FRI: Work Day 2 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: 

• No more office hours for the Photography Unit

Photo Unit Reminders & Resources:

• Blogger.com
• ALL Class Albums & Examples
• John's Sky Park pictures
• Favorites [Quest for quality]
• All [Can you see my process?]

Agenda: [60]

• Daily Work Order (60...)
• 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
• Submit any missing photos to the class albums
• 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

• Version 1 due FRI
• Using a 'better' Theme than the Kitty
• 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
• 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"
• + 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

WED/THU: Photo Portfolio Production Day (1 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: 

• No more office hours for the Photography Unit

Photo Unit Reminders & Resources:

• Blogger.com
• ALL Class Albums & Examples
• John's Sky Park pictures
• Favorites [Quest for quality]
• All [Can you see my process?]

Agenda: [100]

• Typing.com [10]
• Daily Work Order (90...)
• 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
• Submit any missing photos to the class albums
• 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

• Version 1 due FRI
• Using a 'better' Theme than the Kitty
• 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
• 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"
• + 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

TUE: Photo Walk #4: Eyeliner edition

NO Computers

• 5 minutes: Rules & Route
• 10 minute walk
• READ the challenges on the way with a buddy
• Webster to 21st (NO Store; NO Elevator)
• Right on 21st
• Buttonhook R into the staircase 
• 30 minutes or less for quick photos
• Go LEFT or RIGHT
• Make a Figure Eight over the bridge
• Take TONS of pictures everywhere
• DUE FRI-w/your best effort 
• The Town 
• Portraits (head & shoulders)
• Nature/The Lake
• Food (Challenge 36)
• Water (Challenge 29)
• Family (Challenge 28)
• 10 minute walk back
• 5 minutes slack/pack

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

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