Animoto

view the animoto here

Senior Collage

cutouts are very important for different styles of design. In order to do one you must create a mask for the picture on the layer and then use the paint brush tool to erase the mask to create the cutout.

Double Page Spread

Five Tips for Sports Photography

Sports Photography

sports photography refers to the genre of photography that covers all types of sports; it is a branch of photojournalism

Tips to be a Better Sports Photographer

1. Know your sport

2. Know the main players

3. Be prepared (ex: equipment, space, place to stand, sunglasses)

4. Know your equipment/skill to use it (ex: flash, lense, tripod, sports mode, ISO)

5. Practice shooting all types of sports

6. Location Location Location/Timing Timing Timing (anticipate)

7. Don't be shy (do what it takes to get in a good position to have a good shot)

8. Luck and overall talent

White Balance

White Balance (WB) or (AWB)- the process of removing unrealistic color so the objects appear how you really see them

Measured in Kelvin (K)

these photos are both on the wrong setting for the lighting of the room, see how the color of the photo changes:

What Are These?

1. The corner of a projector screen

2. A lock and door handle

3. A door hinge

Cutouts

Cutout- a picture that has the background dropped from the subject 

-the purpose of a cut out is to emphasize the subject and be able to place it on any background

-singles out the subject to make it more interesting and noticeable

To do a cut out in photoshop:

-using a paintbrush, magic wand, or lasso tool you select the background and crop it out of the photo

-first bring the photo to the bottom of the layers box to the button that has a gray box with a white circle

-the use the paintbrush (on the black square) to paint away the background

-if you mess up the white square will replace any of the photo that you may have accidentally erased

Quote Assignment

make a new doc in indesign.

then put four good quotes on the doc with four different head shots.

1. just a regular picture with no background cut out, cropped but with the background

2. cut out with the white background

3. cut out on a white background with a box

4. you create it however, drop the background but can do whatever you want

Interviews and Good Quotes

A good quote says something interesting and says it in an interesting way. A good quote grabs the readers attention. It evokes images, and conveys a sense of the speaker's personality. Also, it will convey regional differences in speech.

A bad quote is unclear, uses commonsense facts and has profane or offensive comments in it. 

When you ask a question, ask it in an open ended style. 

1. Tell us about...

2. What things have you done...

3. Do you have any additional information?

4. Describe...

5. How do you feel about...

6. What are some characteristics about...

7. What is one or two of...(examples)

8. Why...

9. Discuss...

10. What are some major challenges/positives...

11. How does this make you feel?

Top Ten Tips to Improve your Photos

The best things to do to take good pictures are pretty basic. Look here for help.

1. Get on Their Level: in order to take a better picture get on eye level with your subject. Instead of taking the picture from a bad angle (above) get down on one knee or lay down in order to take a picture more pleasing to the eyes.

Here's a picture taken from the same level as the subject, involving it in the picture.

Here's a picture from a bad angle, taken from above, not involving the subject.

 

2. Use a plain background: to help focus the picture on the subject not on the area around it. Check the background before taking a picture to see if the background is plain or not. 

Here is a photo taken with a very cluttered background, distracting the eye from the subject  of the picture.

This picture has a plain background, keeping the focus on the subject not on the things around it.

3. Use flash outdoors: In order to eliminate shadows that may appear when the sun is behind or above the subject, use the flash. Also the flash can brighten the subject and make it stand out from the background. Make sure you know the range of your flash before taking the picture, even if your flash is on, if you're too far away the subject won't be illuminated.

Here is a picture where the subject is in shadow.

Here is a picture where the subject is illuminated.

4. Move in close: to take a better picture completely fill the picture with the subject so that the details of the subject are clearer and take away the possible distractions of the background.

Here is a picture taken from far away. The subject's details aren't seen and the frame isn't filled with the subject.

This picture is better because the subject fills the frame, allowing the details to be seen.

5. Take vertical pictures: make an effort to take pictures vertically because many subjects look better this way.

Here is a picture taken vertically that compliments the subject.

Here is the same subject, but in a horizontal picture. The horizontal picture doesn't complement the subject as well. 

6. Move from Middle, and Lock Focus: to create a photo that's more pleasing to the eye move the subject away from the middle to put more emphasis on the subject. Also make sure that the camera's focus is on the subject and not on the background around it.

Here is a photo that is focused on the subject, that is slightly moved to the side.

Here is a picture that isn't focused on the subject and is in the middle of the frame.

7. Watch the Light: Make sure when taking your photo you are aware of your light source. Make sure the subject is illuminated and not made a silhouette by the intensity of the light.

Here is a picture where the light of the sun puts the subject in extreme shadow. 

Here is a picture where the sun is behind the photographer, in order to illuminate the subject and the picture.

9. Be a Director: With the camera in hand tell the people in your pictures how to pose. Tell them to get together, smile, or arrange themselves in a more interesting fashion. This is your photo, take charge!

In this picture the subject is not looking at the camera and isn't even posing at all.

In this picture the subject is smiling and knows the picture is being taken.

My Friends Blogs

laurajanephotoj.blogspot.com

bvphotojournalism.blogspot.com

conniegilbert.blogspot.com

How to Edit in Photoshop

Step 1

1. Image-image size

2. resolution should always be 300-make sure constrain box checked

3. then after you change to 300 recheck resample then click okay

Step 2

1. Image-Adjustments-Levels

2. Move the arrows to adjust the levels of contrast of the picture

Step 3

1. Filter-Sharpen-Unsharp Mask

2. Radius between three and four

3. Pixels seventy to one hundred

4. Threshold at zero

Step 4

1. Third down on the left-crop tool

2. Make sure the resolution is 300 and the width and height are a printable size:

vertical:8x10, 5x7  or   horizontal: 10x8,7x5 (inches)

3. Adjust size and crop image

First Week

In my first week of photoj we took a few pictures messing around with the ISO setting. We watched lots of slideshows on msnbc.com including the pictures of the week, year, and decade. My favorite picture was the one with the buddist monks walking on the waterfall.