Face Swapping Phenomenon 

by: Cameron and Morgan 

The new Snapchat filter, Face Swap, has been sweeping the nation after its recent release. This particular filter features new innovative technology that displays two smiley faces to line up the participants faces to then swap. Sacs students everywhere are swapping their faces with their buddies on and off campus. Our participant, Vicky Boi Camillo III, volunteered to swap his Dominican face with that of the many faces seen waltzing around campus. 

Vicky and Joshua lovingly swapped faces today in Photo class 

Our famously known photography teacher, Mrs. Russell posed with Vicky for an eyebrow/bangs mishap that will never be forgotten. Victor certainly makes for a beautiful lady.

We attempted to swap Vicky's homely face with that of a kitty on the prowl. It didn't work out the way we planned. #artsy

We casually interrupted Mr. Karnavas' sophomore Bible class to snap this pic of father and son.

Last but not least, after a long and treacherous journey wickle wackling around the campus, we finally happened upon Mrs. Westphal who so graciously agreed to swap her face with Vicky. #relationshipgoals

How to Create Your Perfect Portrait

By: Catarina Garza & Trisha Walters

> designate a location that will be used for the background of the portrait 

> adjust your settings to compensate for the lighting 

-if the sun is bright, adjust your ISO to a lower value such as 200 or 400

-if you want a blurred background, adjust your aperture to a smaller value of 4.5 or 5.0

-you can also use a faster shutter speed, like 1/250 or 1/300, to let less light in

> Insure that the image is in focus in the view finder

 > Take the photo

> Take additional photos with your model in different poses (smiling, smiling, etc.) and work with your model to make sure they are comfortable

>Helpful hints: Take photos at sunrise or sunset for an added golden glow to your portrait. Take portraits during overcast weather for soft lighting with no shadows in your photos!

> Congratulations! You just took some perfect portraits!

Running Photography

Have you ever wanted to work out while finishing your photo project? Well  now you can! Just follow these eight intricately simple steps!

How to be an amazing running photographer:

Step One: First off you will need one of those photo taking devices 

Step Two: Change into comfortable cloths, something you feel confident in like a suit 

Step Three: Find a treadmill (or just run outside)

Step Four: Take amazing picture while running without STOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ps: Be sure to set your shutter speed really high and have the  ISO set according to the light outside like if it is sunny have it low and if it cloudy have it set high so that your shots come out nice and clear (like the ones we took)

Step Five:Never run alone because you never know what you will encounter

Step Six: Always bring a weapon such as an axe or a lightsaber to fight off bears, cougars, and dangerous ewoks

Step Seven: Choose your very best photos and edit them to perfection 

Step Eight: Publish your amazing photos to every social media website and get the most likes to show you are the very best running photographer EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


By Matt and Vic

Photographer Joey Lawrence

Joey Lawrence, more commonly known as Joey L. is a Canadian born photographer who started at age 7, using a camera his father loaned to him to photograph his toy dinosaurs. Now 26, Joey is traveling the world, from Ethiopia to London, to take portraits of all kinds of people in all kinds of environments. Such environments include five different Ethiopian tribes, front-line guerilla fighters in Kurdistan, and even many celebrities, including the man himself Robert DeNiro.

Joey L. - NYC-based Photographer and Director

By Ben

Out of the Blue

by The Dream Team

Thence when the nights began.

Cold, once over the snow leopards ran.

Old men felled stumps lost in darkness.

How fenced felt the widowed tin can.

The sun bakes the earth, 

dry dust Engulfs the hearth.

Coals crackle as stories float;

the boat floats on the sea, warm Wind stings the skin.

Eye eat out of a trashed bin.

Thinlenced icicles drip from the frost.

Colder rooms doth till thence lost.

Mocked, yet frosted Snickery Snow;

leaped from the Penguin's slippery sauce.

Fire leaps and singes at the toes;

blistering heat destroys His foes.

Souls burn due To their sinful deeds. 

The boat floats on the lake,

let us not be Fake.

Binged heat thothed from the frozen Shoe.

The ice burned as He flew.

Mixed Intermingles dropped psychotically sane.

The Red Elephant appeared out of the Blue.

Adventures with the Holga by Makenzie + KK

by Makenzie

The Holga is a plastic film camera, made in Hong Kong, known for its simple aesthetic. The Holga's simple construction and lens create many unexpected distortions on a photograph - such as light leaks, vignette, and accidental multiple exposures. The Holga creates beautiful imperfections on a photograph, leaving it unique and interesting.

by KK

by Makenzie

In Photo IV, we were given the opportunity to work with the Holga. As many of us have only had experience with DSLR cameras (digital), we were very nervous to be working with film! Unlike DSLR, when someone takes a photo with the Holga very little adjustments can be made in regards to settings and you can't see what the photo looks like until the film is developed weeks later. Even though this seemed very difficult to us, we learned that this is essential to learning photography. Many photographers have become far too reliant on camera settings and are not as aware of their surroundings. With the Holga, one has to be completely aware of the light and backgrounds to ensure a successful shot. By not being able to see the image before being developed, a photo cannot be corrected, and so we had to pay special attention to ensure that no shot is wasted, since we only had 48 frames.

by Makenzie 

by KK

This experience forced the Photo IV girls to get out of our comfort zone! By doing this, we learned the importance of being aware of our surroundings. This process translates into our DSLR and allows us to improve our photography, even though we many have been uncomfortable or nervous!

by KK

Fine Arts Fiesta Announcement

SAVE THE DATE!!!

April 23rd from 4-8pm

Fine Arts Fiesta

SACS Student Life Center

!all proceeds benefit summer missions!

$10 gets you:

- Treat from the Missions table

- 1 cascarone

- Admission to the talent show

What will there be??

-Food truck

-Missions treat table

-Video booth

-Art making stations

-Art viewing

-Talent show (6-8)

High School students welcome to try out for the talent show during lunch April 7-10th