Thursday, April 18, 2013

Front Pages of the World


What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why? 

Kingston joins crowded GOP field for Ga. Senate


What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? 


Gun control bills fail. I'm interested in it because i don't think its a good idea for them to make these bills.
How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? 

4 stories are on the front page

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


the main story is the only one that really has photos, they are all kinda laid out in the same way and the stories text size is smaller then the heading.


What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? Look at design, size of photos, size of headlines, etc.


the way they put there name, the advertisements are different and some talk about more politics and others talk about other stuff.


Friday, April 12, 2013

composition lenses and photography terms


I would use a telephoto lens to get a far away subject that is far away like a football game

I would use a prime lens to get a picture of basket ball so you could see the muscles and the vanes popping out of there neck and really detailed stuff

I would use a wide-angle lens to get a picture of marching band when they do there formations during halftime

Vocabulary

Depth of Field (shallow and wide)-The distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.

Light (angle and intensity)- light is natural light like the sun but it can also be artificial light by laps and light bulbs and stuff like that

Shadows- if you have have something in the way of light a dark area behind the object will form behind the object

Diffusion- its when light goes through smoke or a screen and splits the light into a bunch of different rays of light instead of one.

Exposure-  allowing light to reach light-sensitive material to create image by either opening shutter to expose film or illuminating dark subject with flash of light.

Aperture (f-stop)- Regulates the amount of light that passes through the shutter so it makes the image brighter or dark deepening on what its set too.

Shutter speed- this is what you want to change if you want to show movement in your photo the lower the shutter speed the more clear movement is.

ISO- lets the camera know how much exposure the photo needs to come out good.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

7 news values


Timeliness  -
Police identify fatal shooting victim, continue search for gunman
This article was updated Wednesday April 10 2013 at 3:21 5 minutes before i found the article.
Police identify fatal shooting victim, continue search for gunman

Proximity – 

Official: Fire damages South Austin home, displaces one
I live in south austin so this fire was really close to my neighborhood is located at.
Prominence –

Senators reach deal on gun background checks
I hope they reach a deal and won't take are guns away because its one of are rights to have guns
 http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/04/10/guns-background-checks-senate-manchin-toomey/2070099/

Impact –

Hurricane forecast: Above-average Atlantic season
Hurricanes affect everyone no matter if its near you or far from you it might hit some people you know.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/04/10/2013-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast-colorado-state/2067953/

Conflict

South Korea and U.S. Gird for Missile Test by North Korea
north korea is treating to fire missiles at some places around the world 

Novelty –
 
Hollande Finds His Gift Camel Was Consumed
president hollande's camel got eaten by a family he gave it to so they could hold it for him.

Human Interest – 

Texas sheriff: Suspect had fantasies of attack
Texas sheriffs should not be having fantasy attacks because thats not what we need as are law enforcement
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2013/04/10/2070917/