Mar 5/6: Work Day Mar. 7/8: Abstracted Blog Assignment Due EOC 3/13 & 3/14. Macro Blog Assignment Due Today Create 3 abstracted images (15 pts) • Use the macro lense for the smart phone. • Study tree bark, plants, & flowers. • Create an image that shows shape in patterns. • Create an image that shows texture with line. • Try to create an image that shows balance. • Save your original images + make 1 duplicate of each and apply a filter to it to create an interesting and creative abstract image. Post all 6 images to your blog. Extra Credit: take one image and use the clipping mask to put it into a word. Answer for all images as you place them on your blog: • Which is your favorite shot and why? • Which shot shows the best use of the elements of art? • What principles of design are used in your favorite image? • Which image + filter is your favorite shot and why? EXTRA CREDIT - DUE BY FRIDAY 3/9 EOD Will add to points missed on assignments. Take one photo. Make sure you have an emphasis, good lighting and use the rule of thirds (edit in photoshop if you need). • List 2 elements of art used. (2pts) • List one additional principal of design other than emphasis used. (1pt) • List an element of good composition other than use of rule of thirds or good lighting (1pt)
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Landscape PhotographyWatch Ansel Adams Video: Ansel Adams: American Experience and answer questions on worksheet about Landscapes and Ansel Adams Due EOC.
Layer Mask REview - For FUN!
Feb 12/13: Critique & Voting
ASSIGNMENT: Elements of Photographic Composition Scavenger Hunt Due: 2/21 or 2/22
Feb 14/15: SHOOTING WATER MOTION
Feb 16/20: Work Day VOTING OPENS TODAY!!!See the Home Page.
The art of the Cinemagraph |
Jan31 / Feb1: Assignment: Create a cinemagraph Due 2/8 or 2/9 EOC. Class will work together in a hands on tutorial, then work in groups of 2-4, then come up with a concept for your Cinemagraph (75 points). Sign up to shoot in the studio/camera. 2/12 & 2/13 we will critique & judge. Top work will receive prizes. | |
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Cinemagraph reflection:
On your blog, answer the following for 25 points:
1. What was your team’s overall concept and did you succeed in crafting the cinemagraph the way you intended?
2. Were you more involved in the creative, photographic, or technical portion of the process, what did you do?
3. What would you have done differently when creating your cinemagraph?
4. What would have made this project easier to understand or create?
5. How was the team dynamic - great, good, fair, poor, and did everyone share the work?
On your blog, answer the following for 25 points:
1. What was your team’s overall concept and did you succeed in crafting the cinemagraph the way you intended?
2. Were you more involved in the creative, photographic, or technical portion of the process, what did you do?
3. What would you have done differently when creating your cinemagraph?
4. What would have made this project easier to understand or create?
5. How was the team dynamic - great, good, fair, poor, and did everyone share the work?
Jan 29/30 Watch: Shorebreak: Is a genre defining action/adventure nature documentary film highlighting a whole new generation of action wave photography. Dive into the life of renowned water photographer, Clark Little, as he takes on the world's most dangerous shorebreak around the island of Oahu. When he's not in the water, Clark shares the insider tips and techniques that have taken his photos from his living room wall to inside the Smithsonian.
Blog Movie Response: Answer the following questions on your blog:
Blog Movie Response: Answer the following questions on your blog:
- What did Clark do before photography?
- What do you like about his work?
- What do you not like about his work?
- Is this a career that you would consider, why/why not?
Blog Assignment Due Feb 1/5: To capture two images of water:
- Freeze the water in motion (fast shutter speed)
- Blur the water (slow shutter speed & tripod or set camera on something)
- Which image do you like better and why?
- Was accomplishing this easy or difficult and why?
Jan 15 - Holiday
Jan 16 - Staff Development Day - No School
Jan 17/18: Work on Action Photography and Bringing Action to Life
Assignment: Bringing Action to life: Due Thu/Fri 25/26 Turn a Multi-Burst Shot into a sequence in Photoshop (can be taken on the DSLR or your Phone). Continue to shoot action as needed.
Jan 16 - Staff Development Day - No School
Jan 17/18: Work on Action Photography and Bringing Action to Life
Assignment: Bringing Action to life: Due Thu/Fri 25/26 Turn a Multi-Burst Shot into a sequence in Photoshop (can be taken on the DSLR or your Phone). Continue to shoot action as needed.
Shoot action with a tripod, or use the previous shoot from shooting action. Use 3-5 images minimum, up to 3 pts. extra credit for using 6-9 images.
Follow Tutorial online, then post final to blog with the answers to the following questions:
Follow Tutorial online, then post final to blog with the answers to the following questions:
- What is your favorite part of this image?
- What was the most difficult part of this process?
- What was the easiest part of this process?
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Jan 19/22: Continue to work on Action Photography and Bringing Action to Life
Blog Assignment: Due Thu/Fri 25/26 p. 147 in the book (& attached). Post final image to your blog for 8 pts, 1 pt. extra credit for using a different image from the web or 2 pts. extra credit for using one of your own shots and completing the process successfully.
Answer This Question: Does your image look real? why/why not? (2pts)
Blog Assignment: Due Thu/Fri 25/26 p. 147 in the book (& attached). Post final image to your blog for 8 pts, 1 pt. extra credit for using a different image from the web or 2 pts. extra credit for using one of your own shots and completing the process successfully.
Answer This Question: Does your image look real? why/why not? (2pts)
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Jan 23/24: Work on Action Photography, Bringing Action to Life, and Creating Artificial Motion - All Due End of Next Class 2/25(odd) & 2/26(even).
WELCOME BACK!
Jan 9: Review Rules & Expectations for second semester.
Answer on your blog:
Jan 9: Review Rules & Expectations for second semester.
- Only leave the classroom when there is an outside photography assignment (not daily), and for no longer than 15 Minutes. (you must sign in and out, and take a pass, one pass per person) Consequences equal a lunch detention.
Answer on your blog:
- What makes a photograph iconic?
- What three things must every picture have to stand out from any old snapshot?
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Action & Adventure Photography!
Jan 9/10: Review: Light, Composition, & subject - elements for a great iconic photograph. Read aloud chapter about action photography from the book p.131 - 154. Fill out the worksheet (35pts). Due EOC |
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Watch: Camera Equipment--What You Need by National Geographic
Blog Assignment: Find an action photographer online.
Blog Assignment: Find an action photographer online.
- List their website (2pts)
- What type of action do they shoot? (2pts)
- What type of equipment do they use? (2pts)
- Choose one of their shots and tell me why you like their photography, use content specific vocabulary such as (clarity, angle, depth of field, emphasis, balance, color, value, etc.). (4pts)
Watch the video and take notes to understand shutter speed settings for taking action photographs. We will work in groups, outside and/or in the lab to take action shots. (30pts) Due EOC 1/23 or 24
Blog Assignment: Finish action photographer blog assignment. | For Reference: |
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