Friday, February 25, 2011

2,000 teachers: DISMISSED?

so we have another problem facing us as of today. many teachers received a letter which basically said that they are or will be dismissed, which in other words it means that they will get fired. this is a big deal even though they receive the same letter every year. this is much different because the letters from previous years said that they would be laid off, but this year they changed laid off, to dismissed. there is so many things wrong with this picture, and it's time to stand up for what we believe in. tomorrow there will be a protest in favor of teachers, at 1:30pm, in front of the state house, the side that is facing the mall. i will be there supporting all my teachers from Hope, because it's not only unfair to them but also to us: THE STUDENTS. we have taken enough crap. i hope teachers go, because they have nothing to lose. they were already threaten, and they shouldn't have take that. i support my teachers. no other teachers compare to Hope High school teachers. THEY ARE THE BEST 

Monday, January 24, 2011

Photographic truth reflection :-P


Angela Cruz
Digital media/ P.4
Photographic truth reflection

            For this project we had to choose images from the past. It could have been a previous war, or a natural disaster, or anything that fit the description of the past.  We were told that for this project we had to alter ourselves, well the images of ourselves into the images of the past. I started off by going online and choosing the pictures from the past I would be using. Then I looked at the images I had chosen and then I planed of different ways to take the photographs for myself. Then I went to the original past images and used the crop tool to make them a certain size. Then I incorporated the certain parts of the photograph I wanted to be in the past images, like my face and etc. Then I used variations and filters to make my pictures blend in. The phrase photographic truth to me means to be able to manipulate images to change their meaning, and make ourselves look like we were at that place, at that time in the past.
            For my book, I decided to alter images from titanic. But more specifically Rose. I wanted to be her, and be next to jack. I only added my face to all of the images I decided to alter. I used the polynomial tool to help me cut my face out. I also used variations to make my face blend in a little better with the persons skin tone. This project was difficult because I had to plan ahead of time how to pose, and if a pose didn’t look right even if you tried to rotate it then I would have had to take another.
            The theme I chose was Titanic, but instead of having it in color I decided to turn it black and white, because the actual titanic was a very long time ago. I chose this theme because I fell in love with the movie, and even though it might have been very different from the real titanic, the love story between jack and rose was just amazing. I do not know exactly how having my face instead of rose makes it different. I guess I just wanted to be with jack.
            I feel that this project wasn’t my best work. I know I tried hard but I still didn’t like the outcome. This project just wasn’t the way I pictured it. Out of all six pictures I only liked the second one, and then the rest I dislike. I feel that even though it didn’t come out how I wanted it to, I still worked hard, and that’s what matters. If I could change this project, maybe I would of used different images, and different posses. 

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Stages of growth!



I guess i can say not many has changed in my life, except that I'm older, i mean i still remain short like an umpalumpa =D i don't know how to spell it!!! anyways i know i can also say that i miss the stage in which i was a baby. all i had to do was eat sleep and well go paaty in my diapy. now i have many responsibilities and hardships, and sometimes it feels like it's hard to handle it, but hey i have no other choice. ugh this is a little too much for me!!! HELP ME! ((emotionally destruct))
Stressed+Depressed Arian =/

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

BLAH!!!!!!!

There are times in our lives, when we know we must let go of certain things. maybe you feel you're not ready to give it up just yet, but then you feel like you're forced to. i feel like im forced to give up lots of things i do not want to give up, but hey that part of life. all you can do is look at the opposite direction, and never look back, no matter how much it hurts!
                       Its time.....
                                   .....MOVE ON!
    
                                                                          Depressed Arian :'(