Caption and Evaluation practice

Yasser Arafat Jr. acts like a badass by holding up a flaming bottle for the camera at midday in Abjhihabad Square in Tehran. This photo, originally taken as a Facebook default photo, was mistaken by the AP as a photo of the recent riots all over Iran; shortly after the photo was taken, Arafat asked, "do I look scary enough?"



The photographer utilised the rule of thirds by placing the subject right of center. The photographer also focused only on the subject and blurred out the things behind him, creating a simple background.

The prominent rule here is depth. By placing animals in the foreground, a trail in the middle, and mountains in the background, the photographer created a very realistic sense of depth. Another noticable rule is leading lines. The dirt road helps to lead the eye through the photograph.

The photographer creates depth by overlapping the lanterns over the people. There is also a sense that the lanterns are rising into the air. The lanterns come together to make a pattern as well.

Touching Strangers

1. I think this is a very unique project. It makes me think about human interaction and how alike but different we are.

2. If someone asked me to touch a stranger for a photo, I'd have fun with it. I don't really have limits, so whatever the other person would be comfortable with, I would do.

3. I think it would be fun to do a project called 'Prison Shower Buddies.'

4. The photographer used photos with simple backgrounds. He also took the easy way out and used rule of thirds.

Japanese Earthquake

I feel utterly blown away when I look at this photo. I think this photo should win all the Grammy's and Oscar's in the world. Damn. The photographer utilized rule of thirds and balancing elements when taking this photo.

This photo features leading lines. I think it would really suck to be walking that line knowing that all your stuff's been destroyed.

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Newspaper front & inside page

Newspaper Notes

Broad Sheet - the big one

Tabloid - small newspaper

• Both have the same amount of news

News value - what is the most important story?

Flag - title

Teaser - words or photos

Folio - location, slogan, date, price, website

Headline - gets attention, written from the first paragraph

Subheadline - more information about the story

By-line - author, position

Photos - related to the story, one dominant photo

Caption - caption head, photographer, caption.

• Caption head - creative information
• 1st sentence - Who, what, when, where, why, how
• 2nd sentence - background information
• Extra sentences - more info or a quote

Infographics - places additional information in graphic form

Front Pages of the World

1. My favorite newspaper front page is AM New York because it has a neat layout and not too much clutter.

2. My favorite headline is 'Artist' Dog's Bling because it's kind of unusual and seems like the most interesting thing on the front page.

3. There are no stories on the front page, just three headlines.

4. All newspapers have a title and date, a dominant photo and headline, at least one eye-line, and some smaller headlines and photos.

5. Some things that vary between front pages are stories, photos, fonts, features, and title.

Yearbook Spread