Digital Manipulation Of Photographs

1. In this photo I simply took away any brightness and upped the contrast fully.
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2. The hue on this photo was altered, changing every color to one of the opposite colors on the spectrum.
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3. Not much was changed here, I just put the photograph through a filter called emboss, making it seem 'grainier' than it already is.
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4. I used a focal point in this image. I blurred out everything outside of the focal point and took away the color from everything inside of the focal point.
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5. I adjusted the brightness and contrast three individual times, adding a white glow mainly to the top right hand corner.
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Digital Tools: The Camera

*I added extra photographs because I couldn't choose my favorites. 

Visitors Only

This was taken on a sunnier day, in the shade. The visitors parking spaces being engulfed by the schools shadow. 

Flashy Fence

You have to be careful when walking past this fence with the sunshine, the suns rays can force the fence to throw beams of light, straight at you. 

Rusty Remains

Here you can see shaded pavement at the back of the school, once again on a sunny day. Parts of the ground have been pushed away, to reveal its secrets. 

Lonely Lunch 

Sometimes it can be difficult to find people to eat with, but the cafeteria is opened for all lunchtime fanatics, lonesome or plenty-full. 

High School Sweethearts

Obviously these two don't attend ACSS, but this mural never fails to make you feel the love as you walk through the hall.

Taking Over

 With the help of the rain and nutrients from underground these guys are able to pop up and attempt to takeover the pavement at all ends of the schoolyard. 

Watch Your Step

Leaving the school, these little steps make you keep a careful track of where you're walking, wet shoe prints can help on your journey.

Composition In Digital Photography: Part B

Rule Of Thirds:

Points Of Power:

The Golden Rule:

Vertical And Horizontal Lines:

Oblique Lines:

Curved Lines:

Composition In Digitial Photography: Part A

Artistic Composition:
The way an artist places their artwork together, or organizing artistic elements. This applies to all types of visual art, such as, music, writing, painting and photography. When working with digital photography, artistic composition is more commonly known as a page layout.

Rules Of Composition: 
Rule Of Thirds: This helps balance the composition. It divides the picture into three separate, equal columns and rows. Helps with over and under exposure.
                                           

                                                   

Points Of Power: Points of power are part of the rule of third. Where two lines connect, is a point of power. These are helpful when figuring out the position of your subject.

                                               

The Golden Rule: The golden rule is a more mathematical way of dividing your photos. It is much like the rule of thirds, but in specific sections.

                                                               





Vertical and Horizontal Lines: Using any lines can increase the intensity of an image. Horizontal lines are most used to represent a lack of change, showing an being frozen in time. Whereas vertical lines are more used for stability or peace, tranquility can also be achieved. 

                                                     

Oblique Lines: Oblique lines work well for making eyes see the whole picture. They can create points of interest and also more depth by adding perspective.

                                              


Curved Lines: Curved lines can lead your eyes into a scene, the curves being alluring.

                                             

The ACSS Terry Fox Run

In the high schools's main gym both the middle school and high school gathered to learn about the Terry Fox Run. We were informed about Terry's life and his struggles through a video. After gathering in the gym, we all headed to the track. The middle school ran first, having us wait for a couple minutes.

Many students ran the Terry Fox Run, leaving the walkers behind. This is the beginning of the run, where everyone does a lap of the track. While the runners were very much ahead of us, the people who walked soaked up some sun.

Going around the Aldergrove Athletic Park took up most of the run, this being the tail end. While walking this route, many of the participants took it upon themselves to catch up with friends. Meanwhile others are walking solo. 

Also being around the tail end of the route, some people are still running, while others continue to walk. Runners got more satisfaction as the crossed the finish line, most grinning from ear to ear. Meanwhile, the walkers were happy to, but not feeling as accomplished.

Overall, this years Terry Fox Run was pretty successful. During the run it was difficult, if not impossible, to hear a negative comment about it. Many not having a problem with helping out this cause. The donations seemed to be very rich in amount as well. Students and teachers seem to be helping out in any possible way that they could. Mr. Crowley presented a video before the run that I believe helped many people get enthusiastic about participating in all our Terry Fox events. And it definitely showed. 

Terry Fox And The Terry Fox Foundation

Terry Fox And His Foundation

Most people know who you are talking about when you say Terry Fox's name, but do they know his story. Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg and later moved to British Columbia, where at the age of 18, was diagnosed with bone cancer. This unfortunately left him with having his right leg amputated, just above the knee. While in the hospital Terry saw many other people/children who were suffering from cancer and decided to take action in attempting to demolish cancer. A walk/run across Canada was what he chose to do, and called it "The Marathon Of Hope".
Terry made the journey all the way to Thunder Bay on September 1st, with a total distance of 3,339 miles. Sadly, he only made it this far due to the cancer returning, this time in his lungs. After 4 years of living with his cancer, Terry Fox died at the young age of 22, on June 28th, 1981.

The Terry Fox Foundation has continued to strive forward, even after Terry's death.  Not only does it collect donations for cancer research, but they are also very intent on sharing Terry's heroic story. Worldwide, The Terry Fox Foundation has raised over $650 million for all of their research. For every dollar that they raise, 84 cents goes solely to cancer research. To add on to all of this success, the Foundation has funded 1,152 cancer research projects.

A Look At Terry Fox's Journey

My Digital Self