aldred

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

 Xylophobia - The fear of the woods.

Scopophobia - Fear of being followed

Bathophobia - Fear of depth