Lab Assignment for Photography

Good afternoon photography students.

Please READ this entire post so you know what is expected for today.

Today you are assigned to create a presentation of your photographs from this semester so far (both quarters). You can use Prezi, Google Slides, Powerpoint, or any other presentation tool you would like to use. You were assigned 11 photo assignments for the first quarter and 8 photo assignments from the second quarter totaling 19 photo assignments. Your presentation must include at least 10 of the images you have taken. You also must explain in a short 5-8 sentence paragraph each image. Sell yourself as a photographer in this presentation. Show off your best images.

This presentation is due at the end of the hour Wednesday and is worth 50 points! Get to work and use your time wisely. I can't wait to see your presentations. 

Two Photography Assignments for the Week

This week you will have 2 photo assignments.

1) Blur/Motion/Action. You must capture action or motion in a picture. Look at my Pinterest board HERE to see some examples of Blur/Motion/Action. After you are sure you have taken the best action/blur/motion picture, edit it and post it to our class site on Shutterfly and create a blog post for your blog and include a description paragraph.

2) Shoe Triptych. For this assignment the rules are take a picture of a shoe (or shoes) and present 3 images. So, you could take a picture of 3 different pairs of shoes, or 3 different shoes, or one pair of shoes with 3 different backgrounds. This is up to you. You must present 3 images collaged in one to upload to our class site on Shutterfly. Also, post to your blog with a description paragraph.

Photography 2nd Quarter

Fantastic Free Friday Photo. You MUST take this picture in class today. I will not accept pictures for this assignment if they are not taken in class TODAY. Have fun, and take amazing pictures. Post today's picture to our class site on Shutterfly and also on your blog. Have a great weekend.

2nd Quarter Photography Assignment #2

For the second assignment for this quarter, you will be submitting 2 photos of the same person, everything about them must be different (lighting, body language, distance, location, clothing, etc). (This assignment was found here http://highschoolphoto.org/current-photo-1-assignments/ )

Here is a link with some examples: http://thinkartmakeart.com/portraitcomps.htm also look at this link: http://highschoolphoto.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/celeb-examples.pdf.

Choose a partner and go practice taking very different pictures. You will need to post both pictures on our class Shutterfly site and create a blog post for this assignment. These will be due Thursday when you come to class. We will view your images in class on Thursday.

Photography Students

Everyone needs to submit their light and shadow pictures to the folders on our class site, due today. Don't forget, with each picture you need to include a title and a short 3-5 sentence description.

After you submit your light and shadow picture, please create one blog post including both images and a short description.

2nd Quarter Photography

1st Assignment for Quarter 2: Light and Shadow.

We are going to reference the following website to work on our next assignment.
http://thinkartmakeart.com/lightassign.htm

You will be turning in 2 black and white photographs for this assignment.
1 photo that shows shadows as objects.
1 photo that shows an aspect of light


Click this link to see examples of shadows and many aspects of light.
http://thinkartmakeart.com/lightexamples.htm

After you have captured your two images, please load them to our Class Shutterfly Site.
https://wolverinephotography2017.shutterfly.com/

Last day of the quarter in Photography

To end this quarter, your last assignment will be to create a blog post and write about what you learned in this class. Include information about particular assignments, and/or your picture taking skills. What was your favorite assignment? What was challenging for you? Include pictures in your post to help support your statements.

What kind of assignments do you hope to see next quarter? What do you want to learn that involves photography? This post should be at least 2 paragraphs and include at least two pictures.

After you create your post, comment on at least one other student's blog about their post of this class.

In the Dirt

This is one of my favorite pictures of my son.

Photography Assignment Today - Blogs

 Everyone should have their close up portrait turned in by the end of class today. If you are struggling with the assignment, go back to yesterday's post and click on the link I provided with examples of what I am looking for with this assignment. 

Today, everyone needs to create a blog post sharing your picture from yesterday. Include in the post: a post title, the photo, and a summary of the image of 3-5 sentences. 

Photography Assignment: Close Up Portraits

Due Date: Thursday, November 3.
We only have a few days left for this class. Our next assignment will be Close Up Portraits. People say the eyes can tell you about a person's soul. The eyes are a very powerful tool in a photograph. Use a close up of a person to create emotion. Show emotion of some kind. Use your peers as your subjects. You should use light editing tools for this assignment.

I have a Pinterest board with examples of Close Up Portraits for you to reference for examples.
https://www.pinterest.com/stephaniemom/photography-close-up-portraits/

Photography - Graphic Design/Advertising

Good afternoon photography students. Today you will be looking at advertising photography. You will be taking a picture to create an ad for a product. You need to hold a photo shoot and then take your image to the computer to edit and ad information for your product. This will be a three day project. When you are finished you will upload your ad to our Shutterfly class page. 

Go to the following Pinterest link to see a variety of advertising photography. 

https://www.pinterest.com/stephaniemom/photography-magazine-advertising/

Day 1: Research Advertising Photography. Find out what you like and what you don't like. What would you like to photograph and then think what are the possibilities that you can photograph it (We don't live by the ocean, so I would not have photograph an ad including an image of the ocean as a reasonable goal for this assignment). What props do you need to take your pictures?

Day 2: Make it happen. Set up and photograph your subject. Take many pictures so you have lots of options. 

Day 3: Edit your image on the computer. Photoshop is your friend :) .

 

 

Close Up Nature Photography

Hello Photography Class,

We are starting today with Close Up Nature Photography.
To start, I would like you to visit this site and read about iPhone photography for nature.
http://iphonephotographyschool.com/nature/

Here is another site for close up nature photography.
http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/3051/7-tips-for-how-to-take-close-up-photos-of-nature/

Please visit my Pinterest Board: Photography: Close Up Nature
https://www.pinterest.com/stephaniemom/photography-close-up-nature/

When you take your Close Up Nature picture there are points to remember:

• Clarity: You want crisp clear photos. If they are not clear, take more pictures
• Rule of Thirds: Don't put your subject directly in the middle of your frame. Move your subject off a bit to the left or right, whichever way the subject opens to the image, move it to the opposite side. 
• Take LOTS of pictures to have lots of options. 

After you take your Close Up Nature picture, load your images to your computer and use an editing tool to tweak your image, don't over filter your picture though. Then post it to our Shutterfly class site please. 

Thank You!

Photography Day 2

Good Afternoon Photographers!

Today we are going to take a look at different photographers and their work.
I have generated a list of photographers and places to view their work. Please look through the list and look at their work. Choose a photographer whose work you would like to research a bit more.

You will be creating a Google Slide/Prezi/Interesting Digital presentation on a photographer. Focus on your layout, typography, color and balance. Design of this presentation is as important as the research you are proving in the presentation.

• Please include 5-10 slides in your presentation. 
• Use at least 8 pictures of their work you would like to share with the class. 
• Artist's Name - Bio, Education, Upbringing, Art Experience
• Did your artist work in other mediums?
• Why is her/she a photographer
• What inspires his/her work
• Has your artist encountered any hardships in his/her life that are directly related to their work?

Abba Richman
Dorthea Lange
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Richard Avedon
Iain MacMillan
David Wojnarowicz
Andy Warhol
Ciril Jazbec
David Lindsey Wade
Sarah Cheng-De Winne
Dimitris Theocharis
Thomas Kettner
Steve McCurry
Annie Leibovitz
Man Ray
Alfred Stieglitz

This is just a small list of photographers. Please continue and do your own research to find a photographer you like and would like to share with the class through this presentation.

Part 2 of this project: you need to choose one of your photographer's pieces of work and recreate it. You will then create a presentation piece placing the original and your photo together with a paragraph explaining your process of recreation.

Plan:

• Day One: Research many photographers
• Day Two: Research and choose an artist
• Day Three: Research your photographer and gather information
• Day Four-Seven: Using your digital tool, create your presentation
• Day Eight-Nine: Recreate your artist's photograph 
• Day Ten: Edit and refine both pieces of your presentations. 

Art Sink Closet

My art classroom is nestled in the middle of the hallway, surrounded by a math class, English class, computer lab, and the college room. We do not have a sink in our classroom. We have an "Art Sink Closet" across the hall from our classroom. This used to be the janitor's closet for supplies. We now share this closet with the janitors. Our Art Sink Closet holds various water containers, paint palettes, the sink and a small drying rack.
This is a picture of the paint filled sink ..... I wish students would clean supplies properly.....yet, it is kinda pretty.