Media Saves the beach

I think this looks like a very good project hopefully we get a lot done to help the water and the beaches. I think I would be interested almost any part of it photography, videos, calender, or anything else need done. How ever I do not have good experiences when i go to OB so maybe a different beach would be better for me.

Final Result of Icons project

Artistic Statement
Eli Barber

I was sitting on the counter listing to the radio eating an orange for a snack. I didn’t think too much of it but sure enough the radio was playing music and I was having fun. Most people don’t think about it they just hit the radio on during driving, wanting to dance, or just bored typing up an artistic statement. We didn’t get wireless electricity or the radio by evolution but by some one taking time and trying to master the inventions.
There are some people that are very skilled at this and one of them is Nikola Tesla. Nikola invented many things including AC (alternating current) electricity. He sold the patent to Westinghouse and with that money he invented the radio upon many other things.
Ever since I was a kid I listened to the radio. Whether it was my favorite band or not I was able to enjoy it. From rock n roll, rap, hip hop, jazz, pop, and country doesn’t matter what it wouldn’t be near as popular if we didn’t have the radio to spread them around. Music always helped pass the time on long car trips, painting my houses, or working on a car. It also kept me out of trouble from fighting with my sister. It just seems to make time fly. If you’re in a bad mood just hit a button and the radio is on and it can change your mood fast, to make you feel better. Also if we need one thing we just run to the store and almost instantly have it. We don’t have to do anything no work just to get it that one item. In our school the kids use radios and listen to music as they work or our teachers use it was in example. One time I was painting on a hot day. Just having headphones on and listing to the radio helped make the painting more enjoyable and the time go by quickly. I was painting from board to board and up and down on the ladder getting red paint on my cloths and yet I was still enjoying the music. The painting turned out well and my parents paid me an acceptable amount so I was happy. With money I got I could go out to buy music and games. Playing video games and listening to music is a big part of my life. It passes time and a lot of people do both so more people can relate with each other. Liking video games I started to wonder how they got games on a little tape. I started to wonder more and more how they work. From then on I always asked how things worked and tried taking them apart, yet I didn’t always figure out how to put them back together.
Now I enjoy helping my dad repair cars, the house, and many other items in need of repair, learning more from each experience. Without having a radio to listen to and enjoy I possibly would have not have persevered in what I was doing. Who knows my experience in one of these things could possibly lead into a future career in engineering, mechanics or a number of technician jobs and this could significantly change my future.

Bibliography


Tesla Memorial Society of New York. Dr. Ljubo Vujovic. Web. 15 Sept. 2009.

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"Tesla - Master of Lightning." PBS. Web. 15 Sept. 2009. .

Icon Reflection

In this project I realized that when writing I think of a few good ideas and write them all down into a big sentence that doesn’t make any sense. After I write down my stuff I can reread it and make it sound better but if I’m in a hurry and don’t have a chance to reread something it doesn’t turn out too well. Once that is done my writing turns out ok but before that I’ll probably not get to well of a grade.
Well I don’t know if this is a technique but I had two things and at the end put them together and related them. I started out with me and when I was a kid, then switched over to my icon Nikola Tesla some basic info on him then. Then I went back to me using his inventions and how his inventions changed my life. So separate at the beginning but at the end you see how they relate.
If I had time for one more draft I would probably make it longer and just reread it again. For my final I was still in a little bit of a hurry so I didn’t get to make sure everything was good. Also mine felt a little short on how he related to me but I was almost going over the page limit already. Also have had some more people read it then just one person, since I missed school on that part I didn’t get to many of critiques. I think “I didn’t think too much of it but sure enough the radio was playing music and I was having fun.” was a good sentence because it is a good intro to my paper. It also relates to both parts of my essay before I talk about either one too much.

My Picture

Camera Techniques

1. Artificial Lighting

This one is a possibility because i am thinking about doing my picture indoors or not in direct sunlight. For this style it's just any light used to take the picture other then sunlight ( indoor light bulbs also make the photo yellow.
















2. Reflection

This one i might use to make it look something like the Ray Charles reflection in his glass's.
For this style it just a simple reflection of the image through something else.










<--- Picture taken by me


















3. Rule of Thirds

This one we went over in class its two lines vertical two lines horizontal and they are all equal distance. For this picture the lower right corners line intersecction would be the centor of the tree. The bottum line would be on the horizon and thats how it works.


I was thinking about using this one just because it is so popular and i am not a good photographer and i think i can take a good picture using this style if need be.

Resources for my Icons

Nikola Tesla
http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ <-- this is video and website and this can help me because it has a lot of info in one and in different ways of learning it.

http://www.amazon.com/My-inventinos-autobiography-Nikola-tesla/dp/1934451770/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1

This can help because when reading something especially good it sticks in my mind ( like what you said today in class)

Google

http://www.google.com
It's a website of the website so I think this is very usefull because of that.

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/pag0int-1
Interview with larry page one of the guys who invented google its text and video your choice.

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/10-videos-about-google.html
here are 10 good videos about the history of google and videos about google appear to be rare.

American Icons

The American Flag represents America since it's our flag and it makes people feel patriotic. This icon is important to citizens of America because it represents them all and even additional for the military.
This icon became very important to the American culture since it represents freedom for the citizens. Not freedom for just a few things but for voting, freedom of speech, and much more. When i see the flag it makes me feel patriotic and reminds me of our country.










GOOGLE is a search engine that a lot of people use in America and in our school. It represents how high tech the world is. People can find almost anything on this search engine which shows that any one could have a purpose for it. It is also free and not reserved for the high class that has money but any one that wants to know something. Its importance to America is that it is filled with links to about USA how it came to be and also info on anything else.
It's important to me because I use it a lot and it helps me almost every day through random events. Maybe I have trouble spelling a word or I want to looking up some lyrics for a band, it gives me the answers I am looking for.






Nikola Tesla the inventor of electronics. This guy doesn't just relate to America but the world and almost every one uses what he invented. This guy should be every ones icon because of his inventions even though not too many people think of him as they use his idea's. He invented AC electricity, the radio, wireless electricity, and other things as well but i'll stick with these. Like google even the radio is a common item that most people can acquire and use for cheap. He has effected me majorly since I would not listen to near as much music or do as much electronics if he hadn't invented these items. Also with out wireless electricity we might not be where we are today.