merger photo

In-Depth Photo Illustrations

The staged illustration-The girl is walking her dog, and the dog is in a ball like the hamsters are. I like this picture because it looks like what you would see on the sidewalk, but then it isn’t.



The photo made into art-This photo looks like a painting.I like it because it looks mysterious and leaves you wondering who that person is and what he/she is doing.




The photo realistic alteration- the priest has done a sin and is now condemned. I like this picture because of how the red pops out.

Architecture Finale and Photo Illustration Preview

DETAILS
This shows details because it shows all the little details on the lockers.




SURROUNDINGS
This is what the building is surrounded by, grass!


















ANGLES AND SHAPES
The ceiling has a cool angle, sort of triangular shaped.





PATTERNS
There is a pattern with the bricks, that's why this is patterns.















LIGHT

The way the light shines through the big window onto the stairs shows why this is light.

Photo Essay Preview

dogs (introspective photographer)
transitions (first person documentary)
home life (narrated documentary)

Austin Architecture

1.angles and shapes
2.surroundings
3.surroundings
4.surroundings
5.angles and shapes
6.light
7.light
8.angles and shapes
9.angles and shapes
10.surroundings
11.surroundings
12.surroundings
13.patterns
14.surroundings
15.angles and shapes
16.details

my favorite:
#16
It makes the building look really tall and mighty. The focus is incredible, the exposure could have been a little better. I think that if the light from the sun would have been brighter in the picture, it would have made it look 10 times better than it already does. The picture makes the building look like it has really unique and cool angles and shapes.

Architecture Preview

This shows surroundings because the building is surrounded in a unique area, water.



This shows a cool shape in the building stairs which is a winding circle, so that is why it shows angles and shapes.



This shows patterns because there is a patter throughout the whole wall of the building.






This shows light because the light is going through the building in unique and cool looking ways.


























This is detailed because the little people on the building shows alot of detail.

action photoshoot folow up

Sophomore Brandi C. takes a leap of faith Friday in the Akins courtyard. She was pretty brave to jump off of that huge rock while posing for a quick pic. Way to go Brandi!












Sophomore Brandi Campbell stops for a quick pose while playing soccer in the giant Akins courtyard. " I am so happy we have this incredible courtyard to do all sorts of activities in," Campbell explains " I love Akins, I love it!"











Sophomore Juan R. runs to class to avoid getting caught in the "Akins High clean sweep." He has to get all the way to the other side of the school campus in less than 1 minute. Can he make it? Don't think so!

news article

The 2009 Akins High cafeteria staff may work hard every day to prepare breakfast and lunches for the 2500 student population, plus some of the staff members, but not too many people are very flattered with what they prepare each and every day.

I personally am not too fond of the menu as well; I believe there could be some minor changes that would help to reduce some of the complaints starting off with adding a nice salad bar to the cafeteria and ending at better quality milk cartons.

“I do not like the cafeteria food at all. The pizza is greasy and the chicken in the sandwiches are stale,” Bobby Rodriguez said.

The majority of young teens can all agree that their school cafeteria can’t exactly be the # 1 gourmet restaurant in the city, but the food could at least have a better taste. Most high school students complain about their nasty lunch menus and nothing seems to change about it.

I asked Bobby if he had ever tried to do anything about the problem at hand and his response was “No, I haven’t. I should though, so I can enjoy my lunches.”

Although many complain about the bad cafeteria food, at least I was able to see that some people can find something positive out of a bad situation. There is usually at least one good item off of a horrible food menu that people can look forward to during their first 2 class periods, whether it is the fries or a roll, something is hopefully liked.

“If there was to be one thing that I wouldn’t change on the school menu, it would have to probably be those taco bowls, their tasty,” Rodriguez said.

In conclusion, this should be a message to all cafeteria staff to try and better the school lunch menus for almost everyone’s sake.

graffiti pics

20 INSIDE interview questions

1. Are you happy to be student of the year? yes
   
2. Do you study alot? yes
   
3. Do you have alot of books? yes
   
4. Do you talk in class? yes
   
5. Do you make all A's? yes
   
6. Do you take school seriously? yes
   
7. Do you study everyday? no
   
8. Do you have photographic memory? yes
   
9. What's your favorite subject? history
   
10. Do you feel like being student of the month is a big deal? no
    
11. Do you feel superior? no
    
12. Pencils or pens? pens
    
13. Computers or paper? computers
    
14. What's your least favorite subject? science
    
15. How many clubs are you in? 1
    
16. Do you like school? yes
    
17. What would you change about school? make it start earlier and end sooner
    
18. Do you want to aim for becoming valedictorian? no
    
19. Do you plan on attending college? yes
    
20. Whats some advice you would give your fellow schoolmates? work hard and try to get good grades
    

outside interview q&a's

1. Do you like the cafe. food? no
2. Why not? the pizza is greasy and the chicken is stale
   
3. What's your favorite food here? taco bowl
4. least favorite? spaghetti
5. What could change about the food? it could taste better
6. What wouldn't you want to change? the taco bowls
7. If you cold have 1 fast food place what would it be? whataburger
8. Do you like the fruit here? yes
   
9. Do you wish they had more of a variety? yes
10. What do you think about the breakfast? it's gross
11. Do you think it's weird they serve pizza for breakfast? no
12. How do you feel about the milks an juices? they should be colder
13. Do you like the Chinese food? yes
14. Do you like that they serve desserts? yes
15. Would you want them to add a salad bar? no
16. Would you want them to have soup? yes
17. What other drinks would you want? dr. pepper
18. Do you think the food cost to much for it's quality? yes
19. What's your favorite drink? the slushies
20. Least favorite? apple juice

Bobby Rodriguez
March 31,2008
Grade 10

elements of news

Prominence
Some big new that’s been in magazines lately is that Chris Brown was arrested for domestic violence to Rihanna, his girlfriend. The violence took place in Chris’s Lamborghini while he was driving home from a party. Supposedly, Rihanna took Chris Brown’s phone to see if he was texting some girl and Chris starting beating her in the car while it being in motion.

Conflict
The Austin Police are looking for a guy who robbed at 4 four business’s at gunpoint. He committed two robberies last night. They have not caught the guy yet.

Proximity

It was talking about the staff and student issues with the new tardy sweeps. The students are complaining about the new tardy saying that it’s not fair for the ones who have only been tardy one time. The Akins staff likes these sweeps though because the number of students being tardy has dropped a lot.

Consequence
Lately, I have been getting of task a lot lately in class and not doing my work. This affects only me, causing my grades to drop pretty badly.

Human Interest
There’s been a story that pretty much everyone has heard about, the girl who was burned alive on Mardi gras night. It is a very sad event that I hope had not taken place. They have yet to find her killer, but I hope they are coming close each and every hour.
Oddity
A women reportedly called 911 a whooping three complaining that her local McDonald’s had run out of chicken McNuggets. The women stated that she paid for her nuggets and wanted to get her money back since they didn’t have them but was told by the cashier that she couldn’t get her money back. The lady was charged for misuse of a 911 call.

Timeliness

300 Africans including women and children are feared to have drowned after their boats capsized off Libya, part of a new upsurge of illegal migration to Europe, officials said on Tuesday.

news leads

lead: Father Was a Spy, Sons Conclude With Regret

who: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s sons
what: the dad was a spy

when: 1950
where: the family’s apartment
how: they ended up getting arrested

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lead: copy of first Superman comic book up for bid

who: Superman and his companions
what: the 1^st comic
when: friday
where: online bidding
why: the people want the comic that’s never been touched
how: the bidding will start at $400,000

basic news writing

Article one.

Who? Who is involved? Who does/did the situation affect? Who said so?
This affected the parents, the people of the community and the kids that are being taken.

What? What is happening?

Babies are being kidnapped from their beds.

When? When did or will this happen? When was this discovered?
Between 1993 and 2006

Where? Where did or will this happen?
Public places such as homes, parking lots and shopping malls.

Why? Why did this happen or will it happen?
I just think that some people couldn’t have their own kid that’s why they stole kids.

How? How did it or will it happen? How much does it cost? How many people does this affect? How do you feel about this?
This affects a lot of people especially the family of the kids. I feel like this is a horrible thing to do.


Article two

Who? Who is involved? Who does/did the situation affect? Who said so?
Kenzie Marie Houk, an 11 year old boy, family, and our society.

What? What is happening? What did happen? What are the consequences? What is different about this? What are the choices?
An 11-year-old boy is facing adult charges in the shooting death of his father's pregnant girlfriend, authorities said Saturday.

When? When did or will this happen? When was this discovered?
Saturday.

Where? Where did or will this happen?
It happened about 35 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

Why? Why did this happen or will it happen?
I think the boy killed his dad’s girlfriend because he was jealous that the new baby was getting the attention.

How? How did it or will it happen? How much does it cost? How many people does this affect? How do you feel about this?
This would really affect the father because it was his girlfriend. It also would affect both the mother and the child because they lost the baby, although the mother died, it still affects her.

cover history

Cover types:
1. Early Magazine Covers
2. The Poster Cover
3. Pictures Married to Type
4. In the Forest of Words

My Five Most Important Portrait Rules

-avoid football shoulders
-if the subject has two of them, make them different
-no sleeveless clothing
-sit tall & straight, don't slouch
-lean forward slightly

Best of 2008

Left-to-right: Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina, Zimbabwe's Brian Dzingai, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, Wallace Spearmon of the US and Britain's Christian Malcolm compete in the men's 200m final at the Bird's Nest National Stadium during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 20, 2008. Bolt went on to win the event, in a world record time of 19.3 seconds. (Olivier Morin/AFP) #
I think it should be photo of the year because it's a fascinating picture. All of the top runners from mostly every country is battling against each other which is super cool!




Italian soccer club AC Milan's newly signed player Ronaldinho of Brazil attends his presentation at San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy on July 17, 2008. (REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo) # (for those who claim this image has been digitally altered, here is a larger detail of the photo - the halo is from backlighting, not photoshop)

I think this picture should be it because it's a really cool picture.






A general view shows a "solucar" solar park in Sanlucar La Mayor, near Seville, Spain on November 6, 2008. The solar thermal power plant uses mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays onto the top of a 100 meter (300 foot) tower where it produces steam to drive a turbine, producing electricity. (REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo) #

I think this picture should be picture of the year because it shows that we need to start using the solar panels and stop wasting electricity! This picture has a meaning behind it.


My favorite song was burning up by the Jonas brothers because i like that song & the Jonas brothers don't really have that many good songs, and this is a really good song.



Fish Pedicures
Some women, it seems, will do anything for beautiful feet — even use them as fish food. The practice of plunging feet into a tub of tiny carp called garra rufa, which nibble on dead skin, was popular in some Asian countries and became an American craze after John Ho, a Virginia salon owner, announced he had offered the treatment to 5,000 customers over a four-month period. Soon, pedicurists all over the country were ordering thousands of the fish, which are said to help soften the skin in advance of normal, human-administered pedicures. Unfortunately for some salon owners who had already ordered the fish, Washington and Texas quickly banned the practice on sanitary grounds. Ho, however, is still going strong with his "Dr. Fish Massage" for the feet.