Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Egg photo challenge 5

In this photo I used a side angle, so it can make a dramatic shadow and have more contrast between the light and the dark. It made the effect of side lighting.
I took this photo from over(easy) the egg. It's from a birds eye view, which makes the shape look more circular. This splits the shadow down the middle and elongates the one on the side. 

With this photo, I changed how close I was in relation to the egg along with the angle. This makes the egg more detailed and makes the shadow smaller. 

In this photo, I used front lighting because I wanted to almost eliminate the shadow on the egg, since it is present in the other photos. 

Again, I used the distance from the egg to make the picture unique. I made a longer distance between me and the egg do you can my see the details and I used back lighting so it is completely in shadow. 




Thursday, January 21, 2016

Publication uno spring semester

Kicking butt
Lily Myers (9) sets up to pass the ball at house park. McCallum lost to the Anderson Trojans 1-2, but played a great game against the other varsity team on 1/11. "I love how well our team works together" says Myers.
Lights Out it's Knight Time
The McCallum girls varsity soccer team gets pumped up before playing their second half against the Lady Trojans. They worked hard and tried their best but fell to Anderson 2-1. "They are a good team, and I like the challenge of playing them" says Delaney Carter (9)
Gooaaaaalll!!
Emily Goulet scores the first goal of the night at house park against the Anderson Trojans. McCallum's girls varsity team lost to Anderson 1-2 but put up a good challenge and played a great game. "We still need to learn how to play well as a team but I think we are doing well so far" says team mate Rachel Williams (9).

Friday, January 8, 2016

Yearbook assignment

Every year book needs...
1. Dominant photos
2. Modules 
3. Captions
4. Sections (student life etc.)
5. Caption headlines
6. Headlines
7. Identifications
8. Photo credits
9. Theme
10. An eyeline
11. A gutter
12. Puns!
13. Quotes
14. Yearbook pictures/ mug shots
15. Opening page
16. Closing page
17. Feature stories
18. Around 12 photos per page
19. Page numbers
20. No white space
21. Cut outs
22. Color scheme
23. Clubs and extracurricular page (group photos)
24. Index
25. Cover
26. School name on cover
27. Space for aughtographs
28. Something on the spine
29. Something like an editors note

The yearbook I am doing is from Vista Ridge.

1. The name of this yearbook is "From Every Angle".

2. This is from Vista Ridge High School, located in Cedar Park, Tx

3. There is a consistent font, and grey, yellow, red, and teal. There are also many geometric shapes and angles throughly the book. 

4. There are five sections in the book. 

5. My favorite spread is the dance page. (Page 39)

6. The first thing that caught my eye was the dominant photo ( like most spreads). 

7. I like the way everything fits together, the modules, and the feature story. Also how they didn't put anyone in the gutter in the group photo.

8. I would probably make the headline a little bigger, I see what it is trying to do but there is too much white space in proportion to the rest of the page. 

9. Yes

10. Yes again! 

11. Yes x3

12. There are 1,834 people enrolled. 

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Best of 2015

Photographer- Daniel Etter

I like this photo because it shows emotion and how he is caring forthe children. Your eyes are immediately drawn to his expression, and the background helps you figure out what is going on.

Photographer- Sergey Ponomarav

This photographer had to risk his health in order to take this picture and the smoke in the background makes people in the front more noticeable. It freezes the action and allows you to see everyone's reaction and the detail on their faces. 

Photographer- Aris Messinis

The colors of in this picture really exaggerate the drama and effectiveness. The silhouettes also help with that. I like how the photographer went on the other side of the light source in order to make the picture more mysterious. 

I think that the best song of 2015 was "Hello" by Adele. This song was the best because it was the first song released from Adele's new album, 25. This was after she went off the charts for a little while, so everyone was really excited when it was released. It broke many records for songs and her voice captivated everyone that listened to the song. 

I think that the most important news report of 2015 was the shottings in Paris. This made people aware of what happened. Unlike the presidential debate, where it wasn't sudden, and people knew about it, many people hadn't known about the shocking attack in Paris.


The best movie of 2015 was probably Star Wars; The Force Awakens because it was a newer version of a classic movie. It attracted many people and was all the talk. It attracted a wide audience, and had a girl as the main character for once. 

The most important person of 2015 was Caitlyn Jenner. I wouldn't say she was the most important but she had a big influence on the society. Her transformation was a big deal and shocked many people, but was also a step in the right direction for many. This was huge for the transgender community and everyone because of how much is going on with gay rights. 

The biggest sports story of the year was when the USA won the women's World Cup. It was located in Canada, and we beat Japan 5-2.

One thing that I will remember from my vacation is Christmas Eve, when we had an open house and all of our friends and family came and hung out. It was really fun and I found a new family to babysit for. Normally we only have one family over, so this kind of broke our tradition. 

My resolutions for 2016 are to get more than 6 hours of sleep, and to not stress out about school work as much. I also want to eat more vegetables and cliche stuff like that.

This year, im looking forward to going skiing with my cousins. I used to go skiing every year but we haven't for the past two or three. Im excited because I love hanging out with my cousins since I never get to see them because they live in Oregon. I am probably going to fall but that's ok. I'm snow excited!