Amelia Sims's Blog

The six shot system is a way to shoot photos so the viewer can easily understand what is going on in the pictures. It has six simple photos that you can take to provide an accurate depiction of the person, or subject, what they are doing, and how they feel about it.  The first shot is a close up of the hands. This shows what he subject of the photos is doing. In this picture try to make the hands take up most of the screen.  The second photo is a close up of the face. It shows how the subject feels about the task they are preforming. Try to get the full face in tis picture, not cutting off the top or bottom.  The third photo is an over the shoulder shot. This shows what the person is doing from their perspective. Try to get some of their head and the object the are working on. The forth picture is a medium shot. It ties together what the subject is doing and what they are feeling.  You sho...

Summary Social media may affect if you get in to a college or not. A recent study showed that 31% of colleges are looking at applicants social media page. Some schools say that even if they look at social media it doesn't affect students chances of acceptance. Go here  for the full article. Things That Surprise Me   This article contained some surprises, the first one was one student who was at a college information session, tweeted out rude comments about her fellow prospective students because she didn't realize that the school monitored there mentions. Also, some students don't realize that comments they make online can negative affect them. Last, 30% of the surveyed admissions officers said they discovered information online that hurt applicants prospects. Questions I Have   I had some questions on the article as well. The first is the article mentions students untagging them self's in pictures and changing their searchable names. My question was does this ...

This is a video of the house I made on Google Sketchup. In Sketchup you can draw 2D objects and then pull them into 3D objects. Then paint them, cut shapes out of them, and a ton of other things I don't know how to do. When we made the house the roof was the hardest thing to make because you had to make the peaks and valleys correctly, I had to change the roof some to make it work for the house.  My favorite thing to make was the window because you could personalize it however you want, I would have put more on the house but I couldn't get them to move back.