Friday, January 30, 2015

1/29: HOMEWORK COMPCS1 (P1 DUE: Mon 2/2) (P1 DUE: Wed 2/4)

HOMEWORK (Per 4 DUE: MON 2/2) (PER 1 DUE: WED 2/4):  REPEAT THE SAME ASSIGNMENT, BUT NOW USE SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS THAT ARE AWAY FROM SCHOOL
This week during class, you will shoot 24-36 pictures with at least six different subjects.  You will turn these in at the end of class and call them Comp1.
Please shoot the following:

  • 3 shots focusing on the Rule of Thirds 
  • 3 shots focusing on Unique Angle shots
  • 3 shots focusing on Leading Lines shots 
  • 3 shots focusing on Frame within a Frame (using other objects to frame your subject) 
Your homework is due at the beginning of class on Monday (P2) and Wed. (P1). You will have 15 minutes to get everything finalized and submitted. You will select your 12 MOST INTERESTING shots using all four techniques described above. In order to have 12 good shots, you should try to take 40-80 pictures. 

To submit your homework, you will create a contact sheet of your images (see the blog post for creating a contact sheet). Place all 12 photos into a folder on your desktop using the SC naming convention. This assignment is called CompCS1. Go to my folder (King_Laura) on the staff server, and drop your contact sheet into your class period folder.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

1/29: Digital Photo: Composition Reading

This is not a writing intensive course, but there is some reading the first couple weeks of class. Please take notes on the bold faced words as you read from the links below. You will be shooting the various composition elements this weekend and next week. We will also have a quiz on this material as well.
Bring your cameras to class every day.


In Class reading:

The Principles of Design in Photography | Trent Sizemore Photography
 
The Elements and Principles of Design

http://photoinf.com/General/Robert_Berdan/Composition_and_the_Elements_of_Visual_Design.htm
  

http://photoinf.com/General/Geoff_Lawrence/Composition.html
 

(Take quizzes at the end of each section below)
http://cybercollege.com/tvp023.htm Start reading at "Strive for Feeling of Unity" http://cybercollege.com/tvp024.htm 
http://cybercollege.com/tvp025.htm

Monday, January 26, 2015

DAY 1 PHOTO QUESTIONS

Please answer the following questions on a word document and save them with the naming convention to your class period on my server. Include Day1Q in subject title.

  1. Why is photography considered an art form?
  2. What skills do you need to be a good photographer?
  3. Why are not all pictures considered art?
  4. How are the Elements and Principles of Art defined in photography compared to drawing, painting, and sculpture?