WED/THU: Workday 5 of 6

"[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition, and you can't [really] correct it..." 

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can create a portfolio of my Photography that I am proud of

Homework:  

•  Take Better Photos for your Blog

Announcements: 

• Next Tuesday's office hours are for SMASH Applications
• COME TO ME FIRST

Photo Unit Reminders & Resources:

• Blogger.com
• ALL Class Albums & Examples

Agenda: [100]

• Important Check:
• Is your BLOG visible to John?
• Check HERE to see if you can see it
• Click HERE to add it if it is missing or incorrect
• Nothing to do?
• That might be a big problem when Friday's deadline hits
• The SIX additional challenge photos are mandatory
• NO Extra credit will be counted without the total 12 required Photos existing (6 last week, 6 this week)
• Take some CHALLENGE Photos today/tonight 
• To still get credit for working today you may
• Do quiet homework
• Type or do Reading+
• Daily Work Order (100...)
• By 9:00 AM today you will need to peer review your partner's portfolio.
• Use the provided PAPER FORM
• Give them an HONEST grade
• Make sure they RESPOND before you turn it in
• It is due 30 minutes into your block period.
• Click here to find your partner's blog
• If you have a SPECIFIC NEED get the pen from John and put your name on the board
• Process any outstanding photos into an album for yourself
• Select one photo to make a required post for the nearest deadline
• Edit said photo appropriately if necessary
• Create blog post
• Only ONE photo per post
• One paragraph written reflection minimum per post
• WHY is this a good picture?
• WHAT did YOU do to make this a great picture?
• Be specific, naming the techniques 
• Describe your intention and evaluate your results
• Publish when it is GREAT WORK or you have run out of time
• Select another photo, edit, post, write & publish
• Repeat until ALL possible posts for the day have been made
• Review ALL existing posts & identify weak photos to be replaced and improve weak writing
• Go home and take pictures that are better than the ones on the blog and then... Start from the top and do it all over again! 

You are NEVER "done" - there is always another post or an improvement on an existing one. 

The Requirements

• FINAL Version Due FRI, Feb 8
• ALL SIX posts from Deadline #1 last Friday
• Personalized Theme 
• Fonts/Colors/Backgrounds all complement the photography displayed therein
• 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" (or, add some extra credit below!)
• + ANY Extra Credit Posts w/ well written paragraphs
• NEW: They do NOT have to answer a specific challenge.
• They should still be different subjects from different locations
• + ANY BONUS Credit for advanced customization of your blog
• Especially custom layouts and clever uses of the gadgets