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1) In your portfolio (three ring binder) create a section that will be for your sketchbook assignments. You will also have a section for critiques and a section for assignments and notes.

(First ten minutes of class everyday) These will be short questions, review, or drawings based on what we are working on in class.

Sketchbooks can be handwritten OR typed.

Sketchbook #1:

What are the parts of a camera?

How do you get to Ms. Perkins website?

2) Finish and print off Book work and Introduction Form

3) Portfolio Requirements

4) Composition Techniques

Photographic Composition Techniques-

9CompostionalTech.doc

Good example to look at

Erika Torre2.doc

Wednesday September 3

1) Sketchbook Assignment #3

Describe five traits you like in yourself as a child.
List five of your favorite childhood foods- try to eat one of them this week.

2) Finish Composition Techniques Assignment- SAVE, we will print when the color printers get hooked up

3) Read and Know these vocabulary words: HINT QUIZ next week

Vocabulary Words Digital

4) Review of COLOR

5)CameraObscura.doc

CameraObscura.doc CAMERA OBSCURA WORKSHEETCameraObscura.doc

Thursday, September 4, 2008

1) Sketchbook Assignment #4

Look at the camera that is in front of your table-

Cornell notes on

What kind of camera is it, how does it work, what are the parts, what brand is it, what do the buttons, levers do? RESEARCH it- after you write down the information you DON'T know about the camera- get on the internet and LOOK IT UP! Find info. about the camera/history, when was it used example...1900's, 1920's, 40's, 80's

1) Camera at your table
2) One camera on the "do not touch" table

2) History of Photography

3) Camera Display

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

1) Sketchbook Assignment #5

Make a list of 10 things you learned about camera's last class period.

2) Camera Diagram- Notes and parts of the camera.

Thursday, September 11, 2008 SUB DAY

Sorry everyone I broke my arm yesterday when I went mountain biking but finish all your work and I will be there on Friday

1) Sketchbook Assignment #6

If you could go to any country in the world to photograph- where would it be and WHY?

2) Study for the camera quiz

3) Read the other two handouts i gave you on tuesday

4) If you are done with all this, color and decorate your photography pass - located on the front table - I will be laminating these

Friday, September 12, 2008

2) Critique #2 on Dan Burkholder

Answer ALL the questions on the critique format (located on the MAIN page) about one of Dan Burkholders photographs.

Make sure you have a file on your "my documents" on your log in for critiques and one folder for sketchbook assignments. SAVE YOUR WORK on your number in my documents

SAVE YOUR WORK in the folder titled CRITIQUE on "MY documents"

In the future you won't be printing your work- you will just submit it electronically.

Featured Artist: Dan Burkholder

Dan Burkholder Home

Photographic Image Gallery, On-line Photo Gallery

Dan Burkholder's Quotes @ PhotoQuotes.com

Dan Burkholder at John Cleary Gallery

Monday, September 15

Objectives

• Saving Files and Turning in Work

1) No sketchbook today because- you need to get all your sketchbook assignments together for a SKETCHBOOK/PORTFOLIO CHECK ON WEDNESDAY

2) MAKE-UP DAY All work from last week needs to be finished/printed and turned in

Critique #2
Camera Obscura- read it and answer questions

Composition Techniques

3) Yearbook Access

• Create personal folders for your work on the yearbook folder

• Save files

• Turn in files

SAVEFilesAndFolders.doc

Thursday, September 17

1) Sketchbook Check

2) Conferences

Tuesday, September 22

I MAY START CHARGING FOR EXTRA COPIES OF YOUR WORK BEING PRINTED AND NO NAMES

Your homework last week was to read the shutter speed and aperture handouts- if you need to re-read these for you sketchbook...DO IT

1) Sketchbook #8

Shutter speed affects 2 main things....what are they?
1)
2)

What shutter speeds requires a tripod?
What does the "B setting stand for?

How do you get "frozen" movement
How do you get "blurred movement

2) Make sure you have read through this Handout- AND then MAKE SURE you have done this and saved all your work in the yearbook- ALWAYS SAVE YOUR WORK ON THE YEARBOOK FOLDER IN YOUR PERSONAL FOLDER AND THEN WHEN ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE YOU WILL TURN THEM IN - in the correct yearbook folder

SAVEFilesAndFolders.doc

3) Notebook Check

4) STUDY FOR CAMERA QUIZ!

Thursday, September 25

Sketchbook #9

Aperture #'s affect what two things

How do you select aperture settings on the camera?

Each aperture represents __________________________ the amount of exposure when compared to the next smallest opening.
Aperture sizes are called what?

1) Senior portrait video

Friday September 26, 2008

Camera Quiz

NO Sketchbook today- but make sure they are printed OR saved in a folder with your name on it in the work to be graded folder on the yearbook

Critique on photos by Josh Hansen

A critique is a written or verbal evaluation of a photograph based on careful observation. It does not do to just say "I like the photograph". The critique must mention what you like and why you like it.

www.pbase.com/jhansen

There are a few pictures of me on this site....if you can find them :)

1-2 paragraphs on one of his photos

1) Drag or copy/paste picture into a Microsoft word document

2) Thesis Sentence

This photograph of ****by Josh Hansen....what is your paragraph about...

3) 4-6 Body Sentences

Composition Techniques

Rule of Thirds

Formal Balance

Selective Focus

Lighting

Grouping

Informal Balance

Horizon Line

Leading Lines

Framing

Questions to ask yourself when writing a critique

(1) COMPOSITION -CONTENT - This is what the photograph is saying.

1) What is the Center of Interest in the photograph?

2) Where does your eye come to rest in viewing the photo?

3) If there is more than one focus point does that add to the photographs interest or distract from it?

4) Where was the Center of Interest placed within the frame of the photo?

5) Did they use the rule of thirds?

6) What other eye control elements are in the photo (leading lines, contrast, diagonal lines, etc).

7) Did the photographer get close enough to the subject to include only what is important? In other

words, are there wasted parts of the frame that contain items not adding to the message of the

photo?

(2) BACKGROUND -

8) How did the photographer use the tools of selective focus or depth of field to deal with the

background?

9) Is the background simplified, included or a solid or is it nonexistent?

10) How does the background add or distract from the message of the photo?

(3) CAMERA WORK -TECHNICAL - Exposure and focus begin in the camera.

11) Is the subject sharp and clearly in focus?

12) Are part of the photo that need to be clearly focused out of focus?

Exposure is observed in the details of the shadow area. A properly exposed photo will have some texture in the shadows.

13) Is the photo exposed properly and give some evidence of what you see?

Contrast in processing the film or the contrast of the photo paper effects the highlights in a photo.

14) Is there detail visible in the brightest parts of the print?

15) If there are areas of the print that lack detail is that good or bad?

(4) CRAFTSMANSHIP -

16) Does the photo have stains, spots, dust and scratches?

17) Is it nicely displayed in the frame or is it just slapped in?

18) Does the photograph look like care was made in making it or is there evidence that the person just

rushed it?

(5) YOUR OPINION ON THE PHOTO -

19)   What do you like about the subject?

20)   Is it an emotional shot, a story, a statement, a humorous photo, or what?

21)   Is there anything about the photograph that you would do differently if you were

the photographer and had the chance to do the same shot?