Assignment 8: Selecting Your Best Shots

Assigned: 27 March 2012
Points: 15 points for photo journal with dates and 3 sentences each
           10 points for "Top Ten Photos So Far" post

Chao Cac Ban!

Today you need to be on your best behaviour and get straight to work - there is a lot to do!

First off, you need to upload this week's photos and write the date and at least three sentences for each photo. If you edited the photo (crop, straighten, contrast, etc.) please be sure you say so in the sentences. Also say what photo techniques you used in the shot. Publish the post and email me the link at sis.kristin.romberg@gmail.com.

Then, after you have posted and emailed me the photos from the past week, start on the next part of today's assignment:

"The Night of the Arts" is coming up quickly and we would like to have everyone participate by choosing one photo to display. You do NOT need to choose that photo today, but you DO need to select what you think are your 10 best photographs so far.

1. Go back and look through your photos
2. Select the best 10 photos that you have taken (it doesn't count if your brother took the photo)
3. Start a new blog post entitled: Top Ten Photos So Far
4. Insert the images in the post
5. Write one sentence about each photo, explaining why you think it is a great shot
6. Publish the post and email the link to me at sis.kristin.romberg@gmail.com.

You will need to select your "best" photo and email it to me no later than Friday, 30 March! 

Get as much done as you can in class. All assignments must be finished no later than Friday. That's it! Get to it!

Again, here are the assignments that you have been given so far this term:

1. Assignment 1: Google Docs - add to the chart I made,
2. Assignment 2: Week 1 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences
3. Assignment 3: Week 2 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences, 2 with wide depth of field, 2 with shallow depth of field, ALL 7 using the rule of thirds
4. Assignment 4: Week 3 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences, 2 using long exposure, 2 black and white
5. Assignment 5: Week 4 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences, 2 using natural light, 2 using flash without turning the subject into a vampire, and 1 portrait using side lighting
6. Assignment 6: Week 5 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences
7. Assignment 7: Week 6 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences, editing the photos to enhance them if necessary
8. Assignment 8: Weed 7 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences, select your top ten photos so far and post them as a separate blog post; select your best photo and email it to me no later than Friday, 30 March

Good Luck!

-kris

Assignment 7: Editing Photos

Assigned: 20 March 2012
Points: 10 points for photo editing techniques
           15 points for photo journal with dates and 3 sentences each

Chao Cac Ban!

How did your photo shoots go this week? What did you figure out? What do you wonder about?

This week I want you to focus on all the composition techniques we have learned when taking your photos. Just be creative and notice things in new ways.

We will be learning a few editing techniques today. Just a few basics to start with to help clean up photos and make them even better!

• Crop
• Straighten
• Red Eye
• Brightness/Contrast ; Fill Light
• Color
• Effects
• Save vs. Save As

Now let's get to the uploading and editing of our photos!

You should have at least 7 more photos to upload (one for each day). Be sure you have at least 2 photos demonstrating good use of natural light, at least 1 photo using flash that doesn't result in red eyes or whiting out the photo, and 1 portrait using natural side lighting.

Okay, get to it!

1. Import the photos to your computer - Save them in your folder on the server
2. Pick one photo from each day in the past week 
3. Upload those photos to your blog
4. Put the photos in chronological order and date them
5. Add at least three sentences for each photo - try explaining why this photo was the one you chose for the day
6. Publish your post and email me the link to your blog

If you don't finish in class please be sure to do it at home and email the link to me no later than tomorrow.

Get out there and get creative!

-kris

nb:
Here is a short summary of what you should have completed by the end of today:

1. Google Docs - add to the chart I made
2. Week 1 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences
3. Week 2 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences, 2 with wide depth of field, 2 with shallow depth of field, ALL 7 using the rule of thirds
4. Week 3 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences, 2 using long exposure, 2 black and white
5. Week 4 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences, 2 using natural light, 1 using flash without turning the subject into a vampire, and 1 portrait using side lighting
6. Week 5 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences, 
7. Week 6 of Photo Journal - 7 photos, each with 3 sentences, edit photos if necessary 

Get to it! If you are failing ICT because you haven't been handing in assignments I will be calling your parents on Friday of this week, so get caught up before then!!!

-k

Assignment 6: Update Photo Journal

Hi!

We don't have class today because of an exam, but you still need to upload your photos from this week. 7 photos, date for each one, three sentences for each one.

Thanks!

Assignment 5: Lighting and Flash

Assigned: 5 March 2012
Points: 10 points for photo techniques
           15 points for photo journal with dates and 3 sentences each

Chao Cac Ban!

How did your photo shoots go this week? What did you figure out? What do you wonder about?

This week I want you to focus on lighting and flash when taking your photos:

We've seen that light can make all the difference in a great portrait shot, especially when also using a shallow depth of field. Your assignment this week is to take at least 2 photos demonstrating good use of natural light, at least 1 photo using flash that doesn't result in red eyes or whiting out the photo, and 1 portrait using natural side lighting.

This is an example of a portrait using side lighting:

Now let's get to the uploading and editing of our photos!

You should have at least 7 more photos to upload (one for each day). Be sure you have at least 2 photos that use a long exposure as well as at least 2 photos that are black and white (or at least ready to be edited to be black and white).

If you need to change your two photos into black and white, we are going to use the photo editing program called Microsoft Office Picture Manager. Follow these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Office Picture Manager
2. Locate your photos
3. Double click on the photo you want to edit and it will fill the screen
4. Edit photo
5. Color
6. Slide the saturation bar all the way to the left (-100)
7. Save as (change the file name)
8. Done!

Okay, get to it!

1. Import the photos to your computer - Save them in your folder on the server
2. Pick one photo from each day in the past week 
3. Upload those photos to your blog
4. Put the photos in chronological order and date them
5. Add at least three sentences for each photo - try explaining why this photo was the one you chose for the day
6. Publish your post and email me the link to your blog

If you don't finish in class please be sure to do it at home and email the link to me no later than tomorrow.

Get out there and get creative!

-kris