Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Update of Assignments for Term #1

Photo Assignment #1: 3 head shots plus one of yourself 10 marks
Photo Assignment #2:  5 texture shots, make sure they are shot head on 10 marks
Photo Assignment #3:  5 interesting shots to you...can be anything at all 10 marks
Photo Assignment #4: 10 Macro shots, 5 black and white and 5 colour. These are up close shots of interesting objects or subject matter. 20 marks
Photo Assignment #5: 5 Spot colour shots. For this assignment you take an interesting shot then you turn the photo into black and white and the find a coloured area you want to highlight. For this assignment it is easiest to use Pixlr or Pic Monkey. 10 marks
Written Assignment #1: Rule of Thirds 5 marks
Written Assignmnet #2 Composition 10 marks
Work habits 10 marks
Flicker set up: Includes buddy icon, connecting with Ms Chase, creating your photos in albums, joining and posting 3 photos to the Isfeld Photo Group. 15 marks

All work should be posted to Flickr and put into albums.


Sunday, October 19, 2014

Macro Assignment

Assignment #4 : Students are to take 5 Black and White macros and 5 colour macros. All of the elements of composition should be considered. The photos should be edited  and uploaded to Flickr and put into an album entitled MACROS. (Marks 20)

Please refer to the Isfeld Advanced Photo site for articles and information on how to take good macro shots.
LINK TO ISFELD ADVANCED PHOTO

Monday, October 6, 2014

Elements of Composition

Read the articles and summarize the main points.Hand in for a mark out of 10.
composition
composition #2

Friday, October 3, 2014

Friday Oct.3

How to Upload Photos

1. Get card reader, plug into USB port on computer, put card into sd slot on card reader.
2. Allow some time for the info on the card to connect with the computer
3. Prompt will come up. copy pics to a folder on my computer, select the photos you want to upload by clicking on the boxes
4. click NEXT, it will ask what  name you want on your photos, then it will ask where you want to place these photos, click Browse, go to my computer, find your L drive, click on your Photo 10 folder then go to the unedited folder and click NEXT...your photos will begin to upload
5. You can then go to your Photo 9 folder and look at them

EDITING
At this point we will only be doing minimal editing including cropping and lightning photos.
You can check out these editing programs or try Photoshop on the school computers.

Link to Pixlr
Link to pic Monkey
Link to Lunapic
http:Link to Ribbet ( like Photoshop)

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Welcome to Intro Photo

Assignment #1: 5 texture shots, shot head on or top down....shots should fill the frame, be in focus, and be cropped and edited for lighting. (10 marks)

Assignment #2: 3 head shots of partners and 1 of yourself. Make sure you are close enough and have created a flattering photo of your partners.(5 marks)

Assignment #3: 5 interesting shots to you... in focus, make sure you have a focal point and are using elements of good composition. (10 marks)


All photos should be uploaded to Flickr and put in a set or album by the assignment title. This can be done after you have edited your photos.