Best Portrait

My Favorite Cover

"This month's cover girl is the gorgeous Jennifer Lawrence. The Hunger Games star talks British men, kissing co-stars and body confidence!"

Jennifer Lawrence's April 2012 cover for Glamour magazine is my personal favorite. The magazine's masthead isn't fully revealed but you are still able to tell what it is. The cover lines are bold and visible. The black background of the magazine makes the fonts and main image very clear and doesn't have anything distracting the eye. The left side of her body is lighter than the right which shows a good lighting contrast. What I find really cool about this cover is that her cover line located to the right of her says "Talks, swears and eats! - like a normal person." The magazine as well as many others are admiring her because even with fame she acts as if she doesn't have it. She's wearing a very fitting body suit showing off all her curves. This to me shows that you don't have to have a certain image for people to accept you. She is a completely humble celebrity who doesn't care about what people think about her, she is confident with her body and who she is. She is a powerful and inspirational person to many and that's the message I received when I saw this cover. 

Magazine Essential Parts

PARTS OF MAGAZINE 

Masthead (Logo) : Name of the magazine 

Dateline: Publication date along with the price

Main Image: The attention grabber on the cover page, usually will be of a model or celebrity

Model Credit: Usually on contents page. Describes model and photographer.

Coverlines: Extra topic titles/ previews on the cover page that aren't too distracting to the main image

Main Cover line: The main topic of the magazine, positioned and enlarged to make very noticeable

Left Third: Used for advertisements, sales in shops, etc. Masthead is very important here. 

Bar code: bar code used by retailers 

Selling line: Description of the magazines marketing point.

Fixed Portrait

What was the best ISO setting to use for your portraits?

ISO 400

What was your next best photo?

ISO: 800

Were you able to create equivalent exposures to your best photo by changing the aperture and shutter speed?

Yes

What did you learn from this activity that you will apply to your real portrait shoot?

How to place your subject, how close or far to be from the subject and how to adjust the settings.

ISO: 100

Aperture: 6.3

Shutter speed: 1/40

ISO: 400

Aperture: 10

Shutter speed: 1/25

ISO: 800

Aperture: 16

Shutter Speed: 1/50

ISO: 1600

Aperture: 8

Shutter speed: 1/1600

ISO: 3200

Aperture: 8

Shutter speed: 1/1250

Best of 2013

Best song of 2013 is retrograde. I chose this because its like blues meets a little bit of hip hop, it has a nice clean flow but also has those hits and a beat that just makes you want to dance. I think its a favorite of 2013 because its a song I can listen to repeatedly.

The best movie of 2013 is Catching Fire. I chose this movie because The Hunger Games is my favorite book series. What attracted me to this choice is the love story, the manipulation, the defiance of the higher powers, the coming together in unity to do whats right and the symbolism. Catching Fire is the best movie of 2013 because it's captivating and relatable.

The most important news of 2013 in my opinion is the Trayvon Martin case. I chose this because it shows that racism is still alive today. Its the most important because it brought up so many questions and theories and debates between people around the nation who questioned this case.

The most important person in 2013 is Jennifer Lawrence. I chose her because she is very inspiring, she shows that you don't have to mold and shape yourself into what society wants you to be in order to be happy and to fit in. She's the best of 2013 because she is a role model to so many people. 

The most talked about person in 2013 is Miley Cyrus. I chose her because throughout this year she has changed her image in a non pleasing way and she has drawn so much attention to herself in not so good ways. 

PART 3: HOLIDAY AND HOPES FOR 2013

1. My favorite thing about this holiday break was getting to spend time with a very special friend before he moved back to his hometown. 

2. My resolutions for 2014 are to not be a procrastinator anymore, to be more focused in school, and to be more optimistic. 

3. I look forward to my 3rd year on Diamonds, completing my junior year and summer.

Best Photo's of 2013

The subject in this photo is the couple standing in the middle of a natural disaster. The rule of balancing is evident in this photo because of the mess of the disaster all around the ground. The exposure quality is sharp and has a bit of light contrast. The sides of the image are darker than the middle of the photo leading the eye to the center of the photo where the couple stands.

The subject of this photo is the graffiti painting of Nelson Mandela. I think the rule of symmetry and patterns is evident because of the object in the middle and the paint cans on both side in the lower corners of the image. The man who is painting the image is what throws off the rule. The exposure quality is dim but clear, some light is more noticeable on certain parts of the image. 

The subject of this photo is the deceased couple in the remains of a destroyed building grasping each other. The rule is framing, this is shown because it tells you what happened. The surroundings of the broken building, them being stuck in the concrete and knowing that they weren't going to make it, they held each other in their last moments. The exposure quality is a little dark but very clear.