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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

English, my first choice read.



So, I am not one to read many books, but if I find a book I really enjoy I might actually finish it from start to end!  Obviously i found a book that caught my eye and I just finished reading it; Killing Britney by Sean Olin.  Yes, this book title does seem a little morbid and you're probably wondering why would you want to read a book about killing someone... well it isn't really about killing Britney.  The main character, Britney, has strong paranoia, and no one is actually trying to kill her.  Deaths around her, such as her mother, boyfriend and best friends brother, make her believe that "she's next."  I can't really give away much of the plot because if i do, the ending would be given away.  
      A 'sneak peak', or opening, of this book is this:  Britney's mother had died while their family was on a white water rafting trip.  Her mother had been knocked out of the raft and drowned.  Ever since then it was just Britney and her father.  Britney was a young girl, who was explained to be, before the start of the book, a dorky and ugly girl.  After her mothers passing and freshman year at high school, she changed her looks and even earned herself a boyfriend on the school's hockey team.  The girlfriends of hockey players were given the title "hockey wives" and were untouchable, the most popular people in school.  Britney had sometimes felt left out of the "hockey wives" because she wasn't comfortable with herself, being she used to be well... a geek.  After a game, Ricky, her boyfriend, and Britney attended a party.  Ricky drank, but not enough to make him immobile or ill.  Britney, for now, does not drink.  After the party and an argument he drove her home.  The next morning he is found dead, murdered.  Britney from this point on becomes extremely paranoid and is always looking over her shoulder.  If you want to know more about what else happens, READ THE BOOK! I strongly recommend you do.  Plus if i give away much more the ending will be ruined! and its really hard to explain so just read it. :)
      This book is just amazing.  To sum up its entirety my mind was like 'woah'.  There are many twists and turns to the plot, which is what makes the story-line so interesting and capturing.  I really could not put this book down.  There is no dull moment in this entire story.   The book also keeps you thinking, and carries you into the life of each character.  At one point i felt like i knew the characters and i was watching the story unfold as if i was there.  If you're interested in teen books, horror-ish stuff, murder mysteries, and just plain old interesting plots this book is definetly for you.  I would say that the age range is probably like 15 to.... i'm not really sure.  I don't think your ever to old to read something if you're interested in it.  In this book there is some cursing, alcohol and all that jazz, so a mature age should be reading it, not like a 10 year old. Once again, i strongly recommend reading this book..  Killing Britney by Sean Olin.

p.s: i'll be back soon with some research on multiple personalities.  Somehow this relates to my book.  You'll just have to read it to find out.

Friday, October 8, 2010

More Example Pictures

Here are some more examples of the words i just defined in my most recent posts..


  • Digital Noise

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  • Film Grain:



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  • Shallow Depth of Field: 


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Deep Depth of Field:

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  • Fast Shutter Speed:
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  • Slow Shutter Speed:

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

More Definitions!

Film Grain:  random optical texture of processed photographic film due to the presence of small grains of a metallic silver developed from silver halide that have received enough photons. (source)


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Digital Noise: random variation of brightness or color information in images produced by the sensor and circuitry of a scanner or digital camera. (source)


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  • also originates in film grain and in the unavoidable shot noise of an ideal photon detector (source)

Shutter Speed

Fast Shutter Speed: Fast shutter speed, takes the image almost instantly as in frozen in time. (source)

  • shutter speed you will need to use depends on the type of photograph you want to take. 
    •  if you want to take a photograph of water frozen in action with every little bead in focus, then you would choose a fast shutter speed like 1/500 of a second (source)

Slow Shutter Speed: Slow shutter speed, slows motion (source)

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  • slow shutter speed picks up more because it is taking longer to record the image
  • slow shutter speed picks up camera motion, and is one of the primary causes of blurry pictures (source)

Depth of Field

Shallow Depth of Field: Depth of field means the sharp area surrounding the point of focus.  A typical example of a photo with shallow depth of field control would be when only the main subject of interest is enhanced by throwing other elements out of focus. (source)
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  • The closer the subject and the camera, the more shallow the depth of field.
  • The larger the aperture, the more shallow the depth of field.

Deep Depth of Field: the area of an image that appears in focus (source)

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  • all or most of the picture is in focus from front to back. 
  • It is often used for capturing subjects in the distance, such as in landscape scenes.
  • The further away your camera is from the subject, the greater the depth of field.
  • Higher f-stop numbers produce deep depth of field. Short focal lengths, such as when a lens is set at wide angle, help increase depth of field.

All my definitions and photo's are from the sources i have listed.