Cover History

Early Magazine Cover- These early magazine covers kinda jump started the process of making the next generation better and to just improve them. For example, in the early 1700's covers really didn't have covers such as we see in magazines now a days that actually have some design to it like wavy lines or some kind of pattern. It wasn't until the early 1800's and on that people decided that these covers should have some kind of thing to it like illustrations.

The Poster Cover- These covers were like pieces of art in just a paper. The art foreshadowed the magazine and it had so much to it. During this time, nobody could argue that this was the way to create such cover and they wanted to keep it going in that direction. Later on These covers started including actual photographs of the main person or the headline of which the magazine was going to be about. They started the whole taking a picture of a person and everything.

Pictures Married To Type- In this era, cover lines were more important when making a cover because that's where you go to look at what's inside the magazine and depending on how it looks it takes an impact on whether or not your gonna want to pick it up read it. As time went by, these cover lines had more expressions to them like for example "discovering new things" or something and it just attracted the reader more. Even though you have an amazing photograph, you also have to have something to go with them like amazing cover lines and that"s exactly what they did.

In The Forest Of Words- In these covers, there was more use of models and people rather than an artistic poster kind of cover. There are more vivid stuff going on in the cover than before and this was by the 2000's. Also, lines in the cover sometimes appeared larger than the actual name of the magazine like for example, the name "seventeen" might have been smaller in font than another name in the magazine like big news or something

2009 in review-favorite movie

This movie was sooo funny yet emotional and I loved it! I saw it with my friends and each and everyone of us cracked up and enjoyed it. I would definately see it over again and will be cracking up as the first time. It was also sad, but I liked it (5 stars!!)

20009 in review- The most important piece of world news

The word "Hope" says it ALL, hope for the future and hope for everyone out there. 2009 was all about the first African American president and how he was going to bring hope to this nation. I was pretty darn happy that he had won and pretty pleased what he has done so far. In world news I COMPLETELY agree that nation-wide, people are looking foward to what this man will bring to the table.

2009 in review- favorite photo

How could anyone deny the fact that THE WHOLE world was happy that bush got out of the picture and made room for Obama? This is my favorite photo of 2009 because it kinda sums up the whole 2009 and what it brought. I also loved this photo because of the way it shows how Bush is taken out and Obama is being put into the glass frame, which i thought it was pretty funny hehe....

2009 in review- best song

"Forever"

I chose the song "Forever" by Drake ft. Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and Eminem as my favorite song for 2009 because it included the best. They seriously killed the song and came out SOOO good! This song got stuck in my head forever (lol) and definately ♥ Eminem's part.

Let's Go Shoot! - building

Building

Let's Go Shoot! - Akins

Akins

Let's Go Shoot! - Happy :)

Happy :)

Plan for Portrait Assigment

For this portrait assignment. I think I would like to take a capture my friends in the picture and they're all just smiling and laughing and just having fun. I want to capture how much fun we all have together and a bit of every one's personality. MY friends that will be included in the photo will be Josefina, Jasmine, Rosa, Ariel, Danielle and maybe some of the boys that help make going to the movies or just go out to eat really fun and everything. Where will I shoot them? Well, I'm thinking of maybe shooting it by the band hall close to the place where the big rocks are because it will represent where we hang out in the mornings and how much fun we have there and it also shows how much we hang out in school despite us not having the same classes. To make the shot successful, I will really have to think at which angle I'm going to be taking it and if the lighting is good enough because there has to be sun and bright outside so that it can symbolize fun and joy not sadness and depression. Also, I'm going to be thinking about if the props are adequate for the picture, which in this case are going to be the huge rocks. I don't know how many pictures of them I'm going to take, but they're going to be something about my life like school and FRIENDS and maybe my boyfriend but those I'm going to have to think the same about... is the angle good? Should I break the rules in some? Will I use props or what? but I know that I have to really capture who my subject is and what they like to do or what is their personality like.

Portrait and self-portrait tips and writing your ideas

1.Most portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. While this is good common sense – completely changing the angle that you shoot from can give your portrait a real WOW factor.

2. You can create an especially revealing self-portrait by adding personal memorabilia surrounding your mirrored image, such as photos of yourself at various stages of your life, or anything that tells the viewer about your interests. Besides a mirror, a window can sometimes offer a reflective surface for you to capture your own image.

3. If you’ve got a subject or two or more who are just plain uncomfortable, seek out privacy for the shoot as much as possible. If you’ve got something in your head that you’re working towards and your subject just isn’t diggin’ it… drop it and move on to something else.

Portraits and Self-Portrait (continued)

To make a good photo, I think that the image has to represent something like there has to be a purpose or a story behind it. It should express that the photographer like if he/she is all emo and stuff then they might like take a really dark looking photo for example or something to represent them. The photo should also have some emotion to it and can tell a story in a way. I think I would really like to take a picture of someone else and see how that goes. I would like to express that person in a way of a picture.

Professianal & Self-Portrait

Winter Break

My most favorite memory of the break was when my dad,sister, and I went and played some tennis and it was cold that day and it was just fun because I kept winning (of course) haha...

Well most of the time I just stayed home and played on the wii that I got for Christmas and played for hours. I didn't go anywhere out of the state but I did go to the mall and was grounded for the break so I really couldn't go out with my friends to the movies or fun stuff like that.

If I looked back at 2009 while being 225 yrs. old, I would remember being in tennis as an 8th grader and a freshman and how much fun it was and how of a new experience it was for me. I would also remember how much fun I had at UT sleeping over and just having fun with my friends and all the crazy things we did there. 2009 was also sad because I went from being in middle school to going to high school and all the people that I left behing, but also the new people that I have met along the way.

Photos of the year 2009

The thing about this photo that made me pick it was the fact that you can see all these candles that were liten up all over the place and it's a MAGNIFICENT view. The photographer used repetition in this photo. I don't know, but this photo just really makes me go "WOW" because it's facinating!

Photos of the year 2009

The reason I picked this photo as one of my favorites was because of how it has the curved lines of the highways behind the main subject. I thought that the fact that the man's tie is kind of flowing away was kinda and sort of weird, but now that i think about it, it adds a cool thing towards it because there's like wind and everything. The photographer definately used the rule of lines and they were indeed curved. I also think he did a sort of viewpoint thing in there too so that the man and the highways really blend in together and overall it looks GRRRREAT!

Photos of the year 2009

What I absolutely loved about this photo is the fact that the whole thing takes place in the dark and then there's this dark blue light-ray and it alluminates the face of the singer and I just think that's SUPER EXTREMELY cool!! The photographer used lines and it was a diagnal one so no wonder it was pretty dynamic. I picked it as one of my top 3 because it has this cool thing to it and behind it and it really makes you stare at it and everything.