Funny Captions

The manager of a solar power plant goes E.T. style on one of his employees shoving the sun down his throat.

The employee was smarting off to his boss after he had specifically said "get out of line again and I will shove the sun down your throat!"...what the employee didn't know, is that his boss was serious.

Young poodles pups decide to play a quick game of twister before springing off too bed.

First photojournalism shoot

n your blog - Answer the following questions about shooting your first real photojournalism assignment:

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get close, capture real moments, and capture action or emotion? How did you deal with these?

2. What technical aspects of photography (focus, exposure, composition) did you find yourself thinking about the most, and how did you make sure you did these correctly?

3. Describe how you attempted to use at least one of the advanced composition techniques when you shot.

TIME: Pictures of the Week Repetition

Caption: Cyclists hold up their bicycles during a 'Critical Mass' demonstration on the European Car Free Day in Budapest, Hungary.

Repetition:

Caption: A deputy waits before French President Nicolas Sarkozy's speech to members of the ruling party UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) at the Elysée Palace.
Repetition: The objects in this image repeat are the chairs and the color of the chairs along with the red carpet.

Caption: Lisa Simpson appears on television screens on a new Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 after its inaugural passenger flight from Singapore to Sydney, Australia.
Repetition: The repetition in this photo is Lisa's eyes, the shape and color of the seats, and the light color.

Photoshop Basics

Online Edit

Sugarhill

Assignment:
1. Go to the following site
Sugar Hill


2. Watch the slideshow, and answer the following on your blog:
A. What skills in addition to photography did Melanie Burford utilize to produce this slideshow?
B. What was the effect (added power or meaning) of the multimedia effects of the slideshow.

3 . Explore the page including the map, videos and the other features. What is the most interesting multimedia effect? Post your answer on your blog.

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