Monday, May 2, 2016

HDR photography intro

1. You need to change the Shutter speed/ Aperture to get different lightings.
2. A camera, a tripod, and HDR software, and a couple different lighted photos of the same subject.
3. Because the photographer doesn't like the color of the original photo.
4. We should expect there to be a little bit of haze around the photos and a big contrast between the light and dark parts of the photos.

Final Exam Preview Warm-up

1. I will shoot this assignment this weekend or sometime this week when we have practice.
2. I will shoot at my race this weekend at a ranch called Warda and down by ATX bikes where my team practices.
3. I'll be telling a story about bike racing and how it has shaped me and my character.
4. I will need a camera, my Go Pro and my subjects.
5. I will be having a video through the whole thing and having the still images and words show up in front of the video and I will also be narrating almost through the whole thing to explain my story.

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Final Exam Preview

1. I learned about a lot of things when i looked and watched the videos. I learned how to import videos, import videos to iMovie, and also lean red how to use iMovies to do certain things.
2. I already knew that iMovies made short videos and that you could do a lot of cool layering things with iMovies.
3. I learned by watching the video that you ca import pictures into iMovie during a video.
4. I'm concerned that I won't understand the project fully, and leave out some parts of it. Or that I will not get enough good footage and video to complete the iMovie.
5. I am confident that I can get all the pictures done in time.
6. I will do a mountain biking race and get footage from the beginning of the day to the end and get footage of people finishing their races and stuff like that.

Illustrations




Friday, April 22, 2016

SNO online papers

Story 1)
1. Emma Bean, Guest writer
2. This story is about a guy that obsessed with elephants and why he was.
3. She likes him and envies him. "You could say that in a certain manner he was like one of the magnificent beasts he was so fond of."
4. No she didn't address what other people thought of him.
5. She didn't really give a direct opinion on him either she just shared all of her memories about him and told the reader how he was as a person.
6. No, She did not give any quotes from anyone.
7. 1st person, because she addressed herself as I.

Story 2)
1. Victoria Bui, Staffer
2. The story is about driving and being distracted by your phone or anything else.
3. They believe that the issue is out of hand, "The distracted driving is getting out of hand and needs to be fixed before too many people get hurt or killed."
4. Yes, "Most people always think that they can 'multi-task', but they can't."
5. No she was very direct about her opinion on the topic by saying that is is wrong to be distracted while driving and trying to get awareness for it and get people to stop.
6. No she don't have any quotes in the story.
7. 3rd person because she refers to everyone as they, her or people.

Story 3)
1. Susie Sutherland, Staff Writer
2. The story is about how phones aren't getting taken from students in class as much today as they did a couple years ago or even in middle school now compared to high school.
3. She does express her opinion, "Having cellphones freely out and about in high school was a new thing, and it was easy to be accustomed to."
4. Yes she talks about how the teachers have gotten more timid towards telling students what to do and are almost starting to lose their power over the students.
5. She was sort of playing both sides with her opinion because she likes being able to use her phone whenever she wants to but she also thinks that its a big distraction to the students and distracts them from learning.
6. No there are no quotes in the article.
7. 1st person because she refers to herself as I and we.




Thursday, April 21, 2016

Personal Essays

1.  "Be sure your essay is about something that you care strongly enough about to wax eloquent and passionate about." which means that I should choose to write about something that I care about and can talk confidently and passionately about.
2. "details draw the reader in, generalization keep them out." Which means that I should be specific about my topic and use very detailed specific examples.
3. - Avoid ranting in your paper. keep on track.
    - you have the freedom to write how you feel on certain topics but the reader should know how you feel and why.
    - Have a strong hook at the beginning of your essay to grab the readers attention.