Thursday, January 10, 2013

Caption Practice/Vocabulary

Caption #1

Who: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

What: Embrace

Where: The tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport

When: August 15,2012 (Wednesday)

Why: The Obamas have no seen each other in three weeks

How: Passionately,warmly

Background: After seeing Michelle, President Obama tripped on the tarmac and slammed on the ground hitting his head. He was flown to the closest hospital for treatment.


Sentence #1: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama passionately embrace  on the tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport on Wednesday.

Sentence #2: The Obamas had not seen each other for three weeks while the president campaigned across the country.

Caption Header: Warm embrace after long campaign



Caption #2

Who:Koren pop singer PSY

What:sings

Where: His concert in central Seoul,South Korea

When: October 2, 2012 (Tuesday)

Why: To entertain his fans

How: energetically

Background: PSY's song "Gangnam Style" has become an international hit that has earned more than a billion hits on YouTube.The video features a horse riding dance,a cowboy,hat wearing dancer in an elevator and a dance off with a guy in a yellow suit.


Sentence #1: Korean pop singer PSY performs his well known dong, "Gangnam Style" in Seoul,South Korea on Tuesday to entertain his fans.

Sentence #2: PSY had not performed in his home country until his release of his song.

Caption Header: Internet turned fame into a superstar

Caption #3

Who: Pilot Felix Baumgartner from Austria

What:Jumps from a capsule from space and broke sound barrier

Where: Space and landed in the New Mexico desert

When: October 14,2012 (Sunday)

Why:Break the world record on the highest jump

How: Unafraid

Background: Red Bull sponsored the event and Felix was up to the challenge


Sentence #1: Felix Baumgartner jumps out of the Red Bull pod to begin his free fall.

Sentence #2: Felix Baumgartner had a lot of support from people online as it was shown live on Youtube and many other websites.

Caption Header: Highest free fall and breaks sound barrier.


Vocabulary:

Depth of Field (Shallow and wide): the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.

Light (angle and intensity): element that makes things visible

Shadows:a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface

Diffusion:a refraction of light or an erratic display of light passing through an element(scattering)

Exposure:the amount of light allowed to fall on each area of a photograph

Aperture (f-stop):the opening that allows light to pass through a lens and reach the camera sensor

Shutter Speed: the length of time the shutter of the camera is open.

ISO: the sensitivity to light of a camera's sensor.

Types of Lenses:
-Telephoto:Gives you a good zoom.
-Prime(Fixed):No zoom
-Wide Angle:Wider perspective

News Value of Photos:
Timeliness:Time frame
Proximity:Where relative to you it happened. 
Conflict:Is there conflict in the picture;makes it newsworthy
Human Interest:Drama and peoples lifes
Prominence:Being famous or being important.
Impact:Does this affect people
Novelty:Things that are out of the ordinary.

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