My First Interview

1.  How did you become student of the month? I made a solar engine the school could use for power
2.  Are you proud of your accomplishment?  I am proud of my accomplishment because that means Im one step closer to becoming an engineerent
3.  What is the first step to becoming Student of the Month? Don't slack in your classes or be on  your phone all the time
4.  Why did you become student of the month? I didn't try they to be student of the month, they just gave it to me
5.  Do you think that you deserved it? yes because i built a solar engine 
6.  Did you work hard to achieve student of the month? I didn't work hard to achieve student of the month but I did work hard on the engine
7.  Who inspired you to become student of the month? Carol Shelby inspired me build the solar panel because she is the builder of the engine and shelby mustang
8.  Who is your role model? Why? none never had one
9. What impact do you think this achievement will have on your college application?great impact on my college application because this will acknowledge building of the engine and I will work in ford to create a solar panel mustang  
10.  Are you involved in any extracurriculars? yes
11.  What are your extracurriculars? GSA club, engineer club, astrology club
12.  How many hours do you spend studying a day? 0
13.  Do you study on weekend? no
14.  How many hours of free time do you have on the weekend? None because she hangs out with her grandpa the whole time
15. How many hours do you spend doing homework? 1-2 hours
16.  Do you get enough sleep? Nope
17.  Approximately how many hours of sleep do you get? 0-4 hours
18.   How did you react when you were told that you were student of the month? Stoked because they gave me a cool certificate and cake
19.  How did your friends congratulate you? They didn't believe me, thought I was lying 
20. Are you going to try to win student of the month next month? I won't try like this time, don't want to over achieve

Learning how to interveiw

Assignment #1:

Topic: School Uniforms

The school board has decided to create a district wide policy of enforcing school uniforms. Who would you need to interview to find out more information about this topic? What are some good questions to ask? (This is theoretical)

1. List three different sources you could interview for this topic.
Student, Principal, Dresscode officer 
2. Create 20 questions you could ask each source and post them on your blog. It will be the same 20 questions for each, so you only have to think of 20 total questions.
How do you feel about the dress code policy?
Do you think its a good idea?
why do you think the school board put that in effect?
how do you think people will react?
when is it going to start?
who is responsible for the dress code?
Do you think the students will be upset at this?
Why?
Who is the president of the school board?
How do you think it will help?
How many uniforms will the students get?
What colors will they be?
How will the students receive them? 
What will they look like?
How do you think this will effect the rest of the year?
Do you like this idea? 
Will they be the school colors?
Do you think people will rebel against the dress code?
What is your name?
Who do you think is responsible?

Architecture Shoot

Details 

Light

Patterns

Angles and Shapes

Surroundings

Action Shoot

Direct Action

Panning

Side Action  

 Blur

Sports/Action finale and architecture preview assignment

1. The last sentence of the story says

"I believe that more and more, we are defining our environments not as the spaces themselves, in terms of the buildings or architecture, but rather by the objects and devices that we buy and surround ourselves with. ... I would like that message to carry through universally," Seymour said.

What do you think about this statement? i think that this is a very deep and insightful way to think about how we define our environments.
Do you agree or disagree? i do agree with this statement 
As an aspiring photographer how does this make you feel about your photography? This makes me feel like you can capture a part of an environment when you tae a photograph                                                                                

2. When you looked through the images, did you want to visit this place and take your camera?
No because there are alot of creepy dolls there
3. What do you think it would be like to be the child of someone who worked at this place?
I think it would be awesome because they would get to admire and play with all of the toys 
4. Describe your favorite photo to me.My favorite photo is the image with the girl facing away from the camera, looking at the kitchen utensils. 

Architecture Preview

La Pedrera, Spain

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?Gaudí 

2. When was it built?1905–10 

3. Where is it located? Barcelona , Spain

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? you can visit it 
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?no
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?Pere Milà had married the older and far richer Roser Guardiola, the wealthy widow of Josep Guardiola, and knew how to spend his new wife's money
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question

I picked this building because spain is a very interesting place. The united states and spain both have very different building styles. That is why i thought it would be interesting to look at some of their buildings. 

Stone House, Guimarães, Portugal

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? 

2. When was it built?1974
3. Where is it located?northern Portugal

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?  yes 
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? no 
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? it was built to be a family retreat 
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)

i picked this building because it looked really unique and interesting. The building is made of stone and you dont see that very often in our architecture. 

Habitat 67, Canada

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)?Moshe Safdie

2. When was it built?1967

3. Where is it located?Montreal, Canada,

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? you can visit it 
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? no
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? housing complex 

7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked this building because its in canada and even though its not that far away from the united states, i wanted to see its interesting architecture. i also thought that it was different because its not only a building, but an apartment complex too. 

Kunsthaus Graz, Austria

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)Colin Fournier

2. When was it built? 1847
3. Where is it located? Graz, Austria 
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it?private 
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build?  yes
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself?was built as part of theEuropean Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 

7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I chose this building because it looked very interesting.  i also thought  it was really different because It looks more like a soccer cleat than a building.  Over all i chose this building because it was very original. 

Krzywy Domek (The Crooked House), Poland

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Szotyńscy & Zaleski 

2. When was it built? 2004 

3. Where is it located?  Rezydent shopping center.

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? visit 
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? no 
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? were inspired by the fairytale illustrations and drawings of Jan Marcin Szancer and Per Dahlberg.

7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I picked this building because its very distorted. the building looks like something you wold see in a funhouse mirror which is super cool. It surprised me that architects could  make the building look like that . 

Action Assignment Warm-Up

1) Why is this part of a winning sports photography portfolio?
This image is part of a winning sports photography portfolio because the image was captured at the perfect moment, with the water frozen.
2) This has a very high shutter speed because the water is stopped and the image is very clear.
3) This isn't a key moment in the game because it doesn't show you any of the important plays and it could have easily have been planned.
4) An advanced technique is this photo is taking the picture at the perfect moment, captureing the precise second the water was dumped on the coach.

Terrors of High School

Newspaper 2 Spread :)