Today

Today I was doing some research for the final and helped people with their photoshop and looked ovr some pages

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Photography research

What makes a good photo

1. -To have a good photo you need to create the mood with the following things:

                                                               -Perspective

                                                               -Color

                                                               -Focus 

                                                               -Weather 

2. -The photo must have some characteristics: 

                                   -Shape- the shape always tends to be noticed first, it helps create the mood. You          
                                                can use shape by using backlight or use a background color or use texture

                                   -Line- line leads the line and is used to create almost everything such as shape
                                              pattern, depth and perspective. It leads the eyes by using focal points,  
                                              diagonals and s-curves. 

                                   -Pattern- combination of shape line or color. Pattern can help to give character to

                                                 the photo. To catch a viewers attention you could use random patterns 

                                                 and pattern in common places. 

                                   -Texture- adds realism a sense of touch this is really important to close ups in             

                                                  many photos' they use front lighting to decrease the texture in ones skin. 

                                   -Size and Space- 2D pictures can distort  depth  relative size and distances

3. Giving Perspective

                -Lines- they cover the distance

                -Diminishing Size- objects further away are smaller 

                -Aerial- atmosphere creates haze which lightens objects further away

4. Depth and Perspective

                 -Overlapping Forms- they create depth and distance 

                 -Selective focusing- focusing on the foreground and blurring the background

5. Improving Composition

                  - Rule of thirds- take pictures with different angles. 

                  -Simplicity- One strong center of interest background should be simple avoid mergers. 

                  -Angle and perspective- Low angles clear sky backdrop accentuate movement or action High 

                                                         angle eliminate cloudy sky 45 degree angle will cut glare avoid               

                                                         centered horizons 

                  -Framing- Adds depth should fit the theme helps subject fill the frame 

6. Balance

- Color and weight in the picture

- Formal and informal

- Symmetrical or asymmetrical 

7. Fill the frame

- Focus on subject and detail

- Fill the frame with objects that fit

- Long range shots provide depth and perspective 

*Close ups decrease perspective while wide angles can exaggerate. 

*Soft light can give a sense of shape

*Avoid cutting out parts, avoid cutting the path of a moving object 

Fix the blurriness of a picture

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Tutorial Used:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5895447_rid-blur-photo-photoshop.html

What I did today Thursday on November

-Gave People their Pages
-Gave some tips on the pages
-Photoshoped the blurry-ness of the photos I took
- Look at different examples of pictures to see the differnt angles I can use when taking a picture
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Photography powerpoint

-Find a different angle

You can tell that the person taking the picture is in different angles. Sometimes he is down up or in the side.

-The rule of thirds

On the pictures in the powerpoint the rule of thirds is mainly on the side of the grid. Since the grid is divided into 3 parts the subject is mainly in the side.

-Leading Lines

In the pictures containing leading lines they are all focused on a single direction that sort of creates a line a sort of path.

-Framing

Framing is when your subject is surrounded by something already inside your shot it creates a frame for your subject. 

-The 3 pictures I like the best

1. The guy playing baseball

What really makes this picture work is that the photographer used unusual angle to take this picture so the player is on the ground it really works because you can see the dust at the bottom of the picture.

2. What makes this photo is that the photographer used fill the frame so th esubject of the picture is touching the four sides of this photo and he also captures the sense of emotion of these 2 girls.

3. What makes this picture work is that the photographer used leading lines but I think he kind of used rules of thirds also. This photo also works because of the lighting. 

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Yearbook Business card

Examples of Negative Space

What is negative space?

Negative space is sort of a technique that is used in photography to make the pictures more interesting. Negative space is referred as the space that surrounds the main object. It usually is clear and really emphasizes the main object of whatever you are taking a picture of.

Business card mock up #1

Business cards samples

http://creativebits.org/cool_business_card_designs

http://djdesignerlab.com/2010/05/13/80-beautiful-letterpress-business-card-designs/

http://djdesignerlab.com/2010/05/13/80-beautiful-letterpress-business-card-designs/

http://djdesignerlab.com/2010/05/13/80-beautiful-letterpress-business-card-designs/

http://djdesignerlab.com/2010/05/13/80-beautiful-letterpress-business-card-designs/

http://djdesignerlab.com/2010/05/13/80-beautiful-letterpress-business-card-designs/

Elements of graphic design

The elements of graphic design are: Line, shape, texture, space size value, and color

Line
Lines can be useful to:

• Create a graph or a chart
• Stress information (underline)
• To guide the reader to look at a piece of information
• Create emotion
• Create a pattern

Shape

Shapes can be used to attract attention. There are 3 types of shapes:

1. Geometric (triangles, squares and rectangles)
2. Natural shapes (animals, plants, and humans)
3. Abstracted shapes (icons, stylized figures, and graphic illustrations)

Shapes can be useful to: 

• Crop images to different sizes
• Make a block of text more interesting
• Highlight information

Texture

For graphic design texture could be an illusion, could be patterns or  images

Texture can be used to:

• Visual
• Call attention
• Highlight
• Make it as readable as possible

Space

Amount of white between 2 items this could make whatever u making easier to read and it can also give eye rest.

Space is used to:

• Give they eye visual rest
• Grab attention
• Make it easy to read

Size

How big or small a figure is

Size is used to:

• Attract attention
• Make the item more important larger

Value

Lightness or darkness of the area

Value is used to:

• Give the image lightness or darkness 
• Create a pattern
• Give volume to a picture

Color

Color can be used to:

• Create a  mood
• Highlight important elements of whatever u are trying to make
• It can also be created to make a pattern
• Organize

Photography concepts

Depth Of Field

Depth of field is when you focus on a point and then he background is kind of blurry to kind of exaggerate the point in which you are focusing. 

Framing

Framing is when, a frame is created in the picture you are doing.

Unusual angle

Unusual angle is when you take a picture from an unusual angle and then the picture comes out from a different point of view

Rule of thirds

Rule of thirds is when the picture is to the side and then u fill the frame with what is going in the background

Balance

Balance is when thee picture is kind full but the items in the picture are balanced

Depth

Depth can sort of apply to different landscapes and you see a focused point in the front an then u see the rest of the landscape

Leading lines

Leading lines is when the angle is focused kind of to the side and it sorts of creates like a hallway

Repetition

Repetition is when there i an item being repeated in your picture

 Fill The Frame

Fill the frame is when you fill the frame of your camera with whatever is going on

Symmetry

Symmetry is when the picture can have a symmetry in the middle and to the sides.

Photoshop Glowing Flowers

Photo Evaluation 9/11

Unusual Angle

I think this photo has the best composition because the twin towers are big and after they were attacked and with all the rescue workers doing their search parties this picture can show how big the destruction was and it is also fill the frame which again shows all the destruction.

Unusual Angle

This photo they also used Unusual angle and it has a ver good composition because the angle is from almost at the level of the floor. You can tell by the lady walking right by the camera. It shows good composition because the camera is able to capture the towers and both he people taking pictures of the tower

Fill the frame

In this picture they used fill the frame. It has a good composition because they show like almost a bird view of this picture and shows the city and the dust/pollution of the twin towers together with the sunset.

The rule of thirds

I think they use the rule of thirds by taking a picture of all the city and at the same time capturing the burning building. It has a great composition because the city looks calm while the building is burning.

Leading Lines

This picture used leading lines and it has great composition because it not only uses leading lines but it also shows all the destruction in the city the cars and everything.

Photo Scavenger Hunt

Fill the frame 

Repetition

Symmetry

Rule of thirds

Balance

Leading lines

Depth of Field

Unusual Angle

Depth 

Framing

Mock-up for the Yearbook

For the mock-up I decided to create the inside cover. The yearbook teacher decided to use the inside blank pages for something so what I decided to do with the page is to create a tittle page. Almost all the teachers here at our school always asks us to create a cover page for our notebooks just in case if we loose them. But for the yearbook the tittle page are going to say " Westchester Academy, 2011-2012, Dr. B. and whatever volume this yearbook is going to be". What I also was planning was to have some doodles because most of us always draw on our stuff. So I have some drawings and another idea that has occur to me was to have like a little motion drawing on the top right corner so when they flip the book is like a little animation. 

The 4 photos to discuss

1. In the first photo the photographer was using higher level by taking the icture with height. He also used the building to put it in the middle.

2.  For the second picture the photographer filled the frame with different things. He focused on the ladies in the bike and used the men to fill the background.

3. For the third picture he used the eye to eye level to focus on the persons expressions.

4. For the fourth picture he used the camera in an angle and he also filled the frame with the class room and gave it a sort of effect by taking the pictue in a corner.

My Yearbook sketches

So I decided to go with the notebook idea mainly because it was the only one that I can actually remember. My partner and I decided to sketch the cover page, the first inside page, the club page and the grade page.
This is the sketch.

Ideas for the new Yearbook

I think it would be a good idea to make the yearbook like a scrapbook.  I think it would be funner to make and also fun to see and to enjoy. Not all the pages have to be designed like a scrapbook.