Assignments

"There are always two people in every picture.. the photographer and the viewer" Ansel Adams

 * Assignments. This is where you will check each week to see what we are doing and what you will need to do.**

1 **J**__**ournal assignment**__ on the **design elements**: line, shape, color, value, texture, space. Find three good examples of each in magazines. Be sure to title which is which.
2 **Photos**:Take photo in the style of the pictures below and fill out the form for the **//express yourself//** page.Print at home if you can. Here is an example from the American Express Ad of Tina Fey's response...be prepared to share with the class __for__ __**Journal Assignment:**__ [] and write a few paragraphs about the interesting aspects of her life as a photographer. Find one or two images you like of hers and print them out to put into your journal.
 * Wednesday look up __Annie Leibovitz__*** here is one link that gives you a quick overview
 * [[image:msfarrellsdigitalh:amex_tina_lrg.gif width="390" height="268"]] ||

=//Don't forget to bring your digital camera __charged__ to the next class! With a card reader or cord to upload your photos.//=

__**Understanding the work flow: Week One focus**__
__**#**1 **Sign onto wikipage**__ __**#**2 **Drop Folder: Photo challenge***__ two good examples of each **element** /line,shape,color, texture,space and value in drop folder in a folder titled "visual elements" re label "line1.jpg" and "line2.jpg" Only 12 photos in this folder= EDIT Create your set as you will put the photo a day into both your group and your set __**#4 Post a //"first photo"// on your wiki page**__ __**#5 Take the survey on the wiki page. Hit the //discussion// tab and answer away!**__
 * You must get used to three things in digital class**
 * 1wiki ( contains course info and your portfolio page), 2 drop folder (contains your photos organized according to assignments) and 3 flickr (storage of best photos and where you will upload and give and receive comments in your group)**
 * Procedure for first week...**
 * __#3 Sign up on //flickr// and join your group!__**

__**Journal assignment.**__
Draw a diagram of your camera notating the different buttons and what they do. Together with others answer the following questions [|Know+your+camera.doc]
 * Know your cameras!**

__**January 24 - 28 Getting to really know and use your camera. Posting to wiki and flickr.**__ Put a first photo on your wiki page. Be sure to change the resolution so that it loads quickly. __**Journal** **assignments:**__ (these will be checked periodically) we will go over the following in class. 1 Draw a clear and accurate **__diagram of your camera__** (multiple views) notate **all** functions. __Deselect **//time and date//** function!__ 2 In you sketchbook **__write definitions__** of what these functions mean! 3 **Read** these articles on camera settings and **__notate what you have learned in your skb__** [] []

__**Week's Photo assignments**__ Take a close look at Nagl's photos of objects.Here is last year's simple photos inspired by Nagl []

Take pictures of things around your home and at school in the style of Andrew Nagl [] write a response to him as a young photographer. What is it you like or don't like about his work? Put a few of his images in your journal with your response. Drop the photos you took by the end of this week in the **drop folder** (create a folder named **"simple things")** then choose and edit and name **5** of your best. Add your favorites onto Flickr as part of your photo a day (you can post other photos as well). Put three on the wiki pages using tables ( I will show you how in class)

In your Journal: Write a reflection on what you have learned so far be //__thoughtful and specific .__// Write a response to Nagl as a photographer. What is it you like or don't like about his work? Put a few of his images in your journal with your response.
 * __In your journal__** . Choose one that will go onto the class **Voicethread**.

===**Over vacation take your camera with you and continue to shoot using Andrew Nagl's simple style.You will drop these in the drop folder when you return and upload your favorites onto flickr and choose three for your flickr group**!===

Your journals will be collected in February!

**__February 7 - 11__** __**Working with Compostion / Learning how to take well composed photographs!**__
In your drop folder create **a** **__composition__ folder and within that** __**5 folders**__ and put **5 //good// examples** of each of the following **compositional techniques**:
 * with Nagi's simple compositions in mind we will proceed to look at some essential techniques for creating strong compositions...**


 * Rule of Thirds []**
 * Leading Line**
 * Framing**
 * Different points of view**
 * Reflections and shadows []**

__**In your journal**__ read and respond to the following article. What was new to you? What do you want to remember. Notate vocabulary and techniques that will make a diffenence in your photography []

sign on to the YHS ning site:[] create a page and make __your personal icon__

**__February 17th you will meet the students from Yarmouth High School in Yarmouth Maine USA on Skype!__**
in preparation for this meeting please be sure you have posted and made comments on some student work. Try to become familiar with the Photo 1 2011 group site.

Make sure you make __comments__ on our class voicethread Simple Things: answer the following about your own photo: what do you like about the photo? What works visually (color, line, shape, texture and any of the compositional techniques). How is this like a Nagi style simple photograph.Then make general comments on at least three other photographs.

__**Feb 14th to 18th completing compositional folders**__
In your **drop folder** there must be **5 excellent examples** of each compositional technique: framing, rule of thirds, point of view, reflections(and shadows) and leading line. On **flickr** you upload any photos that you like and put **3 a week** into the group for critique. Be sure to critique other's work on the **wiki** you must have a table with 3 Nagl responses. ON the **YHS ning page** [] you will upload at least three of your best photos and make comments to at least three other peoples' work.


 * __Feb 21-25__**
 * Read [] and notate the 10 techniques in your skb This weeks photo assignment is to begin to take portraits using the techniques explained in the article.__Take photos of family members and friends.__ One of the photos is a** self portrait **that you could as an avatar on facebook or another social network. drop them in your drop folder**

__In the **Flickr Group** put **3 portraits** using different portrait techniques. Comment on at least 3 other student's portraits__
__**Feb 28th to March 4th**__ **Composition unit is completed** Put three of your best portraits are on the **wikispace.**In the caption tell which of the ten techniques you used ex "play with eye contact". __**photo assignment**: take portraits of your family including pets in ways using //unusual points of view//!__ Fill out this **self assessment for the unit** (either digitally or hard copy) and bring it to the next class. Note that it has been shown that students that are given time to reflect on their work have a 30% higher retention rate!

This week's __**flickr** is food__! What does one eat here in Beijing? Put up three pictures of the food you eat onto the group and make sure to comment on at least three others photos.Put some on the Yarmouth High School site to educate them on the culinary habits here.

**Aperture**

**__March 7 - 11__ Light Painting**
Be sure to check your camera settings so that you know how to keep your shutter open(put it on "bulb" if you have it or at least 6-15 seconds. Write down the simple process **in your journal.** Set your **ISO** to 80 or 100 (be sure to look up and define ISO in your journal) Read these brief articles to help you better understand the process: [] [] []bullet and define what is necessary to know in your journals. //__**Extra credit for any lightpaintings done on your own at home!!**__// There should be a page in your journal on lightpainting. Use __images__ from lightpaintings you have already done. What you need to know in order to light paint. What worked in the studio. Ideas for a possilbe collaborative light painting to be done next week //__**SKB/journals will be collected next week first class! Be sure to finish any unfinished assignments.**__// __**March 28-April1**__
 * Come prepared to light paint! Bring in a flashlight if you have one**
 * __March 14-18__**
 * Studio work**
 * by the end of the week in __your__ drop folder you need to have all the lightpaintings from your group. Choose at least __10__ that you like and thet include the 3 required and upload them onto __flickr.__ You will then create a __flickr slideshow__ to be posted onto your wiki page!**
 * __You must have the following lightpaintings included__:**
 * 1 an example of ghosting**
 * 2 a self portrait**
 * 3 Drawing an object with the laser**
 * you will be graded on follow through with the above assignment, quality of responses (composition, creativity and collaboration)**
 * Studio work:**
 * Begin "digital narrative"(look at handout on Masters unit page). Once you have become familiar with your artist begin to work on taking 5 pictures in the style of your chosen photographer. __Due the week of April 11__**
 * Flickr:**
 * Post 3 photos illustrating the theme "signs of spring" by April 4!**


 * __April 4-8__**
 * Studio Work:**
 * Complete your "I " person presentation by the end of the week __with__ the 5 photos inspired by your photographer**

__**Flickr**__
 * Take a series of photos "out your windows around your home" and upload three best by April 8 onto flickr and YHS**
 * **To visually communicate your surroundings to an audience who knows little about you;**
 * **To push your creative problem-solving skills by photographing within a limited area.**

=**Don't forget to bring in your __off campus permission slips__.**= __**April 11-15**__ __**Studio:**__ __**Flickr**__ //**"Out the window"**// **comment on your own (where do you live, what are you looking at etc) and on two others** __**April 18 -22**__ __**flickr**__ __**April 25-29**__ __**Onto flickr**__
 * Presentations with pictures in the style of**
 * Put 3 photos in flickr //group A// in style of your master**
 * Put 1 best photo //out the window// in the drop folder (best out the window) for a voicethread I will make for yarmouth students to see.**
 * __Critique__**
 * take a look at the Yarmouth students' voicethread** voicethread.com/share/1932182/
 * critique at least three photos that you found interesting**
 * []**
 * Begin photojournalist unit . Bring in any __research__ you have done on Bai Xin Zhuang village. Make sure you passed in your __permission form__ and that your __camera__ is charged and ready to shoot! look over assignment on the wiki**
 * Put up 3 photos taken from the __village__ this week onto your group A**
 * Working in groups come up with a theme for your village photos**
 * choose 3 photos that you have taken from the village so far and upload them onto the flickr group.**
 * Be sure that you have made comments on Yarmouths Out the Window!** voicethread.com/share/1932182/

__**Flickr**__ take photos of **__landscapes__** and put them up on flickr. Check out YHS to see how they responded. Remember to critique at least 3 other photos a week __**Voicethread**__ The Yarmouth students have taken our photos and juxtaposed them with their own. Check out their "Culture Clash" voicethread and comment on at least three of the students' pieces. [] __**Studio**__ In your groups work on your "story" describing some aspect of village life __**May 9-13**__ Using flickr create a **slideshow** of at least 10 of your best **village photos** and put it on your wiki page __**Studio**__ Complete your **group video** and put it in the drop folder. Begin working on **Culture Clash**. Read the assignment that's on the wiki unit **Recreating Reality.** Take pictures around your home and neighborhood that you might use to contrast with images in Bai Xin Zhunag. When you are finished be sure to write a paragraph about what your "clash" is about and why you juxtaposed the images that you chose. When posting to Yarmouth put this statement along with your final image __**May 16 - 20th**__
 * __May4-6th__**
 * flickr/wiki**
 * You are done when:**
 * On your wiki page and in the drop folder is the following..**
 * **group video**
 * **//culture clash// response with statement about what it it about**
 * **//animoto// portfolio (at least 45 of your favorite images from throughout the semester)**