Assignments

= = //"There are always two people in every picture.. the photographer and the viewer" Ansel Adams//

**Assignments. This is where you will check each week to see what we are doing and what you will need to do.**
**REMEMBER "CEBS" (CAMERA/ EDIT/ BLOG/ STORY) THE ESSENCE OF GOOD PHOTOGRAPHY!**

1 Start your **Tumblr** put up a profile pic pick a good title and follow me[| http://www.tumblr.com/blog/kenfa]
2 __//Take a photo//__ of you in an environment that let's us know something about you in the style of the pictures below and fill out the form for the **//express yourself//** page. Print the picture at home if you can. Here is an example from the American Express Ad with Tina Fey's response taken by the famous photographer Annie Leibovitz... be prepared to share with the class on **Monday. Look up Annie Leibovitz** and on your //**tumblr**// account after you look her up write a few paragraphs about the interesting aspects of her life as a photographer and what impressed you. Add one or two images you like of hers and put them on your tumblr as well.

= //Don't forget to bring your digital camera charged to the next class! With a card reader or cord to upload your photos.// =

**January 16 - 19 Understanding the work flow: Week One focus**
2 **Photo challenge** two good examples of each **element** /line,shape,color, texture,space and value put on your tumblr as a mosaic "visual elements" relabel "line1.jpg" and "line2.jpg" 3 Sign up on //**flickr**// and join your group! Make a set. 4 Post elements of design slideshow on your wiki page []
 * 1 You will __sign up__ onto the following sites:**
 * __//wiki//__ (course info and your portfolio page),**
 * __//drop folder//__ (your "harddrive where you will have all your photos organized according to assignments)**
 * __//flickr//__ (best photos) where you will share**
 * __Tumblr this week__**
 * Know your cameras!**
 * Read** this article on camera settings and **notate vocabulary what you have learned on tumblr**
 * __Take photos of__** ... your room!

Try this online [|SLR camera simulator] bookmark this page
 * __In class__**


 * __At home__**
 * Chinese New Year** is an awesome time to photograph. Think of [|Andrew Nagl] and create a series of photos(10 or more) documenting this event.
 * __Post your best on tumblr and write a few sentences about what you saw!__**

=**Jan 30 - Feb 3: establishing collaborations and begin compositional techniques**= Make certain that elements slide show is on your wiki.
 * Begin by putting any new photos in a folder in your drop folder/ Chinese New Year**
 * Wiki:**

make sure that i have your address Make certain that you are posting at least two photos a week with reflections on what is going on in class
 * Week's Tumblr** **assignments:**

Join the ning and post 2 images from your vacation on your page
 * YHS** ([|Yarmouth High School])

__**At Home**__ Take at least 5 photos of "simple things" around your home. Be attentive to lighting and composition **Working with Composition / Learning how to take powerful photographs!**

Create **5 folders** in your **//drop folder//** and put **5 //good// examples** of each of the following **compositional techniques**:
 * Rule of Thirds []**
 * Different points of view** **[]**
 * Leading Line**
 * Framing**
 * Reflections, shadows and silhouette** **[]****[]**

take photos using the **rule of thirds** Start by describing your world being mindful of the "rule of thirds". You will during the next class choose 5 of your best Look up //**Rule of thirds**// and write a paragraph on your tumblr describing how to use it with an example from your photos
 * At Home**
 * Tumblr:**

=**February 6 -10** Learning what makes a photograph awesome...composition!= take pictures (being mindful of composition) of the lantern festival and upload the BEST onto the YHS Ning site.
 * Yarmouth High School (YHS)**
 * __In Class__**

**Day 1:Different points of view** **challenge/** **Playing with scale and proportion**

 * [[file:isbphoto2012/pt_of_viewL.png|pt_of_viewL.png]]**
 * Take a series of photos in new ways: from above/ from below**
 * Be sure to do at least 2 entries on your tumblr having to do with the techniques explored in class.**
 * Day 2: work on getting __5 excellent examples__ of the compositional techniques we are paying attention to**
 * Leading Line/ Rule of Thirds/ Reflections and Shadows/ Point of View and Framing.**

**//"Find the poetry" in the everyday!!//**
__**At Home**__ []
 * Read more about composition list and write about what you have learned on your tumblr**


 * Over the weekend: using one or more of the five compositional techniques we have been paying attention take at least 10 photos of your** **"place" ie your world... home/ room/ environment/ . In class you will choose the best to share on YHS site.**


 * Extra credit!:**
 * join this [|global photo challenge]have your photo shown and help alleviate world hunger. If you do show me the photo that you sent.**

**February 14 and 16 Completing first compositional folders**
__**Tumblr**__ __**Wiki**__ __**Assessment**__ __**February20 - 24**__ __**Tumblr**__ __**YHS**__
 * __In class__**
 * Put the pictures you took of "place" into a folder in your drop folder.**
 * edit! choose your best 5 (title and make sure they are your best!)**
 * Organize folders each should have only 5 of your best examples.**
 * You are to post twice a week onto Tumblr. Put a "place" picture and a composition picture up with an explaination**
 * Read and respond as we enter our next technique challenge [|Portraits]**
 * On your wiki post three good examples of each technique in tables**
 * You will assess the quality of your own work that you placed in the compositional folders. When finished drop this assessment into the "assessment folder" in the drop folder**
 * Week's photo assignments:**
 * This weeks photo assignment is to begin to take portraits using five of the techniques explained in the article.Check out __Richard Avedon__ and __Arnold Newman's__ portraits...with the techniques you have chosen in mind #1Take an //environmental portrait// like our express yourself (Leibovitz) style of your family members. Surroundings tell as much about the people as the portrait. If they are not present use props and photos be creative. #2 At least one of the photos is a self portrait that you could as an avatar on facebook or another social network. Choose your best 5 (must have one environmental and one self)** **using the techniques mentioned and drop in your drop folder. Choose 3 to upload onto your wiki page (title/name technique and resize). Upload the ones you like onto flickr! We will have a class critique**
 * Post your best portraits on tumblr with a few lines of what you were thinking and what portrait technique you used.**
 * Make comments on students photos. Use photo vocabulary (elements/ compositional techniques etc)**

__**FEB 28 TO MARCH 2**__ __**EDIT Portraits and begin lightpainting**__ Portrait assignments must be complete after Tuesday's class. Five from the ten techniques defined in the article.TITLE according to the technique. Upload 3 of your best onto wiki. Put the ones you live onto flickr and the family portrait will go to YHS.
 * Week's photo assignments**:


 * Week's tumblr assignments:**
 * Reflect on the portrait assignment and put all 5 up in a collage**
 * In Class**:

=== __Read through the wiki page on lightpainting__. Read the article at the top of the page as it gives excellent background. Make notes of the history and technique of lightpainting with images in your __tumblr__. __Explain ISO! What is it and what does it tell us?__ Find out how you can create long exposures on your camera. 15 seconds is good ===
 * If you have any flashlights bring them with you to the next class.**

__**March 5 - 9 Lightpainting**__ __**Tumblr**__ **at least 2 entries a week!** __**YHS**__ __**Flickr**__ __**Class**__
 * Week's photo assignments:**
 * Lightpaintings ! __Draw, create a portrait and ghost__ three responses each minimum**
 * In your groups edit your lightpaintings and title the ones you keep.**
 * Be sure at least 10 are in your drop folder within a folder called "lightpaintings**
 * Then create a slideshow on flickr with your favorites**
 * __Extra credit__ for any lightpaintings done outside of class... let me know.**
 * On flickr upload some of your favorite lightpaintings Comment on 3 other peoples's work,**
 * reflect on your lightpaintings what did you need to know and do in order to create the paintings that you did. Remember that with each photo comes a caption**
 * put up two or more lightpaintings and describe how this technique can be used. Comment on others photos both in class and from alaska and maine.**
 * Continue to put up your favorite photos! Create a slideshow to put onto your wiki page**
 * reflect on teaching 4 year olds light painting**
 * At home teach someone to light paint and show examples next class**

**March 12 -24 Begin Masters Series**
Look at the Masters unit and choose a photographer to emulate due next week March 15

**April 3-7 finish presentations!**
Reflect on the video we saw in class //The Genius of Photography// and include one photo relevant to it on **Tumblr**
 * Tumblr**

April 10 -12 Begin Photoshop Unit Surreal Photos
__**photo assignments**__ __**Tumblr**__
 * For April 10 have a photo series __"signs of spring"__ Place your favorites on Tumblr**
 * Signs of spring ( 5 photos)**
 * Read this [|article]and write a reflection**
 * In class**
 * Tutorials on photoshop**

Your responses to your __master photographer__ need to be in a table on your wiki **April 16 - 20 //It's a surreal world I live in//**
__**Tumblr**__ __**response with image to Johansson's work**__ __**April 16 - 20**__ **Complete your surreal scenes and put them in the drop folder** __**Tumblr/ blg**__ [] [] __May 2-5__ Intro to Photojournalism
 * Begin a surreal self portrait**
 * work done in class**
 * Check out the tutorials below and find 2 things or more of interest in each and notate what you have learned in your blog/ skb**

Don't forget to bring in your //__signed permission slip__// to go into the village! You cannot go without it!!
Look up David Hockney and focus on his photomontages. Pick a favorite and write what you think is interesting. __**May 15 Completed!!**__ Your __Hockney composition__ must be posted to : //Drop Folder// (photojournalism)/ //tumblr// with a //reflection// on what it means to you/ //wiki// and //YHS//! __Flickr Slide series__ from photos of your visit to the village that best describe the final days of Bai Xin Zhuang village posted to: wiki Response to __Yang Yi__ series "uprooted" and how they are similar to Bai Xin Zhuang final days Posted on Tumblr (one photo) and YHS Extra: Make comments to YHS photos that have been posted. A mash up of Alaska and Beijing photos

A global art project for summertime?
http://www.vam.ac.uk/channel/people/art1/world_beach_project/