Magazine Cover

The main point is to sell as many magazine as you can, so the magazine cover is what attracts us to buy a certain magazine.
One of the most important things is to make the buyer curious, so a magazine cover should have:

1. lot of contrast between colors(not necessarily a lot of colors)  to emerge from the book-shield and therefore the competition
2. many little captions in order to let the buyer know what the magazine is about and give him just a little taste of the article so that he needs to buy it if he wants to know the all story
3. a strong picture
4. a good title
5. and the price visible because, especially if the magazine is chip, the buyer already knows whether to buy or not

Portraits and Self-Portrait tips and ideas

1. Think about your motivation and emotions: Blankly staring at the camera rarely gets good results. Be silly, don’t be afraid to over-act. The worst that can happen is that you fill up your memory card with useless photos; but you might also find yourself with a proper gold-nugget of a self portrait.
2. Have fun with it. Be sexy. Be yourself. Be awesome. Be different. Be creative. Whatever you do, have fun with it. That’s part of the point, after all.
3. There are several ways to be unobtrusive. The first thing, of course, is to determine what you want to photograph. Perhaps you see a stall in a market that is particularly colorful, a park bench in a beautiful setting—whatever has attracted you. Find a place to sit or stand that gives you a good view of the scene, take up residence there, and wait for the elements to come together in a way that will make your image.

ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT 

This  is the first environmental picture that I chose. I really like it because it took a lot of work to come up with such an idea and it is a really rare subject in circulation.

  In this other picture I like the fact that is a black & white picture of a woman working in China.
It made me suddenly feel how difficult is the life in the rural parts of China.
It is a really powerful picture.

SELF-PORTRAIT

 

 

I like this portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe, because looks like is being himself:he is just smoking a cigarette with a confusing expression.

Now, I like this portrait because the photographer used a mirror which is always effective in taking these kind of pics.
I think she has done a really good job.

CASUAL PORTRAITS

This portrait is awesome. This little kid pose for this picture and it made the portrait so simple and sweet with the innocence of a baby.

I really like this portrait for the background; the photographer did a great job in including 4 guys in an environmental portrait making it look like an elaborate picture.

WHAT I WILL DO

I want to shoot a self -portrait because I can work with the imagination, since I don't have to include random people. I will try to use a mirror effect, including a mirror or even a window.I would take this picture in the hall.

The other option is to make an environmental portrait in the yard. I will use nature to come up with a good print.

WELCOME BACK

 

 Those are my three favorite pictures of 2010:

*the first one of Ki's temple, reflects the breath taking view of the himalayan beltand the calm and peaceful life that ,those people who belong there,have.

*the one on the left is a very emotional picture; I really like it because it shows how even in the hardest time family is always there for you.

*the last one is very scenic, and it impressed me because it tells me how nature is strong

1. "Neutron Star Collision by the Muse". Ireally like this song because it has a good rythm and its lyrics are very emotional.
2. The 2010 movie that I prefer ( and that I actually watched) is the A-Team, because is full of action and the actors starred their characters greatly.
3.  
4. the most important person of 2010 is KIM-YU-NI, because even if she was tortured by her government, she kept believing in her thoughts .It becoame a international case and now she is free and she keeps spreading her word.
5. the biggest sport person of 2010 is Jose Mourinho. He was the 2009/2010 F.C INTER's headcoach and he won all that he could with them : Serie A, Champions League, Coppa Italia ( the famous tripletta)

NOW MY HOLIDAY

1. Having Christmas with another family ( my host family) is a thing that I will always remember.
2. Finish this fantastic year in the U.S then go back to Italy and keep going with my usual life( always thinking about what I will do in the future)
3. In 2011, I would really like to travel the States

Final Exam Study Guide

1. to get to server drives:  just double-click "server drive" on the desktop; to get to my folder:  go to student ID drive and click the "photoj" folder
2. blogger.com is used to publish posts that the teacher assigned us
3. you need an oatmeal can: you fill it with black paper in order to be able not to let light inside the cylinder, you do a little tiny hole in the outside and you cover it with cardboard
4. You need to put a picture paper(?) inside and then you let the light in by lifting the cardboard for few seconds( depend on the brightness of the place where you are taking the picture)
5. a)Divide the picture in 9 squares:  the subject must not be in the center square

          b)At least two subjects must be in the picture:  they are similar but they are in two different parts of the           picture in order to balance it.
          c)Lines are part of the picture and they lead our eyes to the subject of the picture
          d)The same image is repeated, but backwards
          e)The photographer takes a picture from a different point of view ( either below the subject or above)
          f)There's a background that doesn't interfere with the subject
          g)You need to use elements in the background "walk out the picture"
          h)Using borders or objects to include the subject in a specific frame
          i)Zoom almost 100% on the subject
          j)Avoiding non influential staff in your picture
      6. All pictures can tell a story because most of the time they represent situations, actions that you can easily describe in words
      7.  Multimedia is the big group of instruments that help us know what is going on in the world and that do many other things( some time they broadcast ridiculous programs):  I'm talking about TVs, Radio, Internet..
      8.  You should write two sentences: the first one must be in the present tense and must tell what is happening in the picture; the second sentence should describe the background( use a past tense)
      9.  They make us understand the picture easily
     10. 

Choice Sheets

Yearbooks around the country:

Westlake High School, Austin, TX








Newspapers around the country:
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/3208/Default.aspx

Abandoned Theme Park

1. I would like to go to Shidaka's Utopia,Japan because I'm fascinated by the Japanese architecture and I will be able to take pictures of parts of the abandoned park including the unique houses in the background.Since there's a House of Horror, I would take pics of the monsters sitting in a decay. I should go in a day that is kind of foggy to give better an idea of terror and decay.

2.That's the House of Terror

    3.  Unusual places:

• fish market
• The TUBE in london
• a pub
• in top of a building so that you have an interesting point of view
• inside a wreck

    4.  Pub:

5.  I would go to Ireland, the "home" of pubs, to document how people after they get off work go to the nearest pub to drink a beer with work mates and reflect on what they have to do the next day.
Is a really interesting place because people expressing their-selves in a real life situation: People chatting, laughing, drinking... I think it would be a great unusual place to take pictures.
6.  Flying from Italy, it would be cheap to go Ireland especially with companies like RYAN AIR: you can get 2 tickets for less than 200 euro.
I would bring with me my camera and all the stuff that I need to take pictures.
I'll probably stay in a Hotel downtown, to be able to move without riding a bus or a taxi.
I'm not really sure if I can take pictures in a Pub without permission, but I would definitely ask to the owner of the Pub If I would be able to that.

Portraits and Self-Portraits

Self-portrait:

I think this is one of the most powerful self-portrait, if not THE ONE, because all the repetition of his face in different squares gives him the opportunity to pose and taking many pictures in just one.
I really like the idea of "copying" the Beatles's album cover and I think he did a great job.

Portrait:

This is one of my favorite portraits because is very efficient and simple.
It gives perfectly the IDEA of a portrait because only their upper body is in the picture.
The crossed arms are very artistic.
I like the picture because the black on the background mixes with the black of the dude's t-shirts and so their face and their crossed arms look like a skull and crossbones.





I really like the Portrait style because I will be more free to capture more persons in one picture and it is helpful because I can come up with more ideas.
I would like to emulate Seliger's feature to put in contrast the subject with the background as in the picture above.