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3 TIPS FOR PORTRAITS 1.Play With Backgrounds The person in your portrait is the main point of interest – however sometimes when you place them into different contexts with different backgrounds you can dramatically alter the mood in a shot. 2. Get Closer The most common mistake made by photographers is that they are not physically close enough to their subjects. In some cases this means that the center of interest—the subject—is just a speck, too small to have any impact. Even when it is big enough to be decipherable, it usually carries little meaning. Viewers can sense when a subject is small because it was supposed to be and when it's small because the photographer was too shy to get close. Don't be shy. If you approach people in the right way, they'll usually be happy to have their picture made. It's up to you to break the ice and get them to cooperate. Joke around with them. Tell them why you want to make the picture. Practice with people you know so that you ar...

A. Some of the main points in the website regarding manipulating images, are that usally photos tend to be manipulated in one way or another, and now that this is a big topic in the world it brings up the fact that these photos could now not be telling the truth because of the the photoshop that the photographers are using. B. news papers like the Washington Post and New York Times use photoshop on a day to day basis, they do this because sometimes the photos don't go with exactly what they are talking about so they will use photo manipulation in order to make them go with the overall topic. C. I think so things that you could do t a photo that would be acceptable is changing colors or cropping out something that doesn't really go with the main topic. on the other hand I think that photo shopping someones body to look like something its not is unethical. D. I think that this photo displaces unethical manipulation because Governor Shara Palin is being wrongfully portrayed,...

TOP PHOTOS 1.This is one of my favorite images from the websites, because it shows 2 people that are truly in love and that come from two completely different backgrounds. 2. This is my second favorite photo, because just by looking at the photo and not knowing the background our the story you can tell that whatever is being celebrated is something that is very special to this person. 3. This is my third favorite photo, because it brings me back to the time that I was in a quinceanera 2 months ago and that was a really good time for me and my friends. THINGS I FOUND INTERESTING BEST SONG Girls Like You: I thought that the best song of 2018 was Girls Like You by Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B. This was my favorite song this year because its pop and rap which I like a lot, and its a song that always plays at parties and me and my friends know all the words. BEST MOVIE Crazy Rich Asians: I thought that the best movie of 2018 was...

Story #1 In Honiara, more than 20 houses were destroyed and a number of other buildings sustained considerable structural damage. More than 100 people are now homeless. Six people were killed. Another 18 people have been treated in hospital for minor injuries. "We have heavy hearts over the six people who lost their lives today." At 2 a.m. yesterday morning, meteorologists at the Nadi Weather Centre detected a cyclone developing rapidly near Nauru and moving quickly south-west across the Pacific towards the Solomon Islands "We warned all the proper authorities." They named the cyclone "Victor". "It was a fast developing front that we could not have anticipated any faster." At 3 a.m., they contacted the Solomon Islands government, warning of the approach of Cyclone Victor. "He was returning home from a vacation to Australia when the storm hit." Government officials immediately put emergency plans into operation...

who- Mary, Luke, Josh what- a wedding, and a car where- a stormy day / at a church when- Mary's wedding day why- Luke is trying to get to the wedding in time because Luke is in love with Mary how- Driving his car really fast bride looks happy, glowing then it goes to the forest a man driving looks like its raining then shoes the "dad' we think important/looks like he doesn't care not happy flips back to the car Mary is flipping her ring Luke looks at his watch dad looks at his watchLuke has to slow downed then goes around all the cars dad gets up and holds daughters hand dad looks at his watch again you can tell Luke is driving a long time going from forest to plains to coast bride looks at the window as if she is looking for someone flips to Luke he gets angery pulls up to the church and runs out of the car into the wedding the bride sees Luke and you can tell she gets embarrassed because she knows something is about to happen. Josh looks at her an...

Do we perceive beauty? I think that we do perceive beauty, but i think we all do it in different ways dependding on your own values and what type of things you think show beauty in someone. Do we stop to appreciate it? I think that when we truly find out what there is to appreciate then we can take a step back and appreciate the little things that we take for grant everyday. Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? I don't think that people recognize talent in unexpected context, because they are not expecting it for one and second they looking for it so they are blind to what the see and hear.