Sports Action Photo Submission

Directions: Here is what you need to post on your blog.

1. You will need to post 4 photos in the format I will list in below. You will need to write a correct caption for each. If you do not remember the format, refer to your blog where you did those last semester. You will need to open photoshop to complete this task.

Photo 1 - This is the photo of the subject running or moving directly at you - this photo should be saved at 30 pica x 42 pica (or 42px30p), in full color, and saved at 200 dpi/resolution. Don't forget to do color   corrections by using levels.

Photo 2 -This is the photo of the subject running across the plane of the camera. - this photo should be saved at 30 pica x 42 pica (or 42px30p), in full color and at 180 dpi/resolution. Don't forget to do levels!!

Photo 3 - This is the "Panning" photo - make sure you pick one that is blurry except where you caught the subject correctly in focus. Submit your best one - I know this is hard to learn in 15 minutes so I will be forgiving with your grade on this one if you tried your best!! - this photo should be saved at 30 pica x 42 pica (or 42px30p), in full color and saved at 300 dpi/resolution. Don't forget to do color corrections in photoshop.

Photo 4 - This is your "blur" photo, you can submit any photo you want here as long as it shows motion and blur. Be creative and pick one that you think is cool looking - this photo should be saved at 30 pica x 42 pica (or 42px30p), in Black and White (greyscale) and saved at 150 dpi/resolution. If Black and White really ruins the approach to your photo, you are free to leave it in color if you want.

You must post each of these on your blog. I hope you remember how to do "levels" in photoshop and you remember how to crop, how to change from color to black and white and how to change the dpi/resolution. I will be able to tell if you did it right or wrong, so make sure to ask if you don't remember. Don't expect me to spend 20 minutes showing you how again, but I will give you some reminders. You can look at previous blogs, or ask a friend.

Sports Action Photo Prompts

Today your assignment is to capture the following four types of photos:

Photo 1 - This is the photo of the subject running or moving directly at you.

Photo 2 -This is the photo of the subject running across the plane of the camera.

Photo 3 - This is the "Panning" photo - make sure you pick one that is blurry except where you caught the subject correctly in focus.

Photo 4 - This is your "blur" photo, you can submit any photo you want here as long as it shows motion and blur. Be creative and pick one that you think is cool looking.

Action preview assignment

Look at some great sports photography!!

This GoogleDoc is multiple pages long and it has all the information you need to complete the rest of the work today. So make sure you click the box on the bottom and watch all 20 pages full screen.

Now  go to these websites and see some great sports photos:

http://espn.go.com/action/photos/

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/?eref=sihp

or

http://www.betterphoto.com/galleryTOCdynoSub.asp?cat=14

http://www.gettyimages.com/EditorialImages/Sport

for  more choices.

Copy and paste photos from the above  sites (DO NOT TAKE PHOTOS FROM THE GOOGLE DOCS PIECE I CREATED) to  complete the 12 slide powerpoint presentation described below:

Make  a PowerPoint with the following slides: Save it as  "LastName_FirstName_sports" in your folder

Action

Slide  1 - A Large example of an excellent action shot.

Slide 2- A slide  with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

Reaction

Slide  3 - A Large example of an excellent reaction shot.

Slide 4- A  slide with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

Rituals

Slide  5 - A Large example of an excellent rituals shot.

Slide 6 - A  slide with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

Coach

Slide  7 - A Large example of an excellent coach shot.

Slide 8 - A slide  with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

Fans

Slide  9 - A Large example of an excellent fans shot.

Slide 10 - A slide  with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

Features

Slide  11 - A Large example of an excellent features shot.

Slide 12 - A  slide with a small version of the photo, and the following information:

1)  Is it a money shot or a safety shot? How can you tell?

2) Is it  shot with high (250 or higher), Medium (100-250), or slow (Below 100)  shutter speed, and what specifically in the photo shows this?

3)  Discuss anything about the lighting and / or composition that adds  significantly to the impact of the photo.

The Art of the Interview -- Questions and Answers

Overview: As a photojournalist, it is not enough to just be able to take good photos. You must also learn how to interview the subjects of your photos to obtain essential information for either a caption or a story for a publication.

Vocabulary: 

Topic — What an interview is about.

Source — People who know the topic well enough to provide factual and useful information.

Link for "What to Do"

http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=677

Link for "What to Avoid"

http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=678

Assignment #1:

Topic: School Uniforms

The school board has decided to create a district wide policy of enforcing school uniforms. Who would you need to interview to find out more information about this topic? What are some good questions to ask? (This is theoretical)

1. List three different sources you could interview for this topic.

2. Create 20 questions you could ask each source and post them on your blog. It will be the same 20 questions for each, so you only have to think of 20 total questions.

Assignment #2:

Imagine you are working, as a reporter, for the school newspaper and your editor gives you the assignment to interview the student of the month.

1. Please come up with 20 questions you could ask them and post them on your blog in a separate post called "Student of the Month Interview."

2. You will pair up with someone today and ask them your questions, and they will get to ask you their questions. I will assign pairs.

3. Then post the answers you got on your blog, you can post them on the same or a different post. If you use the same post as above, please use a different color, or font, or you can use regular and italics.

Newspaper Design Checklist and Submission Directions

Directions: It's time to turn in your Newspaper designs. Use the check list below before you are turn in your assignment.

Did you:

1. Build a proper "Flag" at the top of page 1 and 2

2. Fill in the folio with a school name, date, volume and edition on both pages

3. Place all 6 stories into the right place (hint: to get "fill text" put your cursor on the end of the story and right-click>Fill with Placeholder Text)

4. Jump the proper story from page 1 to page 2

5. Use fill text in all empty spaces

6. Use 4 of the 6 photos in the proper places. Did you crop in Photoshop? (Remember: I can tell)

7. Use 4 of the 6 captions in proper places

8. Write the 2nd sentence of each caption

9. Write headlines and subheadlines for each story that fill the entire space

10. Write headlines with complete sentences with a subject and verb in "downstyle" (only capital letters at the beginning and proper names) and with no punctuation at the end of the sentence.

11. Fill in the writer and title for every story (with bold for name and italics for title)

12. Fill in the photographers name for each photo

13. Use 1 of the 2 stand-alone photos and place it in the correct place

14. Use the correct caption for the stand-alone photo

I hope you did!!!!

Now send it to me:

Submission Directions:

1. Make your InDesign document into a .pdf.

Here is a reminder how to do that:

Go to "File" --> Adobe PDF presets --> smallest file size

When the pop-up window appears, name the file LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_NEWSPAPER LAYOUT and hit save (make sure its saved in your folder)

IMPORTANT:  In the middle of the window where it says "PAGES," click the box marked ALL , click export, if you get error messages, click OK.

2. Open Photoshop and find the .pdf document in photoshop.

IMPORTANT: When the IMPORT PDF window pops up, make sure you select both pages by holding down the shift key and selecting the second page. It will open both pages as two separate images that you have to save separately.

YOU WILL NEED TO UPLOAD BOTH IMAGES TO YOUR BLOG.

Go to "File" Save as" and change the FORMAT to .jpeg (file format). make sure to save at maximum size.

3. Open your email and send me the .PDF (DO NOT SEND THE .INDD DOCUMENT) to Mr. Reeves at akins.journalism@gmail.com or to Mr. Doerr at david.doerr@austinisd.org 

PRINTING

4. Print the PDF to the DELL 3130 in Mr. Reeves room, put your name on it, staple it and put it in the manila folder for period on the desk.

Newspaper Design Examples

Check the links below to see a finished Newspaper Design to see how to finish this project correctly.

Please note: You must write a two sentence caption for every photo. The first sentence is provided for you. You must write a second sentence with a past tense verb. The second sentence should provide background information that you can not see in the photo.

Newspaper notes and instructions

Broadsheet - the largest newspaper size - 3+ stories
Tabloid - smaller newspaper size - 2 or less stories
NewsMagazine - glossy cover - no stories, photo only might be glossy inside or maybe newsprint.

Elements present on a well designed newspaper page:
Headlines - complete sentences
Subheadlines
Lines
Boxes
Photos
Teasers - headlines that direct the reader to inside pages - may have a photo or graphic
Flag - the name of the newspaper - may be mixed with other elements like a teaser, information from the folio, etc. See Eagle's Eye
Folios - reference numbers and information - school name, city and state, slogan, section name, page number, school address, phone number, website, date, volume and issue #.
Captions - three parts - headline, caption and byline
Stories
Bylines - name and title of the writer - might be positioned at the top or bottom of the story
Jumps - at the end of the text box (story) - tells the reader where to go to finish the story - "jumps" inside. Includes To and From information on both pages.
Story dividers - are often single thin lines, sometimes between columns in stories
Screens - boxes around text and are often colored - 20% or less density
Infographics - information in graphic form - pie-charts, t-graphs, graphs are all great examples
Table of Content
Masthead/staff box - three parts - staff box, editorial policy and organizations

Journalistic decision making -

The most important story at the top and work down and to the inside pages
The story at the top has the bigger headline and they get smaller from there.

Now - open your folder and find the News pages folder.

Open the instructions - read them
Open the InDesign page and get started.
The stories are also there in the .pdf's and can be copy and pasted.
The photos are in the folder titled photos and can be adjusted in photoshop.

Good luck - more instructions next class on how to finish and turn in!!

Intro to Newspaper Design

Overview: We are have examined yearbook layout. Now it is time to turn our attention to Newspaper Design. Visit the Newseum's Gallery of newspaper front pages from around the world. Take 15 minutes to look at the different front pages.

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp

Click on the Map View and look at the following:

• Newspapers from at least three different states in the United States.
• Two newspapers in New York City. 
• Two newspapers in Texas.
• Two newspapers in Europe.
• Two newspapers in Asia.

Assignment: In a new blog titled "Front Pages of the World" answer the following:

1. What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why? 
2. What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? 
3. How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? 
4. What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc.
5. What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? Look at design, size of photos, size of headlines, etc. 

When you are done  — we will be looking at The Eagle's Eye newspaper and taking some notes about items found in newspapers. Once we are done with that, you will start your next project using the instructions below.

When you are done reviewing the newspapers, find the folder in your student folder titled "Newspaper  Front Page Design Files." Start by opening the PDF titled "Newspaper Front Page Design Directions." You will be designing your own front page using the materials provided in your folder. Follow the directions and create your Front Page in the InDesign file titled "Front and Inside Page."

Survey for new high school

The AAFR South High School Planning Committee has developed a student survey to gather information on academic programming for a new South Austin high school. Students at the high school level currently attending South Austin schools are requested to complete the following survey:

http://tinyurl.com/austinisdhighschoolsurvey

Student input will be used to help the planning committee in their decision-making. Thank you for your assistance in this data-gathering process.

SLO final review

SLO instructions:

Part 1 - Write a headline and a caption for each of the four photos below. Headlines and captions

should follow appropriate rules and style for each.

Part 2 - Use your knowledge of photography to fully explain the technical aspects of each of the

four photos and how you think the photo could be made better.

Make sure you watch the demonstration and that you are fully prepared for the test next class.