MON: Our Photo Portfolios

BEFORE you type...

If you have any photos you need to 

contribute to class albums do so now

When finished start typing.

"[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition, 

and you can't [really] correct it..." 

Henri Cartier-Bresson

BIG Questions:  

• How can we take good pictures no matter what kind of camera we have at the moment? 
• How can we use our critical thinking skills to MAKE a good picture happen?
• including post production 
• How do we KNOW we have taken a good picture?

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can select the best examples of my work using my knowledge of technique as a guide

Homework:  

•  Take Photos

Announcements: 

• We will be going out on TUESDAY to take make-up pictures (I will wear eyeliner)
  
• If you have been struggling come to Office Hours on Tuesday
• You can get typing credit then too

Photo Unit Reminders & Resources:

• www.Blogger.com
• Photo Walk #3: Nature/The Lake
  • P1 -Walk #3,  P3 - Walk #3,  P4 - Walk #3,  P5 - Walk #3
• Photowalk #2: Portraits
• P1 Walk 2, P3 Walk 2, P4 Walk 2, P5 Walk 2
• Portrait: Family challenge 
• P1 Family, P3 Family, P4 Family, P5 Family 
• Landscape: Water P1 Landscape: Water,P3 Landscape: Water, P4 Landscape: Water, P5 Landscape: Water
• Artistic: Food class albums
• P1 Artistic: Food, P3 Artistic: Food, P4 Artistic: Food, P5 Artistic: Food
• Photo Walk #1 class albums
• P1 Class Album, P3 Class Album, P4 Class Album, P5 Class Album
• JK & Professional Photos for inspiration & enjoyment
• Portrait Examples
• John's Photo Blog for this Unit
• John's light experiments on Saturday
• John's Moss experiments on Sunday
• Bring Fully Charged Cell Phones and Cameras , John will mock your diagonal pictures unless you can tell him why you took it that way, All photos taken must be ONLINE before the next class - we do NOT upload our cell phone photos in class.

Agenda: [65]

• Typing.com [10]
• Our Photo Portfolios (Blogs) [10]
• Version 1 due FRI
• SIX Required Posts w/ well written paragraphs [you must replace any posts you made with temporary/not your own pictures]
• Photo Walk #1: The Town 
• Photo Walk #2: Portraits (head & shoulders)
• Photo Walk #3: Nature/The Lake
• Artistic: Food (Challenge 36)
• Landscape: Water (Challenge 29)
• Portrait: Family (Challenge 28)
• FINAL Version Due FRI, Feb 8
• SIX Additional Challenge Posts w/ well written paragraphs
• Different challenges, different subjects, different locations
• Competently done this will get you a "B"
• Excellently (photos & writing) done this will get you an "A"
• + ANY Extra Credit Challenge Posts w/ well written paragraphs
• Different challenges, different subjects, different locations
• + ANY BONUS Credit for advanced customization of your blog

• Working on our blog [...45]
• Using a 'better' Theme
• Personalizing the Theme 
• Customizing your Layout

• The quest for quality: Deciding for yourself [...]
  • Select the photo you will put on your blog, editing it if necessary
  • Basic Editing in Google Photos 
  • Rotating
  • Cropping
  • "Auto" Correcting color and light
  • editing the auto corrections
  • Posting your blog posts w/ well written paragraphs
    • Explain, using your vocabulary of techniques
    • WHY did you take it?
    • HOW did you take it? 
    • WHY it is a good photo?
     
   
• More GOLDEN RULES of photography [...] 
• Golden Ratio 1:1.6, Golden Spiral, and other Composition Techniques
• Divine Composition With Fibonacci’s Ratio (The Rule of Thirds on Steroids)
• 20 Composition Techniques That Will Improve Your Photos