Wednesday, January 16, 2019

WED/THU: The Photo Blogs & Intro to Portrait Photography

BEFORE you type...
[If you did your homework]
Share your Landscape: Water with your school account
Make a personal album of all of your shots
Select 3
Add them to the appropriate class album
When finished start typing.

"The purpose of portrait photography is to draw someone's personality out"

Unit Learning Target(s):  
  • 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?
Daily Learning Target(s):  
  • I can learn to take a portrait that tells a person's 'story'
  • I can use the critique process on the work of others in order to gain more insight into my own work.
Homework:  
  •  DUE Tuesday 1/15/19:  Photo Challenge #28:
    • You have a three-day weekend - take many shots, three go in the class album, the one best on your personal photo blog with the reflection.  You are encouraged to take GROUP Portraits for this challenge.

    28
    Portrait: Family
    Whether it's the family you are born with or the one you choose, show the world what family is to you.

Announcements: 

  • We are going out next class to take portraits
  • NOBODY showed up for office hours Tuesday so I am now assuming you can all process your photos into the class albums on your own.
  • Grades are now being computed daily: Plagiarized photos are cause for a failing UNIT grade.
Photo Unit Reminders & Resources:
    Agenda: [100...]


    • Challenge #29 processing [10]
    29
    Landscape: Waterscape
    Ocean, lake, river, pond, or puddle. Make water the primary subject of this landscape.
    • Typing.com [05...15]
    • Reviewing Landscape: Water [15]
    • Our Second Blog Post(s) [45]
      • Select YOUR best photo from the three in the class album
      • DOWNLOAD it to your computer
    • Go to blogger.com and create a NEW POST
    • At the top of the blank page click the ADD IMAGES button


    • Select CHOOSE FILES and navigate to the photo you just downloaded


    • Select the photo once it is uploaded and hit the ADD SELECTED button
    • Select the picture and make it as large as fits (for now)


    • Add and format the reflection paragraph after or alongside the photo
      • HOW did you take this picture? (What did you physically do?)
      • HOW does the picture answer the challenge?
      • What TECHNIQUES did you use to help you meet the challenge?
    • Name your post with the name of the challenge & Publish it.
    • Portrait Photography [15]
      • Have an idea
        • This is not a snapshot, this is a planned picture that tells a story
      • Who is your subject? 
        • What kind of person are they?  Are they serious, smart, goofy?
      • What is the mood?
        • Is this a happy picture, a sad one, and exciting one, or what?
      • Use your techniques!
        • Where is your light?
        • Are there colors to emphasize?
        • What is the background?
        • How are you using shadows?
        • Would a different angle make things better?
        • How much of your subject are you showing?
        • What else can we see in the picture?
    • The Art of Portrait Photography [08]
    • Famous Portrait photographers & their pictures [2:30]
    • Portraits from last year






                     

    Balance & repetition 



    Leave Space
          Fill the frame

                        Leading Lines
                              Rule of Odds

          Simplify


      • Looking at more of John's Photos
        • What RULES do I use?


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