Friday, January 27, 2012

Finding a Feature

 Second Complaint filed againist officers 

Pizana's two arrest affidavits say that she sat in the car and was on her phone while her friend was being subjected to a sobriety test. The affidavit said Snider told her she was "under detention" and not allowed to use her phone. Pizana continued to use the phone even though she was ordered to stop, the affidavit said.
The affidavit also said Pizana struck Snider in the arm in an attempt to keep her phone. When Oborski and Snider pulled her out of the car, she refused to stand up and was handcuffed while on her knees, the affidavit said.

 Questions
1.Who or what is subject (focus) of your story?
Norma Pizana, 28,
Antonio Buehler,
both officers Robert & Pat.

2.What is the angle of your story? (In other words, what makes your story unique or different than any other story that has been told?)
Officers were both making charges under both Norma and Antonio, that were said not too be true.

3.Who would you need to interview to write your feature story?
Both Norma and Antonio.

4.List THREE QUESTIONS you would need to answer to write your feature story?
-Did both people talk back to the officers?
-Did officers have the camara in the car on?
- why wouldnt officers talk?

6. It has real life drama.

7.angry, helpless,obiedent.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Basic Photo Composition

Simplicity


The Rule Of Thirds


Lines


Balance


Framing


Avoiding Mergers
The Camera

1. Explain the “camera obscura” effect. How is it achieved?
The cameras obscura effect is "dark room" which was came to come from a hole acting as lens focusing and translating light thru a wall of dark chamber.

2. What invention during the 17th Century helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera?
When Issac Newton and Chris Huygens perfected of knowing the Optics and how too make glass lens high quality.

3. What were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce?
Niepce added film too the camera.

4.What do modern digital cameras have in common with Niepce’s camera?
What modern cameras have in common with Niepces camera is that light passes through the lens into the camera and exposes the film.

5. What do digital cameras use to capture an image?
The film.

Camera Modes

6. What is the difference between the Auto Mode and the Program mode?
Auto & Program mode is the default for shooting photos on most cameras your guaranteed when you take a photo it will be a great image.

7. What is the Portrait mode used for? How does it work?
The Portrait mode is used for blurring out the background of a photo and the camera will use the fasted cameras lens setting as possible.

8. What is the Sports mode used for? (not just sports) How does it work?
The sports mode is used for freezing the moment and capturing the photo and having the highest shutter speed.

The Half Press

9. Why should you do a half press on the trigger button?
 To see how the photo will come out and explore the composition on the scene.

Controlling Flash


10. What does this symbol mean?
This symbol below means no flash at all.












 When would you use this?
when there is no flash needed at natural light.

11.What does this symbol mean?
This symbol means that flash is default and only will fire the flash if there is not enough light.









When would you use this?
When the camera might not have enough light.

Introduction to Exposure

12. What happens to your photo if there is too much light?
If there is too much light i your photo will look washed out

13. What happens to your photo if there is not enough light?
If there is not enough light in the photo the photo will look too dark.


The Universal Stop

14. What is a “stop.”
Stop represents a relative change in the brightness of light.

15. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are two sons instead of one?
1 stop

16. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are four sons instead of two?
 2 stops

Shutters and Aperture 

17. What affect does a longer shutter speed of have?
Longer shutter speed has more light.

18. What affect does a shorter shutter speed have?
A shorter shutter speed has less light.

19. What does the aperture control?
The aperture controls amount of light going into the photo.

20. When adjusting the aperture, how can you increase the amount of light?
When adjusting the aperture you can increase the amount of light by having a larger F stop.

Exploring the Canon Rebel T3 
List the buttons you see on the back and the top of the camera. Provide a definition of what those buttons are and what they do.
  • Aperture button- too adjust the lightening going thru the photo.
  • Erase button- to erase photos you dislike.
  • Menu button- to show your options
  • Settings button- to adjust settings and view of photos.
  • Iso- To change shutter speed.
  • White balance- to adjust brightness and darkness of photos.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Feature Leads/Descriptive Writing

Story 1-
-The Wreck of the Lady Mary,
-Amy Ellis Nutt
-A Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation into the sinking of the Lady Mary convened in April 2009. Several weeks of hearings were held over the next eight months, with testimony from José Arias, the only survivor of a seven-man crew; Fuzzy Smith, the co-owner of the boat; and at least a dozen other witnesses, including Lake Downham, the Coast Guard rescue swimmer who pulled Arias from the water.
-The wind was blowing hard and the waves were 6 to 9 feet the night of March 23 into the early hours of March 24, making conditions difficult for the Lady Mary.

Story 2-
-Forgetting a child in the back seat of a hot, parked car is a horrifying, inexcusable mistake. But is it a crime?
-Gene Weingarten
-The defendant was an immense man, well over 300 pounds, but in the gravity of his sorrow and shame he seemed larger still. He hunched forward in the sturdy wooden armchair that barely contained him, sobbing softly into tissue after tissue, a leg bouncing nervously under the table. In the first pew of spectators sat his wife, looking stricken, absently twisting her wedding band. The room was a sepulcher. Witnesses spoke softly of events so painful that many lost their composure. When a hospital emergency room nurse described how the defendant had behaved after the police first brought him in, she wept. He was virtually catatonic, she remembered, his eyes shut tight, rocking back and forth, locked away in some unfathomable private torment. He would not speak at all for the longest time, not until the nurse sank down beside him and held his hand. It was only then that the patient began to open up, and what he said was that he didn't want any sedation, that he didn't deserve a respite from pain, that he wanted to feel it all, and then to die.
-The defendant was an immense man, well over 300 pounds, but in the gravity of his sorrow and shame he seemed larger still. He hunched forward in the sturdy wooden armchair that barely contained him, sobbing softly into tissue after tissue, a leg bouncing nervously under the table.
Story 3-
-A Father's Pain, a Judge's Duty, and a Justice Beyond Their Reach 
-Barry Siegel
-SILVER SUMMIT, Utah -- He sat in his chambers, unprepared for this. "Just giving you a heads up," his court administrator was saying. "Paul Wayment hasn't reported in yet. They can't find him." Judge Robert Hilder felt uneasy. Wayment was supposed to start his jail sentence this morning.
-Camping and boating as often as they could. Playing ball in the backyard, fixing things around the house, planting their vegetable garden. They'd roll around their neighborhood, Paul pulling Gage in a wagon, giving away their extra produce. They'd hike down to a vacant field, Gage on Paul's shoulders, to see the cows and geese. They looked so happy, joined at the heart. You never saw one without the other. Gage's gregarious manner made Paul more outgoing. Mr. Mom, the neighbors called him. On days when she felt in need of a lift, one neighbor would sit on her porch just to watch them, just so she could smile inside

Thursday, January 5, 2012

My Top 10 List of 2011

Top MTV Shows!

1.Jersey Shore 









2.Teen Mom










3.16 & Pregnant










4.True Life








5.I used to be fat









6.Teen Wolf








7.Awkard










8.The challenege









9.My Life As Liz






   



10.Skins


    2011 Year and Review

    • World Events- 2011 Current Events, The website contains all the events that were current in 2011. The most interesting one on the list would be June 2011 U.S News The Casey Anthony Trial.
    • Celebrity News-Best of 2011 top celebrity news, The website contains celebrity news and my most interesting thing that is posted would have too  be Adeles Album "21" being at the top of the billboard charts.
    • Famous Deaths-Famous Deaths of 2011, The website contains information on deaths in 2011 of well know famous artists,singers, and people. The interesting one i find is Amy Wine house because she is a good singer and ive listened too her before.
    • Entertainment (Movies, Music, etc.)-Best Movies of 2011 , The website has lists of the best movies of 2011, the most interesting one i find is "Twilight".
    • Extreme Weather-Extreme Weather in 2011  The website has a list of extreme weather, and the most interesting is the drought in Texas that the water level is so low that it reveals towns that were flooded a long time ago.
    • Photos-Top Photos of 2011 This website has a slide show of photos that were top of 2011, the most interesting photo ive seen would have too be Rick Wyatt coming out of the courtroom in freedom.

    • Best and Worse Reality Shows of 2011-Best and Worst Reality Shows of 2011 The video has the worst and best shows of 2011, my most interesting reality show that was the best would be "Bordertown Laredo"