Thursday, March 28, 2013

Guest Speaker:  Ms. Tozzi, from the Art Institute

Surrealism - Wendy James

http://wendyejames.com/category/black-and-white/

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Focus:  http://nymag.com/fashion/lookbook/16974/

1. Do you like the image?
2. How do you feel about it after you have read the question/answer portion.

Objectives:  

• Drop out background for your look book image.  
• Use 5 different fonts for questions.  
• Manipulate text to create an interesting layout.
• View demo about text manipulation.

Closure: Find 3 photographs online that represent these words:  Pattern, Texture, Line

Post into Evernote.

Finished???  Be sure these assignments are completed from last week!

• Select 6 (5 star) photos (3 fast shutter speed & 3 slow shutter speed)
•  Select an action shot that used a fast shutter speed and create the illusion of a slow shutter speed.
• Not happy with your own photos?  Go out and take MORE!!!!  This is the beauty of digital photography...  You can take as many photos as you want for free!!!
• Continue to work on blog design and header design
• Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light.

Textures and Pattern Photography Power Point by jaimecream

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Focus:  Take a moment and review your grade in power school.  See me about any discrepancies.  

Also, write a response to this "Look Book." http://nymag.com/fashion/lookbook/35515/

1. Do you like the image?
2. How do you feel about it after you have read the question/answer portion.

Objectives:  

• Drop out background for your look book image.  
• Use 5 different fonts for questions.  
• Manipulate text to create an interesting layout.
• View demo about text manipulation.

Closure: What does it mean to rasterize your text?

Finished???  Be sure these assignments are completed from last week!

• Select 6 (5 star) photos (3 fast shutter speed & 3 slow shutter speed)
•  Select an action shot that used a fast shutter speed and create the illusion of a slow shutter speed.
• Not happy with your own photos?  Go out and take MORE!!!!  This is the beauty of digital photography...  You can take as many photos as you want for free!!!
• Continue to work on blog design and header design
• Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Focus:  Write about your experience shooting this weekend.  What problems & successes did you have?  Did you have any technical issues?  If so, how can you correct the problem for the future.

Objectives:  

• Download your Look Book images to your u drive.
• Create contact sheets and post to your blog.  (Post title - Contact sheets - Look Book) 
• Watch demo and review & practice using selections tools.

Closure: Explore dafont.com or other font websites.  Write down the names of three fonts that you like that might compliment your image, question/answer content, or emotion you are trying to evoke.

Finished???  Be sure these assignments are completed from last week!

• Select 6 (5 star) photos (3 fast shutter speed & 3 slow shutter speed)
•  Select an action shot that used a fast shutter speed and create the illusion of a slow shutter speed.
• Not happy with your own photos?  Go out and take MORE!!!!  This is the beauty of digital photography...  You can take as many photos as you want for free!!!
• Continue to work on blog design and header design
• Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light.

Friday, March 22, 2013

Focus:  What is the slowest speed you should use when shooting without a tripod?

Objectives:  

• Select 6 (5 star) photos (3 fast shutter speed & 3 slow shutter speed)
• Edit photos and post on blog (Post title: Shutter Speed)
• View demo on creating motion blur in a still image.
• Select an action shot that used a fast shutter speed and create the illusion of a slow shutter speed.
• Must complete today!  Print and mount your best picture from the angle of view or aperture assignment.  

Closure: Go to weather.com.  Plan out your look book photo shoots.  When, where, and who are photographing? 

Finished???  Be sure these assignments are completed from last week!

• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location (12 photos total).  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)
• Select image or images for display.  Be sure they are color corrected and get approval before printing.  Size pictures to 5x7 or 8x10.
• Not happy with your own photos?  Go out and take MORE!!!!  This is the beauty of digital photography...  You can take as many photos as you want for free!!!
• Continue to work on blog design and header design
• Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light.

Thursday, March 20, 2013

Focus:  Check out the archives on this website for the NY Magazine's Look Book.
http://nymag.com/nymag/strategist/look/archive/

Objectives:  

• Select 6 (5 star) photos (3 fast shutter speed & 3 slow shutter speed)
• Edit photos and post on blog (Post title: Shutter Speed)
• View demo on creating motion blur in a still image.
• Select an action shot that used a fast shutter speed and create the illusion of a slow shutter speed.
• Must complete today!  Print and mount your best picture from the angle of view or aperture assignment.  

Closure:  Create 5 interesting questions for three different people for your look book assignment.

Finished???  Be sure these assignments are completed from last week!

• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location (12 photos total).  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)
• Select image or images for display.  Be sure they are color corrected and get approval before printing.  Size pictures to 5x7 or 8x10.
• Not happy with your own photos?  Go out and take MORE!!!!  This is the beauty of digital photography...  You can take as many photos as you want for free!!!
• Continue to work on blog design and header design
• Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light. 

 

The Look Book by jaimecream

Focus:  Get a piece of computer paper from the front table.  Using a rule, draw a 4 inch by 5 inch rectangle that is centered on the paper. 

Objectives:  

• Select 6 (5 star) photos (3 fast shutter speed & 3 slow shutter speed)
• Edit photos and post on blog (Post title: Shutter Speed)
• View demo on creating motion blur in a still image.
• Select an action shot that used a fast shutter speed and create the illusion of a slow shutter speed.
• Must complete today!  Print and mount your best picture from the angle of view or aperture assignment.  

Closure:  On the back of the paper from your focus, create two 3 inch squares centered on you paper with a 1 inch space between them.

Finished???  Be sure these assignments are completed from last week!

• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location (12 photos total).  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)
• Select image or images for display.  Be sure they are color corrected and get approval before printing.  Size pictures to 5x7 or 8x10.
• Not happy with your own photos?  Go out and take MORE!!!!  This is the beauty of digital photography...  You can take as many photos as you want for free!!!
• Continue to work on blog design and header design
• Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Focus:  Fast or Slow Shutter Speed?

Objectives:  

• Select 6 (5 star) photos (3 fast shutter speed & 3 slow shutter speed)
• Edit photos and post on blog (Post title: Shutter Speed)
• View demo on creating motion blur in a still image.
• Select an action shot that used a fast shutter speed and create the illusion of a slow shutter speed.

Closure:  Go to your classmates blogs and look at their contact sheets from this weekends assignment.  

Finished???  Be sure these assignments are completed from last week!

• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location (12 photos total).  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)
• Select image or images for display.  Be sure they are color corrected and get approval before printing.  Size pictures to 5x7 or 8x10.
• Not happy with your own photos?  Go out and take MORE!!!!  This is the beauty of digital photography...  You can take as many photos as you want for free!!!
• Continue to work on blog design and header design
• Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light. 

Monday, March 18, 2013

Focus:  Write about your experience shooting this weekend.  What problems & successes did you have?  Did you have any technical issues?  If so, how can you correct the problem for the future.

Objectives:  

• Download images from your Shutter Speed assignment.
• Create a contact sheets.  (Use Photoshop instead of Bridge to avoid computer freezing)
• To create a contact sheet in Photoshop, go to FILE > Automate > Contact Sheet II
• Post contact sheets to your blog (Post title: Contact Sheets: Shutter Speed Assignment)

Closure:  Go to your classmates blogs and look at their contact sheets from this weekends assignment.  

Finished???  Be sure these assignments are completed from last week!

• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location (12 photos total).  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)
• Select image or images for display.  Be sure they are color corrected and get approval before printing.  Size pictures to 5x7 or 8x10.
• Not happy with your own photos?  Go out and take MORE!!!!  This is the beauty of digital photography...  You can take as many photos as you want for free!!!
• Continue to work on blog design and header design
• Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light. 

Friday, March 15, 2013

Focus:  Fast or Slow Shutter Speed?

Objectives:     Due today:

• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location (12 photos total).  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)

Closure:  Fast or Slow Shutter Speed?

Finished???

• Read more about shutter speed: http://digital-photography-school.com/shutter-speed#ixzz2NKOhFmjA 
• Continue to work on blog design and header design.

•  Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light. 

Shutterspeed by jaimecream

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Today we are going to see the play preview for the Spring HS Musical - Rent!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Focus: Do you think this photo was taken with a fast shutter speed (1/1000)  or a slower shutter speed (1/30)?

Objectives:  

• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location (12 photos total).  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)
• Select image or images for display.  Be sure they are color corrected and get approval before printing.  Size pictures to 5x7 or 8x10.

Closure:  What shutter speed was used for this photo? Fast or slow? 

Finished???

• Read more about shutter speed: http://digital-photography-school.com/shutter-speed#ixzz2NKOhFmjA 
• Continue to work on blog design and header design.

•  Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light. 

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Focus:  Seniors: Go back and review the objectives and focus/closures that you missed while away....

Shutter Speed – shutter speed is the amount of time that the shutter is open.

Objectives:     Due today:  Aperture Contact Sheets (posted on blog)

• Download images to your documents or flash drive
• Rate images in Bridge (If Bridge is too slow, just skip the rating and use Photoshop for your contact sheet.  
• Create a contact sheet 
• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location (12 photos total).  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)

Closure:  How does shutter speed relate to film vs digital photography?

In film photography it was the length of time that the film was exposed to the scene you’re photographing and similarly in digital photography shutter speed is the length of time that your image sensor ‘sees’ the scene you’re attempting to capture.

Finished???

• Read more about shutter speed: http://digital-photography-school.com/shutter-speed#ixzz2NKOhFmjA 
• Continue to work on blog design and header design.

•  Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light. 

Monday, March 11, 2013

Objectives:

• Download images to your documents or flash drive
• Rate images in Bridge (If Bridge is too slow, just skip the rating and use Photoshop for your contact sheet.  
• Create a contact sheet
• Upload contact sheet to blog (Post title: Contact sheet - Aperture) 
• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location (12 photos total).  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)

Finished???  

• Continue to work on blog design and header design.

•  Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light.  

Friday, March 8, 2013

Focus & Closure:  Review of yesterday's activities.

Objectives:

• Download images to your documents or flash drive
• Rate images in Bridge
• Create a contact sheet
• Upload contact sheet to blog (Post title: Contact sheet - Aperture) 
• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location.  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)
• Upload Angle of View Images to Flickr

Finished???  

• Continue to work on blog design and header design.

•  Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light.  

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Focus:  Read these photo tips on this blog.  doeadeery.blogspot.com (photo tips)

Objectives:

• Download images to your documents or flash drive
• Rate images in Bridge
• Create a contact sheet
• Upload contact sheet to blog (Post title: Contact sheet - Aperture) 
• Choose 6 (5 star) photos from each shooting location.  Edit & Color correct photos and post on blog (large size).  (Post Title: Aperture)

Closure: Choose one photo from the Aperture assignment.  Based on the tips you read on the blog for your focus activity, choose one picture that you would retake using one of the 5 tips.  (answer in Evernote)

Finished???  

• Continue to work on blog design and header design.

•  Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light.    

Wednesday, March 5, 2013

Focus: Review what is the function of the Aperture?

Objectives: 

• Download images to your documents or flash drive
• Rate images in Bridge
• Create a contact sheet
• Upload contact sheet to blog (Post title: Contact sheet - Aperture)  (Due today!!!)

Closure:  Which Aperture setting will give you the most shallow depth of field?  (f2.8or f22)


Finished??? 

• Continue to work on blog design and header design.

•  Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light.    

Monday, March 4, 2013

Focus:  Briefly write about your experience with the Aperture assignment.  What were the positives or negatives that you experienced.  Are you pleased with your images?  why or why not?

Objectives:

• Dowload images to your documents or flash drive
• Rate images in Bridge
• Create a contact sheet
• Upload contact sheet to blog (Post title: Contact sheet - Aperture)  (Due today!!!)

Closure:   Answer the following questions about the below photo.

Is the rule of thirds used in this composition?
Doe this photo reflect a shallow or great depth of field?
Does the photo have an interesting angle of view?  What angle is it?

Finished??? 

• Continue to work on blog design and header design.

•  Check out the following site http://art-support.com/photographers.htm Look at the work of professional photographers.  This can influence your own work, inspire, and allow you to think about photography and art in a new light.