Mika2

Deadline #1: Yearbook
After two years of taking yearbook, I felt that this is the most unique spread i have done. I really loved the layout. I liked how the dominant photo slightly crosses the gutter and the way it was photoshoped. I also liked how every students face was placed in little bubbles on the opposite page. During this spread i learned many new things. The most interesting thing I learned was using photoshop. I learned how to select certain objects to make them color while leaving the rest in black and white. Also, i learned how to play with different effects in photoshop as well as indesign. This is by the far the most risks taken on any spread I have ever done. First of all, the dominant photo is completely photoshoped making all the people look cartoon-like. Also, the title was done in a way as a reflection being taken by a camera. Also, i added a survey, a quotation, and a 1-2-3 step to designing a spread. I feel that this page really showed what happens in yearbook but in a simple and more interesting way than a story. Although I am very proud of this spread, I think that I could have improved the section under the dominant photo. I feel that the quotation and the survey could have been presented in a better way but this would help me in future spreads to plan the layout of the spread more carefully.

Deadline # 2: Senior Pages
There is not much to say about this spread because it is a mugs page. However, I really enjoyed working on it and making the layout. My favorite thing about this spread is the way it is organized. Although I loved the funky effect that last years senior mugs had, I felt like this year needed a more organized setup because of our theme "the eagle." This spread didn't have much to work on, however I still got more practice on how to crop and place pictures and having everything be symmetric. The most thing that I learned about this spread is how hard it is for all the seniors to turn in the quotes and pictures on time. It took a lot of hard work but at the end I was able to do the best I could. Again, there wasn't many risks that could be taken on this spread, but I think making the spread is a risk itself. These pages are the "senior pages" so everything you do is a risk because you have to worry about 132 seniors liking their pages or not! The only thing that I could have maybe improved on the spread is to allow the students who actually had quotes to have more spaces. However, I believe that this is something that would have been very difficult to achieve.



Deadline #3: Swimming
By far, the most thing I like about this spread is the title and the subtitle. I feel that it is unique and shows the passion of the swimmer. Also, the dominant photo is amazing. It is a real action shot that has the swimmer in the race with the time keepers in the back. I feel that it really captures the moment, as well as the fitness picture. I feel that every picture in fun, fitness, and family really fits with the title. Doing a swimming spread for a second year is not easy. I learned that taking action swimming shots is the by far the most difficult kind of pictures you can get. Also, interviewing the swimmers i really learned the pros of being a swimmer! This spread was very different than the swimming spread I did last year. So choosing to do the swimming spread for a second year was a risk because in a way i felt that i would have no new ideas. However, i was very long and as i was planning the spread i learned that there are so many new risks i could take to make this spread even better than last years. A risk i took is taking the dominant photo and crossing it over the gutter while have a thick bold line that goes down the middle and through the top. This i was able to add a team photo, and a great story to fit in that i didn't have last year. All these were new risks that i took. The only thing i should have improved is getting the pictures a little earlier although it was difficult because the ISSTs took place after the spread was due. Also, i feel like the layout of the spread could have been more carefully planned, still i am really proud of the spread!



Deadline #4: Senior Superlatives
I love this spread! I really had to say that. I love the layout, the colors, the way most of the pictures relate to the superlative, and the way the title is stretched along the two pages. Although it may not look like many new things were learned, I learned so many new things. I learned how to place so many pictures and how to design the spread in a funky yet organized way. Also, i learned that finding the people for the superlative is almost impossible! The main risk i took was trying to fit in as many superlatives as possible! I was able to fit in 24 superlatives with a decent size of the pictures. Also, a risk was trying to put in everyone's input on the superlatives. It was very hard to get votes and to be fair but at the end i put what the majority of the grade said. To be honest, there is not one thing i would change about this spread. i absolutely LOVE it and this is by far my favorite spread that i have done in the past two years!