Tips for better picture taking

It is really easy for me to be a picture director because i know what it is that i want and I know how to get things accomplished so putting things together comes easy to me. I also tend to get on the same degree as my subject so getting them to look me in the eye is easy also. Using the flash comes natural to me also because it is almost always necessary to use the flash whether you are taking pictures in the dark or in a really bright sun. Taking close ranged pictures is mediocre for me because i like giving my subject their own personal space so it doesn't feel like i am suffocating them. Taking vertical pictures is another unorthodox thing for me. I usually take lanscape pictures but using portrait is differently and kind of out of my comfort zone. Moving from the middle and using plain backgrounds is something that i need to fix. I like having my subject be the center of attention and making sure that everybody is looking at them. However, I don't want the background to be "too" plain otherwise the picture looks like this person is "posed". The only main difference between the photos on the link and the photo's in the newspaper is that the photo's in the link are posed.

editorial cartoon

I am 100% certain about what the cartoon is referring too. It all has to do with the miners that were trapped in chile. It has been sixty-nine days which is past two months that these thirty-three men have been trapped down in a mine. However, that person on the top shows the fact that rescue teams are working gallantly and effortlessly to make sure that ALL of the miners get out safely. Chilean Mining Minister Laurence Golborne said that one of the last that will come up for the mine will be one of the rescue team members.   

Memoirs of Bullied Kid

The only thing i can say to this blog is WOW! I never expected something to be so deep and touching. It made me extremely uncomfortable because i have experienced and have seen bulling first hand.I may not have been bullied as viciously as the author has but I know what it feels like. It hurts really bad when your the outcast or the freak. You think your world is going to end, NO you prey that your world is going to end so you don't have to be put through all of this suffering. The blog opened a few new experiences to me because i have heard what to do if you are bullied but not the tolls that it takes on you in later life. It's really horrible that people have committed suicide due to being bullied. It sounds horrible and unreal that the simple fact that this type of thing does happen. It's sad and i hope things change soon.

do i feel safe in the valley?

Frankly, I feel safer here then i would in other places. For example, Mexico, Chicago, New York, Colombia, etc. There is danger at almost every corner in places like that. Daily people are beaten, killed, raped, broken into, and so many other things. Here you have crime like any other city but it really isn't as bad. Frankly, I do feel safe here then i would any where else.

One of my Junior moments

I am officially a senior but my greatest moment was in my junior year when both me and my fantastic dance partner Siuly won the dance off at the school. We both danced to "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga and pulled out latin ballroom and hip-hop steps. It felt like an adrenaline rush and the crowd was on its feet screaming and cheering for us. It was one of the greatest moments of my life. Not only had i had so much fun but i was officially accepted into the popular cliche of school friends. Technically, my partner and I became dance celebrities at the school everybody knew us and we were loved. I had so many people come up to me and ask "are you the guy with those awesome dance moves?" i had one person ask for my autograph. It was really funny but I loved it not for the attention but for the first time i actually felt liked by others. This was the beginning of my awesome school life. I have many thanks to give but none more then my dance partner Siuly: She is the greatest friend ever.