VIP Class Notes (Ally)

AllyElena V

Homework

What is the best/most perfect/amazing picture that you have ever taken? What do you like about it? What can be better?

If you can’t think of any one particular picture, what would be the ideal one?

Vocabulary

drifting: (v) wherever the wave takes you, moving along, no set direction
ie. I’m drifting through life.

“practice makes perfect” – everything gets better with lots of practice

pick it up – when we’re talking about a hobby, it means “haven’t been doing it for a long time, restarted”

rusty: out of practice
ie. I haven’t used English in 10 years so I’m really rusty.(adj)

lightning: light in the sky during a storm

differentiation: difference

waterfall: “riverfall”

Vocabulary

… All my life with a mobile phone.

I bought one camera but I took my photos in automatic.
I bought one camera but I took my photos with automatic settings.

I never tried to use the manual settings..
I never tried the camera with manual settings.

I learn something but when I am in some situation … I forget in that time…
I learned everything/lots of things (about photography) but when I am in that occasion … I would forget everything in that moment…

For something special time … something special..
for a special occasion

After class, I will go to a restaurant. I will have dinner with my husband. And then we will walk back home. (<- event, use past tense, future tense… )

When we are walking/we walk, sometimes I want to take photos if I brought my camera. When I don’t bring it, sometimes I find a good moment but I miss the chance and I would think “why I didn’t bring my camera” (<- habit, fact, truth, usually, personal info, stay in present tense +would)

The light that you see is different than the camera take.
The light that you see is different than how it is on camera.
The light is different in your eyes and on the camera.

You can take the lights come.
You can add the lights./the lighting effects.

Pronunciation

social – so-shol

thought:  tho – t

th: tongue in between your teeth

t: click (stay away from your teeth)

soft