Friday is the last day to hand in any work

1. Please let Ms Chase know if you need work marked on Flickr, since I will only remark if you tell me you have put work up.

2. 30 minutes: Please pull great photos/your favs and mine off of Flickr and onto the Drive under Chase 2021/Photo 10/WOW photos. Also post to the Mark Isfeld Group Photo site on Flickr.

3. Review of grades and missing work. Time to still get work done. Free time for those who are done.

4. A review of grade 11/12 Photo/showcasing a couple of short video assignments.

5. Photos and Gratitude: by Louie Schwartzberg

All Assignments Due: Friday Nov 13 /Slideshow due Tues Nov 10 in class

 This is a list of all of the assignments that will be due up until the end of term.

 1. Duplicity: On Flickr in an album AND in a folder on the m:drive (20 marks) due Fri. Oct 16

 2. Scavenger Hunt: 10 photos On Flickr in an album (20 marks) due Fri. Oct 16

3. Macros: 10 photos On Flickr in an album, 5 black and white, 5 colour (20 marks) due Friday Oct 16

4. Pet Pics 6 photos on Flickr in an album  AND (please include 1 pic with you with your pet) add to folder on m:drive (10 marks) due   Tues. Oct 27

5. Portraits: 10 photos, a combination of full body, head and shoulders and head shots. Two models only. On Flickr in an album (20 marks) due Tues. Oct 27

6. Overlay: in album on Flickr ( 10 marks) due Tues. Oct 27

7. Fall shots: 5 shots to be taken and put into your slideshow.

8. Instagram response: ( 10 marks) 

All work EXCEPT for Slideshow is due the last day of term Friday Nov. 13

9. Final Slideshow 25 of your best photos in a Photo Story slideshow set to music. These should be creative and a nice variety of different shots to show your ability. You can include Photoshop work. Five shots can be from before this class or in class assignments. ( marks 35) Due Tues. Nov. 10 presented in class no exceptions

Friday Oct. 30

 LINK to FLICKR HALLOWEEN: halloween pics

Instagram Response

CLICK ON LINK: Instagram Photos sell for $90,000 

Your Assignment: Read the following article, Instagram Photos sell for $90,000. You are to complete a written response to this article  typed is better but not essential which will be marked out of 10. I am looking for at least 3/4 of a page with examples to back up your opinions.

I am interested in knowing what you think about the situation...fair? unfair? illegal? immoral? unethical? crazy? does it make you angry? How would you feel if your photo was taken or if  someone changed your photo slightly and sold it as theirs for a lot of money? Were you aware of Instagram's policies? Back up your ideas with examples from the article and consider doing a little more research to boost your arguments  Below is the article and other links about copyright.

Most famous copyright cases

Instagram and Copyright

Monkey Selfie Video

Thurs. Oct 16

Von Wong story of how he became a photographer and found his passion.

 Reminder of assignments due tomorrow.

Portrait and Pet PortraitTips

Portrait Assignment: 10 photos of one person or 5 each of 2 people. Shots should show a variety of poses and a mixture of type of shots. You should pick your best 10 photos. Criteria: I will be looking for crisp in focus shots, closeness to the model, clean backgrounds and great lighting. The people you are taking the photos of are your best resource....if they do not like the photo of themselves, do not put it in your album. All photos should be in an album on Flickr. 20 marks

Tues Oct 13

1. Review of how to use lighting in Photoshop: Go to: Filter, Render, Lighting Effects

2. Video on Close -ups with your phone/fall forest shots.

3. Time to shoot/edit.

4. How to organize for your slideshow. Create a folder on your L: Drive under the folder Photo 10

Link to ideas for your slideshow

A video on how to get some interesting photos.

Sample Grade 9 "Best Photos" Slideshow

5.  Lesson: How to do an Overlay: You need to find an artistic background, crop lighten, add anything you want to it in Photoshop. Next, take an appropriate photo that will work to put onto the background photo and then play with the opacity. This assignment should be placed on Flickr and on the M:drive under chase 2021, photo10, overlay.

Part 2 of Photo 10 New Assignments and Deadlines

This is a list of all of the assignments that will be due up until the end of term.

 1. Duplicity: On Flickr in an album and in a folder on the m:drive (20 marks) due Fri. Oct 16

 2. Scavenger Hunt: 10 photos On Flickr in an album (20 marks) due Fri. Oct 16

3. Macros: 10 photos On Flickr in an album (20 marks) due Friday Oct 16

4. Pet Pics 6 photos (please include 1 pic with you with your pet) add to folder on m:drive (10 marks) due   Tues. Oct 27

5. Portraits: 10 photos, a combination of full body, head and shoulders and head shots. Two models only. On Flickr in an album (20 marks) due Tues. Oct 27

6. Overlay: in album on Flickr ( 10 marks) due Tues. Oct 27

7. Fall shots: 5 shots to be taken and put into your slideshow.

8. Instagram response: ( 10 marks) due Fri. Oct 30 hand in to Ms Chase

9. Final Slideshow 25 of your best photos in a Photo Story slideshow set to music. These should be creative and a nice variety of different shots to show your ability. You can include Photoshop work. Five shots can be from before this class or in class assignments. ( marks 35) Due Tues. Nov. 10 presented in class no exceptions

Thurs Oct. 8

NEW ASSIGNMENT: Macros/Close ups

Macros: ( 10 shots...5 colour, 5 black and white). (Marks 20) 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. Make sure your backgrounds are clean, you use strong lighting and you have a strong contrast when you take your black and white photos.

 

Tues Oct 6

Video: set up your shots to take better photos, take photos from different perspectives,

 expand the way you take photos.

( Watch only until 8:05)

NEW ASSIGNMENT: Macros/Close ups

Macros: ( 10 shots...5 colour ,5 black and white). (Marks 20) 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. Make sure your backgrounds are clean.( no deadline yet)

REVIEW THIS: Composition Checklist

So here is the checklist of things to look for in your composition as a starting point.

1. Is the horizon straight?
2. Is the subject strong and obvious within the image?
3. Are the edges of the frame clean? Is anything poking into the frame that distract the viewer? Are there elements of the image that lead the eye out of the frame that could be positioned better?
4. Is the background clean – are there distracting elements like a car parked in the background, or a fence or a house that doesn’t fit? Can you move or change the angle to remove that element?
5. Is the foreground tidy? Are you shooting a landscape or natural scene where there might be branches or leaves or twigs in the foreground that could be tidied away?
6. The position of people in the shot. Do they have a lamp post or a tree growing out of the top of their head? Have you chopped heads, feet, arms, or legs off?
7. Eye contact – when shooting a group of people, do we have eye contact with all your subjects?
8. Camera position – are you at the right height/angle for the best composition?
9. Point of focus – when taking photos of people/creatures/animals have you focused on the eye? Do you have a catchlight in the eye?
10. Is the Rule of Thirds being used effectively?
11. Do you have a sense of scale – particularly valid for large landscape scenes?
12. How does the eye travel around the image? Where does it go first? Where does it end up? Is that the story you want to tell the viewer?
13. Less is more – what truly needs to be in the frame? What can you leave out?
14. Is it sharp? Do you want it to be?

A Review of Composition

 A Review of Composition

Scavenger Hunt and Duplicity

 All work should be up on Flickr except the angle shots. I will be marking this weekend.

NEW Scavenger Hunt: (20 marks) (no deadline yet)

• shadow
• jump in the air
• number
• something shiny
• food item 
• crayon(s)
• a reflection into something
• a flag
• a top down photo
• the colour purple

NEW Duplicity Shot: (20 marks) (no deadline yet)

Step by Step Instructions for Duplicity Shot ( 4 shots in one)

You should be going out with a partner, a digital slr camera and a tripod. Find a location that has a clean and interesting background. Start by taking some practice shots to make sure you are not too far away from your subject. Have your subject think about doing 4 different poses. Each pose will be a different shot. ALL OF THESE PHOTOS SHOULD BE SHOT ON THE SAME DAY. Come back to the class, and using the card reader upload the photos onto your ldrive under the folder Photo10.

1. If you need to crop or edit for lighting, do this first to all photos.
2. Photos should be labelled: Original, Photo1,2,3.
3. Open Original photo in Photoshop. This is the photo you will be adding the other photos to.
4. Next open Photo 1 in a new tab, use the selection tool ( the fourth tool down on the left) to select around the photo, it does not have to be perfect since you can erase if you have to.
5. Next go to edit/cut and cut out the image you have just selected.
6. Open your original photo and edit/paste it in the the original photo. It will not be exactly where you want it...so go to edit/transform/scale, hit apply or the return button. Then using the move tool ( top on left) move the photo where you want it. If scaling it up or down, make sure to hold the shift key when scaling so you resize proportionately. ( I will be marking to make sure your photos are not warped)
7. Continue the same for photo 2 and 3
8. When finished, save a Photoshop version and a jpeg version. The jpeg version can be posted to Flickr. in an album called Duplicity. 

COULD YOU ALSO SAVE TO THE M DRIVE UNDER CHASE 2021 in the folder DUPLICITY

A Review of Angles

Hand in today: Composition Assignment:  Find 5 Photos Online that you consider to be well composed photos, using the link to composition, explain what element(s) of composition are being displayed in each photo. Please try to use 5 different elements if possible.

LINK to COMPOSITION: composition

I Phone Camera Settings

Setting up your Shots/How to Edit on Your Phone

Peter McKinnon's Photo App Suggestions from this video to try out.

Snapseed App

Lens Distortions App

Link to Article on different angles: Angles 

NEW Assignment: Angle Shots: 5 Shots 

Head up to the skate park with a group of 2 or 3 and take 5 photos from different angles. Use the bars, rails and stairs, the bowl or use a model and the cool, graffiti backgrounds. Or find an interesting object to use as the focus of this shoot. Criteria: creative in focus shots, 5 different angle shots, vary the distance that you are taking the shots from, make sure you have clean backgrounds. Edit you shots before putting them in an album on Flickr. 10 marks

Week ending Sept 17, 2020

 Assignment #1: Flickr organization: Create a Flickr account, make Ms. Chase a contact, create 2-3 other contacts, create a buddy icon ( photo of you), change your background photo on Flickr, grade 9 photo students from last year put old photos into a separate folder. 

Make sure you have the Flickr App on your phone for fast and easy uploads. Join the Mark Isfeld Photo group. Make sure when you upload photos all your photos are public and your display name is your real name. Also make sure you have downloaded TEAMS and know how to use it. Marks: 10

Assignment #2: Head shots: You are to take 5 shots:  Students should be taking and editing 5 head shots of 5 different people, then posting to Flickr in an album called head shots. Criteria: shots should be head and shoulders, a desirable photo of the individuals, clearly focused and cropped tight with  a clean background. Marks 10

Assignment #3: Round, Red, your initials in objects, ridiculous. This assignment is set up to challenge your creativity. Criteria: Clean backgrounds, well composed shots using the elements of composition, in focus. Marks 10

Assignment #4: Photoshop Assignment #1: Full body shot on new background. Marks 10

Example:

 Step 1: Take a photo of someone  or have them take a photo of you save or upload to your L drive.

Step  2: Find a large size background on Google

Step 3:  Bring in to Photoshop. You may want to make your photo a little smaller

Step 4:  Use the quick selection tool (4th tool down in Photoshop) go around  the outside of your photo, then go to EDIT CUT, open up background, then go to EDIT PASTE, EDIT TRANSFORM will help you scale your image and the first tool will help you move the image around.

 

Today's Assignments/Link to Composition

 

10 Questions

Elements of Compostion

Composition Checklist

So here is the checklist of things to look for in your composition as a starting point.

1. Is the horizon straight?
2. Is the subject strong and obvious within the image?
3. Are the edges of the frame clean? Is anything poking into the frame that distract the viewer? Are there elements of the image that lead the eye out of the frame that could be positioned better?
4. Is the background clean – are there distracting elements like a car parked in the background, or a fence or a house that doesn’t fit? Can you move or change the angle to remove that element?
5. Is the foreground tidy? Are you shooting a landscape or natural scene where there might be branches or leaves or twigs in the foreground that could be tidied away?
6. The position of people in the shot. Do they have a lamp post or a tree growing out of the top of their head? Have you chopped heads, feet, arms, or legs off?
7. Eye contact – when shooting a group of people, do we have eye contact with all your subjects?
8. Camera position – are you at the right height/angle for the best composition?
9. Point of focus – when taking photos of people/creatures/animals have you focused on the eye? Do you have a catchlight in the eye?
10. Is the Rule of Thirds being used effectively?
11. Do you have a sense of scale – particularly valid for large landscape scenes?
12. How does the eye travel around the image? Where does it go first? Where does it end up? Is that the story you want to tell the viewer?
13. Less is more – what truly needs to be in the frame? What can you leave out?
14. Is it sharp? Do you want it to be?
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Welcome Back Fall 2020

Overview Photo10: In this class you will learn much about how to see from a different perspective, how to improve your ability to take photos and how to edit photos in Photoshop. There is much to know in the field of Photography and I am a learner as much as a teacher. In fact, we can learn much from each other. This class will allow a fair bit of freedom, but with this freedom comes responsibility. 

This year will be a bit different from years past. Students are encouraged to use their phones for taking photos due to Covid. Only a few cameras will be available for student use, and cameras will not be able to be signed out to take home. Techniques on how to use your phones will be taught in class. Students should download the Flickr App on their phones, but should also carry their phone charge cords with them as well. Students will be expected to disinfect all school camera equipment used.

We will be using the TEAMS App for assign tracking, the Flickr App for posting and organizing photos and students will be encouraged to find a photo phone app that will work for them. Assignments, link, videos etc will also be posted on this blog regularly which can be accessed  from home. 

Requirements for success in this course:

• a positive attitude and a willingness to learn and push beyond the level you are at
• your own cell phone and charger cables 
• to use your class time effectively and respect the freedom you have in this class
• be a good model for your peers

Photo by Marielle

Term 2 Assignments

TERM 2 PHOTO ASSIGNMENTS

1. Duplicity: On Flickr and on M:drive, under chase 2020/gr10 duplicity (20 marks)
2. Instagram response typed, handed in to Ms. Chase (10 marks)
3. Head swap or Portrait landscape: 1 shot on Flickr or handed in (10 marks)
4. Levitation shots: 2 shots on Flickr (10 marks)
5. Macros/Close up shots: 10 shots (20 marks)

6. Final Slideshow: Edited, best quality photos, 30 shots, 10 of these shots can be from assignments we have done in class.,the other 20 should be your choice but should be very high quality, edited and not similar to other shots and set to music. (50 marks)
7. Studio Skills; time on task, helping others, self-responsibility, best effort, creativity (10 marks)