HDR Photography

1. The manipulations required to shoot HDR photos include setting the camera to Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) or adjusting the camera settings manually between each shot and set the camera to shoot in RAW.
2. The equipment we will use includes a camera (preferably with an AEB function), a tripod, and HDR photo-blending software.
3. Someone might take a HDR photo because they want to get a high-contrast scene and get a high dynamic range that could not be obtained in a single regular photo.
4. Once we merge all the images together, we can expect the photo to have high contrast of darks and whites that in other situations we would not see. If we had of shot just one photo, then there would not be such a high dynamic range in the photo.

Final Exam Planning Warm-Up

• I will shoot this assignment either this weekend or the next
• I will shoot it at a park or popular place in Austin (Zilker, butler, etc.)
• My story will be about documenting an actual photoshoot with a professional photographer (the behind the scenes of before, during, and after the shoot)
• For equipment, I will need my camera, my lens, and maybe an extra special lens.
• For the video portion, I will either video the going to the place of the shoot or editing the photos.
• The still images will be of the preparation that goes into a photoshoot and the actual photoshoot
• My narration will be with the video of either going to the area or editing.

Illustrator Art Pieces

Culture of me story

Pals story

Daniel story

Info Graphic

Untitled infographic
Create line charts

Final Exam and iMovie Preview

Website #1

1. The video walked you through an introduction into iMovie. The woman speaking showed you the different parts of iMovie and what each allowed you to do and fully explained it as well. She showed you a few different ways to do actions, like playing a video.
    The woman explained what each button did and how to use them and she walked you through a tutorial on how to create a new movie. She showed you how to rearrange the clips, delete the clips, extend or shorten the clips, and what dragging and/or highlighting the clips did. To retrieve a deleted clip, she showed you where to navigate to and how to get back a clip you wished you did not delete. Finally she showed you how to add a variety of effects and see them in preview mode, how to export the movie so that other people can watch it, how to save the movie, and how to export the file so that it can be seen on applications other than iMovie.

2. One thing that I already knew that the website explained, was how to create a new movie and add clips.

3. A new thing I learned was how to export the file so that it may be seen outside of iMovie.

4. One thing that I'm concerned about with this final project is being able to find an interesting story to capture and being able to tell it fully.

5. Something that I can complete early and have ready to use is my story idea and easy clips like the title.

6. If you were to ask me today, I think I would choose to do a story of a recipe, an actual photoshoot with a professional photographer, prom dress shopping, or a sporting event.

Website #2

1. The website tutorial walked you through, in words, how to navigate iMovie in order to get the results you want. It gave you step-by-step instructions on how to load a new movie, name the project, start placing clips, extending/shortening/editing clips, and deleting clips/projects. One page talked about things like sounds, transitions, and titles and how to add them and what types you could do of each.
    Since there was no video with these instructions, the writer of it had to fully explain how to do each action and they did. They discussed how to make clip adjustments like trimming them, adding a voiceover, adding music, and recording your voice to add into the iMovie. The website had all the information a beginner would need to create a new iMovie project and was helpful.

2. One thing I already knew that the website explained was how to add in music to your iMovie project.

3. Something new I learned was how to record your voice to add into the movie.

4. One thing that I'm concerned about with this final project is being able to find an interesting story to capture and being able to tell it fully.

5. Something that I can complete early and have ready to use is my story idea and easy clips like the title.

6. If you were to ask me today, I think I would choose to do a story of a recipe, an actual photoshoot with a professional photographer, prom dress shopping, or a sporting event.

My Opinions Story

Extending School Hours

High school students in Austin are in school for 7 hours and 20 minutes 5 days a week, yet the school boards across the Unites States are discussing the idea of extending school hours for the 2016-17 school year. However, increasing time in school would not be the best decision.

            With school starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 4:20 p.m., students who go to public high school in Austin do not normally get home until around 5:00 p.m.. Having only a few hours after school to get through traffic, complete homework, eat dinner, and relax, the students already tend to struggle to complete everything on time.

            If the school board were to extend school days, they would be able to avoid making up missed days due to weather or other circumstances. Although not having to make up these days would be ideal, the majority of students would agree that it would be worse to have longer school hours.

            If students were required to be at school longer, they would have more time in class, which could result in better learning. However, if they had to be at school with the entirety of the student body congregation, there would be fewer opportunities for one-on-one tutoring that many students need.

            The people who support the extension of school hours and days say that they want the students to have longer times for learning, but according to USA Today the executive director of The Coalition for a Traditional School Calendar Tina Bruno said that ‘If we are really concerned and feel kids need more academic time, we can better use the time we have.’

            I believe that the public schools would better benefit from keeping the school hours as they are because the students would have more time outside of school to do homework, get tutoring if necessary, and participate in extracurricular activities.

           

            Another possibility that has been discussed is the removal of a few of the students’ late start days and this would help with the issue of make-up days.

If they were to take away some of the late starts, they could solve the problem without having to add extra hours. Although students would prefer their late starts to not be taken from them, having hours added every school day would be much worse.

            There are solutions to the issue of make-up days that do not require late starts to be taken from the students.

             If the board were to follow through on this plan to extend school hours and days, the students would spend about 224 additional hours and 4 more days on the school premises according to USA Today. This means that the students would lose that much time that they could be getting one-on-one help, doing their assigned homework, and doing things that every teenager should do like hanging out with friends.

When that option is taken away from us, we won’t function as well and students’ attitudes toward school will become more negative than ever.

            The extension of school hours is not necessary and in the end, it would cause more problems than it would fix.

SNO Online Papers

Prom expenses are too much for students
http://schstoday.com/opinion/2014/03/21/prom-expenses-are-too-much-for-students/

1. Madison Terrier, Staff Reporter

2. The story is about the price of senior prom tickets being ridiculously expensive and being too difficult for high school students to pay.

3. "But if you're paying $80-100 for a ticket, you should be getting more than just your entrance and a prom t-shirt." "The small fortune people are forking over to go to prom just isn't worth it. The student population needs to be taken into consideration before deciding on such an expensive event, and consequently excluding students who cannot afford to attend."\

4. They did briefly address what the other side's opinion may be on the topic.

5. They were not wishy-washy with their opinion because they put their stance on the topic forward very forcefully and did not go back on what they believed. They did address the other side, but stayed strong with their opinions.

6. There are no quotes in the story.

7. They wrote in 3rd person point of view.

Extinction of Handwritten Letters
http://sgpecho.com/opinion/2014/04/21/extinction-of-handwritten-letters/

1. Kristen Borrego, Staff Writer

2. The story is about how over the years people have written letters to one another less and less and instead we heavily rely on technology.

3. "A lot of people do not realize their significant, but many have never known what we are missing out on." "To this day, it is still very special and heartwarming to get a letter or a handwritten note from somebody instead of Arial font in a text. We shouldn't let them be just a part of the past."

4. They did address the other side of the argument.

5. They were not wishy-washy with their opinions. They talked about the benefits of technology, but in the end their opinions about handwritten letters stood out to be all for them and they believe in the importance of them.

6. There are no quotes in the story.

7. They wrote in 1st person point of view.

Why We Should Get Rid of Standardized Testing
http://cyranchnews.com/3663/opinion-2/standardized-testing-opinion/

1. Shajid Hasan, Writer

2. The story is about the cons to school administering standardized tests like the STAAR or PSAT and how the tests do not accurately display a student's abilities.

3. "We should not be working towards a system that is as flawed as this." "Standardized testing has major inherent flaws such as insufficient coursework and unhealthy competition, coupled with the fact that the benefits are almost always inconsistent, shows that there is no actual need for things like the STAAR."

4. They barely addressed the other side of the argument.

5. They were not wishy-washy with their opinions at all. They got the point across to the reader that they did not believe standardized tests were necessary or accurate and they stayed persistent on their side of the matter.

6. There are no quotes in the story.

7. They wrote mainly in 3rd person point of view but used the word "we" a few times making it 1st person point of view.