Osama bin Laden Killed

See the photo essay
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/osama_bin_laden_killed.html

New Way To Share Pictures

Grab your camera and get involved with Glopho

28 April 2011 1:00 GMT / By Ian Hughes

Not that long ago, photojournalism was something that only an elite few got involved in, or certainly became successful doing. Tales of derring-do and near-death experiences, all in the name of "getting the shot", were the legends and meal tickets of Fleet Street and beyond.

But then cameraphones came along and with them the idea of citizen journalists - ordinary people capturing extraordinary events and bringing them to the attention of the masses.

This is the next logical step. www.glopho.com  taps in to the popularity of social networking, but brings with it the hard-edged pictorial  presence of a news wire service.

Take a picture and upload it and soon it could be rubbing shoulders with images from some of the best snappers around. You can then link through to Twitter or Facebook and show off your wares, or even better than that, if Glopho manage to find a buyer, you get paid. There's apps available for major platforms, so getting involved is dead easy too.

There's really no downside to this exciting new way to share your pictures and if you're in London tomorrow, there might be something worth taking a picture of...

Renowned war filmmaker, prize-winning photojournalist killed in Libya

Read:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42682853/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/

The Pulitzer Eddie Adams Didn't Want

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/the-pulitzer-eddie-adams-didnt-want/

Civil War 150th Anniversary -- Essay Due April 15

Americans are commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War beginning April 12. Click on each of the links to view the photo essays AND read the accompanying caption information. 
Post at least one or two interesting Civil War photos to your blog and answer the following questions in a short essay (200-300 words):

Why is the Civil War still worthy of discussion today?  
What were the positive and negative outcomes? 
What are some things you learned the Civil War after viewing these two photo essays and reading the captions?


Rare Civil War Photos
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Rare-Civil-War-Photos/ss/events/us/041211civilwarphotos#photoViewer=/ydownload/20110411/photos_net_web_ts/1302569001

Photo Essay: The Civil War: Between the Battles

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/civilwar/index.html

National Geographic's Weekly Wrapper

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/daily-dozen

National Geographic is renowned for its professional photojournalism, but the photos that readers themselves shoot and submit are often just as amazing. Every weekday, the magazine's editors choose their Daily Dozen favorites, and those that are rated highest by online visitors are made available for download in National Geographic's Weekly Wrapper as computer wallpaper. The photograph below was taken at a waterfall in West Virginia; a long exposure time reveals a whirlpool swirling at the waterfall's base.

The Monitor Wins Awards!

http://www.themonitor.com/articles/star-48529-texas-awards.html

http://www.themonitor.com/sections/slideshow/?id=6962762

Award honors San Antonio Express News Photojournalist

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/E-N-photographer-wins-10-000-prize-1194888.php

Humans of New York

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=13111466

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/faces/
Look at the pictures, then pick a story, any story. You won't be able to stop reading.

2 BETA Seniors Win Hidalgo County 2010 Photo Contest

Cassy Gonzalez -- 1st and 2nd place winner "Culture"

Kassy Granados -- 4th place "People"

Two seniors from South Texas Business, Education and Technology Academy in Edinburg were winners in the third annual Hidalgo County 2010 Photography Contest entitled “New Beginnings."
Cassandra Gonzalez won both first and second place in the Culture category while Kassandra Granados won fourth place in the People category.

Their photos will grace the public spaces of Hidalgo County such as the tax, county clerk and district clerk’s offices and the remainder of the courthouse. The winners’ photography will also be incorporated into the banners on Hidalgo County’s award-winning website.
The photographs can be seen online at www.co.hidalgo.tx.us/index.aspx?NID=1073

MTV Generation?

Copy/paste the following questions into your blog and answer the questions?

1. Your age group has been referred to as the "MTV Generation," which carries a negative connotation of teen-agers that have little to no interest in anything, and even if you did, your attention span is grossly limited. Is this true?
2. Where do you get your news?
3. If a news article is accompanied by a photograph, do you read the article or rely totally on the visual?
4. Is it impossible for a "complicated message to be relayed in a 10-second sound bite" that the news media uses to get the message across? Is this possible? What are the advantages of using photographs? What are the disadvantages?

When is it Photojournalism or Art?

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/02/hipstamatic-and-the-death-of-photojournalism/

1. Would you use the Hipstamatic app on your photos for fun?

2. What is your feeling on using software to depict the feeling of a photo? When is it okay to do so, and when is it not okay?

3. How do you know when a photo is journalism or art?

4. What if you are using an old Polaroid camera that produces photos that look like this naturally?

Citizen Journalism

Demonstrators take cover during rioting between pro and anti Mubarak supporters in Tahrir Square in Cairo
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

By Liz Masoner, About.com Guide

Citizen Photojournalism in Egypt - How the Internet Makes Everyone a Witness to History

Wednesday February 2, 2011

You may have heard the term "citizen journalist" before. It is used both as a complimentary and a derogatory term, all depending on who uses it. Basically it just means that a person not employed as a journalist is reporting on an event. The Internet, through social networking sites and blogs, gives almost anyone the power to pass on reports and stories to the world. What you'll hear less often is "citizen photojournalist" or "citizen photojournalism." It is amazing but in this digital age, the visual side of reporting is often forgotten.

A photojournalist is a reporter who tells a story with pictures rather than words and a citizen photojournalist is one who doesn't make a living as a photojournalist but still tells stories with photos. There are a lot of conflicting ideas on what a photojournalist is and isn't. To put it simply, a photojournalist bears witness to events and through photography allows others to also bear witness. A photojournalist isn't there to pass judgment or skew a story (although stories are easily skewed by accident if a photojournalist isn't careful). A photojournalist is there to record what happens and make sure everyone else who is willing also sees the event.

Through the Internet (even though Egypt tried to shut it off), citizen photojournalists have filled our screens with records of what is happening in Egypt. Often these views are one-sided as a citizen photojournalist records what is of interest to them, not neutrality. The photos are rarely edited for safety either. Gore and brutality reigns in a citizen photojournalist's slideshow. However, combine all the photos from all the photographers and a larger picture starts to emerge. Thanks to the Internet and digital photography, we all bear witness as never before.

Some Sources for Photos from Egypt (CAUTION: these photos may contain gore and other objectionable material)

 

View Slideshows. Read each caption.

1.    http://scottnelson.photoshelter.com/gallery/Cairo-Unrest-Threatens-Government/G0000rh4BX2iQtlI

2.   http://cassel.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Egyptian-Intifada-30-January/G00008MhM.6P7.uk/I0000oLUNxk0I6Zk

3.   http://www.flickr.com/photos/euronews/sets/72157625923539926/

January Current Events - Post a photo

PHOTOGRAPH BY: BORIS GRDANOSKI / Associated Press

 

Cat takes shelter under an umbrella during a snowfall in Macedonia.

1. Examine the photos in these 3 websites.

• http://boston.com/bigpicture/
•  http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/
• http://framework.latimes.com/2011/01/28/the-week-in-pictures-22/#/0

2. Read up on the news events behind these photos.
3. On your blog, post a picture that you think reflects the biggest news story of January. Label the photographer/publication/caption

4. Log into Blackboard and answer the questions.

Environmental Portrait Example -- Read

http://www.rodmarphoto.com/2009/01/on-assignment-portait-of-fred-beckey/

Video Tips For Your Environmental Portrait

"The Mindful Eye"

Watch the following videos on how to take environmental photographs for your upcoming photo essay.

How to Frame an Environmental Portrait

http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-Frame-an-Environmental-Portrait-172944683

How to Create a Complimentary Background for a Portrait

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1316562690820464732 

 

How to use Props in Your Images Part 1/2

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1316562690820464732

 

How to use Props in Your Images Part 2/2

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1316562690820464732

How to Separate the Portrait from the Background

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1316562690820464732

 

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

View this Civil Rights photo essay about Martin Luther King Jr.  at http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1704734,00.html
Copy/paste two of the most powerful photos onto your blog in honor of his contributions.

Arizona Shooting Photo Gallery/Obama Speech

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2041544,00.html

 

 

TRANSCRIPT: Obama Address for Tucson Memorial Service

The following is a transcript of President Obama's address Jan. 12 at the University of Arizona during the memorial service for victims of the mass shooting in Tucson. 
Thank you. Please. Please, be seated.
(APPLAUSE)
To the families of those we've lost, to all who called them friends, to the students of this university, the public servants who are gathered here, the people of Tucson and the people of Arizona: I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today and will stand by you tomorrow.
(APPLAUSE)
There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts. But know this: The hopes of a nation are here tonight. We mourn with you for the fallen. We join you in your grief. And we add our faith to yours that Representative Gabrielle Giffords and the other living victims of this tragedy will pull through.
(APPLAUSE)
Scripture tells us, "There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the most high dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day."
On Saturday morning, Gabby, her staff, and many of her constituents gathered outside a supermarket to exercise their right to peaceful assembly and free speech.
(APPLAUSE)
They were fulfilling a central tenet of the democracy envisioned by our founders: representatives of the people answering questions to their constituents, so as to carry their concerns back to our nation's capital. Gabby called it "Congress on Your Corner," just an updated version of government of and by and for the people.
(APPLAUSE)
And that quintessentially American scene, that was the scene that was shattered by a gunman's bullets. And the six people who lost their lives on Saturday, they, too, represented what is best in us, what is best in America.
(APPLAUSE)
Judge John Roll served our legal system for nearly 40 years.
(APPLAUSE)
A graduate of this university and a graduate of this law school...
(APPLAUSE)
... Judge Roll was recommended for the federal bench by John McCain 20 years ago, appointed by President George H.W. Bush, and rose to become Arizona's chief federal judge.
His colleagues described him as the hardest-working judge within the Ninth Circuit. He was on his way back from attending mass, as he did every day, when he decided to stop by and say hi to his representative.
John is survived by his loving wife, Maureen, his three sons, and his five beautiful grandchildren.
George and Dorothy Morris -- "Dot" to her friends -- were high school sweethearts who got married and had two daughters. They did everything together, traveling the open road in their R.V., enjoying what their friends called a 50-year honeymoon.
Saturday morning, they went by the Safeway to hear what their congresswoman had to say. When gunfire rang out, George, a former Marine, instinctively tried to shield his wife.
(APPLAUSE)
Both were shot. Dot passed away.
A New Jersey native, Phyllis Schneck retired to Tucson to beat the snow. But in the summer, she would return east, where her world revolved around her three children, her seven grandchildren, and two- year-old great-granddaughter. A gifted quilter, she'd often work under her favorite tree, or sometimes she'd sew aprons with the logos of the Jets and the Giants...
(LAUGHTER)
... to give out at the church where she volunteered. A Republican, she took a liking to Gabby and wanted to get to know her better.
(APPLAUSE)
Dorwan and Mavy Stoddard grew up in Tucson together about 70 years ago. They moved apart and started their own respective families, but after both were widowed, they found their way back here, to, as one of Mavy's daughters put it, "be boyfriend and girlfriend again."
(LAUGHTER)
When they weren't out on the road in their motor home, you could find them just up the road, helping folks in need at the Mountain Avenue Church of Christ. A retired construction worker, Dorwan spent his spare time fixing up the church along with their dog, Tux. His final act of selflessness was to dive on top of his wife, sacrificing his life for hers.
(APPLAUSE)
Everything -- everything Gabe Zimmerman did, he did with passion, but...
(APPLAUSE)
... but his true passion was helping people. As Gabby's outreach director, he made the cares of thousands of her constituents his own, seeing to it that seniors got the Medicare benefits that they had earned, that veterans got the medals and the care that they deserved, that government was working for ordinary folks.
He died doing what he loved: talking with people and seeing how he could help. And Gabe is survived by his parents, Ross and Emily, his brother, Ben, and his fiancee, Kelly, who he planned to marry next year.
(APPLAUSE)
And then there is nine-year-old Christina-Taylor Green. Christina was an A student. She was a dancer. She was a gymnast. She was a swimmer. She decided that she wanted to be the first woman to play in the Major Leagues, and as the only girl on her Little League team, no one put it past her.
(APPLAUSE)
She showed an appreciation for life uncommon for a girl her age. She'd remind her mother, "We are so blessed. We have the best life." And she'd pay those blessings back by participating in a charity that helped children who were less fortunate.
Our hearts are broken by their sudden passing. Our hearts are broken, and yet our hearts also have reason for fullness.
Our hearts are full of hope and thanks for the 13 Americans who survived the shooting, including the congresswoman many of them went to see on Saturday. I have just come from the University Medical Center, just a mile from here, where our friend Gabby courageously fights to recover even as we speak.
And I want to tell you -- her husband, Mark, is here, and he allows me to share this with you. Right after we went to visit, a few minutes after we left her room and some of her colleagues from Congress were in the room, Gabby opened her eyes for the first time.
(APPLAUSE)
Gabby opened her eyes for the first time.
(APPLAUSE)
Gabby opened her eyes.
(APPLAUSE)
Gabby opened her eyes, so I can tell you, she knows we are here, she knows we love her, and she knows that we are rooting for her through what is undoubtedly going to be a difficult journey. We are there for her.
(APPLAUSE)
Our hearts are full of thanks for that good news, and our hearts are full of gratitude for those who saved others. We are grateful to Daniel Hernandez...
(APPLAUSE)
... a volunteer in Gabby's office.
And, Daniel, I'm sorry, you may deny it, but we've decided you are a hero, because you ran through the chaos to minister to your boss and tended to her wounds and help keep her alive.
(APPLAUSE)
We are grateful to the men who tackled the gunman as he stopped to reload.
(APPLAUSE)
They're right over there.
(APPLAUSE)
We -- we are grateful for petite Patricia Maisch, who wrestled away the killer's ammunition and undoubtedly saved some lives.
(APPLAUSE)
And we are grateful for the doctors and nurses and first responders...
(APPLAUSE)
... who worked wonders to heal those who'd been hurt. We are grateful to them.
These men and women remind us that heroism is found not only on the fields of battle. They remind us that heroism does not require special training or physical strength. Heroism is here, in the hearts of so many of our fellow citizens, all around us, just waiting to be summoned, as it was on Saturday morning.
Their actions, their selflessness poses a challenge to each of us. It raises the question of what, beyond prayers and expressions of concern, is required of us going forward. How can we honor the fallen? How can we be true to their memory?
You see, when a tragedy like this strikes, it is part of our nature to demand explanations, to try to impose some order on the chaos and make sense out of that which seems senseless.
Already, we've seen a national conversation commence, not only about the motivations behind these killings, but about everything from the merits of gun safety laws to the adequacy of our mental health system. And much -- much of this process...
(APPLAUSE)
... of debating what might be done to prevent such tragedies in the future is an essential ingredient in our exercise of self- government.
But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who happen to think differently than we do, it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we're talking with each other in a way that -- that heals, not in a way that wounds.
(APPLAUSE)
Scripture tells us that there is evil in the world and that terrible things happen for reasons that defy human understanding. In the words of Job, "When I looked for light, then came darkness." Bad things happen, and we have to guard against simple explanations in the aftermath.
For the truth is, none of us can know exactly what triggered this vicious attack. None of us can know with any certainty what might have stopped these shots from being fired or what thoughts lurked in the inner recesses of a violent man's mind.
Yes, we had to examine all the facts behind this tragedy. We cannot and will not be passive in the face of such violence. We should be willing to challenge old assumptions in order to lessen the prospects of such violence in the future.
(APPLAUSE)
But what we cannot do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on each other.
(APPLAUSE)
That we cannot do.
That we cannot do.
As we discuss these issues, let each of us do so with a good dose of humility. Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let's use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy, and remind ourselves of all the ways that our hopes and dreams are bound together. After all...
(APPLAUSE)
After all, that's what most of us do when we lose somebody in our family, especially if the loss is unexpected. We're shaken out of our routines. We're forced to look inward. We reflect on the past.
Did we spend enough time with an aging -- an aging parent, we wonder? Did we express our gratitude for all the sacrifices that they made for us? Did we tell a spouse just how desperately we loved them, not just once in a while, but every single day?
So sudden loss causes us to look backward, but it also forces us to look forward, to reflect on the present and the future, on the manner in which we live our lives and nurture our relationships with those who are still with us.
(APPLAUSE)
We may ask ourselves if we've shown enough kindness and generosity and compassion to the people in our lives. Perhaps we question whether we're doing right by our children, or our community, whether our priorities are in order. We recognize our own mortality. And we are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.
(APPLAUSE)
And that process -- that process of reflection, of making sure we align our values with our actions, that, I believe, is what a tragedy like this requires.
For those who were harmed, those who were killed, they are part of our family, an American family, 300 million strong.
(APPLAUSE)
We may not have known them personally, but surely we see ourselves in them. In George and Dot, in Dorwan and Mavy, we sense the abiding love we have for our own husbands, our own wives, our own life partners.
Phyllis, she's our mom or our grandma, Gabe, our brother or son.
(APPLAUSE)
In Judge Roll, we recognize not only a man who prized his family and doing his job well, but also a man who embodied America's fidelity to the law.
(APPLAUSE)
And in Gabby -- in Gabby, we see a reflection of our public- spiritedness, that desire to participate in that sometimes frustrating, sometimes contentious, but always necessary and never- ending process to form a more perfect union.
OBAMA: And in Christina, in Christina, we see all of our children, so curious, so trusting, so energetic, so full of magic, so deserving of our love, and so deserving of our good example.
If this tragedy prompts reflection and debate, as it should, let's make sure it's worthy of those we have lost.
(APPLAUSE)
Let's make sure it's not on the usual plane of politics and point-scoring and pettiness that drifts away in the next news cycle.
The loss of these wonderful people should make every one of us strive to be better, to be better in our private lives, to be better friends and neighbors and co-workers and parents.
And if, as has been discussed in recent days, their death helps usher in more civility in our public discourse, let us remember it is not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy -- it did not -- but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to the challenges of our nation in a way that would make them proud.
(APPLAUSE)
We should be civil because we want to live up to the example of public servants like John Roll and Gabby Giffords, who knew first and foremost that we are all Americans, and that we can question each other's ideas without questioning each other's love of country, and that our task, working together, is to constantly widen the circle of our concern so that we bequeath the American dream to future generations.
(APPLAUSE)
They believe -- they believe and I believe that we can be better. Those who died here, those who saved lives here, they help me believe. We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another, that's entirely up to us.
(APPLAUSE)
And I believe that, for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness and that the forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.
(APPLAUSE)
That's what I believe, in part because that's what a child like Christina-Taylor Green believed.
(APPLAUSE)
Imagine -- can you imagine for a moment, here was a young girl who was just becoming aware of our democracy, just beginning to understand the obligations of citizenship, just starting to glimpse the fact that someday she, too, might play a part in shaping her nation's future.
She had been elected to her student council. She saw public service as something exciting and hopeful. She was off to meet her congresswoman, someone she was sure was good and important and might be a role model. She saw all this through the eyes of a child, undimmed by the cynicism or vitriol that we adults all too often just take for granted.
I want us to live up to her expectations.
(APPLAUSE)
I want our democracy to be as good as Christina imagined it. I want America to be as good as she imagined it. All of us, we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.
(APPLAUSE)
As has already been mentioned, Christina was given to us on September 11th, 2001, one of 50 babies born that day to be pictured in a book called "Faces of Hope." On either side of her photo in that book were simple wishes for a child's life: "I hope you help those in need," read one. "I hope you know all of the words to the National Anthem and sing it with your hand over your heart. I hope -- I hope you jump in rain puddles."
If there are rain puddles in Heaven, Christina is jumping in them today.
(APPLAUSE)
And here on this Earth, here on this Earth, we place our hands over our hearts and we commit ourselves as Americans to forging a country that is forever worthy of her gentle, happy spirit.
May God bless and keep those we've lost in restful and eternal peace. May he love and watch over the survivors. And may he bless the United States of America.
(APPLAUSE)

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/13/transcript-obama-address-tucson-memorial-service/#ixzz1AvTXTaoG

Passions Cafe Photos - 8X10 print due by Friday, Jan. 21

Today: Post Your Two Best Photos on Your Blog.

Class Assignment: On your desktop, create a folder entitled “Portfolio Pictures.” Search through your original photos and put your best ones into it. Photoshop to crop and enhance your photos.

I will help you choose one or two of your best photos. Take the digital image on a flash drive to have it enlarged and printed as an 8X10. (Prices around $2.99 at Walmart or Walgreens.)

You will matte each photo and submit for the Passions Cafe Art Show. After the show, we will hang it in the classroom but it is yours to keep.

Real or Hoax?

1. Real or hoax?

2. Real or hoax?

3.Real or hoax?

Copy/paste each of these photos into your blog. Write a paragraph discussing: In what situations is it okay to digitally manipulate photos? In what situations is it wrong to digitally alter a photo? How can altered photos be harmful to photojournalism?