"Cover History"

Cover Types:
1.) Early Magazine Cover: There were almost always paintings. There were religious, and they were ethical
2.) The Poster Cover: One big picture and no border. The subject is clear. The text does not distract the photo. The picture has to be recognizable.
Disadvantages: The photo doesn't help the magazine, and 0 entry points. Its a risk to do this cover.
3.) Pictures Married to Type: The words don't interact with the subject, and the words don't cover the subject with words. The words and the picture go together.
Disadvantages: You don't know what's inside. There aren't many entry points.
4.) In the Forest of Words: Lots of colors, different sizes, and different fonts. There covered with words.
Disadvantages: Too much to look at, they go over board, and it covers most of the photo.

Stuff you find on a magazine cover:
-Photo
-Name of the magazine
-Price tag
-Bar code
-Date

"Best Covers"

-#1.Informal
#2.Informal
#3.Informal
#7.Formal
#9.Formal
#10.Formal
#11.Environmental
#13.Formal
#15.Formal
#16.Environmental
#18.Formal
#19.Formal
#21.Formal
#22.Informal
#23.Informal
#24.Formal
#26.Formal
#27.Informal
#28.Informal
#29.Formal
#31.Environmental
#32.Formal
#35.Formal
#36.Informal
#37.Formal
#38.Formal
#39.Environmental
#40.Formal
Favorite:

#7 National Lampoon (January 1973)

 

National Lampoon quickly grew in both popularity in 1970s, when it regularly skewered pop culture, counterculture and politics with recklessness and gleeful bad taste. The notorious January 1973 shot of a human hand holding a revolver to the head of a docile-looking dog, who suspiciously eyes the firearm with a sideways glance, was photographed by Ronald G. Harris and is the magazines most memorable cover.

"Magazine Cover Intro"

5 things I should think about the magazine cover:
-Familiar recognition from issue to issue.
-Intellectually stimulating, interesting.
-Efficient, fast, easy to scan.
-Emotionally irresistible.
-Worth the investment of money and time.
 That's everything I read and think is important.

"Happy, Akins, building"

Happy: This is me at Akins because I'm always happy every time I come and I love the school a lot. Some student's agree with me.

Akins:A school located in South Austin. It was named after Dr. William Charles Akins, an Austin resident and founded in 2000. It is one of the newest high schools in the Austin Independent School District.

Building:Any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy, or an act of construction. This is a building where people come into the school.

" Portraits and self-portrait tips and ideas"

1.) Great tips:
- Think about your motivation and emotions: Blankly staring at the camera rarely gets good results. Be silly, don’t be afraid to over-act. The worst that can happen is that you fill up your memory card with useless photos; but you might also find yourself with a proper gold-nugget of a self portrait.
- Use a tripod. Seriously. While it’s possible to get good photos while you’re hanging on to your camera at arms-length, it’s a lot easier if you’ve got the freedom to move around a bit.
- Have fun with it. Be sexy. Be yourself. Be awesome. Be different. Be creative. Whatever you do, have fun with it. That’s part of the point, after all.

2.) Portrait's:
Environmental Portraits: 

The photo is showing us a fly standing in a flower. I picked this photo because it looks funny and the fly looks like a bee searching for pollen. The other reason why I picked this photo because is that it doesn't show anything like technology and its full of nature.

I picked this photo because everything looks quiet and calm. The grass and trees are all green and the water looks clean except the man standing in it.

Photography self-portrait:

I like this self-portrait because I like how everything is black and white then the guy shows his superman logo with colors, and that's the reason why I picked this photo.

The reason why I picked this photo is that it looks really cool how he has a picture of a gun and another picture with blood to make it look realistic. It looks funny to me but I think some people may disagree.

Casual Portrait:

I like this portrait because the background make the little boy look like he's running really fast. The background make the little boy look like the most important thing in the photo.

I like this photo because the couple who are walking in the beach had left there footprints that look like we can technically walk in the photo ourselves.

3.) My plan's:

I plan on studying more photojournalism so I can get better. Once I do I want to do self-portraits on people who like to be happy or smile like my friends. I will probably take shots here in school or downtown Austin. I will use the rules of photojournalism to make my photos better than they used to be. I also plan on taking black and white photos because I think they look great.
  

" Welcome back"

1.) My favorite photos:

I like this photo because it looks like water is coming down from the center and it looks like it is the end of the world. It also look's like a tornado forming and it look's really cool.

I like this photo because it look's like the cloud is going to devour everything and it look's like its going to spread across the world. I wish I was their to see it.

I like this photo because it look's like a zombie has come from the underworld, and it look's cool because it look's like it can walk on water.

2.) Prompt:

1.  Linkin Park is the best because of their new song and they got a lot of fan's because of it. Their song " Waiting for the end" has made a lot of hits. People are deciding to buy more song's from the band and they are making even more money. Linkin park is now the best song to a lot of people.

2. Cop out was considered the best movie because it was really funny of what the guy's did in the scenes. People had already seen this movie and they think its still funny. I think this movie is hilarious and its my favorite 2010 movie. A lot of people agree with me and they also considered this movie to be their favorite.

3. Snow and more snow characterized the winter of 2010 and the start of the next. An almost-full moon shines on new fallen snow near Sinking Creek along Rt. 42 in Craig. Some people think this is important for next year. I think its important because it say's that it could get colder in 2011, and people hate the cold and a lot of people think its important.

4. Lady gaga was considered the most important person. On a list, Lady Gaga was considered number one but it does not say why. Lady gaga has made good song's and that is one reason someone would pick her to be number 1. I would not pick her as number one, but people had already decided.

5. The biggest sport of all is Football. and the biggest story is-- North Hall boys basketball reaches first-ever Final Four: The Trojans won their first region title since 1991 and soared into their first-ever Final Four in Macon.

My holiday:
1. The thing I will remember is being with my family and i got my first 1 hundred dollar bill ever.

2. In 2011 I want to work hard and do better than what am I doing now.

3. I am expecting the new Nintendo 3DS this year in 2011.