If you are currently enrolled in Digital Photography this is where you will find details on class assignments. Remember that assignment deadlines are always posted to the Google Calendar Tab.
Assignments Sheets are posted here along with the description for each unit.
Assignments Sheets are posted here along with the description for each unit.
Camera Check Out Reminders
Cameras can be checked out at the end of each school day at 2:45. You may only check a camera out directly from me (Mrs. Bjork). Don't just take one off the shelf even if you're in that class room at the end of the day with another teacher. You have to get the camera from me, have me check it over to be sure all the parts are in the bag. You can then sign it out on the sheet. Cameras are due back during resource the next morning. If it is a Wednesday and I am in a meeting you need to stop by at the start of first hour to drop it off. I will give you a pass if needed to first hour. When returning the camera have it ready for me to inspect and then sign in the date you returned it. If you are absent it is your responsibility to get the camera returned to school by your parent. They can drop it office to the attendance secretary in the office. If you don't follow these rules you may jeopardize your ability to be allowed to check out a camera in the future.
Week of January 18 -22Learning Targets: Create a series of Free Choice images that express a complex concept and composition based on your research on masters of photography. Present and Respond to student art work through verbal and written critique process.
Monday: Last in class day to complete your Final Free Choice series of 3 images. Matted on one board for critique on exam day. I will do the wiki/Bridge check today while you are working on your project. See EXAM details below. Make sure you have both Portrait of A Place and Free Choice Series completed and ready for critique the day of the exam. For Exam Day Have the Following completed:
Monday-Wednesday 2:45 - 4:30 Wednesday: EXAMS B1- 7:50- 9:40 B2- 9:55 - 11:45 B3- 12:55 - 2:45 Friday: EXAMS A4- 7:50- 9:40 B4- 9:55 - 11:45 Week of January 11-15Learning Targets: Create a unique portrait of a place using knowledge of lighting and composition to evoke a specific mood. Utilize an alternative printing process to create a final unique art print for your portrait. Create a set of 24-36 images for Final Free Choice assignment. Plan and Research Final Concept using class wiki.
Tuesday: Studio work time to complete your Portrait of A Place print. Due for Critique on Thursday, January 14th Bridge-Wiki Check for final free choice will also be on Thursday January 14th. Thursday: Critique of Portrait of A Place. Make sure artist statement, artist statement rubric, Art project rubric are all completed. Make sure Bridge images and wiki are completed for Final Free Choice assignment too. Week of January 4 - 8Learning Targets: Create a unique portrait of a place using knowledge of lighting and composition to evoke a specific mood. Utilize an alternative printing process to create a final unique art print for your portrait.
Monday-Studio work time to complete your Portrait of A Place print. Due for Critique on Thursday, January 14th Wednesday- Discuss final free choice unit. See wiki for details and start research. Studio work time to complete your Portrait of A Place print. Due for Critique on Thursday, January 14th Bridge-Wiki Check for final free choice will also be on Thursday January 14th. Friday: Studio work time to complete your Portrait of A Place print. Due for Critique on Thursday, January 14th Weeks of December 14 - 23Learning Targets: Research and Connect to historical alternative printing techniques. Explore the varied ways one can complete a print that go beyond a piece of photo paper. Plan and Research the concept of places and photographers who have illustrated place through mood and lighting.
Monday 12/14: Final day to work on research using the wiki to develop your idea for this unit. Make sure you have 24-36 photos shot as well. Use Portrait of A Place wiki to develop your ideas for this project. Once you've read wiki, watched all the embedded videos and clicked all the links go to this wiki research page to do your own research and develop your idea. Make sure your written proposal is posted there. Wednesday 12/16: Bridge Check and Wiki check due. Complete the wiki/Bridge Rubric. I will meet with each of you individually to check your images and discuss your wiki plan and proposal. Begin editing your images and Friday 12/18: Demonstration and Discussion of all the techniques and materials available for printing. Tuesday 12/22: Continue editing images get started with processes, printing, transfers etc. Discuss final project for the class. Week of December 7 - 11Learning Targets: Connect the visual metaphor to your own life in some way. Present and Respond to student art work through verbal and written critique process.
Tuesday: Critique of Visual Metaphor image.
Learning Targets: Research and Connect to historical alternative printing techniques. Explore the varied ways one can complete a print that go beyond a piece of photo paper. Research the concept of places and photographers who have illustrated place through mood and lighting. Thursday: Introduction to Portrait of A Place Unit. Use the Portrait of A Place wiki to develop your ideas for this project. Once you've read wiki, watched all the embedded videos and clicked all the links go to this wiki page to do your own research and develop your idea. Photoshoot: Shoot 24-36 images for your Portrait of A Place. Wiki and Bridge Check will be Wednesday December 16th. Week of November 30 - December 4Learning Targets: Create a single unified image that illustrates your interpretation of visual metaphor (visual symbolism)as inspired by a song, poem or passage from literature. Use Adobe Photoshop to enhance the metaphor you’ve chosen. Go beyond trite and overused images and associations like love is a red heart...overdone, or the eyes are the window to the soul....been there done that!!! Connect the metaphor to your own life in some way.
Tuesday and Thursday: Work days to edit and finish Visual Metaphor images. Critique Preparations:
Friday: No classes Teacher Work day End of Term 2 Weeks of November 16 - 24Learning Targets: Create a single unified image that illustrates your interpretation of visual metaphor (visual symbolism)as inspired by a song, poem or passage from literature. Use Adobe Photoshop to enhance the metaphor you’ve chosen. Go beyond trite and overused images and associations like love is a red heart...overdone, or the eyes are the window to the soul....been there done that!!! Connect the metaphor to your own life in some way.
Monday: Finish wiki research and begin editing Visual Metaphor images. Bridge check next class. 24 images due. Wednesday: Bridge check of 24 images for Visual Metaphor, continue editing images and developing your concept. Friday: Work day to continue editing images. Tuesday 11/24: Finalize edits to Visual metaphors Due Tuesday December 8th. 8.5 x 11 printed and mounted for critique. Week of November 9 - 13Learning Targets: Present and Respond to student art work through verbal and written critique process.
Tuesday: Finish Critique of Portrait Unit. Be sure all of your work is mounted and that written artist statements are turned into the class Google Folders. Introduction to new Unit on Visual Metaphor Begin wiki research on this. Thursday: Continue wiki research and development of written proposal for your project. Post your finished research and proposal on this wiki page. Begin shooting photos for your concept. Bridge check next week Wednesday 11/18. Week of November 2 - 6Learning Targets: Create unique portraits through natural and artificial light sources learning to set cameras up properly on tripods. Create a strong concept that reflects a mood through lighting and a unique point of view. Explore the difference between selfies and portraits. Present and Respond to student art work through verbal and written critique process.
Monday/Wednesday: Studio work days to finish editing, printing and mounting your portraits for Friday's critique. Make sure you've completed an artist statement and turned it in digitally to the class Google Folder. Please also complete an artist statement rubric and art project rubric. (On the counter by the window) Friday: Critique on Portrait- Make sure your images answer the questions as outlined in the unit plan. Make sure they go beyond selfies. Make sure you discuss the 3Cs especially concept in your statement. Week of October 26 - 30Learning Targets: Create unique portraits through natural and artificial light sources learning to set cameras up properly on tripods. Create a strong concept that reflects a mood through lighting and a unique point of view. Explore the difference between selfies and portraits.
Tuesday: Bridge check of 36 portraits. Make sure they are all loaded and in a single folder called Portrait. Make sure your collection shows examples of all the lighting techniques and compositional techniques. Edit your 3 best portraits for printing. Thursday: Work day to edit portraits. Start printing if completed. Mounting directions and demonstration. Critique next Friday. Week of October 19 - 23Learning Targets: Create unique portraits through natural and artificial light sources learning to set cameras up properly on tripods. Create a strong concept that reflects a mood through lighting and a unique point of view. Explore the difference between selfies and portraits.
Monday: Presentation about what makes a good portrait. Photoshoot outside to get natural light portraits. Utilize cameras to set up shots. Go to available light sources around school and also outside. Discuss the difference in these. Students shoot photos on their own. Wednesday: Continued Photoshoot in class room using tripods, studio lighting and umbrellas. Camera check out for the weekend. Friday: Begin to edit and develop your concept for portrait project. Tuesday October 27th Bridge Check for 36 portraits Week of October 12 - 16Learning Targets: Research and Connect to historical photographic portraits and lighting techniques. Explore the difference between selfies and portraits.
Tuesday: Introduction to Portraiture Unit. What makes a good portrait, a true work of art, vs a selfie? Look at examples and discuss portraiture.
Week of October 5 - 8Learning Targets: Create a unique, complex composition that illustrates a concept, combining 3 or more original photographs using Adobe Photoshop to create convincing light, shadows and selections. Present and Respond to student art work through verbal and written critique process.
Tuesday: Work days to edit and complete your Texture Combine 3 project. Thursday: Critique- You will digitally present your work from the class wiki. You will need to do the following:
Week of September 28 - October 2Learning Targets: Create a unique, complex composition that illustrates a concept, combining 3 or more original photographs using Adobe Photoshop to create convincing light, shadows and selections. Present and Respond to student art work through verbal and written critique process.
Monday: Discussion of Texture Combine 3 Details of project and expectations for completion. See wiki for details. Work time to edit photos. Wednesday: Work days to edit and complete your Texture Combine 3 project. Friday: Critique- You will digitally present your work from the class wiki. You will need to do the following:
Week of September 21 - 25Learning Targets:
PS 1, 2: Create images that illustrate Texture and utilize compositional techniques, proper lighting and focus. Tuesday: Photoshoot in the Graveyard emphasis on Texture. What will your concept be for Texture Combine 3 project. Start to develop an idea. Thursday: Work on computers learning the basics of Photoshop and how to start editing and combining images. September 14 - 18Learning Targets:
PS 1, 2: Create images that illustrate Texture and utilize compositional techniques, proper lighting and focus. Monday 9/14: Finish wiki research partner work. Your research should be linked and finished by the end of class. Introduction to the DSLR in small groups. How to use cameras properly. Introduction to Compositional Techniques- Keynote presentation (take notes!) Mini photo shoot outside if time allows and weather. Wednesday 9/16 : Introduction to first Photo Assignment- Texture Combine 3. Keynote on Texture and Compositional Techniques review camera how to's, photo shoot in the classroom with still life objects and lights or outside if weather permits in the Prairie. Friday 9/18: Outdoor photo shoot in the graveyard. I will begin to show how to edit images using Photoshop. Texture Combine 3 Critique will be September 30 Week of September 8-11
Priority Standards and Learning Targets:
PS7-Connect artistic ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.
Use the class wiki to research Composition, Focus and Lighting, techniques. Use Diigo to digitally text code as you read. Choose a partner to work with after you've read all the articles and linked information. See wiki for details on how to use Diigo and more. Diigo is a research/bookmarking tool that helps you collaborate in groups online for research purposes. We will be using Diigo to digitally text code our first unit. You will be working with a partner. Open a tab and log into your Diigo account. B2 Diigo Group B4 Diigo Group Thursday: Continue with wiki research partner work. Your research should be linked and finished by the end of class. Introduction to the DSLR in small groups. How to use cameras properly. Mini photo shoot outside if time allows and weather. Week of September 1-4
Getting Started: Day 1
Today we'll be getting to know the mac computer and setting up the various digital accounts we'll be using in the class. Your goal is to set up the digital environment so you can be organized and easily find what is needed for the class. You need to be sure you have saved your passwords in a safe place that you can access during class.
Technology Usage Contract letter needs to be signed and returned asap! The mac log in is username: last name 4 first name 3 grad year 2 digits password: your six digit student id Choose which browser you prefer to use, Safari or Firefox or Chrome. You will need to bookmark the following websites for use during class. 1. Class Wiki 2. PHS Digital Photo 1 Assignment Page (that's this one!) 3. Diigo 4. Flickr After you've clicked the above links and bookmarked all, come back to the Class Wiki. You will be logging in using this enrollment code: https://wikispaces.com/join/C9NQD49 Once you've enrolled. Log into the wiki and do the following things.
Day 2 Sept 2-3
Diigo is a research/bookmarking tool that helps you collaborate in groups online for research purposes. We will be using Diigo to digitally text code our first unit. You will be working with a partner. Open a tab and log into your Diigo account.
B2 Diigo Group B4 Diigo Group Now open a second tab (command T) and go to the class Wiki and log in using the wiki login you were given last class. This is different from your Diigo log in. Presentation on Composition in Photography Wednesday 9/2 & Thursday 9/3: Diigo is a research/bookmarking tool that helps you collaborate in groups online for research purposes. We will be using Diigo to digitally text code our first unit. You will be working with a partner. Open a tab and log into your Diigo account.
Now open a second tab (command T) and go to the class Wiki and log in using the wiki login you were given last class. This is different from your Diigo log in. Presentation on Composition in Photography HOMEWORK: GET YOUR PERMISSION SLIP SIGNED SO YOU CAN USE THE CAMERAS! WAS DUE LAST CLASS!! Friday 9/4/ & Tuesday 9/8: Finish wiki research making sure your page is linked with yours and your partner's name. Introduction to the DSLR in small groups. |
Printing in the Mac LabClick the button here to help with how to print in the Mac Lab. If you need additional help see your teacher.
Assessment in This ClassAs always the artwork you create and the way you present it will influence the grades you receive in this class. This year the district is moving towards Standards Based Grading. With each unit you will see a highly detailed form that describes the assignment and shows what Reportable Standards and Priority Standards are being covered in the unit. As we've done in the past you will participate in the critique process, which involves presenting your finished artwork and evaluating it in verbal and written form. You will use the following two rubrics to self assess your work. Each is standards based and will be used to determine your grade in this class. This year we will also be individually grading your artist statements with a separate rubric. Both rubrics are posted here. In some classes you will complete these digitally, while in others you will fill out a paper copy. Each class will digitally turn in their artist statements to the Google folder for the class.
Inspiration
Photoshop Tutorials To Try so you can have wicked awesome skills!
Photoshop Tutorial on Water Effects Sistine Chapel 360 Virtual Tour Digital Photography Online Tutorials Adobe Layers Magazine Worth 1000 Amazing Photos and Photoshop Images How To Shoot Photos of Lightning Petapixel Photojojo Digital Atelier modern 21st century digital imaging and printmaking site, emphasis on alternative processes. Photography West Gallery: Features works by many of the Masters of Black and White Film Photography including Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Ansel Adams, Paul Caponigro and more. Masters of Photography: Great website with lots of fabulous photographers who are historically significant. Imogen Cunningham one of my favorites! Fantastic imagery from the 20th century including portraits and flowers and more. Edward Weston master of light and shadow, emphasis on organic forms through still life, landscape and human figure. Ansel Adams master of light in natural settings. photographed the National Parks and helped with conservation efforts through his images. George Eastman House great museum and archive about the early days of photography. Kodak popularized photography for the everyday person. Many great tips and resources here. Historic Photo Archive Archive of First Semester 2013 Units |