Interviewing Aashraya

Interviewing Aashraya:

What is it like to be student of the month?

I feel like Tom Cruise in "Top Gun"

What was your initial reaction?

"Das cool"

Why do you think you were chosen?
Because I'm Asian.

What makes you special?
I'm Asian

Who Inspires you?
Bruce Lee

What interests you the most?

Rice

Why?

Because I'm Asian.

Do you have any strange talents?
Not really

What do you plan to do as Student of the Month?
Nothing really

What have you done?

Nothing.

What is your favorite passtime?

Guitar

What are your plans for after you graduate?

Get famous and filthy rich #YOLO

What are some pet peeves of yours?

When John flips over my keyboard at the beginning of class

What kind of music do you listen to?
Indie Pop, Metal, just about anything that's not Country

How has being Student of the moth changed you as a person?

I feel Asianer

Had you ever thought of what it would be like to be Student of the Month prior to this?

I didn't know it was a thing

What did you think it would be like?

N/A

How has your family taken this?
They keep telling me I should have gotten it sooner

Is it true you hate pineapple?

It's alright, but Mangos are better

What now?

#YOLO

Interview Questions

Topic: School Uniforms

Sources:
-Superintendent
-Principal
-Student

Questions:

1. What's the initiative behind school uniforms?
2. How will that help the schools?
3. How will this personally affect you?
4. How much do you think the uniforms would cost the district?
5. Do you think it's worth the money?
6. What do you think is the student body's general opinion of the idea of school uniforms?
7. Why do you think they feel that way?
8. Do you know who's decision it was to get uniforms?
9. If we adopt school uniforms do you think it will boost or lower student morale?
10. What about academically?
11. How will this affect pregnant students?
12. Who will pay for these uniforms?
13. Will it really stop gangs?
14. How so?
15. Do you think there are better uses of the money being spent on this?
16. What might they be?
17. If you were to design the uniforms what would they look like?
18. What makes for a good uniform?
19. Will this really solve anything?
20. How so?

Captions and Stuff

In this photo there is a use of balance with that one horse on the left helping balance out all those horses on the right.

the rule of thirds was used here because if you put a grid over it, it would show the face in the crossover parts.

This picture is really simple.

Butterfingers Bomber Loses Grip On The Situation

Phil Frankenburger prepares to throw a Molotov Cocktail at the police in downtown  New Jersey. He claimed to be "sick of it all" and ended up dropping it on his shoe yesterday afternoon.

Sport Photography

Panning

Blur

Across the plane

Towards

Yearbook Spread

My spread came out in two pages when I converted it to a jpeg.

Sports Shooter

Name of photographer 
-Josh Birbaum
General focus of portfolio (photoj, sports, stories, etc.)
-Handicapped Sports
List three problems that the judges note with the portfolio - -A lot of good "second pictures"
-Some too cliche
-Needed to wait for the moment more often
List two things the judges like--Not too many pictures of kids
-Some of the pictures were composed well
What is your overall impression? What did you like or not like? 
-I thought it was alright, I feel like I've seen enough of the whole handicapped theme. I liked some of the funnier pictures and the composition on some of them.


What did the judges note as strengths as they were critiquing it?
-General composition and creativity.
What do you see as strengths? Do you see any weaknesses?
-I liked the way he was in with the action, but a few of the pictures were weaker than others.


Briefly describe the process the judges went through in deciding the winner.
-They just went though some of the better ones and decided which was best


1. Describe one photo that you agree with the judges on. Explain why you and the judges do or do not like it.
-I agree that the sumo wrestler going up the escalator was the best in the No Ball category. The expression on the lady's face was priceless.
2. Describe one photo that you do NOT agree with the judges on. Explain why you think the judges are wrong. 
-I didn't think that the soccer picture should have beat the baseball picture in the No Pro / No College category. The Baseball one was more creative.

Japanese Earthquake

The framing in this picture gives the photo album a resilient look. Like a spot of joy in the rotting death. 

The framing used in this picture makes it look like I'm in the building, looking out at the sanitation guy.  

The Rule of Thirds gave this picture a more complete look. If it had just been  the hand dead-center, then it wouldn't  have had such an impact.