Practice Spread

This is my Matthew McConaughey yearbook spread.

Yearbook Introduction

25 things every yearbook should had
1. Index
2.  Photos of groups
3. A pattern that sticks throughout the book on every page
4. Photos of individual people
5. Quotes from individuals
6. A page or two about different extracurriculars.
7. A theme
8 . Proper grammar
9. eye catching cover
10. balance between pages
11. pages devoted to one thing
12. main colors
13. table of contents
14. a student life section
15. a sports section
16. good composition
17. students alphabetically ordered
18. photos of organizations
19. sidebars on pages talking about extra things
20. short editorials
21. Titles have bigger texts than rest of text
22. advice sections
23. good photos for every page
24. a senior graduation section all about the seniors
25. good variety of everything, not just focusing on one thing



1. Limitless
2. Harvard- Westlake School
3. From the beginning of the book elements evident are lines.
4. There are eight sections
5. My favorite spread is the "Dancer Nose Best" that takes up two pages.
6. Yes there is an index in the back.
7. Yes there are a lot of photos of organizations and groups.
8.  Yes there is a table of contents.
9. 1,609 kids enrolled and 320 faculty and staff
10. In California

Magazine Cover Peer Review

1. Mulberry By Olivia Norman
2.  I liked how the cover is really simple because it doesn't distract from your face. The light purple  background is complimenting to your face. I also liked how your aren't smiling or laughing, you are sort of neutral, which make the photo cool.
3. Maybe you could have added some sort of accessory to your fingers because you like to wear rings, or added some splash of color somewhere.
4.  I chose this cover because it looks like a cool artist band cover sort of, all retro and cool.  There isn't too much going on, and i like it that way.
5. Yes there is a bar code.
6. That made it a lot more magazine-like because all magazine have bar codes and this makes it look more real.
7. It's a self portrait because its a photo of her face and she took it with her camera.

Peer Review

Prompt Shoot Peer Review

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 3. My favorite photo was "pause".  Its not what i would have done and it has a really cool point of view. I like the composition and the colors, the dead leaves add a sort of sadness but hope to the photo. While the photo was being shot, the wind caught the leaves which made it look really pretty.
4. The photo i liked least was "eight"because it didn't have as good composition as the others. It had symmetry, but i didn't particularly like the lighting.  Other than that, its a fine photo.
 5. The photos in this prompt shoot overall capture good moments of the subject. I think the lighting is really good, especially in "pose".  I like how the light catches her hair.  In the "pause" photo, she probably used a high shutter speed. All of her photos were really good.
6.  I really liked all the photos, but one area they can improve on in my opinion is incorporating Composition Rules into her photos.  I didn't really see any rule definitely evident in them except the "eight" photo.
 7. I think that she did the best portraying "pose" because the subject is posing and the whole composition and lighting looks really good.  The girl posing is the main subject, and nothing is distracting the viewers from her, and the green bushes in the background look good in the photo.
 8. I think the least best prompt that they portrayed was "eight." She could have been more creative and used another subject for eight.  But i still like the photo.

5 Wesites

Good portraits
1.  I like this photo because it involves a relationship between a person and an instrument, which can sometimes be stressful.  Maybe he is praying to it, or just exhausted or something.
2. Simplicity is a composition rule evident in this photo.  The background is plain white, and isn't busy at all. it being plain doesn't distract from the subject .
3.  This portrait was taken by taken y unknown from Pinterest. 

Oldest Things in the World
1.  I love love one this photo.  I love the ocean and mountains and this photo sort of reminds me of Oregon and Norway  put together, both places i miss so much.  I like the colors, the blue with the white. This is a beautiful picture, And apparently this is 5,500 years old, and its in Antarctica.
2.  A rule of photography i see in here is balance.  Instead of the photographer just taking a photo of the ocean, they positioned the camera so there were mountains in the background, balancing the whole photo.
3.  This photographer was taken by Rachel Sussmen. 

Eagle Flying
1.  Eagles are one of my favorite animals, which is why i chose this picture.  The Eagle looks so free in the sky and ready to do anything.
2.  A rule of photography i noticed here is the rule of thirds. The eagle is situated on the right side of the shot and is looking at the left, showing where he is going, and there is space for him to go.
3. This photograph was taken by Gord Aker.

Spiral Staircase
1. I really liked this photo because the stairs in the picture are old and curving.  I like the railing and the yellowish color of the photo, which makes it look old and interesting. Spiral Staircases are my favorite, so i enjoyed looking at this site.
2. One rule of photography i see is leading lines.  The lines of the stair railing lead our eyes to the center of the photo.  Other rules of photography evident here are depth and pattern. There are patterns on the wall and there is a different level of staircase in top middle and bottom of the photo.
3. Christian Richter took this photo.

Time lapse Video
1.  In the video i saw a time lapse of many scenic attractions in Rio. A lot of the places were centered at the ocean, so there were some cool shots of waves rolling in super fast.
2. The photographer was Kate May and as been a regular photographer for a long time and was inspired to do a time lapse by a video from Tom Lowe.  She uses her vacation days from work to go to places like Iceland and Rio to shoot time lapses.
3.  Panasonic saw May's Iceland video and wanted her to do a time-lapse fore them.  She chose to go to Rio, which has been on the top of her list for a while.
4. I learned beautiful things, like photography, can take a long time, but its worth it in the end

Prompt Photo Shoot

Prompt:8

Prompt: Connected

Prompt: Footprints

Prompt: Yummy

Favorites of 2014

his photo is a protester in Ferguson being engulfed by tear gas.  I like this photo because the man is so into and focused on what he believes in. 

This is a girl wearing a prom dress, and she is paralyzed from he chest down.   I like this photo because she really wanted to go to prom and isn't letting her unfortunate circumstances control her. 

This is a wedding and I really like this photo because the view is really pretty and i like how they are all dressed in white and you can see the city and ocean.

5 Prompts
1. Favorite Music: I think the best song of 2014 was "Take Me To Church" by Hozier.  It was a little late in the year, but it was the best.  Hozier was sort of unknown and not very popular in the music industry until his recent album got introduced.  Hoziers songs hadn't ever been on the top 100 chart, an now "Take Me To Church" has reached #1 on iTunes charts. 

2.  The best movie of 2014 was the Fault in Our Stars.  This was based on a best selling book. It was inspirational as the main character has cancer. The book was a hit by itself, but the movie brought in a massive amount of gross and viewers.  It also introduced to the table a new actress, portraying Hazel. 

3. Most important news story: I think the most important news story of 2014 was Ebola.  2014 had the worst breakout of Ebola in history. Its killed more than 3,000 people in African countries and there has been a couple cases in other countries like America and Europe. There has been frenzy abou

t it mate spreading in America, but officials are sure it won't.
4. Most important person:  I think the most important person is Ellen Degeneres.  She's always been important, but especially in 2014.  She helps as many people as she can, giving to those in need and making people happier.  She's a TV host, and much more than that.  Her show has inspired many people to work harder and be better people.  She is funny, powerful, and a great person. 

5. Most important sports event: I think the most important sports event of 2014 was the FIFA world cup. It wa fun to watch, tense, and exciting as many different teams from around the world competed against each other.  In the end i was rooting for Argentina, but Germany won in the end.  This was the most important because it was a game with the whole world, different countries, all playing a game they loved, to win the title of the best soccer team in the world for that year. 

1. Over my holiday we couldn't real do anything due to an illness, but we got to spend time with family. We spent most of our break with my moms parents in Fort worth.
2.  My resolutions for 2015 is to get amazing and better grades.  Also i want to find more things to get involved with.
3.  There isn't anything i am really looking forward to in 2015, but i'll appreciate all the good things. I am looking forward to summer.