Here are a couple of photos that were taken at the cardboard boat regatta. Below this caption, are a few photos that I have submitted into photo contests online this last quarter. | Lately in SteamSci, I have been researching a topic that before, I had not a clue what it was. I have learned about the Rule of Thirds regarding photography. The Rule of the Thirds is applied to a photo by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allows linear features in the photo to flow from section to section. It is said that if you place the points of interest in the intersections, or along the lines of the photo becomes more balanced and will make it possible for a viewer of the photo to interact more naturally with it. Through the whole year, or half of the year in my case, I have learned many basic things to know about a camera, some that I did not know about in the beginning. I learned things such as how to turn brightness up and down on a camera, how to shoot at angles that will guarantee great photos, and how to better edit photos to your advantages. This year, I have even entered some of the photos I have shot and uploaded and submitted them to online photo contests. In addition to researching some points of photography, my whole class in small groups have made a project, which were boats that we tested at German Ridge, made of only three rolls of whatever duct tape we preferred, and as much cardboard as we desired. This was the first time in over ten years that Perry Central had hosted a cardboard boat regatta. We all had three or four weeks roughly to work on our boats, and we then raced them, SteamSci as a class against the Physics class. Although we did race within our SteamSci class against grades. At the end of our boat regatta, overall SteamSci were the winners, and my group of freshman came in second within our class. You can check out some photos from our boat regatta at: http://www.pccs.k12.in.us/uploads/7/9/0/7/7907439/regatta.pdf |