Last class

Please feel out this end of the year survey.

Complete your final photograph for printing as in the previous blogpost.

Finally, in the comment area below, suggest a movie we as a class could watch during our final exam next week, and list an item you would like to contribute for an end of the year party (donuts, juice, fruit, snacks, nothing hot this time around as we will all want to get out asap afterwards!)

BROOKE-don't forget your griddle!

Seniors-it has been a pleasure. As I say to seniors every year in photography, I will miss you all! Please connect with me on Linkedin if desired. I would love to follow your success.

Final and Pinterest idea boards

Final Project/Exam:

Your final project is to be completed between now (Thursday) and the final exam day. Your project/exam will be worth a whopping 50 pts and considered a semester anchor project. So it should be good!

1. Topic of your choice, subject of your choice
2. MUST show a shallow depth of field
3. Must demonstrate emotion through photography either by capturing people, establishing a mood or other concept that evokes emotion.
4. Must be at least 150-300 dpi, 1000px wide (and whatever height corresponds in proportion to width). 
5. Must demonstrate excellent focus, exposure, tonal or color value.
6. Should clearly demonstrate dominance in composition and make use of compositional concepts such as rule of thirds, sweet spots, horizontal alignment, thoughtful cropping, etc. 
7. The subject of your photo should be clear, everything in the framing should support the focal or dominant feature of your photo.
8. Framing should be careful. Important elements should not be cut off, extraneous elements should not lead the eye off the screen.
9. Photo should be printed out for 8 x 10 in. print size. Photo must be shot to accommodate the 8x10 size. This means, you should take the photo at highest resolution your camera can generate, and then open in Photoshop, crop and or size to 8 x 10 document size, and make sure your resolution is 150-300dpi. (rather than the 72 we use for screen res).
10. You will present your print on exam day for hanging and critique. Nothing is accepted late. You may hand in anytime before exam day. Do not print out the night before. You may work on this at school and even upload at school to check in with me about your print, and then print online from home if desired.
11. Print using Kinkos, Fed Ex. 

Let's look at all requirements and the online document printing.

Let's look at Photoshop for sizing of final.

Let's try it.

Conceptualize mindmap ideas in class. 

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Check out the site below for award winning student work.

Student Photography Contests

National Geographic

Now for Pinterest:
After mindmapping some concepts for your final, go out and find inspiration online and create a pinterest board of visual ideas.

Quick responses-please respond in the comment section

Please write short responses to the question below:

1. Why do you consider yourself a photographer (or why not)? 
2. What is the most important thing you have learned from this class this year?
3. What was your favorite project of the year?
4. Why is learning Photoshop and Digital Imaging important for a photographer? 
5. Will you use Photoshop outside of this class for anything else?

May 12th-Little Planet-Make it

Please watch the linked movie in groups.

Please take your favorite little world landscape shot and experiment creating a little world. You will need to watch the youtube video to understand the steps.

Do your best, we will continue this work on Tuesday. Do not use your classtime for anything other than working on this project, try to make solid progress. Those of you who do not have a shot, please select a shot from your work and use that, but you must shoot an eventual landscape shot for credit for this project,

thanks

Little Planets

 

Shoot a landscape, seascape or cityscape, include sky. Shoot it such that you have a nice, straight horizon line. Upload your photos to the google drive linked here for use in a project next week. 

Watch Tutorial Here

Create a little planet using the Photoshop Tutorial.

Upload back to the little planet folder.