My Favorite Cover

#10 National Geographic (June 1985)

Photographer Steve McCurry immortalized the haunted eyes of a 12-year-old refugee in a camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Soviet helicopters destroyed her village and family, forcing her to make a two-week trek out of the perilous mountains of Afghanistan. The photo became a National Geographic icon after it was published on the cover in June 1985. Since then, this raw, untouched image has been used on rugs and tattoos, making it one of the most widely reproduced photos in the world.

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Critique

In this photo, the thing that is being communicated is the anger and hurt of the girl because the Soviet Helicopters destroyed her village. This is being communicated through the girl's facial expression. The main focus is on her face so we can see the pain in her eyes. 

Magazine Essential Parts

Masthead: Where the name of the magazine goes; the title

Selling Line: Description of title's main marketing point.

Date Line: Month and year of publication

Main Image: To catch your attention

Cover Lines: information that goes on the front cover

Model Credit: To give the model credit because it's her in the picture.

Bar Code: Standard bar code used by retailers  

Main Cover Line: the main thing they want you to know.

Left Third: vital for sales in shops where the magazine is not shown full-frontage.

Portrait Photography Major Assignment

Fixed Portrait Shoot

ISO 800 

aperture: 7.1 shutter speed: 1/640

ISO 3200

aperture:1/1000 shutter speed: 13

ISO 1600

aperture: 1/640 shutter speed: 13

ISO 400

aperture: 5.0 shutter speed: 1/640

ISO 100 

aperture: 3.5 shutter speed: 1/640

1.  I think 1600.

2.  3200
3.  Yes
4.  I learned to keep changing the ISO and everything so i can get a better picture.

Part 2

1.

  My favorite song of the year if Katy Perry's "By The Grace Of God". It caught my attention because in my opinion, it's not really a type of song she'd normally sing.

2.

We're The Millers is my favorite movie of this year. The things that attracted me to this movie were that it was funny and it wasn't boring.

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4.

 I think Malala Yousafzai is one of the most influential people of 2013. She is both brave and courageous for standing up for what she wants and believes in. She was scared, yet determined to get the education she wanted. And after all she had to go through, she finally got it.

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Year In Review: 2013

Part 1: Best photos in 2013

This is one of my favorite pictures of the year because the lion is so cute. The lighting is good, its not over or under exposed. I think they're using the Cropping rule because there's not much in the picture but the lion.

I like this picture too because it just looks cool. There's a good amount of exposure. They used the Mergers rule but not in a bad way. Just so it looks like the man is holding the sun.

I like this picture because all of the lights are cool. They didn't need to use much lighting because the buildings provide enough.