Blog Assignment for week of Feb. 12

07Feb10

We have spent the last couple of weeks using Photoshop and taking digital photos.  I would like to know what you think about what you have done so far.  Write a blog post about your thoughts (about 3-4 paragraphs).  This will be due by Thursday, February 11.

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Super Bowl Sunday

07Feb10

It was just a year ago that I was excitedly absorbing every tidbit of information about Super Bowl 43, where my beloved Steelers would face the upstart Cardinals.  On paper, and in all analysis, this would be an easy win for the Black and Gold.  However, as we all know, the path to the Steelers 6th Lombardi Trophy was anything but easy, and came down to a last second, toe tapping touchdown catch.  As I sit here now, another Super Bowl is upon us, and although the Steelers are not playing in #44, there is another Black and Gold team that is.  The New Orleans Saints, that lowly bayou football team that had never made it to a Super Bowl in its NFL existence and survived the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina, has become the darling of the Pro Football world, and will make this Super Bowl one of the most watched games in history.

I have no idea who will win the game between the Saints and the Indianapolis Colts, nor do I really care, but one thing I do know is that I will be watching.  I will be looking for that one story that always seems to come out of the Super Bowl.  That one play or player that no one thought would do something wonderful that changed the game forever (last second field goal to win, 100 yard interception return for touchdown, opening kickoff returned for a touchdown, or even a very large man named the ‘Fridge scoring a rushing score.)  There is always something that happens during the game that no one expected would happen.  That one play or player, along with the commercials,  will be discussed for days after the game is over.

So to all of you who are rooting for the Saints or the Colts, I wish you the best of luck.  May your team do what you hope they will, which is win.  To the rest of us, whether you are watching for the game or the commercials, I sincerely hope that you enjoy yourself tonight.  Our teams may not be playing, but our game is.  LONG LIVE FOOTBALL!

Thanks for reading.

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New Media Assignment

04Feb10

You have begun work on your collage.  Be sure to upload your completed collage to our Flickr page (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluffsmediaclass-upload instructions on our Moodle site).  Once you have completed that, choose at least 3 projects from the handout to do.  When you have completed them, upload each to your blog.

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Joe Rosenthal

21Jan10

Flag Raising on Iwo Jima

Joe Rosenthal was born in Washington on 9th October, 1911. He was interested in photography and after finishing college joined the Newspaper Enterprise Association in San Francisco before becoming a staff photographer with the San Francisco Examiner.

Rosenthal applied to join the US Army at the start of World War 2 as a military photographer. He was rejected from active duty because of his poor eyesight-interesting since he was then assigned to cover the Pacific War as a photographer. In March 1944 he photographed the American progress toward Japan, including the invasions of Guam, New Guinea and Guadalcanal.

While on Iwo Jima, Rosenthal took some very dramatic pictures of the invasion. On February 23, 1945, at the top of Mount Suribachi, Rosenthal took one of the most famous photographs of the war: Raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima. Of the six soldiers, three were killed within the next few days.

The Raising of the Flag on Iwo Jima, was published throughout the world. Rosenthal was later accused of staging the photograph. From Rosenthal, “On February 23, having captured Surabachi, a small volcanic hill and the highest point on the island, some marines raised a small flag at its summit. They were photographed by Sergeant Louis Lowery for the marine magazine, Leatherneck. Rosenthal, having talked with Lowery, decided to get a shot of the flag himself. When he arrived, he found the marines raising a larger flag, attached to a pole so heavy it took six men to lever it into place in a small mound of rocks. He stepped just inside the volcano’s crater and snapped the photo with his Speed Graphic.”

After the war Rosenthal became chief photographer and manager of Times Wide World Photos. Later he worked for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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