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In Amazons brand guidelines, they have a lot o ways of how they like things done. They do not want their links to have any promotions included, only "Shop at Amazon". They also said never say "Shop on Amazon".  When providing special offers, it should never say things like "Win a free...", only "Enter to win... restrictions apply" so there is no confusion and shows it is not guaranteed.  When using the logo, they have many restrictions such as the exact orange and black color to use. Do not ever use other colors unless it is on a dark background, otherwise, use white instead of black.  They also do not want advertisers to use their sites buttons such as the cart or the subscribe and save unless approved.  https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/AdvertisingSite/pdfs/AmazonBrandUsageGuidelines.pdf

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Photo Tips for the Newbies All photos taken by Joy Singleton at Limestone College 1. Lighting (Contrast)  When taking photos, look for spots that have contrast in lighting so that your photo has a good amount of highlights and shadows to work with. Try not to have too bright of highlights though, because your camera will lose information in bright spots. You can always recover from shadows.  2. Balance Make sure your photo has some kind of balance, weather it be symmetrical or asymmetrical. Having balance makes your photo feel more meaningful in composition. This photo has symmetrical balance.  3. Line      Having lines help to lead the eye through photo. The photo on the left has diagonal lines that lead your eye back to the horizon line of and back down to the other lines.  4. Rule of Thirds  The rule of thirds is when you use lines that separate your photo in thirds horizontally and vertically. You can u...

1. Rule of Thirds. 2. Leaning lines 3. Diagonals 4. framing 5. Figure to ground 6. Fill the frame 7. center dominate eye 8. Pattern and repetition 9. Symmetry 6 principles Fill the frame with what you like (get close) simplify and exaggerate Don't center your subject, use rule of thirds create depth connect the dots (leading lines) Lighting Take 6 phots, each teaching a lesson

For this project I recreated a magazine ad, and I was inspired by the "Estee Lauder" ad in the magazine "Glamour". I used free images off of the site Pexels.  I recreated the ad by coming up with my own lipstick brand named "jolie" which means pretty in French. I named the lipstick "Rouge" with means red in French.  The images used were "Close-up Photo of Smiling Woman with Her Eyes Closed Posing As Confetti Drops Down Her Face" by Adrienne Andersen and "Red Lipstick" by rawpixel.com. 

Here are some super cool free stock photos I found by searching the word fun! Title: Games Children Child Girl Toys Artist: Design_Miss_C License: Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/games-children-child-girl-toys-2801332/   Title: Girl Playing with Bubbles Artist: Alexander Dummer License: Pexels  https://www.pexels.com/photo/girl-playing-with-bubbles-1919030/   Title: Paper Mache Free Photo Artist: Ryan McGuire  License: Gratisography  https://gratisography.com/photo/paper-mache/     Title: Colorful Plastic Monkeys Artist: Park Troopers License: Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/RAtKWVlfdf4   Title: Funfair Man Artist: Cristina Gottardi License: Lifeofpix  https://www.lifeofpix.com/photo/funfair-man/   This image is from a single frame from the TV show "The Office" season one, episode one, copyright holder NBCUniversal Television Distribution. This image is being used...

In 2002 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers released the song above, and its called " The Last DJ ". It talks about how the corruption of the music industry. He talks about how the freedom of choice and individuality is lost. That being because artist, or DJ's, must now play and sing about songs that the industry chooses for them. No one gets to create music how they want to anymore. I do agree with the message as I feel like popular music now is all the same, and it not as meaningful as music such as classic rock. The video is ironic since it shows them in the studio performing the song.  Well you can't turn him into a company man You can't turn him into a whore And the boys upstairs just don't understand anymore Well the top brass don't like him talking so much And he won't play what they say to play And he don't want to change what don't need to change And there goes the last DJ Who plays what he wants to play And says wh...

I watched "An anthropological introduction to YouTube"  created by Micheal Wesch . He talks about how YouTube started and what it was like when it started. Well YouTube was made in 2005, and some of the content that was posted on there were vlogs. Micheal is a professor is a professor of culture anthropology, so he had his students participate in the YouTube community. There many of people found that it is a great place to have personal connections with people, without having the responsibilities that come with those connection. I thought that was interesting because I do feel like the people that I regularly watch on YouTube, I feel a connection too. Its also a great way for people to find themselves, or yet to create a new version of themselves. When you talk to a camera, its kind of like just talking to yourself, therefore the youtuber usually self reflects. I do think YouTube is a great platform as it helps us to connect with people, and also learn from others as well. T...