Yearbook Introduction

25 Yearbook Components:
1. Clubs and Organizations
2. Community Service
3. Sports
4. Senior Ads
5. Academics
6. Unique Stories about Students
7. Fine Arts
8. Individual photos of Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores, and Freshman
9.  Prom
10. Homecoming
11. Musical
12. Student Council
13. Dance Team
14. Cheerleaders 
15. Interesting Accomplishments
16. Faculty
17. Fashion
18. Summer
19. Religion
20. Relationships
21. Jobs
22. Individual Stories
23. Random Stories
24. Board of Education
25. School-wide Accomplishments

1. What is the title of your book?
Our lives our stories
2. What school is it from? 
Anchor
3. What "thematic elements" do you see in your book? This means what elements are evident from beginning to end of the book

• Each page has more than one picture
• Each page or spread have different layouts
• There are interviews on almost every page

4. How many sections are in your book? This could be tough to figure out, but do your best
6
5. What is your favorite "spread"? A spread is 2 pages about the same topic
Trendsetting
6. Is there an Index in your book?
Yes
7. Are there photos of groups of people, like clubs and organizations?
Yes
8. Is there a table of contents?
Yes
9. How many people go to the school whose book you have?
2376
10. What state is your book from?
Corpus Christi

Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO

F2.8

F16

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture? Eye2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture, the higher the Aperture F number.
3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field?
The Depth of Field depends on aperture because when using a small F number, it brings the focus to be sharper and the background blurry.

High Shutter Speed

Slow Shutter Speed

1. If you were assigned to shoot at Bulldogs and Hotdogs night, which was a few months ago, what shutter speeds do you think you would have to shoot at the following events that night I would like you to answer the question for the following two situations:

At the beginning while the sun was still up and the courtyard had reasonable good light
Slow
a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree
b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings
c.) the Stars performance inside the gym
d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard
e.) people streaming in from the front doors
f.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.
High

a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree

b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings

c.) the Stars performance inside the gym

d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard

e.) people streaming in from the front doors

f.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop

2. List the three settings your camera has regarding setting shutter speed (these are found at #5 on the Shutter Speed website. Explain how each works - DO NOT COPY AND PASTE, use your own words.
Aperture Priority- You are able to select the aperture and the camera will set the shutter speed.
Shutter Priority- You are able to set the shutter speed and the camera will set the aperture.
Manual- You have the ability to set both shutter speed and aperture. 

ISO200

ISO3200

ISO6400

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game? A higher ISO allows you to freeze motion and captures images when there isn't enough light.

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO? To keep details and maintain a higher quality photo, use low ISO. 

3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO? High ISO should be used when it is dark and there isn't enough light t capture the image. Also when you are trying to get a really fast image.

List the aperture settings available on this camera. 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22.
List the shutter speed settings available on this camera. 1sec to 1/60sec to 1/4000sec.
List the ISO settings available on this camera. 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, 25600.

Current Events Quiz 4.4

1. Why is the FBI probing a school taser incident? Page 1

They are looking into whether the deputy Randy McMillan who used the Taser and deputy Timothy Stalcup who was at the scene, used excessive force on Noe Nino de Rivera or whether they misused their power. 

2. What is happening in the Ukraine right now? Page 1 Please write 2-3 sentences

Anti-government demonstrators in central Kiev protested causing some of the most lethal violence since Soviet times. At least 70 to 100 people are killed. Dozens of policemen were captured paraded around Kievs central square. 

3. Why do you think schools in AISD are seeing less students each breakfast at school? See page A11 at the bottom right YOUSAY section

I think that it is more of an inconvenience to eat breakfast at school. Students could be rushed, or not getting healthier food as they would at home, and at home there are more choices in some instances. 

4. What Austin bar has installed a bitcoin ATM? Page B1

HandleBar

5. How much money did Facebook pay for WhatsApp? Page B7

$19 billion.

REMINDER - Some of you are not writing enough here. A single sentence isn't enough. I expect you to expand upon your writing. If you think you have written enough, you haven't, write more. Be sure to answer WHY you think something.

A. Are you watching the Olympics? Why or Why not?

I am not watching the Olympics. I support it completely, but I personally don't enjoy sports, so the Olympics don't really interest me. 

If you have been watching them, what has been the highlight so far?

If you have not been watching them, what have you been doing instead?

I have been spending a lot of time doing homework and studying since it's coming down to the end of the six weeks. I also have been thinking about getting a job because I need money.
Have you ever aspired to be an Olympian? What about in other areas? Have you ever dreamed of some sort of participating in some sort of big event like the Olympics, or Running with the Bulls in Spain, or something like that? If you have tell me about it.

Sports are NOT my thing AT ALL. I am so uncoordinated. I have never aspired to be an Olympian or in any areas like it. I am more into the arts, such as theatre, I love acting. 

Rules of Photography Pictures

Avoiding Mergers

 Balancing Elements

 Cropping

 Depth

 Framing

 Leading Lines

 Rule of Thirds

 Simplicity

 Symmetry and Patterns

 Viewpoint 

 Background

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

A. The article talks about the issues and seriousness of altering photos. Simply changing a small thing in a photo can come with major consequences. This has been going on since the 1850s. The concern is that in the modern day, editing is becoming easier especially for citizens.

B. I think it is unethical because altering a photo for ones benefit is selfish. The public should be seeing the truth and to be lied to.

I think this photo is the most unethical because the original photo of the man running up to the soldier, the solider stops yelling and puts his arm down to see pay attention to the man. In this photo is seems as if the soldier is being aggressive towards the man. It's unethical to make the soldier seem more aggressive when in reality he was concerned for the man. This is completely unfair to both the soldier and the man in the photo.

I think the photo is the least unethical because the photo isn't hurting anyone or anything. There are probably pyramids that look like this somewhere else, and just altering the pyramids to fit the page, seems harmless and still believable. 

Current Events Quiz 4.3

1. What major sporting event is currently taking place in Sochi, Russia?

Winter Olympics

2. What movie star died last week from a heroin overdose? (first or last name, extra credit for telling me a movie he was in) Philip Hoffman

3. CVS stores recently made a major announcement that they would no longer sell what product in their stores?

Tobacco Products
4. A college football player named Michael Sam, who is expected to play in the NFL made a ground-breaking announcement this week and will potentially be the NFL's first what? 

Gay football player

5. Who is taking over the tonight show from Jay Leno?

Jimmy Fallon
6. A children's movie star from the 1940s and 50s died yesterday. She is an iconic star for her dancing singing and acting. What was her name? (extra credit if you can name a movie she was in)

Shirley Temple, The Little Princess

7. What phone App was recently pulled from the iTunes store by its creator because he felt it was too addicting and was causing people personal problems?

Flappy Bird

8. A zoo in Europe recently killed a healthy, but fairly rare, animal over concerns of inbreeding. The animal was later feed to the zoo's lions. What kind of animal was it? 

Panda

9. What popular singer had his plane detained and searched? He may also be deported back to his home country of Canada. 

Justin Bieber

10. What popular olympic snowboarder does Mr. Reeves look like?

Shawn White

The Falling Man

This article made me really think about 9/11 like I hadn't before. To me the picture of the falling man does not offend me, because I like to knowledge myself with what has happened in history, no matter how disturbing. Not everyone looks at life this way. The search for who the falling mad is was not easy and a lot of people were offended by the photo. There are a lot of details about the man that I couldn't tell by looking at him, so I am amazed at how close they got to finding him. I actually don't mind that they couldn't figure out who he was even though it was a close call in the end. I don't mind because like the article showed is that he represents what happened. He represents a soldier in this war. I thought that was very beautiful, and it made me see the whole situation in a new light.

Symmetry and Pattens

Both buildings and the ground are similar looking and the space is empty, but the photo is being broken by a looney person walking through the symmetrical area.

Viewpoint

The photo is taken from a birds eye view, this shows how much damage has been made, and how little we are compared to it.

Depth

In the foreground there is mud mixed with broken parts of cars and buildings, and in the middle you can see more mud and broken pieces, and in the background is a demolished looking building, hiding behind a thin layer of smoke.

Cropping

There are people in the background that are cropped out, helping focus on the subject and not lose touch with their emotions which are being portrayed in the photo.

Framing

Part of the focus of this photo is the buildings which are surrounded by layers of smoke which frame the photo. 

Avoiding Mergers

There are seemingly many men around the subject of this picture, if the picture was zoomed out more, the fireman who is the subject of the photo, could get lost in the crowd of men in the same uniform.

Balance

The buildings create a diagonal shape that is easy on the eye. Behind it is fluffy smoke which creates a simple and balanced photo.

Lines

The lines in this photo are coming from the lines of smoke coming out of the building horizontally, and vertical lines of the buildings structure. This creates the eye to focus on what is going on in the building.

The Rule of Thirds

In this photo, the Empire State Building is placed towards the left side of the photo, which still gives the viewer sight of what is going on behind it.

Simplicity

The viewers eye is drawn to the center and only part of this photo which is the woman covered in dust and dirt. The attention is specially drawn only to her.