FRI: Processing [and other housekeeping]

BEFORE you type...

Share your  

Photowalk #3 Nature photos with your school account

Make a personal album to hold those pictures

Select 3 from the walk 

Edit & correct them if need be

add them to the appropriate class album

Period 1 - Photo Walk #3

Period 3 - Photo Walk #3

Period 4 - Photo Walk #3

Period 5 - Photo Walk #3

When finished start typing.

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

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

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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?
• including post production 
• How do we KNOW we have taken a good picture?

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:  

•  Take Photos

Announcements: 

• We may be going out WED/THU to take Nature Photos
  

Photo Unit Reminders & Resources:

• www.Blogger.com
• 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: [60]

• Typing.com [05...15]

• The quest for quality: Deciding for yourself [15]
• 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
• Working on our blog [30]
• Posting your blog post 
• Explain WHY it is a good photo
• Customizing your blog
• Themes
• Layouts

• 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

WED/THU: Photo Walk #3 - Nature

No Computers!

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

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

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Warm up:  

• Tie your shoelaces
• Get valuables out of your backpack and into your pockets if you are not carrying your backpack with you.
• Find a buddy to walk with
• Pledge to NOT be the last kids walking in the group (if everyone does this we won't get so spread out and have such a yellie, waitie walk)

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can use my techniques to create a beautiful picture of Nature
• The pictures we turn in for Photowalk #3 MUST be WITHOUT PEOPLE
• You may ALSO take portraits
• You may also answer specific challenges for extra credit

Agenda: 

• Photo Walk [100]
• Same Rules [05]
• You MUST be able to see JOHN @ ALL TIMES
• You MAY NOT be more than 1/2 block away from John, who will try to walk in the middle of the pack
• You MUST NOT CROSS ON RED OR START ON YELLOW.  I will give you an NC if you jaywalk.  Just wait for the green.  We will wait for you. If you get a YELLOW while crossing the street then hustle across!
• You MAY NOT go inside ANY business or building so don't ask to be allowed to
• You may not sit on any cars, climb on any walls, or otherwise do anything but walk on the sidewalk unless John specifically tells YOU that you can.
• Walk [95]
• Approximate Route (2.6 Miles, 53 minutes walking + 42 minutes for stopping to shoot pictures)

TUE: Portraits & Editing in Google Photos

BEFORE you type...

Share your  

Photowalk #2 Portraits AND Portrait: Family   

challenge photos with your school account

Make TWO personal albums to hold those pictures

Select 3 from each assignment and 

add them to the appropriate class album below

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?
• including post production 
• How do we KNOW we have taken a good picture?

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:  

•  Take Photos

Announcements: 

• We may be going out WED/THU to take Nature Photos
  

Photo Unit Reminders & Resources:

• www.Blogger.com
• 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: [60]

• Challenge #28 & Portrait: Family processing [20]

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.

• Typing.com [05...30]
• Reviewing Portraits [15...40]
• 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 
• Basic Editing in Google Photos [00...25]
• Rotating
• Cropping
• "Auto" Correcting color and light
• editing the auto corrections

FRI: Portrait Walk

No Computers!

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

No Computers Warm-UP: 

• Depending on class...
• The Art of Portrait Photography [08]
• Famous Portrait photographers & their pictures [2:30]
• Portraits from last year

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can take a portrait that tells a person's 'story'

Homework:  

•  DUE Tuesday 1/22/19:  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: 

• Be prepared to go OUTSIDE every class

Agenda: [60]

• Warm-UP  [15]
• Taking a good portrait (review) [05]
• 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 Assignment [40]
• Take an amazing portrait of at least TWO people
• You should take a LOT of photos of each person so that you can submit the BEST one possible
• You should be taking pictures or looking for the "right shot" 100% of the time
• Show a minimum of 2/3 of their face
• Show no more than their UPPER TORSO (waist to head)
• Have your own portrait taken by at least TWO people
• Complete the portrait list worksheet and turn it in TODAY
• TOMORROW 
• Upload your two best portraits to the proper album
• BREAK NO SCHOOL RULES while doing this assignment
• Do NOT cross the street
• No Headphones
• No messing around

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

P1 Landscape: Water

P3 Landscape: Water

P4 Landscape: Water

P5 Landscape: Water

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:

• www.Blogger.com
• 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: [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

P1 Landscape: Water

P3 Landscape: Water

P4 Landscape: Water

P5 Landscape: Water

• 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

TUE: Artistic: FOOD & Composition Techniques

unless...

You STILL do not have photos online

then, call John  over

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 use the critique process on the work of others in order to gain more insight into my own work.

Homework:  

•  DUE NEXT Class (Wed/Thu):  Photo Challenge #29:  Take as many shots as you want to try and answer this challenge.  You will upload THREE to Google photos and then choose ONE to put on your blog as the first fully graded photo. You will need to write a paragraph or more on how you took this picture, how it meets the challenge, and what techniques you used to meet the challenge.

29

Landscape: Waterscape

Ocean, lake, river, pond, or puddle. Make water the primary subject of this landscape.

 

Announcements: 

• We are going out this FRIDAY to take portraits
• If he were alive, today would be my father's 100th birthday

Photo Unit Reminders & Resources:

• www.Blogger.com
• The Photo Walk #1 class albums
• P1 Class Album, P3 Class Album, P4 Class Album, P5 Class Album
• RECENT Photos
• 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: [60...]

• Typing.Com [10]

•  DUE THIS Class:  Photo Challenge #36:  [20]
• Using this BLOG and your partner follow the steps for adding your photos to the class photo album. NEXT time you should be able to do this in 10 minutes, by yourself...

36

Artistic: Food

Take your food photography to the next level. It's not lunch, its art.

• SHARE your Artistic: Food photos to your School Account if necessary
• Put them in an ALBUM named Artistic: Food

• STAR the maybes

• SELECT the THREE BEST
• ADD those three to the Class Album
• P1 Artistic: Food
• P3 Artistic: Food
• P4 Artistic: Food
• P5 Artistic: Food
• SELECT the ONE BEST
• DOWNLOAD it to your computer

• STOP HERE and wait.  Look at the pictures that have been uploaded already.
• Posting your first picture to your BLOG (here's mine) [30]

1. HOW did you take this picture? (What did you physically do?)
2. HOW does the picture answer the challenge?
3. What TECHNIQUES did you use to help you meet the challenge?