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"African reactions"

1.) On your blog post your reactions to the power point:
The photo's were sad but the photo's were really interesting with all those animals in it.
2.) What was your favorite photo? Describe it and tell me why its your favorite:

My favorite photo was the one where all the elephants are in separate lines with their kids.

3.) Look up the photographer:

a.     What kind of camera did he use?
A film camera.

b.     What is his reason for taking the photos?
He  wants to take photos of animals of their natural lives.

c.     What is his hope by taking these types of photos?
To capture the beauty of Africa.  
  
d.     Find something he has to say about Africa and post the quote on your blog
“African wildlife has never looked so regal and mysterious as in Brandt’s grave photographs. His elephants appear as weighty as the pyramids. His rhinos look more ancient than carbon. His apes know something we don’t. Given the multitude of human disasters in Africa, is it an indulgence to lose yourself in pictures that carry no hint of the wars and famines outside the frame? Not when the pictures are such powerful reminders that Africa is also a magnificent—and endangered—treasure house of animal life.”

Find one of his photos that you really like and post it on your blog.

 

This is a photo that I like.

 





  

"Elements of news"

1.) Proximity: http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/weather/entries/2011/04/04/parts_of_centra_3.html

2.) Prominence: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/politics/main250.shtml

3.) Timeliness: http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/2-from-ut-in-top-3-for-higher-ed-pay

4.) Oddity: http://austin.ynn.com/content/top_stories/277572/sufferers-of-enigmatic-disease-still-searching-for-answers
5.) Consequence: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/japan.nuclear.reactors/index.html?hpt=T2

6.) Conflict: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/04/03/north.carolina.lacrosse.accuser/index.html
7.) Human Interest: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/04/04/france.jet.wreckage/index.html?hpt=T2

"5W1H warm-up"

Who: Barrack Obama/the President of the United States
What: He launch his bid for a re-election.
When: April 14th, 2011
Where: Chicago
Why: By having conference calls with their top donors and working on the re-election. 

"My interview with a classmate"

Answers:

1.) Do you like school?
Absolutely
2.) What do you do in school?
Do work
3.) Have you ever skipped school?
Of course not
4.) What are your favorite subject?
English class
5.) Are you in a team?
I'm not
6.) Where you born somewhere else?
No, I was born here
7.) What do you do in your free time?
Draw at home
8.) Do you use the bus?
Yes, I do
9.) Who is your favorite teacher?
Mr.Reeves
10.) Do you stay after school?
No, there's nothing to do
11.) Do your parents love what you do?
I think so
12.) What is your favorite sport?
Soccer and a few other sports
13.) Have you ever done something bad?
I think so
14.) What do you want to be when you grow up?
A photographer
15.) Do you want to go to college?
I do
16.) Do you have a job?
No, I don't
17.) What is your favorite type of movies?
Comedy and a few others
18.) What kind of a person are you?
Nice and caring
19.) Do you believe in a God?
Yes, I do
20.) Do you make good grades in school?
Yes, I think so

"Interviewing skills"

Assignment #1
Topic: School Uniforms:
I would interview the principal of the schools and ask them the same questions.

1.) Why are you making kids wear uniforms?
2.) Won't the school lose money for the uniforms?
3.) Have you ever thought that the kids would think this is good?
4.) Have you even asked the students if they want to wear uniforms?
5.) Who ordered that the kids should wear uniforms?
6.) Are you trying to make money by selling uniforms?
7.) Will the students wear anything with color?
8.) Do you think that students would fight so they can wear whatever they want?
9.) Will you make students wear shorts or pants?
10.) Are you gonna make students wear collar shirts or jackets?
11.) Is there anything else are you gonna change about the school?
12.) Do you think parents would agree with you?
13.) Are you okay with all of this?
14.) Will this happen in every school the district owns?
15.) Is the district in charge with the changes?
16.) Will teachers need to have some kind of uniform?
17.) What are the consequences if the students refuses to wear the uniforms?
18.) What if students are allergic to the uniform? Do they still have to wear it?
19.) Will students be able to wear jewelry with their uniforms?
20.) Are the uniforms flammable?

"Sport/Action more details"

1.)
Name of photographer: Alyssa Schukar
General focus of portfolio: Eating disorder
Problems judges note with portfolio: pictures of distance past, people should be doing something, and all the photos are the same.
2 things the judges like: the background, and the shadows.
I think that these photos are great because the photographer has a talent of what kind of photos she should take. I like the photo where the photographer uses viewpoint to take a photo of people in the streets in the dark on the roof. There isn't anything I don't like about the photos.

2.)
What did the judges note as strength:creativeness, and good composition.
What you see as strengths and weaknesses: it has good composition and the weakness would be the photos were too photoshop.

3.)
What process did the judges went through in deciding the winner: whether the photos are strong, the overall stories, and lighting.

Part 2

A photo that you agree with the judges: I agree that the backgrounds look great and how the angle it is.
Describe one photo that you do NOT agree with the judges on. Explain why you think the judges are wrong.