Swim Team Interview

“The swim team is like a family. We are all very close to each other so it’s a lot of fun”. Sera Sun, a senior on the team and one of the four captains this year, tells me what she likes the most about the 2012-2013 ASIJ swim team.

The team this year consists of younger swimmers, which creates a very different feeling compared to last year’s team, Coach Loveman tells me. But even with a team of only four seniors, the underclassman and the seniors are starting to connect this early on in the season, which is a promising aspect. Typically, races range from 50m to 800m, but the team tends to be stronger in the short distance races. So for this season, Coach Loveman’s goal is for every swimmer to go beyond their comfort zone and contribute to the team by swimming races that are longer than what their usual is.

When I am in the gym locker room around 4’oclock, I can hear loud pump-up music being blasted from the pool. I can also hear Coach Loveman talking through a microphone, correcting strokes and giving out instructions for a workout. A daily swim practice consists of swimming continuous strokes, and sometimes breaking up into specific stroke groups. Yoga and dry-land practices where they work with weights and conditioning are thrown into their schedule, in order to be in the best shape possible for their Saturday meets, and for their invitational meet in February, which will take place in Manila again this year.

Even with a very young group of swimmers, the swim team is looking forward to winning the invitational meet a second year in a row. The season is just starting for them, but their future seems bright.

Interview for Swimming

Assignment 3 Interview Questions

For the coach/coaches:

What are you looking forward to this season?

What’s it like coaching your team?

Are they different from previous teams?

If so, how?

What are some good traits your athletes have this season?

What does the team have to improve on this year? 

Which events are ASIJ’s strong points?

For Sera: 

What are you looking forward to this season?

How's the senior team?

What does the team have to improve on this year? 

How are the freshmen? Are they adjusting to varsity training?

4 Controls

ISO:
-sensitivity of the camera to light 
-higher the number, the more sensitive it is (3200 vs. 800) 
-image colours appear cleaner with low ISO, less noise 
-400 or less 

Shutter Speed:
-measured in seconds
-faster shutter speeds--> captures fast moving objects, water falls, cars-->looks cooler 
-1/60th of a second-->people
-1/500-->athlete

Aperture:
-wider lens-->more light
-more light-->less time required for a decent expose
-smaller aperture-->thicker/more depth of field 

Exposure:
-controlled by shutter speed and aperture

Photos

Jostens Training videos

Portraits Page Creation

• upload photos to the image library first
• proofread to see that all names are correct, nobody is missing (name, grade)
• click "Go To" if you need to fix a name or grade, or other information; remember to click "Apply Changes"
• To choose a template for the portraits sections: (1) Select the starting page of the portrait section, for example, Faculty. (2) Click the "Designs" tab. (3) Drag and drop the template to the page and repeat the process.
• You CAN customize your portraits pages - ASIJ did this last year
• To Automatically insert all portraits from a section (ie) Grade 9, do the following: (1) Select the "Flow" tab. (2) Choose the grade or portrait section. (3) Choose how names should appear. (4) Click the "Flow" button. *You may have a box appear that tells you to click "Yes" to continue the flow to the next page. (5) Edit and customize. 
• Use the "Need Help" button if necessary.

Page Designer

• create menu → page designer

• Yearbook Avenue Toolbar: save work, preview page, spell check, create layout from scratch etc.
• two main features in toolbar:
• undo, up to 30 times
• spell check
• pre designed layouts are available and can also be edited
• click images to place on page
• can crop and resize photos once dragged and dropped into place
• background images can be found in the Clipart section

• to create a textbook, go to toolbar → advanced text

Image Library

• Organize an index of photos
• Rotate, Tag Photos, Upload, or completely delete the photo
• Red Exclamation Point = More information needed
• Face Matching → Automatically detect the person's face and automatically connects to a name.
• Use details tab to easily locate the picture later.
• Green Checkmark indicates that the picture was already used in the yearbook. This helps to prevent duplicate photos.
• You can use the coverage report to keep track of the number of times they appear in the yearbook.

Image Effects

• Make sure formatting is selected when you pick the picture you want to edit
• Stroke option, it will place a colored outline around your image
• Drop shadow option, it will place a shadow around your image
• Can change the transparency, tint, flip images, and the shape of the image
• Clicking on effects will allow you to use red eye removal, cutting the background, and selective color

Text Effects

• effects such as text wrapping, drop shadow, arc and circle texts can be added to text in pages.
• fonts have to chosen before working on a page, and only chosen fonts will appear in the font drop down menu.
• only advisers can add/delete fonts.

Thoughts On Joining Yearbook and Creativeness

     This year I wasn't planning to do yearbook, but I switched my schedule on the first day and signed up for this course. I personally like the yearbook as a big "project", and it's always interesting to work with a different group of people each year. I've been in yearbook since freshman year, and I've seen the book does change significantly over the years, and it's exciting to be part of a new project each year. 

     I intend to contribute by coming to class with ideas, and actually raising my hard to let everyone hear my opinion. Not only that, I also intend to listen to other people's ideas as much as I can with an open mind, unless the idea is super weird and awkward for our yearbook. I think that everyone will learn to work together over the next few months, and I hope that with every semester of yearbook, I become a little bit better with working with a giant group of people who all have different opinions and personalities. And by being a part of this class, I'm sure I'll pick up a few photography skills along the way as well. 

     Cooperation and compromise are the two key aspects when it comes down to a project like this. We will definitely end up arguing over important decisions, but that's totally normal, and it means everyone has something to offer, so it's actually a good thing. My individual success will be determined by how successful I feel the yearbook turns out to be at the end of the year, and at signature due dates. I personally want the yearbook to be something that I'm happy with at the end of the year, and I believe that if I feel accomplished along the way, it will lead to a group success, too. I would like to be more technical and detailed about layouts this year, and I want the yearbook to be close to perfect when it comes to spelling and etc. We will all need to be careful as we edit, but I feel like we need to be equally or even more careful as we're writing the page. 

     In class, I just hope that the ideas I have from working with the yearbook team for a while can inspire/trigger other people and their ideas. And when things get "too" creative and out of hand, myself and the other previous yearbook staff can set people straight. I definitely need to improve on my photo-taking and photo appreciating skills as well. And anyone can benefit from working with people that we all aren't comfortable with, and I hope that I improve my skills on that area.