Photoshop Work

     Ever wondered how people make images so peculiar and unique?? Well… Here’s the secret, it's Photoshop. Thanks to our wonderful teacher Mr. Ellis , several others and I will be able to use it on the computers in our class. I will also be posting pictures up shortly of Photoshopped images to remodel my webpage and posts.

  

  Photoshop truly does change a whole image. You can Paint the picture, remove specific parts, add other parts, add effects to the picture, and much much more. Depending on the type of person you are, you could spend hours on a program like this. I barely know anything about it, but with what i do know it's already something fun to do. For example, layers can completely change the whole look of the picture. It can keep part of the picture then add a background, making it look like a normal but new picture. You can also add extra people to a picture who weren't in the original picture.

     The only downside about Photoshop for "beginners" is that some pictures tend to look more fake if you don't use tools the right way. It’s tedious work, but worth it in the end if your good. The program is cheaper than most programs like it, so I definitely encourage you to get it.

   More Photoshop posts will be coming soon!

Disney World pt. 2

         The fifth day we went to the second water park, Blizzard Beach, with my cousin and her family. Blizzard beach has some serious rides for some serious people! The biggest water slide in the United States is there. It's called Summit Plummit. It is literally straight down, 12 stories high, and you fall at a speed of 55 mph. They had several tall racing slides that my little cousinsloved to do.
         

      

 





      The sixth day we went to Hollywood Studios.   Hollywood Studios is mostly shows and museums, but the park has a couple rides.  The rides I road were Toy Story Mania, Rockin’ Rollercoaster, Tower of Terror, and this ride that took us through some of the most famous movies to be made.  The shows I went to see were Indiana Jones; Beauty and the Beast; and Lights, Camera, Action. 

    Their biggest and most famous ride is Tower of Terror.  It’s said that no two rides on this is the same.  It’s a thirteen story building.  You’re in an elevator and it will randomly drop so many floors, so you experience the feeling of no gravity in your body.  You are dropped about five different times.  Usually after each drop, the elevator will take you up to these huge windows that open up over the park

Disney World

         A week ago I went to Disney World, and again enjoyed it just like every other time. My family and I always go every three years because we love it so much. The first time I went, I went with my immediate family and my aunt and uncle and their cousins. The second and third time I went, I just went with the immediate family. The fourth time, this past week, I went my immediate family and my cousin and her family.

Going in September, you get great deals, perfect weather, and a small crowd.

           The first day we got there is was about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, so we couldn't do too much. We unpacked then headed out towards downtown Disney. In downtown Disney they have shops and restaurants. We went on to our reservation at the House of Blues, where they had any type of barbeque meat you wanted. Afterwards, we shopped until late that night.

           The second day, we went to Magic Kingdom. This was the day we were going to meet up with my cousin, her husband, and her little kids. While waiting for them, we got to see all the characters open the park up to the public. My cousin’s kids got so excited when they saw that we were in Disney World too. We rode several rides such as the Pirates of the Caribbean, Aladdin carpet ride, Snow White, Peter Pan, and many other rides. Some of the bigger rides we rode were splash mountain, Space Mountain, and the haunted house. My cousins became obsessed with Splash Mountain because of the 75 foot drop. We ate at the Crystal Palace for lunch with the Pooh characters and at night we ate at a fast food seafood place in Magic Kingdom

          The third day we went to Typhoon Lagoon which was a waterpark. This was one of the two waterparks. It's also the smallest and weakest water parks. It has several good rides though including the Slushin Gusher. The Slushin Gusher was a water slide rollercoaster. They also had a slide that went straight down six stories. We did that for half the day then came back to the hotel room to change for the afternoon and evening. That night we ate at Momma Melrose then met up with my cousin and her family to watch Fantasmic.

        The fourth day we went to Animal Kingdom. Every day we have gone to Animal Kingdom in the past, it was super hot but it was mild that day. They got two popular rides. One was Everest Expedition. This was a rollercoaster that sent you through the mountain while being chased by a Yeti. During the ride you end up stopping in the middle of the ride because the tracks are broken. The cart then started rolling backwards in the dark with great speed. The other popular ride was a dinosaur ride. In this ride you are "sent back to the past" when dinosaurs are around and you are to bring back a dinosaur. That night we went to eat with the princesses to celebrate my cousin’s daughter's birthday.

Gravity

          Lecrae is one of the most recognizable and famous rapper in the hip hop world. He's a Christian rapper who speaks the truth no matter what. Slowly but surely Lecrae, through his ability, has brought up other Christian rappers. Lecrae owns his own recording company called Reach Records. He's come out with 6 albums on his own and one mix tape. Some of the big names he has brought up is KB and Trip Lee.

          His newest album, gravity, is definitely one you should buy. The meaning behind the name of his album is the "weight" or serious of life. In this album Lecrae featured both secular and Christian artists in his music.

List of all the songs-

1. The Drop (Intro)

2. Gravity feat. J.R.

3. Walk with Me feat. Novel

4. Free From It All feat. Mathai

5. Fallin’ Down feat. Swoope and Trip Lee

6. Fakin’ feat Thi’sl

7. Violence

8. Mayday feat Big K.R.I.T. and Ashthon Jones

9. Confe$$ions

10. Buttons

11. Power Trip feat. PRo, Sho Baraka and Andy Mineo

12. Lord Have Mercy feat. Tedashii

13. I Know

14. Tell the World feat. Mali Music

15. Lucky Ones feat. Rudy Currence

             Gravity was a follow up to his mix tape Church Clothes, his album Rehab, and his album Rehab: The Overdose. Gravity reached the top five album on Billboard's top rap albums, number 1 on the top gospel, Christian, and independent albums, and number 17 album overall. Lecrae said in an interview that he started writing the album in February and finished in the middle of the year, then took a couple months to record it. A few people from the album include American Idol season 10 winner, Ashton Jones, and the Voice finalist, Mathai.

            Through this process an article came out called "Is Lecrae and T.I. similar to Kanye vs. 50 Cent?". This argument came because both Lecrae's and T.I.'s album were due to be released on the same day. Both the artists live in Tennessee and both are up close to the top as front runners for their two different ideas behind for rap.