Assignments

**Sign up for this wiki, flickr or picasa! Check that drop folder functions!**

 * You will be keeping notes on what is going on in class in a sketchbook**

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Leading Line Framing Different points of view Reflections and shadows**
 * For Monday/Tuesday August 24**
 * Portfolio
 * 1) 1 __Photo challenge!__** take photos of your weekend environment! and edit and drop in drop folder
 * 2** Create __**5 folders**__ in your drop folder and put 5 //good// examples of each of the following **compositional techniques**:
 * Rule of Thirds

Check out the //gallery// section of this website. This is a high school photographer from Baltimore MD. __Write a thoughtful response__ to his work in your skb.Use the photo/art vocabulary we have been focusing on. http://www.acphoto.net/ http://digital-photography-school.com/21-settings-techniques-and-rules-all-new-camera-owners-should-know Complete folders for compositional techniques: framing, point of view, rules of thirds, leading line, reflections and shadows.
 * 3 __Sketchbook assignment__**
 * 4** Join **voicethread**. Make a thorough comment about your own photo following the guidelines.Use art terms.
 * [|http://voicethread.com/#u82303**.] **[[file:Voicethread.doc]] **complete by next class !**
 * August 31**- sept 5
 * 1) **__1Sketchbook check__**. Make sure you have all the above written responses documented in your skb. Read the following
 * 2 Choose one photo you think is best and describe it put it in your wiki. Be sure to resize it first!**
 * 3 Voicethread** assignment #2  Choose three photos that interest you and tell us why and what in the composition is at work (framing, rule of thirds, pt of view ex)

Take at least 5 portraits using the techniques mentioned in the web site below []
 * 3 Portraits:** Read **"Here I am taking my own picture"** and **Pixels are like cupcakes"**. In your skb write what you learned.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text
 * Read** the article about the iconic portrait of an Afghanistan girl taken in 1985 and notate in your skb

Continue to take portraits of your family members using the tips in the above mentioned article.
 * September** 7


 * Sept 12**

Sept 17-21
Read and notate in your skb the following article on digital camera file formats http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_formats#Raster_formats

//__**Go over Unit review sheet and make certain you have completed all criteria.**__//

Go over //**light painting**// wiki page, look at videos, links and come up with more ideas do try in your group on Wednesday. Notate them in SKB Remember to drop your groups' lightpainting into group folder in drop folder!
 * Sept 24**
 * Sketchbook is due with all reading assignments complete and final reflection on unit Lens as Eye done! ( see rubric)**


 * Sept 25**

Light Painting and Night photography
Remember to drop your **groups' light painting images** into group folder in drop folder!

During the break using the same settings try **night photography** and bring to class next week! Put three on your **wiki page using tables**!


 * __In your skb__** do a page or two with images from your **light painting** classes. Write what is necessary to know. What you experimented with and how you might use this again.

On your **wiki page** put **three** of your groups light paintings that you like as well as **three** night photographs Upload at least 5 onto your f**lickr account**

**Your quarter grade is based on the following**:
wiki page content and layout voicethread comments flickr uploads sketchbook with all assignments thoughtfully addressed light painting and night painting responses on wiki**
 * quality of compositional photos in drop folder: compositional techniques, portraits, home

[|Masters of Photography.doc] Masters of photography list [|List of Photography list.docx]
 * Unit 2: The Masters/ History of Photography **

In your skb write a page about your photographer. Interesting facts, quotes, images etc.

Master presentations are due with your 5 responses to your photographer!
block H Thursday Oct 22**
 * block b Wed Oct 21

__In your skb__ do a page on your photographer with at least 3 images of their work and your response to their type of photographs. Write the names of the photographers who most impressed you. What did you like about their work?**
 * October 26


 * After watching the the video //The Genius of Photography//**
 * Interview a family member about their first experiences with photography. Ask when they took their first photos? Do they remember what type of camera they used? Was it a Kodak? Ask who their favorite photographer is. Put this information __in your skb.__**

**Unit 3: November 1 Photojournalism Unit**

 * Check out this photojournalist response to pollution in China**
 * http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictures-pollution-in-china/ write a response __in your skb__**. **What were some of the compositional techniques did he use to photograph? What impressed you most about the way he took photos**
 * Bring your camera with batteries charged!!**
 * Dress warm as we will be going into the village tomorrow! all permission slips must be in!**

> what skills were helpful while photographing in the village? What was the biggest challenge/ What did you learn about the work of a photojournalist.**
 * November 9-13**
 * In groups complete your visual response to Bai Xin Zhuang village by Friday**
 * **__EDIT__ your village fotos/ delete those you will not use/ name.jpg those you will**
 * **Put your photos in a folder in your //drop folder// titled "village photos" and upload at least 10 of your finest to flickr and create a slideshow on your wiki page.**
 * **put your best photos in folder marked "best village photos" outside of your own folder**
 * **finished group( calendar, photoessay or book) work goes in a folder "Finished village projects"**
 * **__in your skb__ write a reflection on your assignment in the village Bai Xin Zhuang use words and images answer the questions


 * Check out the Lens [] pick one photo essay and __in your skb__ write about what is most visually interesting and engaging and what compositional techniques were used**.

Unit 4 Photoshop Unit has begun "Recreating Reality"
Drop in the //Melon Man// (selection tools) and //Many Me's// (transform tool) assignments**
 * Nov 18** **In the drop folder in your folder you need to make a folder entitled "photoshop"

Look up Maggie Taylor www.maggietaylor.com/ //and// Jerry Uelsmann http://www.uelsmann.net/ check student responses on the wiki page entitled "recreating reality" Write a reflection on the two artist models with words and images. What about their work appeals to you? How are they similar and different in style?
 * Prepare for the //Surreal Self Portrait// by doing the following __in your skb__

Look up surrealism and write a definition. Create sketches for your own surreal self portrait. Make sure __all images are taken by you__. In the composition include __3 symbols__ that represent YOU.**