Sports Warm Up and Link

1. Why is this part of a winning sports photography portfolio?

The players are pouring the cooler of water on (probably) their coach, which represents that the team won the game. Usually, pouring a cooler of water is an action performed when a team wins and is in celebration.

2. What is the shutter speed?

The shutter speed is a high shutter speed, possible 1/1000th of a second or less, because the partially blurry water has stopped motion in the picture, and the players pouring the cooler aren't in motion. 

3. Is this a key moment?

Yes, because this action will only happen once, and cannot be easily recreated (because most likely the water will splash the person one time).

Could this have been planned?

Yes, this could have been planned, because the coach shows no expression while being splashed. Either the coach posed while being splashed, or the photographer took the shot at the right moment.

4. What advanced techniques are present in this photo?

There are some diagonal leading lines (notice the crowd, stadium, and cooler all leading toward his face) that go toward the coach's face. There is also framing, as the coach's face is shown on a white sky background, while the stadium and crowd act as a border around the face.

Link to the Google Slides.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HzKOaGOKPontxotZFh6xmCKE0jVfYOWhUxcvcxh8u0w/edit?usp=sharing

Sports Current Event

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/16/sports/mikaela-shiffrin-world-championships.html


2. For Mikaela Shiffrin, a Triumph That Leaves Skiing, and Her, Breathless

3. Mikaela Shiffrin, afflicted with lung infection, delivered her top performance at the world championships on February 16 and become the first Alpine skier to win the four straight slaloms at world championships.

4. Slalom- a ski race down a course with flags and marks to indicate the pathway. The super-G: super giant slalom. Worlds- world championship

5. 23 year old, the face of women’s Alpine skiing.

6. The article is a Feature article, because it focuses on Mikaela Shiffrin's condition and difficulties during the world championship event. The main focus is on Shiffrin, not just the event.

7. Names of players involved

The article uses the names of players involved in the event as obstacles that Shiffrin faces. For example, "She watched her rivals Holdener, Swenn Larsson and Petra Vlhova in the first run and thought she might not have much more to give."

The article does not add any adjectives to criticize or complement Shiffrin's rivals, but uses their names as a roadblock Shiffrin faces.

The article also uses names to compare Shiffrin's achievements. For example, "Shiffrin has seven gold medals at the worlds and the Olympics, and is up to 56 victories on the World Cup circuit — 26 behind Vonn and 30 off the career record of Ingemar Stenmark."

The article uses Vonn and Stenmark's name to address Shiffrin's perfomance in the event.

Sports Exploration Activity

Tiger Woods, golfer.


Official World Golf Ranking:

Tiger Woods is ranked #13.
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Top 5 Athletes:

Ranked #1: Justin Rose

Ranked #2: Brooks Koepka

Ranked #3: Dustin Johnson

Ranked #4: Justin Thomas

Ranked #5: Bryson DeChambeau

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Tiger Woods's Performance:

 Tiger Woods has an average of 5.04 points out of 40 PGA Tournaments, and in 2019 has gained 3.71 points, and lost -15.95. Woods has been in many PGA Tournaments, winning in 80 of these tournaments. Today, he is playing in Genesis Open, a tournament that is part of the PGA Tour. Last year's winner in the PGA Tournament was Brooks Koepka. The three most important rules in golf are to not disrupt/modify the golf course as you play, to hit the ball when the ball is stationary, and to recognize the penalties of golf.
Some golf jargon interpreted: Par is the standard score for a hole or an entire course, and is the expected number of shots needed to complete the round. If you play a certain amount of shots under par, that means you completed the course in fewer shots than the expected amount, which is good. Shots over par are the opposite. Eagle is the term for completing the course in two strokes (shots) under par. Bogey is finishing a course one stroke over par, which is bad because you finished the course with more shots than expected.
An example of a sports cliché in golf: "Drive for show, putt for dough." This is an old phrase that basically means putting is the most important part of golf. Another way to say it is have fun hitting the ball, but once it gets close to the hole, focus.
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Ben Hogan was considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time, being known for his precise shots in golf when using an iron. He has also made a book called "The Five Lessons", where Hogan teaches the correct posture and grip to perform when golfing. Ben Hogan is known for his iconic 1-iron shot in the 1950 U.S. Open, in which Hogan managed to hit the golf ball to the green zone with a 1 iron golf club, one of the difficult irons to use in golf.

Ben Hogan was born in Stephenville, Texas. His family moved to Fort Worth and had many financial difficulties after Hogan's father committed suicide with a self-inflicted chest gunshot when Hogan was 9 years old. Because of these financial problems, Hogan and his brother did part-time jobs to support the family.

Hogan attended public school, and dropped out of Central High School in his senior year. There were no golf teams Hogan joined, but during the age of 11, Hogan was introduced to golf. Hogan became a professional golf player at the Texas Open in San Antonio, when he was 17.

Ben Hogan won ten tournaments in 1948, and achieved an 8-under par score in 1948, setting a U.S. Open record later beaten by a shot 12-under par in 2000, made by Tiger Woods. Ben Hogan also won the Masters, U.S. Open, and British Open in 1953, being the only golfer in history to win all three in the same year.

3 illustration creations in Illustrator (an attempt) pt 2

Infogram Practice pt1

Step by Step Charts
Infogram

Magazine Cover Preview

Blog #1 - Magazine tips

5 things to think about:

• a brand (something recognizable in each magazine)
• image appeal (something with emotion)
• something that makes viewers curious (attraction)
• efficient + "easy to scan" ( make it neat/ able to view)
• something that gives the magazine value (to viewers)

Blog #2 - Best magazine covers 2015

I might try to duplicate this technique, making the image (model) split on the sidelines, bringing the brand/ title in the center appear out more. I would have to have the image of the model and split it into two sections, then put it on the sides of the magazine cover.

This technique- creating an illusion that the magazine paper is rolled up- looks very interesting. For this, I would need to print out the magazine cover without any paper rolled up, then physically cut the paper and take the image of the cut-out cover on top of another paper via camera. 

This technique is very nice. The background has a gradient, making it appear very sleek and "adding dimension". I would need to use software and add a gradient to the background color near one of the magazine's corners.

Blog #3 -- My Favorite Cover

"TIME's Person Of The Year: Salome Karwah. An Ebola survivor, 26. She lost both her parents to the disease and now counsels patients in Liberia. "

This magazine is one of my favorites. The cover shows a women posing a strong pose: arms crossed and serious face. This gives off the feeling that she's strong, tough. Her vertical pose followed by her being centered in the cover emphasizes that she is an important subject. There is light that comes out from the top of head, which acts like a "spotlight". The background is not distracting, instead it's simplistic and contrasts with the blue clothing. All of these aspects support the main focus that this woman is one of TIME's  Person of the Year. The strong pose and serious face correlates with the fact that this woman is an Ebola survivor and continues to help others in her life. Her being centered on the cover and wearing bright clothes on a dark background really shows that she is Person of the Year.

Blog #4 - Magazines Part II

 Early Magazine Covers
- were in the mid-1700s. Cover shows a title and a table of contents, no pictures of models or objects. Covers were like book covers: Title with publication date, no words that describe stories inside magazine, possible black and white image in the form of a illustration.  Picture a title centered up, with big illustration below, then either a publication date, sentence, or an article below illustration.

The Poster Cover

-1890s-1960s. Covers now emerge with Brand title, followed by a massive illustration with details and color. Coverlines do not appear at all on the cover. Picture a title, followed by either art below the title, taking up all the space below, or art that covers the entire magazine cover's space. Little words below stating artist's name or other information.

 Pictures Married to Type

-20th century. Common traits of magazine covers begans to form: a model (usually woman) holding a posture, with face overlapping the title, followed by coverlines on the sidelines, positioned in easy-to read area in the magazine cover. Coverlines start becoming plentiful, and some coverlines change fonts/ strike out towards audience.


 In the Forest of Words

- Coverlines become abundant, overlapping the image (model). Magazine covers look very similar to today's covers. Coverlines become more vivid, with multiple coverlines being altered to pop out more. The result of many coverlines has led to models on the magazine covers to occupy less space (become smaller).

Prompt #3 Photos

Prompt: Purple



Prompt: Electric



Prompt: Cold