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Formal Portraits

1. The balance of the lighting was the most effective because it made the pictures pop and look nice.

2. The balance of the rule of thirds was the least effective because it didn't make much of a difference with the pictures.

3.  I think image 4 was the most successful because the darkness and the lighting worked really good together and it was brightened well enough.

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Vingatte

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Teenage Paparazzo

Questions:

1. Are you obsessed with celebrities? why/why not? 
2. Why do you think we celebrate celebrities?
3. Is it ok for celebrities to tip off the media to generate more publicity for themselves and elevate their status as a celebrity? why/why not?
4. Is it ok to exploit the negative things that celebrities do in order to sell magazines and does this exploitation of these acts degrade the values of society? why/why not? 
5. Do you agree with the statement "gossip is about the people doing the gossiping not who they are gossiping about" why/why not?
6. What is a para-social relationship?
7. Do you engage in any para-social relationships?
8. Do you think that our constant connection to media (social and other) creates a false reality for ourselves and how can we keep this from happening?
9. Your digital footprint is really your personal brand (combination of all your social media content) and you start building it when you start using social media, does your personal brand reflect who you really are, does it reflect who you want to be, neither, or both.
10. Your digital footprint/personal brand will stay with you for your entire life, do you monitor it closely and build it carefully or carelessly?
11. Given that we have access to cameras and the internet constantly, are there ethics that should be followed when taking photographs? why/why not?
12. Given what you know about photos and manipulation (electronic, situational, etc) do you agree with the statement "A picture is worth a 1,000 lies." why/why not?

Answers:

1. I used to be obsessed with celebrities and go to concerts like once a month. I would set up meet and greets, and it was just really fun to do all the time. It was also a really great stress reliever.
2. I think we celebrate celebrities because they have a certain talent that we really enjoy.
3. I don't think celebrities should tip off the media because the media has a way of twisting things around, and it could either go terribly or be good for them.
4. I think the way magazines exploit celebrities don't make them look good and also hurt the celebrities in the long run and make them worse.
5. I do agree with that statement because the people who are writing the gossip are the ones who like to gossip.
6. A para-social relationship is when the relationship is one-sided.
7. I don't think I engage in any para-social relationships.
8. I think a constant connection to media creates a world where we create a fantasy and its not much of a reality and taking breaks even if they're super short gives you not much of a constant connection to the social media and gives you a chance to focus on the other aspects of life that isn't our phones.
9. I think my personal brand reflects how I really am and who I want to be.
10. I do monitor my personal brand closely because I work for Starbucks and it is very well-known so it would be easy for me to get fired if I showed myself in a way that was bad.
11. I think there are some ethics that should be followed when taking photographs because it is important to really focus on what you're taking a picture of.
12. I do agree with the statement " A picture is worth a 1,000 lies" because a picture could be taken of something that portrays something different for someone else each time. For example, someone could look so happy in a picture but really be super sad in reality.