Wed Sept 24

 Assignments that need to be done

Check to make sure you have the following assignments done, organized, and put in the properly labeled folders.

• Landscape 5
• Hunt 1 10
• Hunt 2 Conceptual 10
• Walkabout 10
• Colour theme 6    
• Composition1 10 shots          
• ISFELD letters assignment: 6 shots photoshopped onto a background
• Bobblehead: 3-4 people's bodies mixed up and heads made bigger in Photoshop ( Remember to use edit/transform/scale to resize heads and bodies)
• Magazine cover: one high quality vertical photo see criteria from earlier this week on the blog begin working on this

Yet another postponed quiz…. Sorry you will write it soon!

Tues Sept 23

     

TEST postponed until Thurs. Sept 25 15 marks

In honor of Truth and Reconcilation Day: A look at an Indigineous film

Complete the following questions:

1. What makes this film feel authentic?

2. What do you think is the purpose of the extreme closeups at the beginning of the film?

3. This is a recent film, what clues do we have that the story is supposed to take place in the past?

4. Why do you think the filmmaker chose a rainy day to film?

5. Do you think the sound track was effective why or why not?

Mon Sept 22

 Today's Assignment: practice Magazine Cover using a photo from the internet.

Complete research on what magazine you are going to use as a magazine cover, take a vertical photo for the magazine cover

Criteria:

• bar code ( bring in from google)
• coordinating colours for lead ins
• clear, well composed vertical  photo
• 3 sets of text with page numbers drawing the reader in
• text size is appropriate, Font is appropriate for magazine...NO written fonts
• looks visually pleasing and is sized properly 8.5 inches X 11 inches ( these covers will also be printed out)
• looks like a real magazine cover
• NOTE: Please get Ms Chase to approve your photo before you begin working on it

 

Magazine Cover Assignment: (Marks 20) 

The magazine cover requires you to take a vertical photo that is at a very high quality, and using photoshop you are to create the cover of a magazine. 

I should be able to look at the cover of your magazine and think it is a real magazine. 

Friday Sept 19

You are working in the class today on editing. Out of the room with teacher permission only.

Reminder test on Tues on Composition 15 marks

Homework this weekend: Think about finding or taking a vertical photo for your magazine cover. Needs to be at least 1 mb in size. We will be starting on this next Wed./Thurs

Check to make sure you have the following assignments done, organized, and put in the properly labeled folders.

• Landscape 5
• Hunt 1 10
• Hunt 2 Conceptual 10
• Walkabout 10
• Colour theme 6    
• Composition1 10 shots          

Tues Sept 16

NEW: Found Alphabet: You are going to take photos of objects of the letters in the word ISFELD. 

(6 letters) You need to find at least 3 letters and you can create 3 from found objects. You will then put them together in Photoshop and create one file, to be saved as a jpeg.

NEW: Big head little Body: Take a photo of a blank background. Then you are to take 4 photos of people from the same distance and cut off their head, photo from the neck down. Then take 4 photos of the the heads only. You will photoshop the bodies into the blank background  and then mix up the heads by putting them on different bodies. You will also use the transform tool to make the heads bigger, like a bobble head.

Mon Sept 15

 NEW Composition 1 Assignment

• rule of thirds
• leading lines
• rule of odds
• framing
• symmetry
• simplicity/negative space
• pattern
• contrast
• colour
• balance
• focal point

Friday Sept 12

      Assignments to date

• Landscape 5
• Hunt 1 10
• Hunt 2 Conceptual 10
• Walkabout 10
• Colour theme 6    
• Composition1 10 shots                              

                                             Composition Continued

NEW Composition 1 Assignment

• rule of thirds
• leading lines
• rule of odds
• framing
• symmetry

Thurs Sept 11

LINK to CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY:

https://artwithnelson.weebly.com/photo-c-weekly-assignments.html

NEW ASSIGNMENT: Colour theme: This is your first artistic photo assignment. You are to take 6 photos up close of objects that have predominately the same colour. Ideally they should be different objects. For example if you chose red you might take a photo of red socks, a red pencil crayon, an apple, a red pair of scissors etc. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU EDIT AND FIX LIGHTING FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.

Wed Sept 10

 Conceptual Scavenger Hunt 2

1.Photo of someone or something you are grateful for

2. A reflection

3. Something calm

4. Something chaotic

5. Something worn by time x2

6. Suggestive of solitude x2

7. Something that makes you smile

10. Capture movement in a still photo

Tues Sept 9

 Composition Basics: Rule of thirds, rule of odds, focal point, leading lines.

WALKABOUT

You are going on a walkabout for the second half of the class. You are going to take 10 photos on your walk. You need to create a story with a beginning, middle and ending photo. Come back edit the photos and then upload to a folder called: STORY 1.

Mon Sept 8

Assignments so far:

1. Summer's over: 3 photos

2. Scavenger Hunt: 10 photos of things on the list

2. Best 5: From your phone: 5 landscape photos you have taken

Functions on the Digital SLR camera

                       

Friday Sept 5

 1. Two truths and a lie

2. Link to You Tube video on iphone controls : iPhone settings you need to turn off

3. Mini Scavenger Hunt

1. Something that moves in the wind

2. A texture that looks or feels soft

3. A circle that is in nature

4. A shadow and or fire hydrant

5.  Something round that is outside, shot top down

6. A selfie with a secretary or new VP

7. A photo of a motivational quote

8. Something that fills the frame of your camera

9. Something orange

10. An Isfeld logo or emblem