Architecture Preview

Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Tom Wright
2. When was it built? 1997
3. Where is it located? Chicago Beach
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? its a hotel
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? built to resemble the sail of an Arabian vessel, dhow
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
You don't usually see hotels that look like this and i thought it looked cool and very much resembles a sail as it is supposed to. I also liked where its located because it looks like a place where you want to be and stay at if you were to ever visit a beach.

Guggenheim Museum, Spain

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Philip Johnson
2. When was it built? 1997
3. Where is it located? spain
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? its a museum
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? 100 million
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? intended to represent a ship
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
This is a really cool looking building. It reminds me a lot of the Sydney Opera house in Austrailia which is one of my favorite buildings yet. i love how this building was built on the water because it makes it stand out even more. This is somewhere i would really enjoy visiting if i ever went to spain.

Krzywy Domek (The Crooked House), Poland

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Szotynscy Zaleski
2. When was it built? 2004
3. Where is it located? sopot, poland
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? yes it can be visited
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? its part of a shopping center
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question)
You never see builings that look like they are melting. This is a very unique place and i know if i were ever to come across this pub i would for sure would want to go in and check it out.

1. Who is the architect? Charles Deaton
2. When was it built? 1963
3. Where is it located? Lakewood, Colorado
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? Private
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? $10,000,000
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? Architect believed that people are not regular so why should they live in rectangles?
7. Why did you pick this building? I have seen this building in a couple films and I like how almost the majority of the side of the building is glass and how it kind of hangs to the side of the hill look out to the Colorado mountains. I would personally really like to leave in this house.

 1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? Peter Cook , and Colin Fournier
2. When was it built?2003
3. Where is it located? Graz, Austria
4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? You can visit it, they use it for celebrations, or concerts.
5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? No information
6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? It was built as part of the European Capital of culture Celebrations.
7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I chose this building because it looked really cool, the was it is designed. It looks like a big bubble, or like a fish. Those lights really look cool on the top of the building also.

i love more caption writing mr. reeves you are the best

Picture #1
Sophomore Ian Loyde, plays with his pet goat Dexter at Akins during the FFA meet Friday afternoon in the barn before the upcoming state competition.  Ian has been raising farm animals since he was 8 years old.
rules: leading lines- the gate leads the eyes to Ian
         merging- it looks like there is a foot coming out of the goats butt and part of its feel are cut out
         balance- boy and the goat

        

Spring Shoot Photo Prompts

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Blue

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Africa

 My favorite photo was the one with the male lion and the female lion had their head's together. It's my favorite photo, because they look in love and that's really nice for nature to experience as well.

A. The Author uses a Pentax 67II with two fixed lenses

B. Brandt doesnt use telephoto lenses since he believes that being close to the animals makes a really big impact in his ability to reveal their personality. 

C. He hopes to understand nature a little more and for the people viewing his pictures, reading in between the lines of a photo.

D. "You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close.This world is under terrible threat, all of it caused by us. To me, every creature, human or nonhuman, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera. The photos are my elegy to these beautiful creatures, to this wrenchingly beautiful world that is steadily, tragically vanishing before our eyes.

 

Elements of News

proximity- http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/04/05/texas.scotus.inmate/index.html?hpt#
prominence- http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20478992,00.html?hpt=T2
timeliness- http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/04/05/france.jet.wreckage/index.html?hpt#
oddity- http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2056346,00.html?hpt=C2
consequence- http://austin.ynn.com/content/headlines/277595/storms-make-for-windy-central-texas-day
conflict- http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/03/larrabee.libya.west/index.html#
human interest- http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/05/kevin-federline-is-a-dad-to-be-again/

Elements of News warm up

Who: Obama & Biden
What: preparing their campain for their re-election
When: April 14
Why: He will need to fundraise money for his re-election
How? By having conference calls with their top donors and supporters and working on getting them re-engaged in the re-election

Japanese Earthquake

This photo puts me in awe, its crazy to see such a thing. it looks very destructive and scary to be near. The composition that is being used in this photo is lines. Lines create a sort of formation of waves coming up in the ocean. He used the technique of shooting from top view. 

This photo is crazy seeing how this half of the road got separated by its other half.  The composition this photographer used  was leading lines the lines in the road leading to the other workers and their attempt to reconstruct.

This photo is pretty interesting,  the composition used is repition. on all the cars next to each other and all sort of the same color , and funny how there is only two cars thar are colored and the rest are white.

This is my favorite advertising ad because its really unique. I like the design that AT&T though of. I think with this advertising it would encourage me to buy a phone. It convinces people that they have the best coverage no matter where you are.

Basic News Writing

Who? austin school district
Who is involved? parents and employees
Who does/did the situation affect?AISD employees
Who said so? School board

What?
What is happening? AISD is making cuts
What did happen? AISD laid off employees
What are the consequences? A lot of employees loose their jobs
What is different about this? They loose their jobs
What are the choices?

When?
When did or will this happen? Last week
When was this discovered? They where having meetings

Where?
Where did or will this happen? Last week's budget forum

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? To discuss the district's cutting 1,153 jobs, which is necessary, officials said, to balance the proposed $688 million 2011-12 operating budget.

How?
How did it or will it happen?
How much does it cost? 94.4 million
How many people does this affect? 1,153 people
How do you feel about this? I feel that AISD should have paid better attention to money issues before they had to cut jobs.

Who? 

Who is involved? Japanese people

Who does/did the situation affect? Japanese people, ecosystems

Who said so? Scientists

What?
What is happening? The amount of the radioactive iodine-131 isotope has surged to 4,385 times above the regulatory limit. Yet amounts of the cesium-137 isotope samples show levels 527 times the standard.

What did happen? The contamination may be coming from either a leak or ground seepage

What are the consequences? Negative impact impact on people's health and ecosystems' condition

What is different about this? It's not normal to have these levels of radioactive elements

What are the choices? Do something or not to do something

When?
When did or will this happen? Particularly seawater contamination with radiation didn't happen a long time ago

When was this discovered? Approximately a week ago

Where?
Where did or will this happen? Japan
Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? Earthquake stroke the Japan

How?
How did it or will it happen? The contamination is coming from either a leak or ground seepage into seawater

How much does it cost? Millions

How many people does this affect? A lot

How do you feel about this? I feel extremely sorry for poor Japanese people

Who?
Who is involved? Barry Bonds & Randy Verlarde
Who does/did the situation affect? Bonds and Verlarde
Who said so? Courts

What?
What is happening? Verlarde testifies Bonds
What did happen? Verlarde sold injections of human growth hormones to Bonds
What are the consequences? jail time
What is different about this? its illegal for professional baseball players to use
What are the choices? none

When?
When did or will this happen? March 7
When was this discovered? 1987

Where?
Where did or will this happen? in the parking lots of different places

Why?
Why did this happen or will it happen? because Bonds wanted to be better at baseball

How?
How did it or will it happen?
How much does it cost? $800
How many people does this affect? just 2
How do you feel about this? i feel like his choices are dumb