Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
5 Websites
Lens Flare
2.) While i was on the website i quickly read the first 2 paragraphs. Then i looked at each of the pictures, and found one i really liked. Then i read some of the comments at the bottom.
3.) I didn't really learn anything new while looking at the pictures.
4.)
5.)
A.) I picked this photo because it has a really cool look to me. It really stood out and i thought it was very unique compared to the other photographers who just took photos of people.
B.) I see Leading Lines, Symmetry and Patterns, Create Depth, Simplicity, and Cropping.
C.) Matteo Paciotti
B&W Landscapes
2.) While i was on the website i didn't read any of the captions he wrote, i just looked closely and the pictures. While i was looking i thought some of them didn't really belong in black and white to me.
3.) I didn't really learn anything new while looking at the pictures.
4.)
5.)
A.) I picked this photo because i absolutely loved how everything looked so dark and how the tree showed to add more to the image. But what i really loved was how the moon was so clear, and how the stars just shined. It was perfect.
B.) I see Leading Lines, Patterns, Create Depth, Cropping, and Avoiding Mergers.
C.) Dr. Azzacov
Spinning Around a Building
2.) I looked at the comments first and i read some of them. Then after that i looked at the video.
3.)
A.) Today i learned how to spin a camera around a building, if i wanted to.
B.) Maybe if Mr. Reeves wants us to do this, i will already be somewhat prepared.
C.) No.
Storms
2.) While i was on the website i read the first little paragraph at the top. Then after that i looked at all of the photos.
3.) I didn't really learn anything new while looking at the photos.
4.)
5.)
A.) I picked this photo because i really love the look of the railroad tracks. I also chose it because i like the clouds and i love how the sun puts light on the clouds.
B.) I see Leading Lines, Viewpoint, Symmetry and Patterns, Create Depth, and Cropping.
C.) Kristaps B.
GoPro Hero3 Camera
1.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmQ3lfT_JAs
2.) I looked at the video the whole time i was on the website.
3.) During the video i saw people riding their bike on this REALLY rocky trail that the had to make. It looked like an Ad for GopPro but it looked student made. It was still really nice and cool.
A.) Username: GoPro Camera on YouTube.
B.) There is no story about it, only a description. Here is the description "GoPro is proud to welcome you to the 2012 Red Bull Rampage in Virgin, Utah. Check out one of the most punishing competitions in all of extreme sports as riders drop the rocky cliffs and open canyons!"
C.) I didn't really learn anything new after watching the video.
GoPro Hero3 Camera
1.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmQ3lfT_JAs
2.) I looked at the video the whole time i was on the website.
3.) During the video i saw people riding their bike on this REALLY rocky trail that the had to make. It looked like an Ad for GopPro but it looked student made. It was still really nice and cool.
A.) Username: GoPro Camera on YouTube.
B.) There is no story about it, only a description. Here is the description "GoPro is proud to welcome you to the 2012 Red Bull Rampage in Virgin, Utah. Check out one of the most punishing competitions in all of extreme sports as riders drop the rocky cliffs and open canyons!"
C.) I didn't really learn anything new after watching the video.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Cover Types
Early Magazine Covers - When magazines used covers, they tried to make them look like the covers of books, by only putting the title and information about the publication. It didn't have any words that told you what would be inside of the magazine. They also had a table of contents section inside of the magazine. This style, a book like form of magazine cover, continued from about the 1700's to 1800's.
Mothers Magazine is an example of a common cover that was used in the 1800's. Covers usually didn't have any lines telling you what was inside, they were rare and many of the magazines in the 1800's had no covers. Cover lines started being put on in the late 1800's. The Peterson's woman's magazine had a cover with a picture on it, and on the top of the magazine it said "Now is the time to make up clubs."
They were mainly interested in whether or not they should use cover lines on their magazines, and if they did have them, how many of them should the use.
The Poster Cover - This form of cover was used from the late 1800s to the 1960s. It is said to set the standard for all other kinds of covers. It had become really famous by the early 1900s. The covers were huge and looked like they could be framed and hung on a wall. Most of the cover photos are just photos that gave out a good mood or a season. A lot of these photos are gorgeous and captivating. Most of them didn't have cover lines, but then they started gathering a few. They put the cover lines at the bottom or where they had room, but when they did put them they made them really small.
Pictures Married To Type - Cover lines are kind of known now, and they are used, but now it has a big title and a model in a weird pose. The cover lines are put in very carefully. And it is very important that they are. They put a lot of colors on their magazines and put the cover lines in a way that didn't distract from the picture. But in the late 1960s they stopped making the captions small and hidden. They put them really big and sometimes they even underlined them in different colors to add emphasis and to draw attention. Pretty soon cover lines started being really larger and colorful and powerful.
In The Forest of Words - It starts at around the 1930s and goes to the 2000s. They make the picture extremely powerful and they overlap some of the words with pictures. They still had a lot of cover lines now. But the images are not in the foreground anymore. They make the cover lines in the foreground and they make a lot of things close up. They are covered by a cluster of words and sometimes are too much. A quote from Longleaf.net says "The models on magazine covers look at us through the listed contents of those magazines, which they practically wear like a garment, or stand in, like an aura."
Mothers Magazine is an example of a common cover that was used in the 1800's. Covers usually didn't have any lines telling you what was inside, they were rare and many of the magazines in the 1800's had no covers. Cover lines started being put on in the late 1800's. The Peterson's woman's magazine had a cover with a picture on it, and on the top of the magazine it said "Now is the time to make up clubs."
They were mainly interested in whether or not they should use cover lines on their magazines, and if they did have them, how many of them should the use.
The Poster Cover - This form of cover was used from the late 1800s to the 1960s. It is said to set the standard for all other kinds of covers. It had become really famous by the early 1900s. The covers were huge and looked like they could be framed and hung on a wall. Most of the cover photos are just photos that gave out a good mood or a season. A lot of these photos are gorgeous and captivating. Most of them didn't have cover lines, but then they started gathering a few. They put the cover lines at the bottom or where they had room, but when they did put them they made them really small.
Pictures Married To Type - Cover lines are kind of known now, and they are used, but now it has a big title and a model in a weird pose. The cover lines are put in very carefully. And it is very important that they are. They put a lot of colors on their magazines and put the cover lines in a way that didn't distract from the picture. But in the late 1960s they stopped making the captions small and hidden. They put them really big and sometimes they even underlined them in different colors to add emphasis and to draw attention. Pretty soon cover lines started being really larger and colorful and powerful.
In The Forest of Words - It starts at around the 1930s and goes to the 2000s. They make the picture extremely powerful and they overlap some of the words with pictures. They still had a lot of cover lines now. But the images are not in the foreground anymore. They make the cover lines in the foreground and they make a lot of things close up. They are covered by a cluster of words and sometimes are too much. A quote from Longleaf.net says "The models on magazine covers look at us through the listed contents of those magazines, which they practically wear like a garment, or stand in, like an aura."
Friday, February 1, 2013
Best Covers
1.) Formal
2.) Formal
3.) Formal
4.) Environmental
5.) Informal
6.) Informal
7.) Formal
8.) Informal
9.) Environmental
10.) Formal
11.) Environmental
12.) Formal
13.) Formal
14.) Environmental
15.) Environmental
16.) Environmental
17.) Formal
Favorite: "For W's biggest fashion issue of the year, the magazine celebrated the ways women today transform themselves by showcasing actress Kristen Stewart as readers had never seen her before. Photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot transformed the 21-year-old cover model from the Twilight teenager that audiences know best into the glamorous, grown-up vixen she's becoming. "Vampires are a little dangerous—and we girls like to test ourselves," Stewart says playfully on the cover, tempting readers to pick up the issue and see for themselves."
My Critique: I think that out of all five of the magazine tips i listed on my other blog, that this cover shows 3 of the 5. But the reason it is only 3 is because the other 2 cannot be found because they can't be determined. The three that this cover uses is Arousing Curiosity, Intellectually Stimulating (Interesting), and if it is invisible like wallpaper, decide what element is worthy of becoming dominant. It arouses curiosity by making the girl go with a white background, and it seems to me like a snowy or winter theme of some sort. It is intellectually Stimulating (Interesting) because the pink words go really well with the white and the blackness of her hair. It makes it pop and makes it more eye catching. And lastly, it is dominating by making her face big, and the center of attention. So that if people like her or know her, they might want to pick it up and read the article, just because of interesting and eye catching cover.
2.) Formal
3.) Formal
4.) Environmental
5.) Informal
6.) Informal
7.) Formal
8.) Informal
9.) Environmental
10.) Formal
11.) Environmental
12.) Formal
13.) Formal
14.) Environmental
15.) Environmental
16.) Environmental
17.) Formal
Favorite: "For W's biggest fashion issue of the year, the magazine celebrated the ways women today transform themselves by showcasing actress Kristen Stewart as readers had never seen her before. Photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot transformed the 21-year-old cover model from the Twilight teenager that audiences know best into the glamorous, grown-up vixen she's becoming. "Vampires are a little dangerous—and we girls like to test ourselves," Stewart says playfully on the cover, tempting readers to pick up the issue and see for themselves."
My Critique: I think that out of all five of the magazine tips i listed on my other blog, that this cover shows 3 of the 5. But the reason it is only 3 is because the other 2 cannot be found because they can't be determined. The three that this cover uses is Arousing Curiosity, Intellectually Stimulating (Interesting), and if it is invisible like wallpaper, decide what element is worthy of becoming dominant. It arouses curiosity by making the girl go with a white background, and it seems to me like a snowy or winter theme of some sort. It is intellectually Stimulating (Interesting) because the pink words go really well with the white and the blackness of her hair. It makes it pop and makes it more eye catching. And lastly, it is dominating by making her face big, and the center of attention. So that if people like her or know her, they might want to pick it up and read the article, just because of interesting and eye catching cover.
Magazine Tips
1.) Arousing curiosity (that's to pull the casual glancer in)
2.) Print out all the alternates as hard copy, trim them accuratley to magazine size and glue them onto the old issues.
3.) Intellectually stimulating, interesting (that's to promise benefits)
4.) Don't judge your cover on screen
5.) If it is invisible like wallpaper, decide what element is worthy of becoming dominant.
2.) Print out all the alternates as hard copy, trim them accuratley to magazine size and glue them onto the old issues.
3.) Intellectually stimulating, interesting (that's to promise benefits)
4.) Don't judge your cover on screen
5.) If it is invisible like wallpaper, decide what element is worthy of becoming dominant.
Photoshop Notes
PHOTOSHOP NOTES
1.) To
open an image in Photoshop, go to file, then open, and then find the image you
want.
2.) To
open an image is to go to click Command “O” to open a picture.
3.) To
open an image is to find the image you want, and then you can either left click
and drag it into Photoshop, or right click and then press Open With, and then
hit Photoshop.
4.) To
open multiple images, hold down your shift key and either drag them in or right
click and then press Open With. Hold down Command Key and Shift Key, to choose
different images separately.
Nestle – Tools are stacked on each other – to access those
tools you have to left click and hold.
USE THE COMMAND
KEYS
Command + = Zoom in
Command - = Zoom out
Command o = Open
Command c = Copy
Command v = Paste
Command z = Step Back
Command s = Save
Command p = Print
Adjustments:
>Image>Adjustments>Levels
Channel Blue
Channel Green
Channel Red
Move just the black and white Hershey kisses.
Channel RGB – Move just the gray Hershey’s kiss in the
middle (To make the image just a little lighter.)
Cropping:
Always crop your images to 300.
Resolution – For now do not crop selectively – Crop the
ENTIRE image.
To turn an image, go to
>Image>Image Rotation CW and CCW
CW = Clockwise
CCW = Counter Clockwise
180 = ½ Rotation
Save As – Rename your image!!!!! Make sure the image is
saved as a .jpg at the highest (Maximum) image quality.
Save – You do not have to rename the image at this point.
Save often and regularly.
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