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News of the passing of Nelson Mandela at the age of 95 was not a surprise but still felt like a shock. Though he had been ailing for close to a year, the man so defined by his courage and resilience had an aura of immortality about him. President Obama said the world had lost "one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth." He was "a giant for justice," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "He proved that there is freedom in forgiving," said Bill Clinton, "that a...

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Fixed Portrait Shoot

iso 100

Apprature 3.5

shutter speed 1/40

ISO 400

Apprature 3.5

shutter speed 1/80

ISO 800

Apprature 3.5

shutter speed 1/120 

ISO 1600

Apprature 3.5 

shutter speed 1/200

ISO 3200

What was the best ISO setting to use for your portraits? 

1600 and 3200 because it was the sharpest I could have gotten within that short time I had 

What was your next best photo?

800 the second the sharpness of the picture and the exposure 

Were you able to create equivalent exposures to your best photo by changing the aperture and shutter speed?

kind of i wasn't to far off as you can tell

What did you learn from this activity that you will apply to your real portrait shoot?

I leaned a little bit about manuel photography and I got to get a little expirence 

Your Holiday and Hopes for 2014

1. I woke up my friends after they got drunk and past out and lit a bunch of fireworks
2. make more money then last year
3 new things coming out

best of 2013

1. Top song of 2013 Daft punk get lucky 

2. Best movie of 2013 12 years of a slave 

Solomon Northup was born a free man in Minerva, New York, in 1808. Little is known about his mother, whom his narrative does not identify by name. His father, Mintus, was originally enslaved to the Northup family from Rhode Island, but he was freed after the family moved to New York. As a young man, Northup helped his father with farming chores and worked as a raftsman on the waterways of upstate New York. He married Anne Hampton, a woman of mixed (black, white, and Native American) ancestry, on Christmas Day, 1829. 

3. Most important news story of the year jodi arias trial 

The members of the jury in the trial of Jodi Arias for the murder of ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander face a difficult task. They must examine several conflicting and confusing versions of a troubled relationship, weigh out the plausibility of these differing accounts, and finally decide whether or not the evidence in this case supports a verdict of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to a heinous crime.

4. Most important person of 2013? Valerie Jarrett 

Valerie Bowman Jarrett is a Senior Advisor to the President of the United States and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama administration.

5. Super Bowl XLVII  

The Super Bowl of February 2013 was my favorite  sports moment because football is my favorite sport it also was a really good game 

Best Photos of 2013

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the subjects what made me like the pictures the one with afro and the spray painted picture was really cool and the one with volcano with the lighting  was perfect timing also the pictures are sharply exposure