*Due Friday, February 24
*Due Friday. March 3
DUE TUESDAY, JAN 31
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Practice your light painting skills and produce a Keith Haring inspired image. Outline people with finger lights in the dark room and then edit to reduce the sizes and transfer to a document with repetitions. You could also try other ways to create work like Keith Haring by drawing or tracing people making gestures and connecting, or by photographing people and editing with color overlays. Add the Keith Haring touches and post your favorite piece to your assignment page. Also post your favorite Keith Haring image and explain in 5 sentences what you think the work is about and how you feel about it. What do you think he was trying to communicate with his art?
Create a process portfolio post for this assignment. Include your ideas and intentions, the skills you learned and the processes and materials you experimented with to create the image and develop as an artist. How would you present this image at our spring IB Exhibition.
https://arts4all.org/about/news-blog/family-art-project-keith-haring-inspired-figure
Create a process portfolio post for this assignment. Include your ideas and intentions, the skills you learned and the processes and materials you experimented with to create the image and develop as an artist. How would you present this image at our spring IB Exhibition.
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Create a portfolio folder on your desktop and include you portfolio photographs and collages in that folder. Produce your portfolio using Adobe Express. Use the slideshow or presentation templates in Adobe Express. Add a beginning slide with your name, captions with your images, transitions, and music, and an end slide with a quote you love. Include somewhere between 15 and 20 images in your portfolio. Go to the share button and make sure to publish and update your portfolio often. Post the link to your Portfolio on the PORTFOLIO channel in Teams by FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9.
Use any art form you desire to create a work of art that makes a statement, social or political. Choose an issue you care deeply about, and would want to try and do something about. This issue should be something that is a general issue or concern in society somewhere in the world. Some ideas of things you might be interested in depicting/standing up for or against: pollution/environmental concerns, abortion rights, pro-life, racism, big government, homelessness, religious wars, the war in Ukraine, poverty, verbal abuse, bullying, depression, teen suicide, discrimination, LGBTQ+ rights.
Then, research artists who have made art based on social or political issues. On your process portfolio page, talk about one artist whose work inspires you, and how they communicated the social or political issue that concerned them. Then list at least 5 different ideas for the art you intend to make, how you will communicate your views on the topic, and how you will be creating your work of art. After you brainstorm, discuss your ideas with someone else in the class and when you decide what you will be communicating and how you intend to do that, begin work on your project. Record all steps and processes in your process portfolio, and then post your final project for MAKE A STATEMENT on both your process portfolio page, and also on your assignment page.
(Due in January) The comparative study is an externally examined assessment task worth 20%. To complete the task, you are required to present a comparative study of at least three artworks by at least two different artists from different and contrasting cultural contexts. The work should be selected from work you have investigated as a part of your independent coursework, and will be explored further and presented as a series of screen-based slides.
An introduction to the study should summarize the scope of the investigation from which the focus artworks, objects and artifacts have been selected.
Students should aim for a balance of visual and written content, and use an appropriate means of acknowledging sources. Students must ensure that their work makes effective use of subject-specific language where appropriate.
The Requirements:
For each of the selected artworks, objects or artifacts, students are encouraged to:
Making connections
Students present their comparisons of the different pieces, clearly identifying links between them. These comparisons might include:
Connecting to own art-making practice
Students reflect on their research outcomes and the extent to which their own art-making practices and pieces have subsequently been influenced by artworks, objects, artifacts and their creators examined in the comparative study. These influences and personal connections, which should be evidenced in both visual and written forms, might include:
When referring to your own artwork and practices, students must be sure to identify and acknowledge their own artworks with the same rigorous attention to detail as with images from other sources.
Sources
Students include a list of sources used during the study.
Academic honesty
Every image used within the comparative study must be appropriately referenced to acknowledge the title, artist, date (where this information is known) and the source, following the protocol of the referencing style chosen by the school. When HL students include any images of their own original work, these must also be identified and acknowledged in the same way.
Possible structure (how to put it together)
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Introduction |
Summarize the scope of your investigation from which the focus artworks, objects and artifacts have been selected, and any thematic or conceptual framework you have used to draw the investigation together. |
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The artworks, objects or artifacts and their contexts |
Summarize your research from a range of different sources and present your inquiry into the identification and interpretation of the selected artworks, objects and artifacts. You also explain how you have applied a range and combination of critical theories and methodologies to the works. Areas of investigation might include:
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4-7 screens |
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Making comparisons and connections MUST HAVE 15 when you finish this section |
Present your comparisons of the different pieces, clearly identifying links between them. These comparisons might include:
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7-10 screens MUST HAVE 15 when you finish this section |
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Connecting to own art-making practice (HL only) |
Reflect on your research outcomes and the extent to which your own art-making practices and pieces have subsequently been influenced by artworks, objects, artifacts and their creators examined in the comparative study. These influences and personal connections, which should be evidenced in both visual and written forms, might include:
When referring to your own artwork and practices, you must be sure to identify and acknowledge your own artworks with the same rigorous attention to detail as with images from other sources. |
5 screens |
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Sources |
Include a reference list of sources used during the study. In-text referencing is required throughout the comparative study. Every image used within the comparative study must be appropriately referenced to acknowledge the title, artist, date (where this information is known) and the source, following the protocol of the referencing style chosen by the school. |
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What do I need to do?
Choose art from different cultural contexts that excites you and is relevant to your creative practice.
Discuss with Cauchon and your peers your choices.
Make a formal analysis of these works
Conduct research.
Post meaningful research questions.
Use a range of sources to answer these questions.
Analyse the content and context of the works, that is, their function and meaning.
Compare and Contrast the works.
Present your ideas in a visually pleasing, appropriate and engaging format.
Have a separate document with sources.
Upload the presentation for assessment.
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(Due Nov 18) Create a mixed media piece of art using your screen print with other media (paint, ink, photos, collage).
PHOTO SCREENPRINTING
SilkscreenPrinting_Lesson2_TheAndyWarholMuseum
SilkscreenPrinting_Lesson3_TheAndyWarholMuseum
SilkscreenPrinting_Lesson4_TheAndyWarholMuseum
Photograph for the scavenger hunt and edit your photographs in Lightroom CC.
Go to the Discover tab to browse, and also check out the Tutorials page.
After you edit, make a preset and explore all the presets offered.
Have each member of your team share their edited photos with you via Lightroom, and then post a gallery of all images, captioning each photo with the photographers name.
On your process portfolio page, take photos of your screen while editing the images in Lightroom. Describe some of the presets you used and the editing tools that were adjusted when you were “post processing” your images. Include the technical information for each image you shot and edited under your images on your PP page. (MASIL: Mode, Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, Lens focal length)
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Find an image online that you absolutely love and try to re create it.(lighting, composition, overall vibe) Why did you choose that image? Include your reasoning and what it would take to achieve the desired results, and put your writing on your process portfolio page. Post your final image on your assignment page, and also on your homepage.
Trace or create your own design (4×5) Carve the design in a linoleum block. Remember, what is carved out of the block will not be printed in the image. Also important to note that your print will be opposite of the block. After you complete the carving, then ink and transfer it onto paper. Experiment with colors and perhaps include multiple colors on your block to get a multi colored print. Make one finished piece to photograph and post on the assignment page of your blog.
Create a surrealistic work of digital art by putting someone or something where it does not belong; juxtaposition. What does juxtaposition mean? Think about a dream or nightmare you would like to portray in your work. Explore some of the history of the surrealism movement in art by researching some of the more famous surreal artists like Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Jerry Uelsman and also explore other surrealist artists and photographers online.
Conceptual your ideas and draw them out in your sketchbook. You can use Internet images, and your own images to produce this unique surreal work of art.
Make a 11×14 or 14×11 200 resolution document in Photoshop and bring in your images, sketches, graphic designs, and Internet images to use as elements in your piece. Practice selecting, masking and refining your selections with the object select tool. Post your surrealism work to your assignment page and also include a work by a surrealist artist who inspires you. Write a short reflection, critiquing their surrealism, and also describe your concept and idea behind your surrealistic work of digital art. Post your surrealism to your homepage as a large image.
Find an image online that you absolutely love and try to re create it.(lighting, composition, overall vibe) Why did you choose that image? Include your reasoning as a caption when adding your images to your assignment page. And answer this question:
This photograph inspires me to________and I want to learn more about how to ____________.
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Read these links on how to get good composition in photography and after you read through the article, pick three compositional techniques to shoot for. Edit your photos in Photoshop and post the three photos to your assignment page.
https://petapixel.com/photography-composition-techniques/
https://www.adorama.com/alc/basic-photography-composition-techniques/
Answer these questions:
Why do you think composition is important in photography?
What draws you in when looking at photography and art?
Have you been to any museums and where? Did you get inspiration to create art while viewing the work on exhibit?
Pick a photographer whose work makes you want to create amazing photographs. Create a presentation with Adobe Express about your photographer. You will show this presentation to the class. Save your presentation link to the photographers channel on Teams, and also save as a pdf to include the presentation on your comparative study page of your website. On your presentation about the photographer you chose, make sure to include a brief synopsis about the photographer, their history and background, influences, and the type of work they create and your opinion of their work. Include some of their photographs which you admire.
https://www.adorama.com/alc/famous-photographers/
https://www.skillshare.com/blog/eight-famous-photographers-you-need-to-know/
https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/features/famous-photographers-on-instagram
https://www.colesclassroom.com/26-famous-photographers/
Use the projector attached to the teachers computer to project an image or text onto a person. Think about the statement you want to convey and relate your message to a social issue which is important to you.
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Start a new website using edublogs.org Join the class blog: cauchonphotoclass Create pages on your site. Include some of your photography on your homepage and some in at least one gallery page.
Home/Landing Page (always add new work to your homepage every week.)
Assignments Page (post your photography assignments on this page. You can add a writing assignment page also)
1 to 2 Gallery Pages (ex: Portraits, Black and Write, Photojournalism, Sports, whatever you want to concentrate on)
Comparative Study Page (Post your comparative study where you compare the work of different artists and make connections with your own work)
Process Portfolio-Journal Page (photograph your journal pages and post on this page)
Contact Page (with basic info about yourself including a photograph and email)
*PUT YOUR BEST WORK ON YOUR HOME PAGE AS A GALLERY OR AS INDIVIDUAL IMAGES.
*CREATE WIDGETS: TEXT WIDGET WITH YOUR NAME A SHORT ABOUT ME.
* CREATE AN IMAGE WIDGET AND PUT AN IMAGE IN THERE OF YOURSELF OR SOMETHING YOU LOVE
Read this online article and for your first post on your assignment page, answer these questions (click on the word article to get to link). Write a reflection answering the questions, and then explain the basic concepts of photography to your neighbor in the room.
Create a slide show or video in Adobe Express on PHOTOS THAT INSPIRE YOU. Under each photo you select, explain why this photograph inspires you. Make sure to include the photographer’s name and/or the website where you got the image from. Choose between 15 and 20 photos from online. Before emailing me your final slide show or video review your presentation with someone in the room who you do not know. Email your slide show to me @ caucrg@fusd.net.
First look for an image online for each of the elements of art. Post them as a gallery on your assignment page.
Then go around on campus and photograph for each of the elements of art. Edit them in Adobe Photoshop.
Post your images as a gallery on your assignment page.
Photograph several images of yourself or someone else in the same location, and put them all together in Photopea to make it look as if you (or they) are relating to themselves in some way. Use one of the photos as the base image, and move the other subjects in the base image to create a unique photo for this Am I Talking To Myself assignment. Writing Critique: Make a blog post called My Inspiration and list 1o things which inspire your creativity. Sample student work below:
-Make a Photopea document 4×6 or 6×4 (100 dpi)
-Find an interesting image on the Internet and use the move tool to move it into your document in Photopea
-Size it with Control T + shift to fit in the document
-With the Text Tool, type a word or phrase in a thick black font
-Find a picture online to go inside of the word and size it over the text
-Put the picture layer on top of the word layer
-Press Control +Alt + G to put the image inside the word.
–Merge the picture and text layers together (make the background layer invisible to not include it in the merge)
-Add a stroke around the word to help it stand out.
-Save as a jpeg and post to blog.
Go online and research the meaning of HDR photography.
Create a blogpost explaining what the term HDR in photography means and ways to achieve successful results.
Photograph landscapes with GOOD COMPOSITION and LIGHTING, and edit with an HDR app, like Simply HDR, or Snapseed HDR tool. You could also enhance editing with Lightroom Mobil HDR features. Make sure to add lots of saturation and perhaps double expose with some clouds to get that perfect HDR image.
Post 1-3 awesome landscapes to a LANDSCAPE PAGE on your blog.
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Robert Mapplethorpe – flowers, portraits, nudes * Annie Leibovitz – celebrity portraits * Danny Clinch – musicians * Edward Weston – black and white nudes,landscapes Ansel Adams – black and white landscape * Cindy Sherman – self portraits * Diane Arbus – strange and different portraits * David Lachappelle – unique celebrity portraits * Imogen Cunningham – black and white * Eliot Porter – color landscape Alfred Eisenstadt – candid photojournalism * Linda McCartney – musicians in the 60’s *Herb Ritts – celebrity portraits * Henry Cartier- Bresson -candid street, the decisive moment *Andy Warhol – bizarre pop art *Robert Frank -street *Mary *Paul Strand – black and white *Lewis Hind – child labor *James Nachtwey – war * Irving Penn – fashion, still lifes * Richard Avedon – portrait *Weegee – street photojournalism *Mark Seliger – celebrity portraits * Jerry Uelsmann – photo montage * Dorothea Lange – documentary *Anne Geddes – children *Kim Anderson – children *Nigel Barker- Fashion *William Wegman – dogs *Man Ray – rayograms, fashion, portraits in the 20 *Arnold Newman – environmental portraits * Steve McCurry – National Geographic portraits * Danny Lyon – street and documentary *Brad Mangin – sports *Neil Leifer – sports
Create a triptych image, putting three photos together using Photopea.
Take photos of different parts of a subject with the Lightroom Mobil camera, and then edit them individually with Lightroom Mobil editing feature.
Export to your camera roll and save on your Onedrive to use Photopea on your laptop computer to make the triptych image.
Make a 25 x 8 in with 200 resolution document and put your three images together in a layout of your choosing. Extend the canvas size if you need more room.
Decide if you want a border or stroke, or a simple white/black background for your triptych.
Post to your blog. Include a triptych from online which caught your attention and write three sentences explaining what you like about the composition.
Create a Photopea Collage 12×9 or 9×12, 200 resolution, representing the color of your personality.
Include a photo of yourself, the color you select and some writing about why this is YOUR color. Also add a tint of your color.
Post to blog.
Go through the Powerpoint on the history of photography, and then research online to find more information. Use this timeline template to list what you think are the 12 most important inventions and events in the history of photography, in chronological order. Copy the template to your digital photo folder and open it in Photopea. Use the text tool to fill in the boxes with important inventions in photography. Post the template to your blog in a post titled: History of Photography Timeline. Under the template list 3-5 events and/or inventions in photography which impressed you the most, and has the most impact on your life today. (2-3 paragraphs)
Take two photos of the same object from two different camera angles, birds eye (from above) and bugs eye (from below). Edit your photos with Lightroom Mobil or Snapseed and then save them to your one drive to open in Photopea on your laptop. Create a new document 16×8 with 200 resolution. Transform your 2 images to fit within your new document, and create a diptych image. You could add a background and a stroke around each photograph. Save your finished work as a jpeg and post to your blog. As a writing critique for this assignment create a list of 25 words to describe yourself. Samples below:
Meticulous means to show great attention to detail, very careful and precise. For this assignment you will meticulously arrange everyday objects that can be found around your home.
First, look at the photography work of Emily Blincoe. http://www.emilyblincoe.com/arrangements
Select your favorite work by her and put it on your blog with a short explanation why this image caught your eye.
Search you home for a variety of objects and items that can be used to create your meticulous arrangement.
Find a simple suitable background for your shot. This could be a plain pillow case, large piece of paper, or anything large enough with no pattern. Set up your arrangement and be meticulous and pay attention to details. Make sure you are in adequate lighting, and please remember how important good lighting is in photography.
Take a few photographs from above, looking straight down at your arrangement. Go in as close as you can. Make sure your image is tack sharp! Never rely on just taking one shot.
Edit your favorite photograph with Lightroom Mobil and then post to your blog.
Meticulous arrangement of objects, which are then photographed have been used in advertising and commercial photography for years.
Double exposure photography is a technique that layers two different exposures on a single image, combining two photographs into one. Double exposure creates a surreal feeling for your photos and the two photographs can work together to convey deep meaning or symbolism.
A double exposure was an analogue technique, used to superimpose two or more images together in an enlarger in the darkroom. Thanks to today’s photo editing technology, you can create a double exposure in post processing. The blending of two worlds into a single image is almost magical.
For this assignment you will create at least 2 double exposed images using the Snapseed app on your phone.
Look at these two tutorials before you begin to create your double exposures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wayf853hRgk
https://www.guidingtech.com/double-exposure-snapseed/
Post your double exposures to your blog, and list 10 words you would use to describe your images.
Read this link and on your blog pick 3 of the most influential photos to write about. Include the story behind the photo and what intrigues you about it. Make sure to post the three photos with your writing.
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Read this online article about capturing action and motion photography and write two to three paragraphs stating what you learned about action and motion photography techniques.
http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-capture-motion-blur-in-photography/
-Take photos outside that capture ACTION SHARP. Try to “capture the moment”. Shoot with your cellphone through the LIGHTROOM MOBIL app. Make sure your shutter speed is above 125th of a second. ISO 400. Take several photos and post your favorite 2 action shots, edited in Lightroom Mobil.
-Take photos inside trying to capture MOTION BLUR. Try to “capture the moment”. Shoot with your cellphone through the LIGHTROOM MOBIL app. Make sure your shutter speed is below a 60th of a second. ISO 400. Take several photos and post your favorite 2 motion blur shots, edited in Lightroom mobil. Use a tripod, or put your camera on something steady to make sure stationary objects are not blurred. Take several photos and post your favorite 2 shots, edited in Lightroom Mobil
-Include technical info on all photos: Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO
-Find 2 photos online, one showing action sharp and another showing motion blur. Guess what shutter speeds, f stops, and lens were used. Post as critique. Samples below:
-Gather imagery online that represents at least five things about yourself.
-In Photopea, make an 8×10 or 10×8 @150 resolution document and title it All About Me Collage
-Select elements from the Internet images to move into your collage.
-After you get a good selection with the magic wand or magnetic lasso, remember to go in Mask and refine your selection. If you want soft edges you will go to select>modify>feather.
-Think about rules of good composition when designing your layout of elements and background
-Move layers around from the layer palette, if you want to change what is on top of another element.
-Use blend modes to blend layers. Use the move tool and press shift and + on the keyboard to scroll through blend modes.
-Add a layer style to each of the elements you include in your collage. Get layer styles from the eff icon at the bottom of your layer palette.
-Save your work as a psd until you are completely done with it, and then save as a jpeg to post to your blog.
-Write a three paragraph reflection about what how your collage visually represents you. Post under your work in your blog.
After practicing with Kim on the mountain, make your own surrealist piece by putting someone or something where they don’t belong. Make a 10×8 or 8×10 150 resolution (dpi) document in Photopea and bring in Internet images for this assignment. Practice selecting, masking and refining your selections. Post to your blog, and make up a name for you work to include in the title of the post.
Look at the work of surrealist artists Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, and Jerry Uelsman and explore other surrealist artists and photographers online. Include a work by a surrealist artist who inspires you in your blog post, and write a 100 word reflection, critiquing their work, and what you think they are trying to convey to the viewer.
-Take at least 3 different photographs using framing in the composition. Post 2-3 of your photographs, EDITED with Photopea.
-Critique your own photographs you posted and answer these questions
https://digital-photography-school.com/understanding-all-the-different-image-file-formats/
Read all about digital file formats. On your blog list each file format and one sentence about each which describes how it saves the file and what makes it different from the other file formats.
Create 2 unique mandalas using the online editor, Photopea https://www.photopea.com/ using the shape tool and Internet imagery.
Make a new document 8×8 100 res and create each mandala, thinking about composition and symmetry.
Draw a circle with the shape tool and put a stroke around it. It will appear on the layer pallet as its own layer. If you want to add a color or gradient to it, do that when you make the circle.
Use the shape tool to put in shapes.
Make sure to fill each layer with a color or gradient.
Copy a shape by pressing alt with move tool.
To combine shapes into one layer, make any layer you do not want merged to be invisible, and then go to layer>merge visible.
To flip a layer, go to Edit>transform>transform either vertical or horizontal, or use a keyboard shortcut (control+alt+T) with the move tool.
When you save each mandala, save as a .psd if you still are working on it and want to save the layers. (ONLY IF YOU HAVE PHOTOSHOP. IF NOT A .PSD WILL NOT OPEN) Save as a .png and make the bottom layer invisible if you just want to post the circle. Save as a .jpeg if you want the 8×8 square around the circle.
Make 2 mandalas and post both to your blog.
Read these links and make a blog post list 5 tips you learned about how to photograph great portraits. https://digital-photography-school.com/13-tips-for-improving-outdoor-portraits/
https://posterjack.ca/blogs/inspiration/top-10-portrait-photography-composition-tips
Photograph a person outside in nice soft lighting. Try to avoid having the background brighter than the subject. This will throw the camera meter off, and the background will be better exposed than the subject. You will need to do some editing to have the subject not be dark.
Take 5 photos of this person and consider what you want your depth of field to be. Utilize camera angles and different perspectives.
Edit your photos using Photopea. https://www.photopea.com/
Include the technical info under the caption section of each photo. You can find that in Photopea. Go to File>File Info to get the aperture, shutter speed, ISO and Lens Focal Length.
http://digital-photography-school.com/digital-camera-modes
Read through this link on camera modes. On your blog make a new post titled “Camera Modes”. List each camera mode and write 2 sentences about what each camera mode does.
Read this article about lenses and on your blog list 20 important facts you learned about camera lenses. http://digital-photography-school.com/choosing-lenses-when-to-use-which-lens-and-why/
-Go outside in brighter light and take 4 photographs of the same subject from 4 different camera angles– strait on, from above, from below, and then tilt the camera at any of the other 3 angles.
-Edit your photos with Snapseed’s tune image feature, and add any filtration you desire to achieve the results that satisfy your own visual aesthetic. Import one of the four photos into ProCam to access the technical information aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, and add to the caption section of the last of the 4 photos you post. Post all 4 photos (as a gallery or individually) in one blog post and title the post “Alternative Camera Angles”.
-Find one photo online which shows an interesting camera angle. Post it to your blog and write a critique explaining why you think this is such a successful photograph- compositionally and technically, and why you chose it. Include the photographers name in the caption section of this photo, or the link to where you got the image from.
Take a photograph which represents something important about yourself, without showing your face in the photograph. Edit your photos with Snapseed’s tune image feature, and add any filtration you desire to achieve the results that satisfy your own visual aesthetic. In the caption section when you post include the technical info aperture, shutter speed and ISO for your photo (import your photo to ProCam for the info)
Write a reflection (300-500 words), defining the word “conceptual” and then explain how this photograph conceptually and visually represents something about you and what you are attempting to share about yourself with the viewer.
Also, research the work of photographer Cindy Sherman. Post your favorite photo of hers on your blog and write 5 sentences explaining your opinion of her work and style and her ability to become famous from her self portrait photography series work. Student samples below:
-Read these two links and write two paragraphs explaining in your own words what depth of field is in photography and the ways to control depth of field when shooting. Call this blogpost: “Depth of Field Explained”.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1150150/depthoffield.html
– Then go outside and take two photographs of the same subject, trying to get two different depth of fields, shallow and good.
– Remember the three things which control depth of field are the length of the lens, how wide the aperture is and how close or far you are to the subject.
– Using your cellphone, and photographing using the ProCam app on auto mode you can control depth of field by contolling how far you are from the subject (close for shallow, farther away for good D of F. Unfortunately we cannot control the length of the lens and the aperture with the cell phone.
– Use the Lens Blur feature in Snapseed to enhance the depth of field in each photo. (background blurry for shallow d of f, background sharp for good d of f.)
– Edit your photos in Snapseed for your own visual aesthetic.
– Post your two photo to your blog and title the post “Depth of Field”
– Include the technical info in the caption section of each ( ISO, Shutter speed, Aperture)
– For the critique for this assignment you are to find two photos online- one which shows a good depth of field and one which shows a shallow depth of field. In the caption section when you post them guess at what you think the aperture, shutter speed and lens mm was for each photo.
Take five photos which you think shows good texture.
Take the photos with your cell phone through the ProCam app (free on either Android or Apple).
Try adjusting your ISO and see how your shutter speed changes.
After you take the photo, you will have access to the technical information, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. When you post the photos include the technical information in the caption section of the photo.
Think about getting good composition and lighting.
Edit your photos with Snapseed’s Tune Image features. Adjust highlights, shadows, contrast, saturation, brightness, warmth and exposure as necessary.
Post 3 of your photos to your blog. INCLUDE THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION (for each photo): aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Put that info in the caption section of each photo.
Find one photo online which shows amazing texture. Write a two paragraph critique explaining why you think this is such a successful photograph and why you chose it. Be sure to use academic language, proper grammar and sentence structure.
-Photograph 3 photos which show strong shadow and light using the procam app. Think about contrast in the composition.
-Edit your shadow photos with Snapseed for excellent contrast.
-Include a border by going into the snapseed frame options.
-Include the technical info with each photo: F-stop, Shutter Speed, ISO
-Pick a photo from the Internet showing shadows and include in blog post.
-Write 10 complete sentences describing the elements in the shadow photo you chose from the Internet and why you like it.
-Post your 3 photos, technical info, internet image and writing critique to your blog as a blog post. Please name your blogpost “Shadows and Light”
Read this link: https://www.photographytalk.com/photography-articles/5082-13-camera-settings-every-beginner-needs-to-know On your blog list the 13 setting every beginner should know and 1-2 sentences explaining what each one is.
Answer the question “Where would you like to go traveling to and why?” with a video response on Flipgrid. You will find the link to the flipgrid question in teams on the Flipgrid channel. Please respond to the question with a video response. Make sure to say your name in your video.
ASSIGNMENTS DUE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 (COMPLETED)
Create a blogsite with edublogs. https://edublogs.org/ Join the class blog, (cauchonphoto.edublogs.org), select a template, and design your site layout and design. Write an about me section as a Text Widget. Tell a little about yourself, 3-5 sentences. Add of photo of yourself with an Image Widget.
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-exposure.htm
Play around with the camera simulators and learn how to use the camera controls. http://www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/play/ On your blog make a blog post with 5 sentences telling me what you learned about camera controls. DUE, FRIDAY, SEPT 4
Make a video to response to the question, What do you want to do for a career. https://flipgrid.com/cd4e47c2 DUE FRIDAY, SEPT 4
Read about what makes strong composition in a photograph and what catches the viewers eye. Composition Photos by Steve McCurry
Find 12 sample photos online which show good composition. Make a gallery of images in Edublogs. Post your gallery and write 12 complete sentences, (with capitals and periods), one sentence under each photo in the gallery before posting, to explain what element of composition each photo represents. DUE FRIDAY SEPT 4
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2019-2020: The year Covid hit us
ASSIGNMENTS DUE THURSDAY MARCH 19:
-Go to a dark place to shoot for this assignment (back studio). Put the camera securely on a tripod and put your shutter speed at 20 to 30 sec (not 20th of a sec…but 20 full seconds). You must put the camera on self timer to avoid camera shake. Shoot on manual and try your fstop at 16 or 22, ISO at 100 or 200. -Pre focus on Manual focus mode, because the camera will not in autofocus! -Wave finger lights or pixel stick in front of the frame during the exposure and check out the results! -Post 1-6 painting with light photos you took and edited on your blog. Critique: Find an amazing painting with light photo on the Internet and write a paragraph about how you think the photographer achieved the result and why you think it is so eye catching.
Take a beautiful portrait of someone, or use an existing portrait you took and apply make up to their face using Photoshop paint and brush tools. (Make sure the portrait is a head and shoulder shot.) Put makeup on 2 different portraits and post them to your blog. Read this link and watch the video about painting with brushes & make a blogpost explaining 5 important tips you learned from reading it.
Photograph your favorite teacher with bounced external flash off camera with sync cord. Edit and post your best portrait and write a 3 paragraph reflection in academic language explaining why you like and admire this teacher. Give details, reasons and examples as to why you chose this teacher. Samples below:
https://www.popphoto.com/gallery/21-tips-better-flash-photography
Read this entire article on beginning strobe use and then write a three paragraph reflection on your blog detailing what the article is about and the most important things you got out of reading it. https://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/a-fundamental-introduction-to-studio-lighting-equipment–photo-6067
-For your Pop Art assignment you should photograph an object, which is POPULAR IN THE CULTURE TODAY.
-Make 4 copies of the photo you chose, 4×6 or 6×4 (200 res) each, labeling them Warhol 1, Warhol 2 and so on
-Work on each picture separately, experimenting with filters, gradient maps, colors, patterns, and more….make sure there is contrast between the subject and the background!
-When you complete the 4 individual photos, merge the layers in each.
-Open a new document in Photoshop, 8×12 or 12×8 (200 res)
-Move the four individual photos into the new document.
-Save as a jpeg and post
Find a pop artist online & answer to the following questions. Include a work by the artist.
Photograph candid moments and edit your images in Photoshop. In the caption section of each photo you post write a caption including who, what , where and why. include your technical info for each photo (MASIL) For a critique, look at the work of photographer Henri Cartier Bresson ,who captured the “decisive moment”. On your blog post 2-3 of his photographs and write 10 sentences about his work and your opinion of his timing, composition and ability to capture the perfect moment. Student Samples below:
Use hot lights or natural lighting to create a mood that matches an emotion you would like to convey. Do the same with an opposite or matching emotion to create a diptych. It can be as a set of portraits or any subject that you believe conveys the emotion that you have chosen. Create a 20×10- 300 res blank document. Size your 2 photos to fit within the space. Put a stroke around each of the photos in th diptych.
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Robert Mapplethorpe – flowers, portraits, nudes * Annie Leibovitz – celebrity portraits * Danny Clinch – musicians * Edward Weston – black and white nudes,landscapes Ansel Adams – black and white landscape * Cindy Sherman – self portraits * Diane Arbus – strange and different portraits * David Lachappelle – unique celebrity portraits * Imogen Cunningham – black and white * Eliot Porter – color landscape Alfred Eisenstadt – candid photojournalism * Linda McCartney – musicians in the 60’s *Herb Ritts – celebrity portraits * Henry Cartier- Bresson -candid street, the decisive moment *Andy Warhol – bizarre pop art *Robert Frank -street *Mary *Paul Strand – black and white *Lewis Hind – child labor *James Nachtwey – war * Irving Penn – fashion, still lifes * Richard Avedon – portrait *Weegee – street photojournalism *Mark Seliger – celebrity portraits * Jerry Uelsmann – photo montage * Dorothea Lange – documentary *Anne Geddes – children *Kim Anderson – children *Nigel Barker- Fashion *William Wegman – dogs *Man Ray – rayograms, fashion, portraits in the 20 *Arnold Newman – environmental portraits * Steve McCurry – National Geographic portraits * Danny Lyon – street and documentary *Brad Mangin – sports *Neil Leifer – sports
For more photographer choices check out Contemporary Photographers
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http://digital-photography-school.com/introduction-to-white-balance/
Read this link on white balance and on your blog write a one paragraph synopsis of what you learned from reading the article. Under that list all the white balance settings and at least one sentence about each.
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Photograph several images of yourself or someone else in the same location, and put them all together in Photoshop to make it look as if you (or they) are relating to themselves in some way. Use one of the photos as the base image, and move the other subjects in the base image to create a unique photo for this Am I Talking To Myself assignment. Writing Critique: Make a blog post called My Inspiration and list 15-20 things, which inspire your creativity. Sample student work below:
Watch the Powerpoint about the History of Photography Also go online and research the History of Photography. Use this timeline template to list the most important inventions and events in history in chronological order. Copy the template and open it in Photoshop. Fill in the boxes with dates and important inventions in photography. Post the template to your blog in a post titled: History of Photography Timeline. Under the template list 3-5 events and/or inventions in photography which impresses you the most, and has the most impact on your life today. (2-3 paragraphs)
-Make a Photoshop document 4×6 or 6×4 (100 ppi)
-Find an interesting image on the Internet and use the move tool to move it into your document in Photoshop
-Size it with Control T + shift to fit in the document
-Make another document the same size as the first
-With the Text Tool, type a word or phrase in a thick black font
-Find a picture online to go inside of the word and copy and paste it into the document with the text
-Put the picture layer on top of the word layer
-Press Control +Alt + G to put the image inside the word.
-Merge the picture and text layers together (make the background layer invisible to not include it in the merge)
-Move the word with the picture in it in the other document with the Internet image, and save as a .jpeg. Post to blog.
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https://www.ted.com/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects
-Go online and research the meaning of HDR. Create a blogpost explaining what the term HDR in photography means and ways to achieve successful results.
-Photograph 5 different exposures of a landscape (on Manual) for this assignment. One at the perfect exposure, plus one and two stops underexposed and one and two stops overexposed. USE A TRIPOD for this!
-Save images in a folder and open Photoshop>File>Automate>Merge to HDR Pro
-Select your five landscape images and press ok. Photoshop will compile your images into one HDR image.
-You will probably need to do more adjustments to make it more vibrant and saturated. You could bring in cool clouds from the Internet to blend into your sky.
-Post to blog and please TITLE YOUR WORK!!! Write a 10 sentence critique of your own work and post under your image.
Take at least 3 different photographs using framing in the composition. Post 2-3 of your photographs, EDITED of course. Include the technical info: MASIL. SAMPLES BELOW -Critique your own photographs you posted and answer these questions.
pixel, image resolution, megabyte, megapixel, gigabyte, jpeg, raw, tiff, png, white balance, histogram, aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, aperture priority, shutter priority, bitmap, exposure, watermarking, optical zoom, digital zoom, bracketing, light meter, image stabilization, noise, lag time, hot shoe, fisheye, macro, telephoto, wide angle, DSLR, dynamic range, exposure compensation
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ASSIGNMENTS DUE FRIDAY OCT 11
-Gather imagery online that represents at least five things about yourself.
-In Photoshop, make an 8×10 or 10×8 @150 resolution document and title it All About Me Collage
-Select elements from the Internet images to move into your collage.
-After you get a good selection with the magic wand or magnetic lasso, remember to go in Mask and refine your selection. If you want soft edges you will go to select>modify>feather.
-Think about rules of good composition when designing your layout of elements and background
-Move layers around from the layer palette, if you want to change what is on top of another element.
-To blend layers for a unique effect, you use the move tool and use Shift+ to scroll through blend modes.
-Save your work as a psd until you are completely done with it, and then save as a jpeg to post to your blog.
-Write a three paragraph reflection about what how your collage visually represents you. Post under your work in your blog.
Take a tripod and DSLR camera on self-timer mode and photograph a few self portraits (photographs you take of yourself). Edit your favorite photo in Photoshop and include some text within the image to create a mixed media selfie. In the caption section when you post include the MASIL and for a critique make a list of 25 words or phrases to describe yourself. Student samples below:
Read this link: https://www.photographytalk.com/photography-articles/5082-13-camera-settings-every-beginner-needs-to-know On your blog list the 13 setting every beginner should know and 1-2 sentences explaining what each one is.
Read these online article about capturing action and motion photography and write two to three paragraphs stating what you learned about action and motion photography techniques.
http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/50/freezing-the-action/
http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-capture-motion-blur-in-photography/
Take photos outside that capture ACTION SHARP. Try to “capture the moment”. Shoot at the shutter priority mode and auto focus AI SERVO . Make sure your shutter speed is above 125th of a second. ISO 400. Take several photos and post your favorite 2 action shots, edited in Photoshop.
Take action photos inside trying to capture MOTION BLUR. Try to “capture the moment”. Shoot at the shutter priority mode and auto focus AI SERVO mode. Make sure your shutter speed is 60th or below for more blur. Use a tripod to make sure stationary objects are not blurred. Take several photos and post your favorite 2 shots , edited in Photoshop. -Include technical info on all photos: MASIL
Find 2 photos online, one showing action sharp and another showing motion blur. Guess what shutter speeds, f stops, and lens were used. Post as critique. Samples below:
In this assignment you are going to go on a virtual vacation. Find a location online where you would like to go and digitally put yourself into that location. Make sure to match lighting and color balance to make it look realistic as possible. You must add 3 props into the scene (sunglasses, shopping bags, friends to go with you, etc…) Make your new document for all the elements in the image a 12×8 150 resolution. include 1-3 sentences under your photo when you post it to explain why you would like to go on this vacation.
Read this link and on your blog pick 3 of the most influential photos to write about. Include the story behind the photo and what intrigues you about it. Make sure to post the three photos with your writing.
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-Read these two links and write two paragraphs explaining in your own words what depth of field is in photography and the ways to control depth of field when shooting. Call this blogpost: Depth of Field Explained. http://www.macworld.com/article/1150150/depthoffield.html http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2013/07/17/what-is-depth-of-field-how-aperture-focal-length-and-focus-control-whats-sharp/
– Go outside and take two photographs of the same subject, trying to get two different depth of fields. Remember to first format the memory card, set WB to auto and ISO to 400, and be on Manual focusing. You will set the camera mode to AV (aperture priority). Make sure to focus on the same subject for both shots you take.
-In Photo #1, you will get a shallow depth of field. Zoom out to the longest focal length of the lens which is 55mm. Set the aperture on f5.6 (the widest aperture at 55mm) and take note of what the camera sets the shutter speed at. Make sure it is not below 60th of a second. Get in good and close to your subject
-In Photo #2, you will get a good depth of field. Put your lens at 18mm ( which is the widest lens mm on your lens). Set your aperture at f16, and take note of what the camera sets the shutter speed at. Make sure it is not below 60th of a second, or open up the aperture to f11. Stay a bit further back to get a better depth of field.
-Repeat the depth of field activity 2-3 times to make sure you get it right.
-In the lab, edit your photos for maximum impact and post each one (good and shallow depth of field) to your blog as the large photo. Include the technical info in the caption section of each (Mode, ISO, Shutter speed, Fstop, Focal length of lens.
– For the critique for this assignment you are to find two photos online- one which shows a good depth of field and one which shows a shallow depth of field. In the caption section when you post them guess at what you think the aperture, shutter speed and lens mm was for each photo.
