Photojournalism Portfolio Review

This one flows well, and all of the pictures are amazing. It has a very strong theme as well, and the photos follow through.

Sports Portfolio Review

The sports portfolio is pretty good. I don't really feel like the picture that I took fits well; it's not a very good picture. I think one of the other track pictures I took would be better. Many of the pictures are great, and it flows well.

Architecture Preview 2

Light: The sunset reflects off of the metal part of the wall, and shines through the glass. It makes it have a warm orange hue. 

Detail: This picture shows the inside of the building, and you can see the marble floor, the interior design, and the walls very clearly. 

Angles and Shapes: This picture is shot at an angle that shows the curvature of the building and also different shapes built into it.

Patterns: The glass wall structure makes a continuous pattern that curves upwards. The sides of the interior building also is a repeated element.

Surroundings: This shows the city behind the building and the lake around it.

Architecture Preview

Atomium
1. Andre and Jean Polak built it, but it was designed by Andre Waterkeyn
2. 1958
3. Brussels, Belgium
4. You can visit it
5.  No
6. It was built for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. It is shaped like an atom of iron, and it is an Art and Design museum.
7. This is a very interesting building. It is something that is very rarely seen, and is quite amazing. It would be really cool to see it in person.

 

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1. Unknown
2. 1978
3. New Taipei City, Taiwan
4. You can visit it
5. No
6. Built as a vacation resort, project was abandoned in 1980 because of mysterious things- car wrecks and suicides supposedly because of the demolishing of a dragon statue.
7. Very interesting history, crazy design. Very futuristic.

 

Image result for sculptured houseSculptured House
1. Charles Deaton
2. 1963
3. Jefferson County, Colorado
4. No, it is a private home
5. No
6. Built for the designer, used in movies.
7. Gorgeous building, unique location.

 

 

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Eden Project
1. Nicholas Grimshaw
2. 2001
3. St Blazey, Cornwall, UK
4. You can visit it
5. No
6. Lots of different sculptures, holds performances by singers and musicians.
7. Neat name, gorgeous buildings. I like how it it environmentally friendly, and it is really cool.

 

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National Centre for the Performing Arts
1. Paul Andreu
2. 2007
3. Beijing, China
4. You can visit it
5. About $5 billion
6. Three different performance halls- Theatre, Music, Opera.
7. Awe-inspiring architecture- it looks natural but also very modern. Gorgeous structure and design.

Magazine Cover

Photo Challenge 8

 

f/9.5

1/125

ISO 1600

second favorite

f/6.7

1/125

ISO 1600

Favorite

f/9.5

1/125

ISO 1600

Least favorite, wanted a different perspective.

f/4.5
1/90
ISO 200
favorite

f/5.6
1/180
ISO 400
second favorite

 

  f/4.5

1/125

ISO 200

least favorite

 

f/4.5
1/90
ISO 200
favorite

f/4.5
1/125
ISO 200
second favorite

f/4.5

1/125

ISO 100

least favorite

Publication Assignment 5.2

UP AND OVER: Gabby leaps over the high jump with inches to spare.

TAKING THE LEAD: Sunni Robinson fights to stay ahead at the second track meet of the season. "It's hard! But the team is the best." She says of track. Sunni runs the 100 meter dash and she does triple jump.

 TEAMWORK: Sofia Bastidas holds onto the baton tightly as she runs it over to the next person in the relay.

Planning my Magazine Cover

1. What is the focus of your magazine? What topics or range of topics do you intend to cover with the stories?
Hunter/jumper horses and riding, interesting/amazing stories, tips, how-to, people and business features


2. Describe your typical reader. 
Hunter/jumper riders, English riders, horse lovers, 12-20, mostly rural, some urban, any gender

3. What is the title of your magazine? Why?
 High Standards. It is related to both hunters and jumpers(Standards are part of a jump).

4. What personality would you like your publication to have? What design elements will you use to try to create that personality? What type face would be best for your magazine? Why?
Bright and fun, creative, but organized- not to chaotic, bold and fun types, to catch people's attention.

5. Is there a cover or cover that you would like to use as the model for your magazine cover? Which cover do you think would be the best one for you to emulate? Which elements of the cover would you keep? Why would you keep them? Which ones would you change? How would you change them?
I really love the Young Rider covers- they are bright and bold. However, they do target a younger audience, so I would make it a bit more professional-looking, with less different colors and better photo choices.


6. Of the four types of covers--image based, illustration based, type based or concept based—which one do you think is the best fit for your magazine? Why?
Image-based, because it's about physical people and animals, and it will be easier to see what it is about and to understand.

7. What will you first cover story be? How will your present this topic visually on the cover? What visual elements (photograph(s), graphic(s) or illustration(s) will you need to complete the design?
Hunters or jumpers? (what should you do?) A hunter or jumper horse & rider.

Learning About Magazine Covers - My Favorite Cover

Oklahoma Today

"The Indians & Cowboys Issue," July/August

Steven Walker, Designer

Shane Bevel, Photographer

"The feature covers the Choctaw ponies, a herd of wild Spanish mustangs. The photographer camped out for three days to shoot the horses, and at night could hear them whinnying. The cover image was selected for the epheral light across the top of the horses head, and cropped so the reader could look into the eyes of the horse. This cover deliberately has no cover lines in order to send a message of tranquility and uninterrupted space, and has been very popular with readers."

This my favorite cover because, obviously, horses. It connects with me as a reader, and now I really want to go read the main story. Horses are usually a rare cover subject, especially such a beautiful picture of one, and especially with the horse as the only subject. For this reason, I think it would interest people who aren't horse lovers as well. The photo choice was awesome- the still action and bright light looks gorgeous. Choosing a black background seemed important, as the natural background would probably be too distracting from the subject.

Learning About Magazine Covers-My Top Five 2015 Magazine Covers

1. Simple background
2. Neat conceptual/ symbolic idea
3. Focus is drawn to picture

1. Colorful
2. Relates to content
3. Blurry- neat compostion
















1. Black, simple background
2. Matching colors/nice color scheme
3. Really cool close-up picture of a horse






















1. Silhouette picture
2. Firefly overlay is intriguing
3. Minimum amount of text- focus is on the picture




















1. Contrast
2. Symmetry
3. Pattern

Photoshop Challenge 3 - Photo Collage

Learning About Magazine Covers-The Four Types of Magazine Covers

Image-based covers are simple and pretty easy to do. However, they are the most common types of cover, and so it's harder to make it unique. It's best for travel, fashion, photography, and food magazines as well as some others because you want to have a photograph representing what the issue is about, and these are typically physical things that can have a picture used. Illustration-based magazines are unique and very cool-looking- it can represent a more abstract idea or capture something that is in words. Type-based covers give large, sharp, bold look to them. Concept-based covers are best used for a strong, bold message, or something that is funny.

Learning About Magazine Covers-Five Helpful Magazine Tips

1. Make it stand out from the crowd
2. Experiment with different styles
3. Use different materials
4. Try using a simple picture/font
5. Use a frame

Photo Manipulation and Fashion Photography

1. Changed face proportions, changed hair, larger eyes, bigger lips, differently shaped eyebrows

2. Smother face, bigger, redder lips, bigger eyes, different eye color, changed proportions, thinner waist, longer legs, smaller feet, longer neck, longer arms, lighter skin and hair, smaller butt 

3. Thinner legs, smaller butt, thinner arms, thinner waist, smaller head, more hair, different hairstyle, lighter skin,

4. No, it gives unrealistic expectations, and doesn't show what they truly look like or who they actually are.

5. Journalism/Newspaper?Magazine pictures, and ads for products.

6. Bad acne, smoother skin, small changes in hair are okay, changes in shape/size of anything, or colors aren't.

7. Fashion photography is a certain person posing. Photojournalism is candid photography that tells a story.

8. Fashion photography is supposed to show everything perfect and can be more unethical, and photojournalism is supposed to show the truth without hiding or changing anything.

9. They showed how much you can change a picture.

10. Women are held to a higher standard of beauty and perfection, and so there is more manipulation used.