Photo Captions(:

Hello pople of Blogger town! In photo journalism, we've been learning about how to make captions for the pictures we take. Here's an example of one that I had to turn in earlier! (:

Hit the Bass. As they practice in the band hall, sophomore Marc Gregory and senior Graham Hicks gets prepared for Friday’s game against Seven Lakes. The drum line are all very excited for the game, and can’t wait to show their stuff. “I’m super excited for the game on Friday,” Gregory said. “We’re totally gonna beat them and go to finals!” Photo by Marissa S. Calledare.

Last 4 of the Top Ten Tips!

Hello hello everyonee(: We learned the final four tips last friday, but in my opinion they aren't as cool as some of the other ones we did. The last couple of tips were stuff i already knew about, but they're still very helpful(:

Know your flash's range! Pictures taken beyond the maximum flash rate will be too dark if your taking an outside nighttime type of p

hoto. Make sure you know your flash range or else you'll get some bad pics! (10 ft. is usually the cut off point for most cameras.

Move it from the middle! This is basically the Rule of Thirds, and having your subject off to the side is a much better picture than them being right in the middle. Remember that you might have to lock the focus on some picture

s to do this, and that you make sure your subject isn't looking the wrong way or anything.

Watch the light! Think about where the sun/light sourc

e is so that you don't get as many shadows in your pictures. For people pictures, use the lighting of cloudy days. For scenic pictures, use n

ormal or sunny days(:

Be a picture director! Don't be af

raid to tell people where to go in a group situation. Make the picture fun!! Ad some props, rearrange

your subjects, or try a different viewpoint or angle to get a completely different picture!

Color Blast!!(:

So guess what we just learned inPhotojournalism today?? You know that really cool technique where a picture is black and white and then one thing in the picture is colorful? We finally learned how to do that in class!! It's actually easier than it seems. All you do is get two copies of the same picture on top of each other, make the top copy black and white, then erase the part where you want the color so that the colored copy on the bottom can show through the black-and-white copy! It's pretty fun to do, too(: Here's and example with a picture of me from a while back.