Portrait of my Friend

Portrait and Self-portraits introduction

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1. Move Your Subject Out of their Comfort Zone

2. Play With Backgrounds

3. Get Closer

The thing I liked about this image is The background and the facial expression

 The thing I liked about this image us the dynamic coloring and the  Background

  The thing i like about this image is how they used the mirror to make a optical illusion

I like this image because of how she is popping out of the image

 What i liked about this image is the coloring and the background

What i like about this image is the vibrant colors and the dogs face

For my portrait project i would be probably take a photo of me at my desk. Because that's who I am and what I do for the most of the day. And maybe have a videogame running on the computer. 

Lone Star Dispatch Issue #4 - Friday

STORYS

Story 1

Summary - A science class research with a nanodrop spectrophotometer. They're working with the freshmen research class at UT. They are trying to study the functions of proteins.

who - The scientific research and design class.
what - research with a nanodrop spectrophotometer
where - at bowie
when - doesn't say
why - to study the funtions of proteins
how - By droping samples using a mivto-popete to drop DNA samples into a nanodrop spectrophotometer
reserch teacher Denie Sanders, Senior Caleb Newton, Senior Jake Anderson
"But because all genes act differently, some will work perfectly, while with others we run into troubles." Paragraph 3. It made me think more scientifically so i wanted to learn more about the story

Story 2

Summary - Nitendo's new game, "Super Mario Run" was released. The game didn't get good feedback unlike their hit game "Pokemon Go." Mario run is actually a good game but it is not what people expected.

Who - Nitendo
What - Released their new game, and it didn't do so well.
Where - On the apple app store
When - Near the release of the iphone 7
Why - The new game isn't what others expected
How - Because the full game cost 10$ to be able to actually only get all 34 levels.

No one was quoted.

Story 3

Summary - Some students have strange pets. Pyka has a prairie dog named squirrel and it is very loving and energetic. Cowey has a actual squirre. Whited has a sugar glider.

Who - people at our school
What - have strange animals
where - at their house
when - NA
why - because it is cool
how - they bought them

Cameron Pyka, Charles Cowey, Justin Whited
"her name is squirrel"  paragraph 10. It made me keep reading because i wanted to know why they named it that.

Photos


Varsity Cheerleaders - A1

I thing the lighting of the photo was very good. The angling of the photo is a bit weird but i can see it working for the photo. I think this photo goes very well with the story.
I see rule of thirds and some lines
The cheerleaders where the main subject.
It was properly exposed
I see depth of field

Rider of her life - B1

I liked how they stopped the movement of the horse. And they also got the dust flying behind. The lighting could be slightly better because the face of the girl is a bit dark
I see lines
The horse/rider is the subject
It was properly exposed
Shadows

Yo-Yo - B7

I like the lighting ((even though i cant see much because it is black and white)) of both of the photos. I like how they were able to stop the yoyo in action.
I see some lines
The man was the main subject
Properly Exposed
Shadows

On the beam - A8

I like how they were able to stop the subject before she landed on the beam. The lighting is amazing.
I see lines and slight rule of thirds
The girl was the subject
Properly Exposed
Depth of field

Love is Love - B8

I find this photo very empowering for the movement. I like the lighting of the photo.
I don't see any elements
The couple was the subject
Properly Exposed
Depth Of Field

Favorite Photo - In the crowd - A7
I find the mask funny because of the situation
Rule of thirds  

My least photo - Close Connection - B1
The photo is very cliche and it was obviously staged.
maybe Rule of Thirds?

I would like to be the photographer for the yoyo story because i find it cool to stop something so fast in a photo.

If i had to rate the photos in this issue it would be a 9/10. I don't like the drawings. They look like a 7-year-old drew them ((sorry for being so critical)) and i didn't like the staged photos like the horse one. Everything else was great

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

A. Be careful about what you edit. And if you edit something without disclosure you could face extreme consequences. Most photos will have been edited. And all of them are changes to the actual image.
B. They have strict guidelines on how to take photos and editing. The Charlotte Observer’s photo policy states, “No colors will be altered from the original scene photographed”
C. I believe being able to crop an image should be the only correction that is 100% acceptable. Correcting the brightness and such is ok but i don't think i should be use often. If they want properly colorized photos, they should make sure they do that in the camera first.
D. I think the most unethical type of manipulation is actually removing or adding something on an image. I think its bad because you're actually changing the pixels of the photo. You loss sense of the original photo if you do that.
E. I think changing the coloring dramatically is what i think is the least unethical. I don't this is that bad of a change but you do loss what the original photo is. If you set the photo as a colored photo but then change it to a black and white photo it's not the same photo anymore.

Photo Promp #2

 Hot is the opposite of cold so I chose to take a photo of a fire alarm

This is an electrical tube connecting to a florescent light

I couldn't find a lot of purple here at bowie ((mainly because everything is pretty much red)) but i found some grape soda.

CE 4.4

1. increasing city housing supply, adopting the CodeNext rewrite of city land use ordinances, creating a permitting process to build affordable housing more quickly, supporting workforce training and improving economic incentive policies.
2. 1-2 million
3. Kevin Eltife, Janiece Longoria, Rad Weaver
4. My drawer ((i dont need it anymore)) Most of the useless wires, my playstation, the random chair in my room
5. Gummy candy remote

LONG ANSWER RESPONCE

The Corps is involved in approving the pipeline because it s manages the Missouri River and its system of hydroelectric dams, which is owned by the federal government. Donald trump signed an executive order telling the Corps to quickly reconsider Darcy’s decision. The project is 3.8 billion dollars. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe are going to challenge it because they fear the water will pollute its drinking water. The Standing Rock Sioux next step is to urge "emergency action." I think that if the pipeline will help our country and not pollute, then it should be completed. And I can't think of any other alternatives

CE 4.3

1. eferring to the so-called nuclear option that would scuttle the filibuster in favor of a simple majority vote on Gorsuch
2. The new gift — of which $15 million has already been paid, with the balance pledged by the end of the year — brings the Longs’ giving to the health science center to $51 million
3. Silicon Labs makes silicon chips and software that can be used in a variety of devices, from televisions to smart energy meters and data centers.
4. Austin City Council Member Delia Garza, Fayruz Benyousef
5. LIGHT A FIRE, APPOINT ACCENT TABLES, SUPERSIZE YOUR SOFA, ADD TEXTURE

The Senate 4 bill boosts penalties against offending local governments and to extend its requirements to university police departments. The bill seeks to dismantle policies that prohibit or discourage police, jail personnel and other officials from inquiring about the immigration status of anybody who has been arrested or detained. I think it will cause a rise in the police force. I have no opinion of the situation. If the policy actually affects me then yea I would look more into it. But at the moment, I don't have an opinion