Month: September 2021

Today’s Agenda: 

• Complete all past due assignments (quarter grades are coming up soon!)
• Complete college applications (from Monday’s post)
• Padlet Peer Reviews
• Prepare for tomorrow’s shoot: Freezing and Blurring Action

Padlet Reviews

In the “Important Links” channel on Teams you will find the Padlet Gallery Wall link. Click to open.

View the edited Symbolic Portraits w/ Shallow Depth of Field projects created by your classmates.  You will need to comment on at least 3. Your feedback should include:

1. What you like about their photo
2. What could have been improved or changed to fit the criteria of the project better or just ideas on how it could have looked better
3. Your first name and last name initial 

Remember that they didn’t take the photo, their partner did. But you can still explain to them how they could have directed their partner better with the feedback above.

If you see a portrait that already has 3 comments by other people, skip it and comment on another (this way everyone gets feedback!).  If they all have 3 or more comments, then you can comment on any you want.

Freezing and Blurring Action

Tomorrow we will experiment using Shutter Priority Mode on the class cameras to capture fast motion outside.  We could use more props to help us out.  If any of you have tennis balls and basketballs you can bring tomorrow, please do! Wear comfy clothes/shoes too.  We may be jumping around a bit… 😉

Take a look at the Adv.Photo Gallery tab here on the class website to see some shutter speed experiments that my Advanced Photo students have produced recently.  Also, the Photo 1 Gallery tab has some frozen and blurred action as well if you scroll through.  Take a look!

Today’s Agenda:

• Finish college applications and past due assignments
• Shutter Speed Video Questions
• Work on Monthly Challenge

Use the Form in the Teams assignment to answer the questions as you watch the following video.  (The questions tell you when to pause.)  Borrow a headset to watch the video.

EdPuzzle code: kopvehh

https://edpuzzle.com/open/kopvehh

Today’s Agenda:

• Apply to Chaffey AND San Bernardino Valley College (Step 1 ONLY)
• Complete, post, and turn in all assignments from last week
• Work on monthly challenges-Due 10/16/21

USE GOOGLE CHROME FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS!

College Application Timeline Infographic_PDF File

Click the PDF file link above.  It contains the steps and links necessary. Start with Step 1: Chaffey & SBVC Step-By-Step Application Guides.

To get your college credits for this class you must:

1. Apply to Chaffey and SBVC (complete this step ONLY at this time)
2. Wait for an email containing your College ID number (this can take several days to receive)
3. Register with CATEMA to add yourself to my Chaffey roster (please wait until further notice before you complete this step)
4. Register with CATEMA again to add yourself to my SBVC roster (please wait until further notice before you complete this step)
5. Pass both semesters of photo with a B- or better, pass the final exam (at the end of the year) with a 70% or better, and put together a digital photo portfolio with 6 of your best photos from the year that I will submit for you. These are all things you have to do for my class anyway.

Congrats!

Today’s Agenda:

• Shutter Speed Fill-in-the-Blank Assignment + Activities
• If you haven’t already…
• Turn in your Symbolic Portrait w/ Shallow DOF project to Teams
• Post your EDITED symbolic portrait of yourself on the Padlet Gallery Wall (see yesterday’s post).

Shutter Speed Fill-in-the-Blank Assignment

Open the document below and follow the instructions.

Shutter Priority Fill in the Blank_Experiment Questions

Website link: http://canonoutsideofauto.ca/learn/

Shutter Priority Mode Experiment

Step 1: Go to http://canonoutsideofauto.ca/play/

Step 2: On the camera modes, select SHUTTER PRIORITY (“Tv”).  

Step 3: Set the shutter speed slider at 1 SEC and take a photo (blue button with camera icon).  Then do the same for the following shutter speeds:  1/10, 1/60, 1/250, 1/1000, 1/4000.

Step 4: Look at the 6 photos you just captured.  Answer the questions about them located in your Fill-in-the-Blank Word document.

Step 5: Clear your photos from the “Your Shots” gallery to prepare for the next round of photos.

Step 6: On the camera modes, select Manual (M). Set the Aperture at 5.6, and ISO on 400.

Step 7: Take the photos at the same shutter speeds mentioned on Step 3 (1 Sec, 1/10, 1/60, 1/250, 1/1000, 1/4000).

Step 8: Look at the 6 photos you just captured.  Answer the questions about them located in your Fill-in-the-Blank Word document.

Today’s Agenda:

• Complete, post, and turn in past assignments + Photoshop Tutorials
• Edit your Symbolic Portrait w/ Shallow DOF
• Post your edited portrait to the Padlet Gallery Wall!

Editing Your Symbolic Portrait

Now that you built up some editing skills on Photoshop, let’s put those skills to the test!

Open the symbolic portrait OF YOU (not the one you took of your partner) in Photoshop.

1. Open Photoshop > File > Open.  Find your photo which should be saved in your OneDrive.
2. Start by adding adjustment layers like you did in a lot of your tutorials.  Here are some of the ones we covered: brightness/contrast, levels, curves, vibrance, hue/saturation, and black & white.  You don’t have to use all of these!  Just the ones you want.
3. The use the crop tool (remember to hold down shift when you drag the corners in) to eliminate any extra space or distractions.  (Some of your portraits may already be really zoomed in and may not need cropping.)
4. Export as a JPG when you’re done and save to your OneDrive.  You will need to rename the file (I like to just add an “E” at the end of the existing file name to stand for “edited”).
5. Go to Teams > Important Links > Padlet Gallery Wall Link.  Add your EDITED symbolic portrait with a brief explanation of why you chose that particular item.

Reminders:

• use the eye icon to see what each adjustment layer does to your photo
• click on an existing adjustment layer if you want to modify it (like if you need to go back to increase brightness, for example)
• you can select an adjustment layer and hit Backspace on your keyboard to get rid of it
• when cropping, you need to either hit Enter key or click the checkmark at the top to get rid of the gridlines