Elements of Yearbooks and NOTES:)

Elements of a Yearbook:

different size and style fonts
a color scheme
a theme
pictures
words
numbers(statistics)
captions
title
Back and Front cover




Yearbook Notes:

Cover- Year, Name of School, A couple picture, title of yearbook, volume number, theme(layers/sameness)

Inside Cover(Front Endsheet)- Table of contents, some teaser pictures, "chapter" names, page numbers

Back Endsheets- Blank, thick paper

Title Page- School name, Year, contact, address, population of students, picture of school, website, mascot

Spread (two pages that are connected to each other that work together)- a picture that goes across both pages, a quote that goes with the theme, caption and quote from the person in the picture


Divider Page:the first section title, a picture that goes across both pages, caption and quote from the person in the picture

Divider pages: Foreground, Depth, Foundation, Flavor, Stacked, Paint, Zone, Impression, Unravel, Embellish, Reveal, Background

Last Page- Colophon(How it was made, who did it, who published it, What kind of computers, cameras) All of the staff, name of school, picture of materials

20 pages between the last page and the last Senior Ad.
there is one last divider page, and index with cut out people and quotes
52 senior Ads
Majorly white schools, It costs about $500 for a senior at westlake, ($200,000 worth of senior ads)
Around $200,000 for all of their yearbooks

Photoshop Notes (Levels)

****File > Save as> rename original file! (New name)****

Level the photo:
Image > Adjustments > Levels
Click the “channel” drop down menu and click on Blue.

Blue: Move the white and black markers until they are at the start of a mountain

Click Green.

Green: Again, move the white and black markers until they are at the start of a mountain.

Click Red.

Red: move the black and white markers until they are at the start of the closest mountain.

Click RGB.

RGB: Don’t touch the white or black markers, use the Mexican marker to change the contrast, lighten (left) or darken (right).
Make it a shade lighter than you think it should be.

Portrait and self-portrait tips and ideas

Use a tripod. Seriously. While it’s possible to get good photos while you’re hanging on to your camera at arms-length, it’s a lot easier if you’ve got the freedom to move around a bit.

The settings in which you make pictures of people are important because they add to the viewer's understanding of your subject. The room in which a person lives or works, their house, the city street they walk, the place in which they seek relaxation—whatever it is, the setting provides information about people and tells us something about their lives. Seek balance between subject and environment. Include enough of the setting to aid your image, but not so much that the subject is lost in it.

Types of Magazine Covers

1. Early Magazine Covers- Almost always paintings, tend to be religious, high morals or asking questions about your morals.


2. The Poster Cover- One big picture, usually no or small border, unobtrusive text, very cool or recognizable text DISADVANTAGES: Cover doesn't really tell you about the magazine,no entry points, very risky to do this kind of cover.


3. Pictures Married with Type- Words help the photo, don't interfere with the subject of the picture. ADVANTAGES: Can see the photo better, doesn't distract from the picture, words and pictures go together.
DISADVANTAGES: don't know what else is in there, not many entry points into the magazine.

4. In the Forest of Words- Tons of text on the picture, colorful, different fonts, different sizes, ADVANTAGES: a lot of different entry points to the magazine. DISADVANTAGES: Too much to look at, overboard with the words, covers your photos,



Stuff you find on a magazine cover:
Picture
Name of Magazine
Date
Barcode

Welcome Back:)

 

During the whole winter break, this picture kept popping into my head, and it just gives me a lot of good ideas for pictures in the future

 

I love this picture because of the way she just pays no attention to the paparazzi and is just getting ready to take her pictures. And the way that she's in a gorgeous white dress and everyone around her is wearing black.

 

This picture kind of leaves you hanging (see what i did there?) and it makes you think up scenarios in your head. did she fall? was she just in practice or was it at something big like the Olympics? was she hurt? ect... you just don't know! And the simplicity of the picture just really catches my attention.

1. I can't really say much about a favorite or "best song of 2010" Because i have like, 28931046138 favorite songs, so i'll have to say that one of them was This Ain't Nothin by Craig Morgan. It really makes you think about your life and how even though things seem bad to you, compared with the tragedies other people have to deal with, your boyfriend problems and friend drama are nothing in comparison.

"He said this ain't nothin' time won't erase
And this ain't nothin' money can't replace
He said you sit and watch your loving wife of fifty years fighting for her life
Then you hold her hand til her heart of gold stops pumping
Well Yeah boy that's something,
So this ain't nothin' "

2.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Black Swan are my two favorite movies of the year. My mom and I have read all of the Harry Potter books, probably 20 times, and when i was little, my mom would read the books to me as a bed time story. It's always been really, the only thing we've really had in common. We've always went to go see alllllll of the harry potter movies' midnight openings and this one was no different! The 7th book had always been one of my favorites and my mom and i, even though we don't always agree on things or get along, but that all changes when the movies come out so it was kind of an bonding thing for me and my mom. Plus, it was a really good movie.
Black Swan.... again, my mom and i decided to go see this movie, because hey, it's about a ballerina, I've done ballet and pointe since i was little.... why not! My mom said that she heard that it was kinda weird and i only knew that it was about a ballerina, so neither one of us really knew what we were in for. Let me start by saying that, with all my years in dance and ballet, i'd never taken the time to learn the story of Swan Lake. I'd seen parts of the ballet, and i know all the music, but not enough to get the entire story.
Anyways, i could talk on and on about this movie, but i'll just get to the point (haha, point... pointe... ha:) ) by saying that that was one of the most intense movies i've ever seen in my life and that i was well shaken after it was over. Now, i don't get scared easily, and i'm not even sure exactly how to explain how i felt after the movie, so i guess "shaken" will have to do. I don't know know if you've seen the movie or not, but you should. And i guess, it didn't effect my mom as much as it did me, because i know how it feels to have the pressure of perfection pressing down on you, being a dancer. It's not as intense as it was in the movie, because she was a professional dancer and i'm not, but still, the pressure is still there. I know how it feels to have the pressure to completely understand the role your are cast as, or to give off a certain feeling while you are dancing to try to make others feel it too.... It's an incredibly hard thing to do. This movie was, not only a great movie, but also effected me on a personal level, so i think it will be my favorite of the year.

 

This Picture honestly scares me... and i have no idea why.

3. BP Oil Rig explodes off Louisiana gulf coast:I choose this because it will effect people's lives and then environment for hundreds and hundreds of years

4. Barack Obama..... He is our president.....
I don't really care about/for politics, but he is our president, so i think he Should be the most important person... and i really don't care about celebrities either sooooooo yeah:) Only good choice, i think.

1. Tell me what is the one thing that happened on your holiday that you will remember? It can be a trip, a family visit, a present, something fun.
                   Nothing too crazy happened.... it was just pretty chill and I just worked my lamb and got ready for county show.

2. What are your resolutions for the 2011 year?
                 Abs.
                 Feel better about myself
                 Not really care what people think about me or things i do

3. What are you looking forward to in 2011?

New friendssssss:)

Ethics in fashion photography:)

1. List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer. (Look carefully)

     They made her lips bigger, made her neck longer, smoothed the flyaways of her hair, made her neck skinner, moved her lips down, made her eyes farther apart and bigger, fixed her cheek bones and made her lips bigger.

2. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like this in a photo? Why or why not?
    It is most certainly not. They changed so much in photoshop, it was like making a whole other person. People base their definition of beauty on ads like that and they are pretty much basing these views on people who don't exist. No one is perfect like the girl in the picture.

3. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?
   It think its always wrong, there's no "more wrong" You should just never do it. Everyone is beautiful in their own way

4. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?
    none of them are okay.

5. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.

   Fashion photography is an advertisement tool, "Hey look what clothes i made!" "Hey, look at this new makeup!" "You could look like this if you wear this" While photojournalism is like a story, without words. A visual story:)

6. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?

   Photojournalism is reality. It shows whats going on in the world rather than telling about it. It always should be true, untouched by editing.
Fashion Photography is more of a false reality, where everything and everyone is "beautiful"  Rarely true, and edited to make things perfect.

Negatives Evaluation:)

1. From looking at your negatives, how many of your photos do you think turned out well?
 
     At first glance, 6 of them look pretty good, and one of them looks really good. After the contact sheet though, i think the one that i made a print out of was definitely the best.

2. How many of your photos appear like they will not turn out well? Why do you think these photos did not turn out (Ex: Over/under exposed, not focused, bad composition)?

     I think that two of them look kinda bad, one because it was not focused, and the other (which was the one of me taken by my partner) was definitely not focused and had too little light.

3. Select the negative image that you think will turn out the best when it is printed. Why do you think this photo will turn out well?

    Picture #8 is the one i'm going to make a print out of, it was my favorite when i took it, and it's focused really well and i like the angle:)

4. What technical aspects of photography (focus, exposure, composition) do you think are present in your best negative? What evidence can you provide from the appearance of the negative to support your answer?
Focus, definitely. I really like how the main girl's (Mallory) face, hair and bag is all in really crisp focus, and the girl behind her is not in focus because Mallory is the subject of the picture.

5. What advanced composition techniques (Ex: rule of thirds, leading lines) that you have learned in class are present in your favorite negative?
 Lighting and Lines:)