Magazines Part II

   Early magazine covers didn't look anything like ours today. The covers used to be used as a table of contents with a bunch of words. They used to make the covers of magazines look like book covers with words and maybe a small picture. The covers of magazines then started to look like posters. A lot of amazing artists emerged at that time because of their drawings being put on covers. Later, while still keeping the poster-like style, magazines started to put real people. The poster-like magazines can still be found today, just not as often. Cover lines began to be a big thing in that time also. Magazines relied on the lines to draw in peoples eyes. Companies that created magazines started to have a specific logo that identified their magazines. Magazines then started to question where to put the cover lines and experimenting with them. In the 60's, text on the page became bolder and brighter. The text also seemed to box in the person or model on the cover. Magazine were, and still are, putting so much text on the cover that it almost completely covers the picture. The pictures on the cover began to look like a background for the text.

Favorite Cover

Harper's Bazaar, March 2012: "Gwyneth Revealed"

I really enjoy the picture. I think it is not as racy as it could be but shows just enough skin. I also really like the simple text and how its not overcrowding the picture. I think that it being "Gwyneth Revealed" and then covering her face is very creative. I don't like the dress though. I believe they could have found one a little more flattering to Gwyneth's body. And I don't usually like black shoes with a black dress (somewhat boring), but I think the all black really suits the cover. Overall, I think this is an amazing cover and would love to see more from this magazine. 

Best magazine covers 2013

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Magazine tips

1. Make it unique. Put your own special touched on it.
2. Experiment to find out what fits right together. (ei. colors, fonts, and picture)
3. Look out old magazines too get ideas.
4. Make sure your picture doesn't look weird the way it is cropped or colored.
5.Think about if your targeted audience would like it.

CE 5.3.

1. Why is the state considering raising the age for adult court from 17 to 18? Page A1
It could help to save tax money, simplify jail procedures, and reduce arrest rates.
2. What happened in Eastern Washington State earlier this week? Page A3
People are signing up for health care and there was a very big and disastrous landslide.
3. Why is Hobby Lobby challenging a court ruling regarding health insurance? Page A4
Hobby Lobby believes that religious freedom extend into business. 
4. What does the DPS suspect happened when they found 28 people in a trailer home yesterday? Page  B1
They believed they were smuggled in and some may have been being held against their will.
5. Why did the Candy Crush game maker raise $500 million? Page B7
He sold Candy Crush to an Irish company. 
6. What record did UT baseball coach Augie Garrido break yesterday? Page C2
His 1,894th win.

7. List 6 items listed that weren't in grocery stores 10 years ago. Page D1
Bonus - What is your favorite item listed and WHY?

Greek yogurt, Non-potato chips, baby kale, craft beer, super foods, organics, culinary-foward helper products, and coconut oil. I personally love coconut oil because you can use it for so many things.
A. Read the opinion article on page A9 titled Mentally disabled inmates still routinely put to death in Texas. Give me your opinion about this topic. Please reference the article to support your opinion. The simple question to answer is do you agree or disagree with the writer.

I think that if you murder someone in cold blood, without a reason of self defense, you should be put to death. The way I see it is an eye for an eye. I understand that people with mental disabilities might not completely understand this though. That also dent mean that it is okay for them to go out and kill someone either. If you understand that you are killing someone, you should understand being put to death for it.

CE 5.1

1. What part of Ukraine has been the focus of recent problems with its more powerful neighbor?    Crimea 

Extra Credit: Who is that powerful neighbor? Russia

2. What U.S. diplomat went to Kiev this week to increase the pressure on this neighbor and show support of those in Ukraine?

John Kerry

3. One more powerful winter storm hit the U.S. last weekend and early this week. What was its name?Mercury  

4. Twenty-nine people were killed and more than 140 wounded in a train station in China last weekend. What weapons did the attackers use? Knives

5. What is everyone in almost every state in the U.S. doing Saturday night if they don’t want problems Sunday morning?

Obamacare

6. What was named best picture at the Academy Awards Sunday night?

12 years a Save

7. Whose selfie at the Oscars now holds the record of the most popular tweet ever?

Ellen DeGenerous 

8. What celebrations have been going on this week in New Orleans?  Mardi Gras 

Africa and Abandoned Theme Parks

1. On your blog post your reactions to what you read and what you saw. How about 3-4 sentences.
I think what Nick Brandt is doing is amazing. I think that animals should be more protected than they are. He capture the beauty of animals and the land of Africa in such an amazing way. He is a truly alienated photographer.
2. Do a google image search for Nick Brandt, find your favorite photo and post it on your blog.

3. Describe it and tell me why its your favorite.
I just overall love this picture. The cloud with the sun shining in makes the picture that much better. I think giraffes are fascinating creature and photograph greatly.
4. What rules of photography are evident in the photos you selected, be sure to explain the rule to me?
You could say repetition of giraffes for sure.
5. What kind of camera and lens does he use and why is this important?
He uses a Pentax 67 with only two fixed lenses
6. What is his reason for taking these photos?
To capture them before they are destroyed a the hand of mankind.
7. What is his hope by taking these type of photos?He will be the last to record a testament to the wild animals and places there before they are destroyed by the hands of man
8. Find something he has to say about Africa, and post the quote on your blog.
Not about Africa, but its inhabitants

“I just hope that mankind comes to its senses and allows these elephants to cross these lands for generations to come.”

1. Tell me which amusement park featured in the two articles that you would like to visit and take your camera along and what about that park made you want to go there. Write at least a paragraph.

I think I would like to go to Spreepark, Berlin, Germany. The park still looks like its in good shape and not as eerily creepy as the others. Ihave always wanted to visit Berlin too so that would definitely be a fun trip. 

2. Post one photo from that park. You may use the photos from the link, or you can google an entirely new photo. I would prefer to see a photo of the park in disrepair and not a photo of it when it was still operating. 

3. Think of at least FIVE other unusual places you think would be of interest to photographers. List them.  

I think It would be nice to photograph a mass graveyard, the church of  the pope, an old war sight, an old castle, any type of waterfall.  

4. Use google or another search engine to research ONE of your five places and see if anyone has already started documenting that place. If you find that someone has already started - post at least one photo of their work.

5. Write a paragraph about why you think that it would be fun to document that location. Tell me what interests you about that place and what kind of photos you could expect to take there.

 I have always had a certain love for castles. I think most little girl want to be a princess for the price but I wanted to be one for the castle. It has so much history and secrets within it. And an abandoned one would be cool because it must be old and you wouldn't be blocked off from photographing anything.
6. Tell me what it would take for you to go and take photos at your location. What would you need as far as equipment goes, travel plans, expenses you might encounter and what laws you would have to take into consideration to take photos at your spot.

I would have to take a plane and probably a car or train once I got to the country where the castle was. I would need a camera but Im not sure what other equipment. I would have to look into the laws in said country and see if the castle was open to the public.

Self Portrait and Portraits Part I

Tip 1: There are a lot of ‘rules’ out there when it comes to composition and I’ve always had a love hate relationship with them. My theory is that while they are useful to know and employ that they are also useful to know so you can purposely break them – as this can lead to eye catching results.
Tip 2: In some portraits it is the expression on the face of your subject that makes the image.

Tip 3: The most common mistake made by photographers is that they are not physically close enough to their subjects. In some cases this means that the center of interest—the subject—is just a speck, too small to have any impact.

Environmental portraits

 I like this picture because its almost as if you can see into his life.  This gives off certain emotions and I really like the coloring of it too.

Again, I really like the coloring. This picture gives off a lonely vibe but not in a bad way. He seems content to be in a dinner alone.

                                                     Photography self portraits  

                              I really enjoy the layering of this picture. All of the different facial expressions make it very unique.

                                I can't really explain why but I find this picture amazing. I love it and its really creepy.

Casual portraits

                  I like that this picture isn't overlay posed like most wedding pictures are. This picture is fun and goofy. 

                       Again, this picture is fun and goofy. I like pictures like this candid one way more than posed ones.

I have a cannon at home that I plan to shoot with. Im not sure who I plan to capture but probably either my dogs or mom. I think taking my pictures outside with natural light will make them successful. 

4 pictures

Metal 

Happy

Square

Bowie

CE 5.2

1. Eight people were killed and two buildings were leveled in a powerful explosion on March 12 in what neighborhood of New York City?
Boston?
2. March 17 as St. Patricks's Day, but the annual parades in Boston and New York were boycotted by both mayors, and some beer companies pulled their sponsorships. Why?
Organizers of the parade said that gay people were not allowed to hold signs saying so. 
3. "First Kiss," a three-and-a-half-minute video shot in black and white, went viral last week. It showed 10 pairs of strangers kissing for the first time. What did it turn out to be?

4. What is the latest theory (s) regarding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?
They think they ran out of fuel
5. How many people have died as a result of the tragic car accident during SXSW?
3 people now
6. What game was recently banned by AISD because it is "too violent"?
Senior Assassins 
7. What country is trying to separate from Ukraine with the help of Russia?
Moscow
8. How did Mick Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott supposedly die this week?
It was a possible suicide 
9. What major sporting event is about to begin today involving 68 college basketball teams?
March Madness
A. What do you think happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370? Please cite current information coming out about the situation. Make sure to back your theory with facts and explain why you think you are correct.
I don't know very much about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 other than it want missing.  I have heard that the plane went off of its course for 7 hours so i don't believe it was an accident. People are also calling their relatives phones and they are ringing and that wouldn't be happening if they were at the bottom of the ocean. The pilot had a flight simulator in his house and the police are trying to see if he practiced landing somewhere remote. I don't have any complete guesses as to where the plane is, but I think they are alive and on some small island somewhere waiting be rescued and I hope they are safe.

soldier

A. What skills besides photography did Luis Sinco utilize to produce this slideshow? (Think about the overall presentation: audio, editing, text)
He used voiceover, editing to make it look like a powerpoint, and added music.
B. What was the effect (added power or meaning) of the multimedia effects of the slideshow?
It makes everything flow a lot better so you can understand the story the
 picture show.
A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshow? Why?
I think that the cover photo would be the strongest photo because it is repeated.
B. What sequence of photographs is the most powerful? Why?
I think the pictures from Iraq are the most powerful because they are so raw and show how alone the soldiers there really feel.
C. How does the audio enhance the photographs?
It helps to tell the story the photos show.
D. How do the images work together to tell a story?
When you put multiple photos together, they tend to convey some sort of message.