FINAL EXAM: Philippians 4:6-7

Archaelogist

investigate the past and present origins, creation, and actions of humans and their societies. They study people from all over the world's cultures, languages, habits, archaeological remains, and physical characteristics.

Curator

A keeper or custodian of a museum or other collection

Shamans

A medicine man that has access and influence in the world of good and bad spirits

In certain tribes of northern Asia and North America. Typically, such people perform divination and healing while in a trance state during a ritual.

Flexibility

in the course’s context, is the capacity to alter or be modified quickly in response to changing circumstances.

Tenacity

Operationally known as the will to keep doing what you are doing

Travel Writer or Writing

1. Become a better traveler

2. When on the road, travelling as a traveler writer will force you to pay attention

3. Finally, after returning home, blogging on the road will able you to relive your journey over and over in the course of writing about it.

The 7 Quintessential Qualities

1. Be Flexible

2. Be Adaptable

3. Live Modestly

4. Be Curious

5. Be Tenacious

6. Be Motivated and Disciplined

7. Have Passion

Adaptable

Able to adjust to new conditions

Live modestly

Without vanity or arrogance

Be Curious

Eager to know or learn something

Have Passion

Strong and Barelly Controllabe emotion

Editor

Person who’s in charge of and determines the final content of a text

Anecdotal

Not necessarily true or reliable

Niche

operationally defined as referring to or describing goods, services, or interests that cater to a limited, specialized group of people

Genre

in the context of this course, is defined as a type of artistic, musical, or literary composition that is distinguished by its style, shape, or material.

Pitch

A form of words used when trying to persuade

What makes a wonderful story?

1. Finding your story

2. Understanding Travel Trends

3. Researching your story

4. Shaping your story

3 kinds of travel trends

Objective travel trends, subjective travel trends, and editorial travel trends

Vlog

Summary

Blog

Prolong, detailed, narrative form of self-presentation, and a “performative act”

May be described as a narrative form of self-presentation. Blogging in this sense is a ‘performative act’ (Baumer et al. 2011). Blogs themselves are ‘straightforward indexes of self’ available to a wide audience (Reed, 2005).

Objective Travel Trends

Based on facts, actual experiences, and evidences

Reflect traveler behavior:

Subjective Travel Trends

Based on feelings, opinions, and someone’s experience

Anecdotal and often qualitative.

Editorial Travel Trends

Focuses on one topic. Are indicated by changes in the weight of coverage given to different regions or types of travel.

Polyphonic

in the context of literature, is described as a feature of narrative, which includes a diversity of simultaneous points of view and voices.

Heteroglossic

in this lesson’s context, is the presence of two or more expressed viewpoints in a text or other artistic work

‘Discursive (point of view)’

described as a writing piece, in which the focal element is devoted to an argument.

first-person voice

a mode of storytelling or a peripheral narrator in which a storyteller recounts events from their own point of view using the first person such as "I", "us", "our" and "ourselves".

Elitist

refers to one who is an adherent of elitism: one whose attitudes and beliefs are biased in favor of a socially elite class of people.

Off-the-beaten-track

refers to a place where few people go, far from any main roads and towns.

Hyperlinks

operationally defined as a link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen.

Blog

a website that contains online personal reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks, videos, and photographs provided by the writer; also: the contents of such.

Domain

the address, or main URL, that people type in the browser to get to your Web site

URL ( “Uniform Resource Locator” )

an address that shows where a particular page can be found on the World Wide Web

Interface

described as the interaction between a user and software running on a Web server. The user interface is the Web browser and the Web page it downloaded and rendered.

SEO ( Search Engine Optimization )

the process of improving the quality and quantity of website traffic to a website or a web page from search engines

the science/art of increasing the number of people who come to your website as a result of typing words into a search field

HTML ( Hypertext Markup Language )

the language used to create webpages

Hypertext

refers to the hyperlinks that an HTML page may contain

Markup Language

refers to the way tags are used to define the page layout and elements within the page

Setting up your BLOG

1. Domain name and hosting

2. Blogging platform and set-up

3. Designing your blog

WordPress

the most popular platform for bloggers

has huge variety of designs to choose from

Contently

Simple portfolio platform

Google’s Blogger

free, easy to use and great for beginners. It is a simple blogging platform, which means your design choices are limited, as are your options for expanding what your blog does – if you get beyond ‘beginner’ stage, you may find it limiting

Tumblr

For bloggers with a focus on images or video as well as words, ____ is free, with a minimal interface – great if you just want to get in and start blogging. Like Blogger, your options for tailoring the experience are limited.

Writing your BLOG

1. How often and how long?

2. Your blog’s content

3. How to write killer headlines

4. Calls to action

More comments

300 words

More shares

1000-1500 words

Will do better with Google search results

2000 words

Formula for an effective blog post headline

a. Use a number, preferably an odd one, and not too big.

b. Or use a trigger word like what, why, how, or when.

c. Use an interesting or attention-grabbing adjective.

d. Include at least one keyword.

e. Make a promise to your reader – what will they gain by reading this article?

Call to Action

a vital piece of any online content. It is an expression of what you want the reader to do next, because of reading your post

Travel

one of the blogosphere’s most popular topics

The amount of blog posts that are published each day and counting

Two million blog posts

Twilight

is the moment before sunrise and after sunset that the sun partly illuminates the world, leaving it neither fully dark nor completely light.

Wide Angle Lens

has a field of vision that is considerably larger than the human eyes. In other words, it has a larger field of view than a standard lens and has a focal range of anywhere between f/2.8 and f/5.6.

Foreground

is the area of the picture that is nearest to the camera. In an illustration, the foreground space can be used to attract focus to a subject deeper into the picture, such as with leading lines, or it can be used to frame the subject. It is important to note not to overlook foreground space while photographing landscapes to add appeal.

Warm

Seen as being yellow, orange, and red - tones that are associated with warmthq

Cool

Seen as being predominantly blue

Landscape photography

is most often done in daytime, at a distance, of natural features of land, sky, and water—though some landscapes can have subjects in a dramatic setting nearby, including close-up, even at night.

Portrait photography

is about using backgrounds, lighting, and framing to capture a person's essence, appearance, identification, and mood.

Traveler

Seeks engagement with the local people and culture

Sightseer

Just checks off sights in the guidebook

Sightseeing Photographer

stands apart from the culture, snapping pictures at a distance

Travel Photographer

becomes involved with his or her surroundings and the people; the resulting pictures become more intimate.

Travel

The movement of people between distant geographical locations

Geography

a huge category. In city coverages, it would include skylines and street scenes. Out in the countryside, it includes landscapes, which can also occur in city areas. This category can also include aerial views, whenever possible.

People

another critical category. This includes shots of local people living their lives as well as visitors and tourists enjoying and interacting with the location.

Travel

one of the most varied, interesting, and demanding genres in all of photography.

Culture

But you could photograph a famous local author at a crowded book signing or event. Also seek out performing arts or people interacting with culture, like museumgoers interacting with what the museum has to offer.

Festivals and special events

Great times for a travel photographer to get some photos that emphasize a place’s uniqueness and serendipity

Everyday life

is a tough category: How do you make day-to-day life on a city’s streets interesting? It can be done, but it takes a little work and a high degree of curiosity.

Sports and Recreation

very important aspects of life in many parts of the world, and certainly some of these activities can be photogenic. Even if you find the rules of a sport incomprehensible, what the locals do to relax and recreate is an important part of the story of any society.

Wildlife

In certain areas, wildlife plays a big part of visitors’ and locals’ experience of the place. If you have identified your location as one of those places, you’d better get good animal coverage. Do not forget that urban areas have animals, too—take zoos, for example.

Food

is becoming more and more of an important part of travel photography. Options for shooting food include finished plates of food as well as the preparation of it. Drinks are an option as well.

Shopping

a favorite activity for many travelers. Whether it is an ancient souk in Marrakech or an ultra-modern mall in Japan, there are some interesting shots to be made of this favorite travel activity

Lodging

Many travel magazines and websites devote a lot of effort to showing people what their hotels look like. Those media outlets have an ongoing need for photos of lodging. If you are going after that market, or you have a penchant for architecture and interiors, you may want to shoot some good hotel interior pictures on your next trip.

Nightlife

plays an important part in the personality of many places, especially in cities and resort areas

Natural Resources

sometimes a location’s natural resources might be worthy of a few shots. For instance, the fishing industry is very important in Iceland. The activity of unloading the boats is interesting and the fishermen themselves can make for some nice portraits

History

Photographers can try to capture some sense of the history of an area. This can be done through taking photos of historic architecture or monuments, living history reenactments, or commemorative ceremonies that celebrate historic events.

Oddities, funkiness, and serendipity

This is a catchall category for those cultural peccadillos that are hard to explain but can make for some interesting photographs. Take, for example, New York City’s Naked Cowboy.

Sidelight

• when the sun is hanging low in the sky and is coming in from one side or the other

  • great for shooting landscapes because the interplay of light and shadow help to capture depth and texture

How long twilight lasts depends on your latitude and time of year.

In most moderate latitudes for most of the year, it usually lasts about 20–30 minutes. It can be very short in the tropics. In the winters at the polar extremes, it can last for hours.

Rule of Thirds

Perhaps the best-known composition strategy is to divide the frame into horizontal and vertical thirds and position your subject at a spot where two lines intersect.

Golden Ratio

• A variation of the rule of thirds, the ______ divides the frame using slightly different spacing of the intersecting lines

  • This concept follows the same idea as the rule of thirds, but the framing lines are spaced a little differently

Golden Triangle

• this arrangement divides the frame into triangles.

• The sweet spots for your subject are, again, at the points where those lines intersect.

Symmetrical Compositions

• effective for images that contain elaborate detail, such as this resort interior in Singapore. As a composition strategy, symmetry also works very well for subjects of the utmost simplicity, such as portraits against a plain background

  • AI: fundamental principle in photography that involves using symmetry to create visually appealing and balanced images. Symmetry is created by reflecting an image across a central axis, resulting in a sense of balance and harmony.

Radial Compostions

are those in which key elements spread out from the center

Overlapping

subject elements that overlap indicate increasing depth, as do the relative sizes of objects of known dimensions.

Framing

the frame within a frame is a painterly device often exploited in photography.

Massed Pattern

• The receding parallel of the road, the glint in power lines, and the differences in scale of people can all be used to make sense of what initially appears to be chaos.

  • AI: a photographic technique used to create visually appealing images by arranging objects or elements in a way that creates a sense of repetition, rhythm, and harmony.

Aperture

is an adjustable hole in a diaphragm set just inside the lens. By changing the size of the _____, you control the size of the light beam that can enter the camera. ______ settings are stated as f-stop numbers, or simply f-stops, and are expressed with the letter f followed by a number: f/2, f/5.6, f/16, and so on.

Shutter speed (controls duration of light)

a fundamental concept in photography that refers to the length of time that the camera's shutter is open, allowing light to reach the camera's sensor. In other words, it's the time it takes for the camera to capture an image.

ISO (controls light sensitivity)

• a digital function rather than a mechanical structure, enables you to adjust how responsive the image sensor is to light.

• The term is a holdover from film days, when an international standards organization rated each film stock according to light sensitivity: ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, and so on.

Depth of Field

refers to the distance over which objects in the picture appear sharply focused.

Noise

operationally defined as a defect that looks like sprinkles of sand and is similar in appearance to film grain, a defect that often mars pictures taken with high ISO film.

Present problems for professional photographers working in foreign countries

Language barriers and logistics

Black and White

an old photography standby

Panoramic Format

generally involves an elongated aspect ratio

Aspect ration

is the relationship of the width to the height of a photograph

The Candid Approach

usually means using a long lens and shooting without the subject’s knowledge.

The Up Close and Personal Approach

This technique involves getting very close to your subject—closer than the three-foot or so circle of comfort people in the Western hemisphere feel demarcates personal space

The Environmental Portrait

• One of the most rewarding ways to photograph people is to back off a bit and show how and where they live.

  • The lingua franca of magazine photography