Caption Practice/Vocabulary

Caption #1

Who: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

What: embrace

Where: the tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport

When: August 15, 2012 (Wednesday)

Why: the Obamas haven't seen each other in three weeks

How: warmly, passionately

Background: After seeing Michelle, President Obama tripped on the tarmac and slammed on the ground hitting his head. He was flown to the closest hospital for treatment.


Sentence #1: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama passionately embrace on the tarmac of the Davenport Iowa Airport on Wednesday. The Obamas had not seen each other for three weeks while President campaigned across the country

Sentence #2: The Obamas had not seen each other for three weeks while the president campaigned across the country.

Caption Header: Warm embrace after long campaign.

Caption #2

Who: South Korean pop singer psy

What: performs, sings, hovers

Where: arena, stadium, in central Seoul, South Korea

When: October 2, 2012 (Tuesday)

Why: to entertain his fans

How: impressively, energetically,

Background: Psy's song "Gangnam Style" has become an international sensation that has earned a little bit less than a billion hits on YouTube. The video features very odd things.

Sentence #1: South Korean pop singer Psy performs very energetically at an arena in central Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday to entertain his fans.

Sentence #2: Psy's international hit song "Gangnam Style" has earned more than a billion hits on YouTube.

Caption Header: Psy performing hit song in front of crowd

Caption #3

Who: Felix 

What: Baumgartner

Where: 24 miles up into outer space

When: October 14, 2012

Why: to break sound barrier

How: amazingly, intensely, 

Background: Felix Baumgartner breaks the sound barrier by going up into outer space and dropping from 24 miles up.

Sentence #1: Felix Baumgartner breaking the sound barrier amazingly 24 miles up into outer space on October 14, 2012.

Sentence #2: Felix Baumgartner is the official record holder for breaking the sound barrier

Caption Header: Man breaks sound barrier





Vocabulary:

Depth of Field (shallow and wide)- The distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.

Light (angle and intensity)- element that makes things visible.

Shadows- a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

Diffusion- a refraction of light or an erratic display of light passing through an element (scattering).

Exposure- the amount of light allowed to fall on each area of a photograph.

Aperture (f-stop)- the opening that allows light to pass through a lens and reach the camera sensor.

Shutter speed- the length of time the shutter of the camera is open.

ISO- the sensitivity to light of a camera's sensor.

telephoto- zoom

prime- fixed, no zoom, sharper detail

wide angle- wide, more photo, wider perspective