9/1/08 - No School
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9/2/08
In-Class:
Ensure that everyone has been accepted to the SJA Digital Photography Flickr group.
Finish any outstanding expectations quizzes.
Lecture/Discussion:
Complete
"What Makes a Good Photograph?" discussion/PowerPoint.
Complete 4-point analysis on 4 photos in series (journaling notebook).
Homework:
Continue to take photos for Assignment #1: Contact Sheet
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9/3/08 - Reading Day/Homeroom/Early Release (65 minute classes)
In-Class:
Upload Assignment #1: Contact Sheet photos to new folder on desktop.
Discuss lighting techniques.
Project:
Set up lighting examples and practice taking shots of different objects under a variety of lighting circumstances.
Homework:
Complete taking photos for: Assignment #1: Contact Sheet
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9/4/08
In-Class:
Dealt with various technology issues throughout classroom. Create sample contact sheet from uploaded photographs (do not save) - check resolution.
Discussion:
Resolution: low-res vs. hi-res, DPI.
Homework:
Take photos for Assignment #2: Lighting.
Arrange to bring in items to create still lives under different lighting circumstances in class next week.
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9/5/08
In-Class:
Finish uploading all Assignment #1: Contact Sheet photos to new folder on desktop.
Choose 20 photos for final submission.
Create contact sheet for project.
Contact sheet final
file should be saved in proper format and e-mailed to instructor @ Yahoo e-mail account for grade.
Students should be prepared to show evidence of 50 or so photographs in folder on desktops. - MOVED TO MONDAY
Friday Critique: Contact Sheets - MOVED TO MONDAY
Introduction of Assignment #3: Contrast and Shadows (due Friday, 9/19) - MOVED TO MONDAY
Homework:
Take photos for Assignment #2: Lighting.
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9/8/08
In-Class:
1) Reminder/run through of journaling process - hand out Journaling Guidelines
2) Contact Sheet Critique - groups of five review own row
3) Begin discussion re: uploading to SJA Flickr group , keywording, titling, Notes.
4) Discussion:Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows
Homework:
Work on journal assignment for Assignment #2: Lighting
Objectives: 1ac, 3abcdef
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9/9/08
In-Class:
1) Check journal assignment for Assignment #2: Lighting
2) Continue discussion re: uploading to SJA Flickr group , keywording, titling, Notes.
3)
Upload one photo to Flickr.com, practice adding title, keyword, Note.
4) Discuss Contrast and Shadows for Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows
5) Work on photos - choosing final images, working with color, saving in correct format
Homework:
1) Finish taking all photos for Assignment #2
2) Read and take notes on the following articles:
Objectives: 1ac, 2 aen, 3abcdef
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9/10/08 - Reading Day/Homeroom/Early Release (50 minute classes)
In-Class:
Upload photos for Assignment #2: Lighting: title, tag and submit
Homework:
1) Finish Assignment #2: Lighting for tomorrow's critique:
a)
Check Student Files under "PowerPoints" for Lighting examples (diffuse, direct, silhouette)
b) Finish uploading photos for Assignment #2: Lighting to Flickr.com - Tag and Title your photos appropriately
c) Don't forget to move your final 3 photos to the SJA Flickr Group! (Click on individual photo on your Flickr page, when page comes up with that image isolated, use the "move to group" button (2nd from left).
2) Complete worksheet about last night's homework (due tomorrow) - PLEASE USE YOUR OWN WORDS!
3) Journal assignment for Assignment #2: Lighting due date moved to Friday
Objectives: 1ac, 2 aen, 3abcde
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9/11/08
In-Class:
EVERYTHING SHIFTED DUE TO TECHNOLOGY ISSUES IN RM 337.
See entry for Friday, 9/12 to see what is being collected.
Critique: Assignment #2: Lighting --> Moved to Monday
Create: Contact Sheet for Assignment #2: Lighting - 20+ images, 72 DPI (< -- this is a change!!!)
Discuss: Assignment #4: Point of View --> Moved to Monday
Homework:
Complete journal assignment for Assignment #2: Lighting
Objectives: 1ac, 3abcdef
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9/12/08 - Early Release
In-Class:
Check: Homework notes from Tuesday/Wednesday
Check: 3 final photos uploaded to Flickr.com / SJA Group
Check: Contact sheet for Assignment #2: Lighting
Turn in: Homework Worksheet from last night
Turn in: journal assignment for Assignment #2: Lighting
Homework:
Take photos for Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows
Objectives: 1a, 3c
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9/15/08
Journal Assignment:
15 minute semi-formal writing - If you had to critique yourself on one aspect of your personality, work ethic or artistic vision, what would it be and why? Give a strong example of when/how you have faced this challenge. What would you do to improve yourself in this arena?
Critique:
Assignment #2: Lighting (begin)
Homework:
Take photos for Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows
Objectives: 1ac, 2abcdefjn, 3abcdef
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9/16/08
Critique:
Assignment #2: Lighting (finish).
In addition to some critiquing in the class group setting, each person will leave a comment on her own 3 uploaded photos (Diffuse, Direct, Silhouette) about whether or not her photo worked for that particular lighting setup, and why.
Also, she will choose ONE other photo in the Flickr group and leave a comment as to why that photo works the best for its particular lighting setup.
In-Class:
Upload Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows photos and work with the appropriate tools to ensure that your shadows are strong and your contrast is sharp: Brightness/Contrast, Curves, Levels, Burn & Dodge.
STUDENTS WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR SJA LOGINS SHOULD BE USING THE 337 / THIS COMPUTER LOGIN, AND SHOULD BE SAVING EVERYTHING TO / FROM THEIR JUMPS DRIVES UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS FIXED!
You can make the same folder structure on your jump drives as you can on your drives on the network, so there should be no reason for you not to have your photos each day after uploading! (e.g. StudentNameFolder / Assignment #) |
Discuss:
Assignment #4: Point of View.
Q&A: Contrast and Shadows. Come to class prepared with any individual questions about this assignment.
Homework:
Finish taking photos for Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows.
Continue work on your journal entry for Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows, 1-2 pages.
Objectives: 1ac, 2abcdefjn, 3abcdef
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9/17/08 - Reading Day/Homeroom/Early Release (43 minute classes)
In-Class:
Work in-class on Photoshopping your photos for Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows.
Be sure to test out using the Levels, Curves, Brightness/Contrast and Burn/Dodge features. Include these steps (successes, failures, discoveries) in your journal entries!
Homework:
Continue work on your journal entry for Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows, 1-2 pages.
Objectives: 2abcdefjn, 3abc
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9/18/08
In-Class:
Final upload / Photoshop day for Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows.
Be sure to test out using the Levels, Curves, Brightness/Contrast and Burn/Dodge features. Include these steps (successes, failures, discoveries) in your journal entries!
For the final project tomorrow:
1) You should have one photo uploaded to the SJA Flickr Group
2) Your file needs to be 72 DPI with flattened layers
3) Your file needs to be a JPG
4) Your file needs to be named LastName_P3.jpg
5) Your file should be titled (in Flickr): Contrast & Shadows
6) Your file should have 5 tags, minimum (not including the tags "contrast" and "shadows")
7) I will screen-check your contact sheets of 10-15 images (72 DPI - name it anything you want!)
8) I will collect your typed or hand-written journal entries
Homework: Finish journal entry for Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows, (1-2 pages, handwritten or typed. Include Photoshop steps, processes and anything you took with you from reading the Contrast articles.)
Objectives: 2abcdefjn, 3abc
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9/19/08
In-Class:
Critique: Assignment #3: Contrast & Shadows. Discuss the following issues for EACH photograph in your group:
- Are you drawn to this photograph? Why or why not?
- Was the photograph framed well?
- Was the composition interesting?
- Could there have been more / less done with any of the Contrast/Shadow tools – which one(s)?
- What is the focal point of the photograph?
- Is your eye drawn to the edges of the photograph?
After group discussion, each group member will choose ONE photograph to write and post their answers to the above questions as a comment on Flickr.
View/Discuss: PowerPoint examples of Assignment #4: Point of View
Discuss: Assignment #5: Landscapes / Alphabet in Nature (due Friday, October 3)
Homework:
Respond to Flickr Discussion question #1 as mentioned in class.
Begin shooting for Assignment #4: Point of View (due next Thursday) andAssignment #5: Landscapes / Alphabet in Nature(due Friday, October 3).
Note: If you are choosing "Alphabet in Nature" for Assignment #5, you should get started on finding the appropriate photos this weekend! It takes a long time to find all the photos and then to arrange them in a contact sheet the correct way.
Objectives: 1abc, 3abc
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9/22/08
In-Class:
Review critique and journaling guidelines as a group. Discuss 4-point analysis and what makes a photograph meaningful. Short writing assignment.
Watch PowerPoint presentation to practice 4-point analysis to better your critique and journal writing skills.
Homework:
Bring in objects to photograph for Assignment #4: Point of View in class tomorrow. Think of interesting, portable objects with lots of visual interest or items that could be placed in interesting compositions outdoors.
Objectives: 1ac, 2abcdefjn, 3abcdef
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9/23/08
In-Class:
1) Take photos of your Assignment #4: Point of View objects.
2) Upload photos and work on Point of View assignments in class to perfect your three shots.
Note: Your final three shots will be combined into one contact sheet with 1 column, three rows
Homework:
Take photos for Assignment #4: Point of View andAssignment #5: Landscapes / Alphabet in Nature. Work on journal entry for Assignment #4: Point of View.
Objectives: 1ac, 3abcdef
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9/24/08 - 1:10 Release (48 minute classes)
In-Class:
Finish Assignment #4: Point of View. Upload photos, create 3-photo contact sheet with appropriate names and upload to Flickr.
Homework:
Work on journal assignment for Assignment #4: Point of View.
Objectives: 2abcdefjn, 3abcdef
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9/25/08
In-Class:
Each student should upload her three photos individually to her personal Flickr account so the class can view each photo at a larger size.
Class critique Assignment #4: Point of View assignment:
1) View all photos as a Flickr slideshow
2) Visit each student's personal Flickr site to see each photo in more detail
3) On the SJA Flickr Group, come up with 2-3 more tags for each set of photos in he POV Assignment #4: Point of View assignment and leave them as comments on the
photo.
4) Class critique of the 20 photos.
Class writing assignment #2 on Flickr Discussion Board.
Introduce Assignment #6: Motion (due Thursday, 10/9).
Students may upload Landscape or Alphabet photos to work on for the rest of class OR work on journal assigment (due tomorrow) for Assignment #4: Point of View.
Homework: Journal assignment (due tomorrow) for Assignment #4: Point of View.
Objectives: 1ac, 2abcdefjn, 3abcdef
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9/26/08 (Sub)
Journals are to be handed in at the end of class today.
FIRST
Read and take notes on the following article: Meaning in Composition.
SECOND
In the formal writing section of your journal, answer the following questions about the article. USE YOUR OWN WORDS when possible:
1) What are some elements that make up a meaningful composition?
2) What meaning does the triangle symbol often connote?
3) What is your symbolic interpretation of this image?
4) What does a circle typically represent in imagery? How might you use that symbol in a photograph to convey that meaning?
5) What associations do verticals have in photographs? What associations do horizontals have?
6) What sort of shape(s) best connote(s) mystery?
7) What three shapes provide the graphic foundation for most action photos?
8) What abstract or metaphoric objects or elements could you include in a photo if you wished to represent an idea of "motherhood" and why?
9) What sort of meaning would your photo impart if it was using ellipses or thought bubble shapes?
10) What is the author trying to warn us against when she suggests "hiding our artistry"?
THIRD
Research the Rule of Thirds of photography (links below). Write up 1-2 clear paragraphs in your own words about:
1)
WHAT the Rule of Thirds is,
2)
WHY this is important in photography, and
3) FIND an example in your own work where you can see the Rule of Thirds at work. Open this photo in Photoshop and save it as "LastName_Ruleof3rds.jpg" in the main folder on your network drive or jump drive.
Rule of Thirds Internet Resources:
FOURTH
Students may upload Landscape or Alphabet photos to work on for the rest of class.
Homework:
Take photos and work on journal entry forAssignment #5: Landscapes / Alphabet in Nature.
Objectives: 1ac, 2abcdefjn, 3abcdef
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9/29/08
In-Class:
1)
Group project: rule of thirds / guides in Photoshop / View > Rulers. Drag your guides onto the photo you chose from Friday's Rule of Thirds assignment to see if the Rule of Thirds is in effect in your photo.
2)
Journal entry: What one aspect of the Meaning in Composition article will impact your design when taking landscape (or other types of) photos in the future and why?
-OR-
Upload landscape and alphabet photos to work on during classtime. Teacher/classmate critique.
3) View links under Student Links to research landscape photo tips and tricks.
Homework:
Finish taking photos for Assignment #5: Landscape/Alphabet in Nature.
If you did not finish the assignments (Meaning in Composition and The Rule of Thirds questions) on Friday, these are both due tomorrow.
Journals that were taken home today MUST be turned in tomorrow at the beginning of class to receive credit for your journal entry for today (#1, above), Assignment #4 (Point of View) journal, Meaning in Composition, and the Rule of Thirds questions.
Objectives: 1ac, 2abcdefjn, 3abcdef
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9/30/08
Checking:
Point of View journals
Point of View photo folders (30 or so photographs)
Rule of Thirds photo (with guides pulled in place)
Rule of Thirds questions (from Friday)
Meaning in Composition questions (from Friday)
Short Journal Entry (from Monday)
Vocabulary to define:
Aperture
Shutter Speed
Exposure
Depth of Field
Lecture/Presentation:
Photography Glossary (part one)
Research:
Where are the Aperture and Shutter Speed priorities on your cameras?
Some interesting motion photographs
More motion shots
Look through Flickr with keywords: motion, movement, blur, sequence
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Objectives: 1ac, 2abcdefjn, 3abcdef
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