HDR Photography

HDR photography means high dynamic range and its when you take not only take one picture but you take a bunch of pictures in the same exact angle and spot at different exposures then put it together, this is a HDR photo. The one thing I like about HDR is that it puts a whole twist on a photo, adding more depth giving it a more interesting look to the audience. Something I dislike about is that sometimes its hard too take the HDR with any movement because when you put it together in photoshop it might come out with some ghosts. Ghosting is when the image is all blurry. It can sometimes make a cool effect but can also make it hard to see whats going on.

 Take a camera were you can adjust the exposure from -3 to 3 on the settings. Then choose an area to take your photo without changing the area then take a picture in each number on the exposure. This should add to 7 photos in all that look the same but are from super dark to super light.
When you are finished with the photos you can import it onto your computer that has Photoshop. Once they are imported go on Photoshop> File> Automate> Merge HDR> Browse> Select the photos and let Photoshop do its job and putting together all of the photos and transforming it into a HDR photo.
Now you can use your creativity to edit your High Dynamic Range photo and turn it into something that you prefer better. You can deselect ghosting or keep it but only if you want. Their is also other settings were you can change the vibrancy, saturation, shadows, etc.
After you are finished fixing up your HDR and turning it into something you like you can press done on the bottom right. If you like how it turned our File>Save As>and save it to your documents.

You may wonder isn't their an automatic function that phones and some cameras can do? Well actually their is, this is a more instant, fast way. Its a function that some cameras and phones have. Cameras have a more high quality look to it.For our home work we had to sign out a camera take 7 pictures of a person in the rule of thirds at different exposures, put them together in photoshop, try to edit them by playing around with the exposure, vibrance, saturation, and make it look surrealistic. Then you had to take 7 more photos of a landscape with something that is in the photo within the rule of thirds at different exposures.

Movie Trailer Critique

For second quarter are project was create a movie trailer of our choice. We first had to plan out everybody in the teams idea of a movie and see what would sound the most interesting that would grab our audience. We used a template on google that all of the members in the teas could be on at once. Then we discussed the plot, different scenes, and the characters personalities and typed it all out in the template. My favorite is when we get to go out of school with high tech cameras and tripods. All of us in the team had a good time working together and acting like we were in movies. As soon as we get to school we import all of our work onto the mac computers that we were assigned to. Theres an amount of time we had to get all of our editing done on final cut pro x. What was really helpful was when we have had rough cuts and thats when the whole class, teacher, including the team that worked on it watches it on the screen. We get to know what we did really good and what we could work on better because the more you work on it the better it is. The way I contributed was being one of the main characters. Are story takes place at my house and while we were walking their somebody kidnaps are good friend violet. This is too show others dont trust anybody who looks weird or mysterious. They could be dangerous and make you do things you dont want to.

The projects requirement was for every person in the team to create a movie poster that would be in our movie trailer but we had to choose the best out of them all. Are team didn't add a poster so thats a lesson learned because each of our grades went down from not adding a poster. Are team also had our own template that would help us when we were filming so it wasn't just some random scene that didn't get planned out. It was called the "Trailer Plan". Then the trailer had to be at least 1 minute and 30 seconds to two minutes.

Well the class critique is gonna have to be one of my favorite parts because this class literally feels like family so if their was a very embarrassing part I didn't really care. Its also cool to see everyone else's creative trailers and what they chose to make a video about. Each one of the teams had a either really funny, scary, or dramatic theme too it. We also learned good tips for the next time we have a project similiar.

Movie Poster Promo

In our new project we are to make a movie trailer and for that we have to include a poster. The poster i'm gonna create is gonna have the main character Violet hiding behind a tree while her other friends Gretchen, Jasmine, and Katey are seeking for her. This poster is supposed to show my audience that will watch the trailer to think that the main character is probably the one hiding and that something is wrong with her or that she's missing and her other friends are looking for her. Most of the trailer takes place at their friends house Gretchen. They all are having a sleepover and catching up on the latest. In the meantime, the main character is thought to be seen by Gretchen one of the characters.

The title of our movie is called " The Missing ". Each person working on the movie trailer has to make there own movie poster. We get to see who turned out to be the best and we will use that in the beginning of our trailer. On my poster I have a background image of the main character violet. One of her eyes is looking straight forward. Im hoping this will show my audience that the Violet is not normal the way that i'm designing her eye in photoshop. My title is gonna be warped into a photoshop effect giving the poster a little more texture, and weirdness. Something else we have to use in our poster is kerning. Kerning is when is when you adjust the spacing between the text and proportion it differently. This also gives your audience a pleasing result.

Our posters must involve a title that catches our audiences eyes so that they'll have to read it because it pops out so much. The title must need kerning, layer effects so its not boring. With layer effects you can give your title shadows, textures, embosses, etc. You are also supposed to take a picture or have some drawing of maybe a scene that gives an idea of what the movie will be like and add it to your background for your title. This just will give a glimpse of whats going on. On my title I used almost all of the effects to make it seeable.

Proactive or Procrastination?

After a long week of school I like to finish all of my homework right after school. The feeling of having all of my work done is relieving. There is no need for stress or being guilty while having a fun weekend. I learned from my mistakes last year because coming to class with no work done is not fun! I failed my teacher, my parents, and especially me. Knowing that I had time to finish it but was ignoring it till last minute was a bad habit. This year I have set a goal to get it done asap!

Being in a quiet, calm, steady environment helps me focus while doing home work and I get it done faster which gives me more time to have a fun weekend. Life is not about always Procrastinating and parting its about also being successful and a hard worker. If you dont get anything done in life then you will regret it later on in life and wish to live a fulfilled life.

Theres not that much I would change about my work habits because I get things done before theres time to enjoy my weekend. I had to change my work habits last year because I procrastinated a lot. Finally I set a goal to get everything done without wasting time. When i'm older I hope to have a successful job that will support me financially. In order to have a job like that you need to get everything done and set a good habit so people can count one you.

My Visual Poem

Dear Reader,

Our class had a new project for GT. We were to make a poem describing how weve been feeling or just a poem that has an impact on us. My poem is about my sanctuary which is my home, my feelings when im at home, what I see, and do. This makes a impact on me because theres no place like home where you can let free of worries. I also got footage of parts of my house. Something about my sanctuary is its different from all others. The looks, how it was built, and the history behind it.

The special effects on my visual affect it because my home is not a bright, happy home its darker, and cozy so I chose a more vintage, warmer effect. Descriptive titles were also added depending on what my poem would say id add a word that went with it.

I am satisfied on my results because I got to add footage of one of my favorite places in the world. The video was turned on the due day so that was a good thing. I could have made it better by making my clips more bright. Some of them were a little dark.

Finished News Story

Hello readers, my team members were Meagan, Lucy, and Ethan. We did a profile story on Ethan's mom. She designs and creates her own bikinis and has her own company it is called "CG Bikinis". Ethan and Meagan brought home a classroom camera home to do the filming. We all worked together to edit the story. 

When we finished the final we wished we had more time but we learned that we have to work together. We all know we could have worked together, finished successfully, and done better. Although we can not go back and time and fix it next time we are gonna do the best! I was happy that we finished on time. We are also happy we didn't get disqualified.

Looking back at the critique results I do agree on the scores we got we definitely could have tried harder.

Lessons Learned

Hey readers, The most interesting thing about are Hiki NO project is that we are doing our interview on a Bikini Maker. This is probably going to be the first time someone int he history of Hiki No does a profile story on that. This will have to be an appropriate story. The biggest roadblock are team had to go through was being able to schedule a time for when we can all as a team work together outside of school. Lately only one person has been going outside of school to get the interviews done and all the b-roll. I think the most valuable part of the film making process is getting all the interviews done because with no interviews there is no story.


Even though this is my second year im still able to learn from mistakes. I can still work hard and try my best to give the all my effort. Hiki No no can be kind of challenging because of how much time we have it goes by in one blink. This is a good thing to because in life no matter what job you have there's going to be rushing and trying to get things finished on time. Im learning from Hiki No to get things finished on time and not to procrastinate.