Calendar Time!!

I'll be handing out a blank calendar to each of you, so you can keep track of your due dates!!! Glue it into your SB/J or put it in your binder or whatever!! Somewhere that you will be able to find it and keep up with your assignments!!

Photo 1 Assignments Sep 22 - Nov 3

These are your assignments for Sep. 19 - Nov 11. Look through them all, be on the lookout for photo opportunities EVERYWHERE - keep your camera ready - PLAN AHEAD!!!

Use your phone until we get the cameras settled!!

Five Good and Five Bad - Using fickr, photobucket, instagram, etc, (BUT NOT YOUR OWN PHOTOS!) image search, find five pictures that absolutely blow your mind. Five pictures that you just can’t stop looking at. Then write a paragraph on why you like this image. Make sure that the reason why you like it isn’t just because of the subject matter, but has to do with the way the photo was taken. This is your chance to tell me your feelings towards photography. Talk about color, contrast, anything that you know already about photography. Post pics to the blog (don't forget to number them) and turn in the paper separately. YOU DO NOT need to paste the picture into your word document….just be sure to use the number. 
Then, using the same website, find five pictures, that really don’t work. Maybe its the fact that they are blurry, maybe its too dark, or too bright, or they’ve chopped someone’s head off. Find five pictures that could have been great but aren’t, then talk about how they could be better, one paragraph per image. Post to blog (number them!) and turn in paper separately.

DUE DATE October 6

ALPHABET PHOTOS

 26 letters occurring naturally in the environment. NO actual letters, NO 'staged' (faked) letters( Hose curled up like a Q). Be creative, look at our campus and town with an artist's eyes!! Save in a folder on the desktop,or on a flashdrive.

DUE DATE Thursday Oct 17(4 weeks)

POSTCARDS - "A Picture A Day" 
Use artsy, unusual angles, odd poses, have fun with your camera settings, etc. Upload seven 'postcards' to the blog on Mondays BEFORE class.
( FYI -You will have a different subject for each week's postcards )
AND, the four 'best' postcards will be printed each week and posted on the wall!!

Assignment #1 - Due Oct 6th
7 photographs - 'Kid's Kingdom'
(empty, full, daylight, dark, friendly, spooky, etc.)

Assignment #2 - Due Oct 14th  
7 photographs -  'Patriotism is.......'
(cemetery, Veteran's Memorial by Chamber, flags in yards, offices, court house, etc.)
*** Looking for some photos to enter the Veterans Day Art Competition!!! I'll need these early enough to take to SAMS to make into 8x10s and then mat!*******

Assignment #3 Due Oct 20
7 photographs - 'Me and my Shadow' 
Photograph your friends or animals with their shadow - think creatively - look for the unexpected, look for double meanings!!

Assignment #4 Due Oct 27
7 photographs - 'Reflections' 
Photograph your reflection in 7 different objects. Be creative, look for the unusual reflective surfaces!! 

Assignment #5 -  Due Nov 3 
7 photographs - 'HALLOWEEN!!!!!' 
(Halloween Carnival, little kid parties-TEP???, crazy decorations, etc.) 

New Assignment! Due April 14

Watch this, practice 2 before and after photos of two different photo kids and one more non art friend!! three sets of two! Due Monday April 14
http://lifehacker.com/5906963/instantly-become-more-photogenic-by-tilting-your-head-forward Portrait Tip

Cutest Photo Idea Ever!! Write a quick response by Wed. Mar 26!

http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/creative-mom-takes-adorable-photos-of-her-sleeping-son/

Cool Photoshop Tutorials!!! Use one of your photos to do each one of these projects!

Write out the directions - step by step, then do two examples of each tutorials.

1. Photoshop Splatter / dispersion photomanipulation Tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbd21dGAPMM

2. Photoshop: How to make a Text Poster of Someone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBGXksqYzeQ

3. How To Remove Background Around Lots Of Hair with Photoshop  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3hoDihxH7E

4. Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create See-Through Ghost Photos   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mxi2lR7go4

5. Extract a person from a photo(good explanation!!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-FUotAaR_4

Wrapping Tutorial!!!!! Write out instructions like you did on the other MUCH LONGER video!!

DO two examples of this using your own photos!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHNO4Sgnw5E

Photography Assignments

5^th 6 Weeks Projects

	1 Greenthumb - 3/3/14 Go to grocery store and photograph several pieces of fruit and vegetables to use as pieces to construct a face. You will need a large round or oval shape for the face and then will resize other facial parts as needed (nose, ears, mouth, eyes, hair). The finished project should be 5" x 7" (portrait mode) 75 dpi. Do a PhotoShop Reflective Journal upon completion of this project.
	2 Colorize - 3/6/14 Photograph one of the flower arrangements in artroom. Colorize the flowers using realistic colors (use the following colors for them -- two should be red, two should be pink, two should be lavender, two should be yellow, and the remaining ones, colors of your choice. Color the background and the vase also. An optional colorizing tutorial may be found here. The finished project should be 7" x 7", 75 dpi, and saved in jpg format. Do a PhotoShop Reflective Journal upon completion of this project.

VASE Medals!! Way To Go Photo Kids!!!

Noah Sudolcan and Alyssa Rowell earned regional medals for their photographs at the regional VASE held at Permian High School Saturday Feb 15!!

Noah also earned an area medal and is advancing to State VASE in April!!!!!!

Make Sure Your Photograph Tells A Story!! 1 Paragraph Due Friday Feb 14!!! Post it on Blog!!

Let's try this one. Great article with gorgeous photos!
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/make-sure-your-photographs-tell-a-story/

Research Assignment for the 4th 6 Weeks!!! DUE Thurs. Feb. 7th @8AM

Another amazing website of artists - painters, photographers, sculptors, etc. There is page after page after page of gorgeous work, and some silly and cute stuff too!
PICK THREE ARTISTS - AT LEAST TWO IN YOUR AREA OF STUDY
Write one paragraph about each artist's work.


http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blog/list?promoted=1&page=2

Assignment #1 Due jan 27

http://laughingsquid.com/photographer-digitally-adds-herself-to-childhood-photos-of-her-in-double-self-portrait-series/

This is a very cool idea!! Pick 5 photos of yourself as a little kid, and scan them into photoshop

Then take photos of yourself-set them up and have a classmate take them for you and then add yourself in.a 
CREATIVE way!!

For Those of You Who Were Absent or Didn't Hear Instructions In Class, The Artist Statement Is Due Dec. 17 At The End Of Class!!

EXTRA 100 grade CREDIT!!! Use where you choose! Due Tuesday at the beginning of class for this Semester.

21 Photography Tutorials!! This site is my FAVORITE!!!

Extra credit: for now OR next semester!!

There are 3 sets of 7 - pick one from each set and for each of your 3 choices, write at least 2 intelligent paragraphs(min. 5 sentence in each paragraph) that cover these 4 requirements:
1. a short synopsis(look it up if you don't know what this word means!) of the tutorial,
2. explain why you picked this tutorial
3. how this knowledge will effect you as a photographer - a specific change this tutorial will make in your photography,
4. why someone else should read it

http://digital-photography-school.com/21-viral-photography-tutorials-week

Due on Monday Jan 6th, if you want to use it for next semester!!

You ARE Right! I Didn't Tell You When ANYTHING Was Due!!

So, going by the fastest and slowest, 4 Photoshop assignments - NUMBERED and explained - are due by Tuesday at the beginning of class (extra credit for every one over 4 done by Tuesday!!)

Tuesday, we will finish up Artist Statements, 
For those exempting my test, you will also clean out drawers, cabinets, and have a key check. Those not exempting, will clean up on Wed. during exam time.

Assignment # 1 Due Tuesday Nov.26 end of class.

Here is a Photoshop Tutorial for you! Start with watching the whole thing all the way through! Post the list of things it's going to teach you. Then for each task, write out the step by step, each step on a separate line - this is not a transcript of the video, just step by step to do the task!

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/creative-suite-podcast-photographers/how-to-get-started-with-photoshop-cs6-10-things-beginners-want-to-know-how-to-do/

FOUR(4) POSTS/UPDATES ARE DUE THIS WEEK!!!

PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!! 

The following blog work will be 100% of your Daily Participation grade and all blog work must be posted by end of your class on Friday (if your class doesn't meet on Friday for some reason, you still have to have your updating finished by 11AM on Friday).

Expectations for Participation Grade:
1. EVERY DAY, post a description of your progress OR the assignment due that day - on your personal blog - the phone app is easiest and fastest, or you can email the photo to yourself or you can use your laptop to take photos.  ***TAG or LABEL your posts from the my label list and/or your own list***
2. Weekly comments on at least 2 of your classmates’ personal blogs. Add a quick post telling me which blogs you posted on so I can find them quickly.
3. Weekly postcard assignments must be uploaded to blog BEFORE class each Monday, or they are late.
4. At least 1 weekly addition of an artist webpage – in your area of study - in your Link List.
5. ** LABEL your posts from the my label list and/or your own list*** My List – high school art, art assignments, sculpture, photography, etc – your section.

Frame Your Images - due Tues. Dec 3, 2013

FRAMING
The world is full of objects which make perfect natural frames, such as trees, archways and holes. By placing these around the edge of the composition you help to isolate the main subject from the outside world. The result is a more focused image which draws your eye naturally to the main point of interest. 

This is an artistic concept that photographers lifted from painters, which one uses a frame (like a door, a window, a mirror, an archway) within the overall frame to further isolate an object/subject. The key to using a frame within a frame is to make sure that the frame is distinct in shape and lines, and is in sharp focus. Your viewer’s attention will immediately be taken to exactly what you want them to see by using this technique.

We are going to learn how to 'frame' the subject. This is a very exciting technique - very 
imaginative and creative. Have fun with it!!

All the rules we learn are 'guidelines'. Different subjects need different perspectives, techniques, points of view, etc. We are learning the basic rules. Remember, you probably won't use ALL the rules in every photo, but knowing the rules and how/why/when to use them will make your photos better!!!

Here's two websites that discuss the 'FRAME' - read and look at the examples.
1. Write a 5 sentence paragraph about framing for each of these websites - upload to blog.
2. SEVEN photographs UPLOADED TO THE BLOG due Tuesday at the beginning of class.
http://www.schoolofphotography.com/courses/free-photography-tips-and-articles/21-analysing-an-image-framing-an-image.html

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/frame-your-images

Quick Assignment!! 5 Sentences About this Link!! Due Friday Nov 15 at The Beginning of Class!!

http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/photography-tips-five-habits-photographers-should-learn/


Good Advice!! Write out all five habits on a Small Piece of Paper and put it in your camera bag!!

10 Top Photography Composition Rules - #1 Rule of Thirds

It may sound cliche, but the only rule in photography is that there are no rules. However, there are are number of established composition guidelines which can be applied in almost any situation, to enhance the impact of a scene.
These guidelines will help you take more compelling photographs, lending them a natural balance, drawing attention to the important parts of the scene, or leading the viewer's eye through the image.

Different subjects need different perspectives, techniques, points of view, etc. We are learning the basic rules. Remember, you probably won't use ALL the rules in every photo, but knowing the rules and how/why/when to use them will make your photos better!!!
Once you are familiar with these composition tips, you'll be surprised at just how universal most of them are. You'll spot them everywhere, and you'll find it easy to see why some photos "work" while others feel like simple snapshots.

1. Rule of Thirds

Imagine that your image is divided into 9 equal segments by 2 vertical and 2 horizontal lines. The rule of thirds says that you should position the most important elements in your scene along these lines, or at the points where they intersect.
Doing so will add balance and interest to your photo.

Notice how the building and horizon are aligned along rule-of-thirds lines

POST EACH PART OF THIS TO THE BLOG IN SEPARATE POSTS!!

#1 - DO THIS FIRST - Here's a website with excellent info!! 

http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds 

For a classwork grade, read website and write 5 sentences that would explain it to someone who had never heard of it before. Due Wed. Nov 6 posted on blog by the end of class.

#2 - For a Project Grade - Go back through your photos and find FIVE examples of GOOD use of the Rule of Thirds and 3 examples of BAD use or not using the Rule of Thirds!! Write why it's a good or bad RoT! DUE Thursday Nov 7 posted on blog by the end of class.

#3 - Homework grade -  You will take SEVEN photos that are examples of the Rule of Thirds - 

Due Monday Nov 18, 2013 at the beginning of class - this is a week after the classwork is due - sorry about the weird dates!! Extra credit if turned by Mon Nov 11!!

#4 - Daily work grade - All work posted, 1 new link(Must be in a link list), 2 new comments(MUST make a sep. post with the names of the student you are commenting on) for THIS WEEK'S assignments only!! Make SURE you have 6 peeps and 4 AHS ART blogs

Just Added 'Photo Projects' Link List - Check it out!!!