shutterbug websites

i would give this website an 3. I would give this website an 8 because it can be super useful but it is kind of confusing because there are two "START NOW" buttons that you can click on on the same page and if you click on a different of then it leads you to a different website for something completely different. That would be kind of confusing for someone like me because it led to a website that costs money so people might be turned off and give up on the website. 
           Something I learned about this website is that it is really helpful for beginners and you can get help on a lot of things including landscapes, portraits, composition they even have category's like beginner tips, post processing and camera and gear. Pretty much if a new beginner needs anything they can go to this website and look it up nad if thye cant find it on here then they can just go ask a friend that does photography. 

selfies and self portraits

A selfie is a self portrait taken with a smartphone. It  is usually taken with a phone and it can take lot of space up because they are usually hard to take a good one because you have to get certain angles just like when taking a normal picture. A self-portrait is a portrait of an artist or created by the artist. a lot of the time the is taken with a camera or patented or drawn.

the difference between a selfie and a self- portrait is that a selfie is usually taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone. so by definition selfie is a self-portrait photograph rather drawn or painted or sculpted. Others say the difference between self-portraits and selfies boil down the intent.

I don know which one I like more. I would say if I HAD to choose it would be a selfie. I think this because I taken selfies and I've only down a self-portrait once and I didn't really like it because with a selfie you can see what you are typically taking and you can guess how it turned out unlike a self-portrait. I do think a self portrait shows more emotions and helps show haw the person is typically feeling a lot of the time . 

what is a selfie? a selfie is a self portrait taken with a smartphone.

what is a self-portrait? a portrait of an artist or created by the artist 

Is there a difference, if so what? a selfie is a self-portrait, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone. so by definition selfie is a self-portrait photograph rather drawn or painted or sculpted others say the difference between self-portraits and selfies boil down the intent.

what style to you prefer. I prefer a selfie because its just what I've grown up knowing how to do.

Is one more valuable/important than the other? why? yes I think a self-portrait is more important because actual artists usually do take or create self-portraits as a living.

2018

this is one of my favorite pictures of the year because it shows you how people live and how things really are because there are people laying on the train tracks and climbing in the train section. this picture caught my eye because the person in the middle with the mask looks really young and people on the streets shouldn't be that young.

this picture caught my eye because you can tell whats happening and that there is a shooting happening just by it being in the back of my mind all the time at school. there are two police officers standing in front of a bunch of high school kids.

this picture caught my eye because no one should be studding that young in a little room thats not even a room. its sad to me how I complain about going to this big school when there are people out there having to do whats in this picture.

favorites

song: my favorite song for 2018 was probably "be alright" by Dean Lewis. this was my favorite song because it was really deep and it had a good meaning behind it. The song is about this guy that is in love with a girl but she cheats on him with his friend. then his friends tell him to get over it and that he is being overdramatic. 

movie: my favorite movie for 2018 was "a star is born". I liked this movie because the songs were amazing and I love Lady Gaga. the main song is one of my favorite songs and the whole movie was just really good. they did a good job with the drug and alcohol addictions. 

news: the most important news story of the year were the school walk outs. My friends called the news channels and had them to school for a walkout. the walk out was for gun rights and the parkland   shooting. This was important to me because I don't want to be scared at school so there needs to be a change.

Person: the most important person in my life was probably my two best friends. Kailey and Leyna have been through it all with me since the summer and we have been attached to the hip since then. Over winter break we hung out almost everyday. they are important to me because they help me through a lot and we are always mean to each other but at the end of the day we bring each other up.

sport: my favorite sport this year would have to be color guard. color guard is my source of happiness and the whole concept of it is so fun to me. We have a world guard at bowie and I am on It and color guard has a lot of good tips and stuff for example we are going to china in may.

holiday:

what happened : the only thing I did was go to New Mexico for a couple days to ski. then after I hung out with my friends everyday.

resolutions: my resolutions for 2019 are getting happier and getting really good at color guard. 

looking forward to: I am looking forward to china and all of my competitions.