Thursday, January 15, 2015

Yearbook Introduction


  • title
  • theme
  • table of contents
  • page numbers
  • articles about things that happened that year in school
  • school name
  • school address
  • issue year
  • pictures
  • photographers 
  • separated grades
  • alphabetical order
  • student interviews
  • staff section
  • programs
  • senior section
  • sports section 
  • the school teams
  • arts section
  • school statistics
  • index
  • hobbies 
  • current events
  • organized layouts
  • editors

1. The title of the yearbook is "I am."
2. It's from Stony Point High School
3. They incorporated a lot go geometric shapes throughout the yearbook, mostly circle, and they kept the colors mute.
4. There are about 11 sections in this yearbook.
5. My favorite spread is the homecoming spread.
6. Yes.
7. Yes.
8. No.
9. 2,300 students.
10. Texas.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Magazine Cover Peer Review

The magazine is called "Vidorra" and Emily Bryn made it.

I like that her magazine cover is simple up front yet there's a lot going on in the background.I also like how creative she was about the self portrait.

I think Emily could have made sure there was a little it more light in the picture.

I chose this cover because out of the few I looked at, it looked the most well put together and professional. The bright, contrasting colors in the background caught my eye.

Yes, there is a barcode.

I personally didn't really focus on the fact that there was a barcode, so no.

I can definitely tell it is a self portrait.

Prompt Shoot Peer Review

http://kendallmf.blogspot.com

My favorite picture is the "footprints" photo. I think Kendall did a really good job of selecting what picture to put an effect on, it looks really cool in black and white. I also think the photo is very well focused and it just works really good as a whole.

The photo I least like is the "connected" one. I think it looks kind of awkward, the way the hands are placed. I feel like she could've made it looked a little more natural, but overall it is a nice picture.

I really like the creativity of Kendall's photography, her pictures are definitely out of the box, in a very pleasing way. I also like the way that her photography skills are very well portrayed, consistently, throughout all of her photos.

Overall, I think Kendall can improve the proximity of her subject. Even though all her pictures look really good, they are all up close, I think she could try to find a distanced subject for the next prompt.

From my perspective, I think she best portrayed the "footprints" prompt because it captures a foot leaving a shadow on the ground which could easily be considered a footprint.

From my perspective, I think Kendall's least successfully portrayed the "pose" prompt, even though its a really good photo, I don't see how the flower relates to posing.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

2014 Favorites


Photos


This is one of my favorite pictures because it looks like a 
bunch of silhouettes and Skrillex makes the photo come alive.



I love this picture because I feel like it would've been a 
really awesome experience and I just think its a spectacular
 moment to have been captured.




This photo is another favorite because I have a really big passion for the sky and sun and  moon, and I have always been a city girl, so i feel like this photo reflects my interests, on some degree. The street lights five the photo a nice, soft touch and the sun is perfectly aligned between the train carts, so I really like this picture.




Song



Habits(Stay High)- Tove Lo

As a music fanatic, making a "favorite" song choice was very difficult, however, seeing this title repeatedly along the sites of 2014's best, it dawned on me how much I actually do like this song. Habits is very upbeat and catchy, yet mature. The song definitely makes you wanna sing along and even sway to the music. Also, the fact that there have been so many remixes in 2014 alone shows their is quality in the song.


Movie


This is one of  my favorite movies of 2014. I have watched it over and over because I just love it so much. This movie is one of my favorites because it depicts society in a very unique form. The prejudice, discrimination, and segregation is evident within the society so I really like the way Tris shows independence. 


News Story



I chose this as the best news story of 2014 just because of how popular it became in a matter of hours.  Overnight, photographs from this shoot were all over the place, didn't break the internet but still managed to spread globally. The fact that it spread faster than most of the news in 2014, is what makes it best.


Person



Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield were amongst the most important people of the year. The power couple decided to use their fame to promote charities and help organizations that are out for a good cause. I chose the couple because they are taking advantage of their fame in one of the most positive ways possible; to help others. With all the frenzy from the release of Spiderman 2 in the summer of 2014, they had paparazzi on their backs year round, using their exploits to benefit others makes them the best of the year.


Entertainment Person



Youtuber and author, John Green, was a really big deal in 2014. A movie based on his novel The Fault in Our Stars, debuted in early 2014, only 2 years from the release date of the novel. John Green quickly became known all around the U.S., and soon enough, his fame spread throughout the globe. What makes him the best entertainment person is the fact that he still remains so humble despite all his glory, and that he has stayed true to himself and his youtube channel through all the highs of his career.



My Holiday

This holiday two things I will never forget happened to me, for christmas I got a macbook, which I was really exciting for me.The Day after christmas, I was surprised with a visit from my sister, she flew up to Texas from Florida and we had a really nice time. 

I didn't make any resolutions for the new year.

I am looking forward to getting closer to the day I move back home, to Florida.