Warm-up: Discuss the aspects of Photo composition as related to the photo below. What makes this photo a good journalistic photo. Try to use as much composition terminology as you can.
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Warm-up:Magazine picture you brought in.
More Notes on Photo Composition and Camera Care from CD
Warm-up: Photo Assignment #1 Outside.
Each of you will be going outside to find photos for the assignment below. Take as many photos as you need to for practice. You are not to take any of your photos inside the building, interrupt, or disrupt any other classes.
Required Photos:
1. Using the same subject take the following
Head on view
Side view
Bird’s eye view
Worm’s eye view
2. Two photos of the same subject placing
The horizon on the upper third
The horizon on the lower third
3. Four photos demonstrating leading lines (2 horizontal crop & 2 vertical crop)
4. Two photos demonstrating framing
5. Best Shot (your best photo that is not included in 1-4)
Next class period you are to bring to class only the photos requested in this assignment and place in your folder on the network in a folder called Assignment 1 (Create your folder)
You are to bring to class only the photos requested in this assignment and place in your folder on the network in a folder called Assignment 1 (Create your folder)
Next Class Quiz over Photo Composition and Camera Care
Quiz over Photo Composition and Camera Care
Rename pictures in assignment #1 to match assignment
Create Contact sheet of Assignment #1 and Print it
Intro To Yearbook elements and Layout
Have cameras available to take photos during homecoming week activities
Intro To Yearbook elements and Layout
Create a Double Page Spread Due next class
Double Page Spread from last class due today
Review layout rules
Vertical Dominant Sample
Horizontal Dominant Sample
Review handouts from last class
Review pages 70-73 in workbook
Do Exercises on pages 74-76 in workbook
Design an original ten column layout as described on page 72 of workbook due next class.
Complete exercises on pages
Turn in Layout Due today.
Copy down Vocabulary for Design page 67 and Vocabulary for Copy page 34 workbook.
Take enough pictures of Homecoming week activities to make a well balanced layout.
Vocabulary Test Next week.
Review photo composition and camera care for test next week.
Discuss this photo using as much photo composition vocabulary as you can.
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Vocabulary Test
Photo composition and camera care.
Place Homecoming pictures in your folder.
Discuss this photo using as much photo composition vocabulary as you can.
#3
Review lock down procedures/fire drill procedures
Homecoming/Spirit Pictures need to be in your network folders by the end of the day today.
Create a 10 column layout for your pictures. Label which picture will go into each picture box.
Caption Writing:
On a separate sheet of paper, write captions for each of your photos.
Bring Cameras to take pictures next class!
Photo Assignment #2
Using the rules of photocomposition you have covered in class, complete the following assignment. Show your best artistry in this assignment.
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved?
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For Today:
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? Explain the element of shape repeated in the photo.
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Each of you will receive an article to study. I will collect the articles at the end of class so take good notes. You will take notes, learn the material, and prepare to present the information back to the class. With your presentation you will provide me with a typed, 10 question quiz over the material complete with an answer key. No more than 3 of your questions can be True or false. You will receive three grades on this assignment. 1) your oral presentation 2) your quality quiz and answer key 3) your notes on classmates' presentations. Due Monday for presentation.
Bring you cameras to class next time to take pictures.
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? Explain the element of shape repeated in the photo.
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Bring you cameras to class today.
Today's theme is details.
Find 10 different subjects.
(From Last Class) Each of you will receive an article to study. I will collect the articles at the end of class so take good notes. You will take notes, learn the material, and prepare to present the information back to the class. With your presentation you will provide me with a typed, 10 question quiz over the material complete with an answer key. No more than 3 of your questions can be True or false. You will receive three grades on this assignment. 1) your oral presentation 2) your quality quiz and answer key 3) your notes on classmates' presentations. Due Monday for presentation.
Warm Up: Work on Presentations. Be ready next class. Make sure by Wednesday.
1) your oral presentation 2) your quality quiz and answer key 3) your notes on classmates' presentations.
Rick Sammon's Top Ten Digital Photography Tips
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? Explain the element of shape repeated in the photo.
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Presentations:
1) your oral presentation 2) your quality quiz and answer key 3) your notes on classmates' presentations.
Rick Sammon's Top Ten Digital Photography Tips
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? What makes this photo interesting?
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Presentations:
1) your oral presentation 2) your quality quiz and answer key 3) your notes on classmates' presentations.
Rick Sammon's Top Ten Digital Photography Tips
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? What makes this photo interesting?
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Intro to Photoshop Very Basic
Choose two best photos this quarter and enhanse them with photoshop and place them in your network folder in a folder called FirstPhotoshop.
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? What makes this photo interesting?
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Last chance to make sure you have your assignments up to date on network.
Last presentations for those absent last week.
Notebooks due; it's the end of the quarter.
Emulate - to try to equal or surpass somebody or something that is successful or admired.
You are going to have a series of photo shooting assignments in which you will be given a photo, and you will be asked to emulate it as best you can using your own subject(s) and camera. This photo is due by the first day of class the following week. You must print it out as an 8" x 10" photo on regular paper to turn in.
Emulation #1
Slide show Review Composition/Angle/Lighting Be ready for review quiz next period.
Emulate - to try to equal or surpass somebody or something that is successful or admired.
Emulation #2
Turn in Emulation Photo #1 by the end of the period.
Slide show Review Composition/Angle/Lighting Be ready for review quiz today!
Plan Still Life Project. Turn in plan by end of the hour.
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? What makes this photo interesting?
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Turn in Emulation Photo #2 by Tuesday of next week.
Plan Still Life Project. Turn in plan by end of the hour. In your plan include A.] Items you will need. B.] Lighting sources C.] Background D.] Angles E.] Other considerations The Still Life project is due on Thursday next week.
Review photoshop (practice on your own)
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? What makes this an effective photo?
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PhotoShop Tools Handouts. Familiarize yourself with these tools and be prepared for a Test Next Thursday. Know the name and function of each tool.
Turn in Emulation Photo #2 by Tuesday of next week.
Plan Still Life Project. In your plan include A.] Items you will need. B.] Lighting sources C.] Background D.] Angles E.] Other considerations The Still Life project is due on Thursday next week.
Emulate - to try to equal or surpass somebody or something that is successful or admired.
Emulation #3 Footprints Due Next Monday
PhotoShop Tools Handouts. Your 10 Questions multiple choice quiz is due today. Review these tools and be prepared for a Test Next Thursday. Know the name and function of each tool.
Turn in Emulation Photo #2 Today.
Plan Still Life Project. In your plan include A.] Items you will need. B.] Lighting sources C.] Background D.] Angles E.] Other considerations The Still Life project is due on Thursday.
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? What makes this an effective photo? What mood is cast by this image? What contributes to that mood?
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Personal Metaphor: Find objects that represent who you are. Think of rules of composition. Remember simple backgrounds, interesting lighting, etc. Due Tuesday after Thanksgiving break. (Dec. 2)
Turn in Still Life Project Today. In your plan include A.] Items you will need. B.] Lighting sources C.] Background D.] Angles E.] Other considerations The Still Life project is due on Thursday.
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? What makes this an effective photo? What mood is cast by this image? What contributes to that mood?
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Emulation #3 - Footprints due today.
Photoshop toolbar practice: By the end of the class period, turn in a printout showing the before and after of four alterations that you made on one of your pictures using tools from the Photoshop toolbar. Label each picture and explain what your did to the photo. Use the names of the tools.
Personal Metaphor: Find objects that represent who you are. Think of rules of composition. Remember simple backgrounds, interesting lighting, etc. Due Tuesday after Thanksgiving break. (Dec. 2)
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? What makes this an effective photo? What mood is cast by this image? What contributes to that mood?
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More Photoshop toolbar practice: By the end of the class period, turn in a Contact sheet showing the before and after of two more alterations that you made on one of your pictures using tools from the Photoshop toolbar. Label each picture and explain what your did to the photo. Use the names of the tools.
Personal Metaphor: Find objects that represent who you are. Think of rules of composition. Remember simple backgrounds, interesting lighting, etc. Due Tuesday after Thanksgiving break. (Dec. 2)
Catch up day because of DWA
Make sure all work due up to this point is turned in.
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? What makes this an effective photo?
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Personal Metaphor: Find objects that represent who you are. Think of rules of composition. Remember simple backgrounds, interesting lighting, etc. Due Tuesday after Thanksgiving break. (Dec. 2)
Digital Photography, the Camera DVD Chapters #1, 2, 3.
"Introduction"
Three step process
CCD
lens
lens elements
image viewing systems
True optical viewfinder
EVS or Electronic viewfinder
Through the camera
Key Terms: CCD, Lens, SLR
"F-stops and shutter speeds"
F-stop
shutter speed
exposure
reciprocity
"History of Digital Photography"
Television
NASA
RGB filters
Key Terms: Pixel, Downloading
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. How do you think it was achieved? What makes this an effective photo?
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"On Assignment" Over a 24 hour period, record the world through your eyes. Be creative with your photo composition, yet remember the rules to follow. Your photos should tell a story not just static photos. You are to carry your camera with you over an entire 24 hour period. Record every waking aspect of that time. Make sure you have your batteries charged up and your memory card ready. You will turn in to your network folder 16 of your best photos that represent that time period. You should take many more than 16, but you are to narrow down to the BEST 16 shots. Then, in Photoshop, you are to create and print a contact sheet (4 X 4)to turn in. Be sure photos are labeled clearly.
Plan due to turn in to me by the end of the period today.
Photos to be on the network and contact sheet printed and turned in by the end of the class period Friday, Dec. 12. No excuses! Plan appropriately.
Warm Up: Comment on these photos. What steps do you think the photographers went through to achieve these? How are they alike and how are they different? Discuss compositional elements in each.
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Digital Photography, the Camera DVD Chapters #4, 5, 6, & 7. Take notes.
"How Digital Photography Works"
"Choosing a Digital Camera"
"Using Your Digital Camera"
"Files & Memory"
"On Assignment" Over a 24 hour period, record the world through your eyes. Be creative with your photo composition, yet remember the rules to follow. Your photos should tell a story not just static photos. You are to carry your camera with you over an entire 24 hour period. Record every waking aspect of that time. Make sure you have your batteries charged up and your memory card ready. You will turn in to your network folder 16 of your best photos that represent that time period. You should take many more than 16, but you are to narrow down to the BEST 16 shots. Then, in Photoshop, you are to create and print a contact sheet (4 X 4)to turn in. Be sure photos are labeled clearly.
Plan due to turn in to me by the end of the period last class.
Photos to be on the network and contact sheet printed and turned in by the end of the class period Friday, Dec. 12. No excuses! Plan appropriately.
Warm Up: Comment on this photo. What steps do you think the photographer went through to achieve such a dramatic image? What camera settings do you think were used and why? Do you think a tripod was necessary? Explain.
"Emulation #4" Try to recreate the warm up image or one very similar. This emulation is due next Thursday, December 18.
"On Assignment" Over a 24 hour period, record the world through your eyes. Be creative with your photo composition, yet remember the rules to follow. Your photos should tell a story not just static photos. You are to carry your camera with you over an entire 24 hour period. Record every waking aspect of that time. Make sure you have your batteries charged up and your memory card ready. You will turn in to your network folder 16 of your best photos that represent that time period. You should take many more than 16, but you are to narrow down to the BEST 16 shots. Then, in Photoshop, you are to create and print a contact sheet (4 X 4)to turn in. Be sure photos are labeled clearly.
Plan due to turn in to me by the end of the period last class.
Photos to be on the network and contact sheet printed and turned in by the end of the class period Today! Friday, Dec. 12. No excuses! Plan appropriately.
Warm Up: Comment on these photos. Comment about how each was achieved. What special precautions would you need to take with your camera equipment in taking pictures like these?
"Emulation #4" Try to recreate the 12/12 warm up image or one very similar. This emulation is due next Thursday, December 18.
Over the Break take Ten Great Winter Photos. Remember your composition rules. These will be part of your final.
Go through your notes. Make 25 questions and answers for terms dealing with photography. Example: Photography comes from the Greek roots Phot and Graph. These roots mean ______ and _______.
1/9-13/09
Warm Up: Comment on these photos. Comment about how each was achieved. What special equipment or considerations would you need to achieve these shots? Explain.
Class Tuesday and Thursday this week and next week starts the finals schedule.
Review next Tuesday and final will be the first testing period Wednesday.
Part of final is to turn in 2 of best photos from the semester in black and white on photo paper printed from the classroom.
Tuesday and Thursday this week are devoted to studying notes for the final test, getting notebooks in order to turn in, and preparing photos for finals. (Any spare time in class is devoted to catching up.)
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Shooting a Sunrise with Rick Sammon and the Digital Rebel
Rick Sammon Digital Photography Hot Shots
Photography's Key to Composition
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