P O R T F O L I O
Tobias Beker-Flah
Personal Essay During this past year, I have learned many journalistic and design skills, and I am super glad that I did. The skills will help me in life forever, because I never know when I might need them, and they might end up being useful in whatever job I am in. The skills taught me that I can and should try anything that comes to mind, because those ideas could end up being extremely useful in life. My design skills made me realize how creative I can actually be. When we reached our photography unit, I realized that it is not just about taking cool pictures. There ways to make cool pictures look better than they look when I first imagine it, and there also different ways to take pictures. Thanks to this class, I have grown as a writer so much, that it reflected onto my English essay grades. Lastly, I finally learned how to use apps such as InDesign and Photoshop, and I am so happy that. I never realized that it was so hard, but at least I am happy to know that I know how to use them. In conclusion, I have learned so many skills this year, and I know that some day, I will put those skills to good use. The skills have also taught me valuable things that I will apply in life. I see myself using these lessons and skills in my future job, and in my years in high school and college for projects.
Reflections The piece I am most proud of is most likely the first layout I made. For this assignment, we had to find an article in a magazine and recreate that exact piece. The reason I am most proud of this piece is because it was my first layout, and in my opinion, I did a very good job considering it was my first one. Two pictures that I really like in this portfolio are the Fill the Frame and the Rule of Thirds pictures, both from the Composition Quest assignment we had. The reason I think that the Fill the Frame picture is great is because I think that is really cool to just a picture of the dog’s eye with part of the face surrounding it. The Rule of Thirds is also really nice because it shows him about to shoot the ball, and I think that the action picture looks good. In my opinion, I used the rules of composition really well for these pictures. I was drawn to these pictures because I was looking for action pictures, but I realized that it would be hard to get one for Fill the Frame, so I started looking around the park trying to find something that would look good for that rule of composition. I saw a man sitting down with his dog, and when I realized that it would probably look really good if I took a picture of the dog’s eye, I went to the man, explained what I was doing, and thankfully, he let me Britney Spears Taking a Break After take the picture. Dad’s Health Crisis Scoop
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Recovering at Home “I am dedicating my focus and energy to care for my family,” said Spears about her father (left).
Justin & Hailey in No Rush For Wedding Ceremony
Taking Their Time Bieber and Baldwin (in London last September) are in “no real rush” for their religious ceremony, says the source
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CLIPS
Design Practice
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The Thief
Britney Spears Taking a Break After Dad’s Health Crisis
By Juliana Vair
Scoop
Her child in her heart is A little thief with a silver Knife and a running grin that Drips down his face and his Eyes melt sometimes down Her lungs but just sometimes and She chokes on his eyes and when She coughs them out he blinks At me and cuts open her heart And dances inside of it I can Hear the music from across The halls and the echoes aren’t Anything remarkable and he Dances in her heart with His knife making little Papercuts on the walls of her Chest as he grins at the Monsters lining the walls and Screaming at him and she Can only scream back but they Drown her out they drown her In their tears in their waterfalls Dripping dropping their knives on The floor of her and she can Only scream back and hope that Someone hears her but the Echoes aren’t anything remarkable and She’s not loud enough for Them to notice
Design Practice
Recovering at Home “I am dedicating my focus and energy to care for my family,” said Spears about her father (left).
Taking Their Time Bieber and Baldwin (in London last September) are in “no real rush” for their religious ceremony, says the source
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Copying an article from People magazine with InDesign and Photoshop
Literary Magazine entry
Victoria Paredero Quiros
Justin & Hailey in No Rush For Wedding Ceremony
Writing
colchester daily
Writing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yEwGPBn2iiuZ_z2hGTobias BekerFlah j8eCly54bgWP4RGR5IN6tUlBj4/edit Period 6 01/22/19
COLCHESTER- Humpty Dumpty, the King’s son died last afternoon after falling off the Colchester Wall while trying to walk on it. Humpty Dumpty was on his way back from school yesterday afternoon with his friend Bobby O’Connor, and Humpty proposed to walk on the Colchester Wall. Bobby said he did not want to, but his friend insisted. Humpty told him that it was his loss and that Bobby was boring, and he started climbing the wall. As Humpty started walking down the wall, Bobby noticed that the boy was losing his balance. Before he could react, his best friend was on the ground, not moving. “It was a disaster”, said Bobby when he was being interviewed, “The yolk was everywhere, and so were the shells”. Of the four people interviewed, three of them were witnesses. These witnesses all said that it was too late to do anything, and some residents say that these people are liars. “I think that what the witnesses are saying is completely fake, and that they just didn’t feel like doing anything”, said Susana del Piero, an old friend of the King and his family. She is a prominent woman in the city and country, and many citizens have started to side with her. According to sources, there is a rumor that there will be a protest held by Mrs. del Piero and her followers. “I saw him walking on the wall, but by the time I got close enough to tell him to get off, Humpty was gone!”, said Humpty’s math teacher, Mr. Othello. He said that he was probably too far for Humpty to hear, and he tried to run over and stop him, but it was too late. The King’s knights had arrived on seen very quickly, and it was them who said that the boy was dead forever. “It was impossible to reattach his body!”, said one of the King’s knights, “We have had several hard tasks, but this was beyond impossible!”. A funeral service will take place next week Monday; anyone can attend.
Juul Better Watch Out! Agerequirement? Not everywhere. Expensive? Yes, but are they easy to get? Definitely. Vapes are more and more accessible to teens, and vaping is rapidly becoming a greater problem. Vaping, a new and common activity in the adolescent world that affects teens’ health, causing psychiatric problems, such as anxiety or loss of focus. Vaping has become popular in the world of teens, even if the health problems are not the same as the ones smoking cause, like cancer, lung problems, and the ruining of voice cords. The majority of people know that smoking causes cancer, and other similar problems. But what vaping causes could really end up being worse than cancer, to some extent. Vaping can cause psychiatric problems, such as not being able to focus, or suffering from anxiety. Furthermore, kids/teens who start vaping at an early age are likely to become drug addicts and/or smokers in the future. “Most of what we know from nicotine addiction in teens, we know from cigarettes. But experts say the technology and chemistry of vaping might pose an entirely different threat, ” said Michael Nedelman in a CNN article on January 17, 2019. Since vapes are relatively recent, scientists cannot fully determine if vaping or
Article on a children’s nursery rhyme: Humpty Dumpty
smoking cigarettes is “safer”, but most studies and statistics point to vaping being more Article on a controversial topic: The Effects of dangerous. Vaping on Teens
Photography Composition Quest Selective Focus
Photography Composition Quest Fill the Frame
Composition Quest Rule of Thirds
Composition Quest Repetition
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Tobias Beker-Flah Period 6 01/11/19
Bird’s Eye View (of the flower)
Mari Sofi Latour Profile Piece Mari Sofi Latour feels proud of herself as she helps an 8 year old practice her horseback riding skills. Freshman Mari Sofi Latour loves helping people. In fact, the quote she lives by is “All your good deeds will pay off in the end,” which explains why she receives many thank-you’s from her friends and family. From helping her friends deal with stress and relationship problems to helping kids horseback riding every Wednesday for three hours, the word “helpful” describes Mari Sofi pretty accurately. “I base my actions on other people rather than on myself,” is another quote she bases her life on. As a result, Mari Sofi does not prioritize rewards after doing good deeds. Being the oldest is, for the most part, a hard task. But Latour shows no signs of stress, and likes being the older one because she gets to help her younger siblings.
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As odd as it may seem, Mari Sofi does not help her siblings or friends with homework because “I’m not good at homework.” To put it another way, helping people deal with stress and relationships an giving advice to others could be considered her “comfort zone”. Mari mostly helps people outside of school, because she thinks she is not good with school-related problems.
Mari Sofi Profile Piece
About Me
Soccer = My Life