Thursday, May 12, 2016

Car Raid Preview

1) I will car raid my friend Sophi
2) I will do this car raid after school next week
3) What grade are you in? Are you the main driver of this car, or do you share it with someone? Do you have a job? If so, where do you work? Were you born in Austin? Do you have any siblings?
4) I expect to write down details such as the condition of the car, or how much garbage is in it, or how clean it is.

Graffiti & Found Objects



Saturday, May 7, 2016

Peer Review SoM

Peer Review: of http://mikaylazellnersphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com/2016/04/student-of-month-story.html
Paragraphs: 50pts
5 Quotes:15pts
Inverted Pyramid: 20pts
Extra Credit:0pts
Total:85pts

Opinion Writing Preview

Story 1: Beyonce causes controversy
1. Fuaad Ajaz wrote the story.
2. Their story was about Beyonce's song, Formation, and the controversy it caused.
3. He doesn't think it is right that people choose to criticize an artist expressing their opinion
4. He did mention that they could have offended by it, but he didn't state why they would be.
5. No, he was very firm in his opinion that Beyonce was doing the right thing.
6. Yes
7. Third Person

Story 2: Is the AP world history test worth it?
1. Mia Barbosa
2. The AP world history test, and how it can benefit the student to take it in high school
3. "I think that the test is a great way for students to get ahead in the competitive race for college."
4. Yes
5. No, she did a good job of backing up her reasons of why it was worth it, and even when she brought up the other sides opinion, she still provided reasoning as to why it wasn't enough to not take the test.
6. No
7. First Person

Story 3: Social media, back at it again
1. The story was written by Alicia Molina
2. It is about Damn Daniel's story of how he got famous and what is happening now as a result
3. "I thought the video was funny but after awhile it starting to get annoying."
"We need more people like Daniel and Josh who use their fame for good."
4. Yes, she did acknowledge that everybody found them funny
5. No, she shared her thoughts in a way that made it clear she was annoyed.
6. She quoted a tweet from Daniel Lara
7. First Person

Story 4: Drug dog investigations have students feeling as though their rights are being violated at school
1. The story was written by Granger Coats
2. The police providing disciplinary action for students
3. "An institution intended to enrich and better the lives of students should never detract from that role when punishing students, especially with the use of police as school disciplinarians."
4. Yes, he addressed the fact that students need to kept safe.
5. No, he never went back on his opinion, and maintained the same opinion start to finish.
6. He quoted from the school handbook, but not from people.
7. First Person

Story 5: Apple refuses to violate privacy of users
1. N/A
2. Apple and the FBI, who are trying to get them to unlock phones
3. "Although the phone could yield valuable information, we believe that the FBI is asking Apple for too much at the risk of all other iPhone owners."
4. Yes
5. No, the writer explains their reasoning on why Apple shouldn't unlock the phones throughly and sticks by it
6. There was indirect quotation of a federal judge.
7. Third Person

A. The major differences include the fact that in a hard news story, opinions aren't allowed, but in opinion pieces, the writer must have an opinion and they have to stand by it and back it up. Opinion pieces also contain less quotations, whereas hard news stories are required to have quotations as proof of what occurred. Another difference is that I noticed is that opinion pieces didn't really follow the inverted pyramid format, and their second paragraphs were more hooks for the story rather than providing additional information.
B. I think that there were a lack of pictures because pictures represent a captured moment in time. An opinion's writer can sway the way the reader sees an event or picture by the way they explain things, and this can discredit photographs.
C. 1. Should PE Credit be required? 
2. Should AISD take away late start or extend the school day?
3. Should Bethany Church revoke Bowie student parking?

Final Exam Planning

1) I plan to shoot this assignment nextweekend.
2) I will be shooting in my house and possibly in my backyard.
3) I be documenting a day in the life of my dogs and just focusing on all of the annoying silly stuff they do all day
4) I will only need a camera
5) Because I like to focus on the funnier parts of life, I plan on narrating the entire video as if it was a wildlife documentary like when the narrators say "the _____ stalks its prey". I will probably use more than one clip of video. I will probably show my smaller dog, Lola, when we are about to give her food because she does a little dance & both of my dogs chasing each other and playing. The photos will probably just be of my dogs when they are being annoying like when they beg for food at the dinner table or when Lola won't stop biting people's feet

Friday, May 6, 2016

Warm Up

1. What is your favorite photo? Either describe it, or figure out a way to post it on your blog.

This picture of the doge is my favorite.

2. Does it seem like all of these images could have been taken with a phone?

No, it does not seem like all of these photos could have been taken with a phone

3. How much do you think the apps some of the photographers used impacted the image?

I don't think the photographers edited their images too much, but if they did it would only slightly impact the image.

4. List two tips you think might help your own photography with a phone.


- Consider the rules of photography when shooting
- Make sure to stay in focus on the subject of the photo

HDR