Month: August 2022

Today’s Agenda:

• How to use your phone camera
• How to edit with built-in editing features
• Uploading photos from your phone to your OneDrive
• Continue “Finding Vivian Maier” documentary?

It’s very important that you change the photo format in your camera settings to “Most Compatible”.  The YouTube link below shows you how: (this video is also located in the Edpuzzle assignments)

iPhone Camera Settings

The link below explains how to use the exposure slider on your phone camera: (also located in the Edpuzzle class assignments)

iPhone Exposure Slider

Using the tutorial article below, we will explore the editing capabilities of our smartphones. Today we will focus on the editing features covered in sections 2-4, 6.2, and 6.5 of the article.

How To Edit Photos On iPhone Using The Built-In Photos App

PDF-How To Edit Photos On iPhone Using The Built-In Photos App

Here are the steps we’ll do together…

1. Select one of your photos from your recent photo shoot to experiment with and duplicate the photo like the article mentions in section 2.
2. Open the photo editor (section 3) and select Adjust icon. Go through EVERY adjustment tool discussed in section 4, beginning with “Auto”. Use the slider in each tool to go far left then far right before you put it back at zero (0). Then move on to the next adjustment tool. This allows you to see what each particular adjustment tool does!
3. You can also explore the filters, but I recommend taking control of your own editing.
4. Section 6.2 and 6.5 shows you how to straighten and crop your photos.

Uploading photos to OneDrive must be done where you have decent reception or Wifi.

Today’s Agenda:

• Introduction to Elements Scavenger Hunt Photo Project
• Begin Documentary: “Finding Vivian Maier”

Elements Scavenger Hunt Photo Project

Due: Wednesday August 24, 2022

4-Elements Scavenger Hunt-Phones

Objectives:

• Applying the Elements of Art in YOUR photography.
• Using editing features on your phone to enhance and crop photos.
• Uploading photos from your phone to the computer.

You will use your phone* to capture your photographs for this project. Once you have captured your photographs, you will upload them to your computer. Title each photograph with the element it is meant to capture. Save the 11 photographs in a folder titled: Your Name-Elements Scavenger Hunt

Your focus is the elements of photography. You will have 11 photographs in total to take, each photograph should highlight the element you have assigned to it.

1. Line: used to direct the viewer’s eyes to a focal point.
2. Line: to show movement or pattern.
3. Color: You choose how color is incorporated.
4. Shape: one example of distinguishing shapes.
5. Shape: one example of overlapping shapes.
6. Contrast, pick one:
   1. Contrast through size.
   2. Contrast through lighting.
7. Contrast, pick one:
   1. Contrast through texture.
   2. Contrast through color.
8. Emphasis, pick two:
   1. Emphasis through positioning.
   2. Emphasis through framing.
   3. Emphasis through selective focus.
9. Texture: You choose how texture is incorporated.
10. Space: You choose how space is incorporated.

*Note: If you don’t have a phone you can take photos with, you can use an iPad if you have one. I also have a few point-and-shoot cameras I can lend out to those in need.  Please see me with your concerns or send me an email: delasa@fusd.net

Today’s Agenda:

• Collect Camera Contracts
• PowerPoint on Elements of Art in Photography with Notes Worksheet
• Blog Post Activity: Vivian Maier Photo Scavenger Hunt for Elements of Art

Ansel Adams, a famous American landscape photographer, once said,

 “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”

What is the difference between taking and making a photograph?

ELEMENTS OF ART IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Click here to open Elements of Art in Photography PowerPoint

Click here for Notes Worksheet that you can download or use the one already provided for you in the Teams assignment, “Notes: Elements of Art in Photography”.

BLOG POST ACTIVITY:

Step 1: Visit the Vivian Maier photography website: http://www.vivianmaier.com/

Step 2: Click on “Portfolios” to view various collections of her photographic work.

Step 3: Find a photo that demonstrates the use of each of the 7 elements of art we covered in the PPT.  Save the photos to your OneDrive or Desktop and change the file name to the element it represents before you save it. To save images from Internet: right click and select “save image as…” then select where you want to save it!

Step 4: When you have all seven photos, create a new post on your blog, titled “Elements of Art in Vivian Maier’s Photos”.  Post all 7 photos as a photo gallery and caption each photo with the element it demonstrates.

You can follow my video tutorial on how to upload photos as an image gallery here: Publishing a Blog Post with Image Gallery

Step 5: Explain how each photo demonstrates that particular element of art in a separate paragraph below the photo gallery on your post.

Step 6: Review your work (re-read to catch mistakes, etc.) and publish. Then copy the published post link to turn in on Teams to the assignment, “Blog Post: Element of Art/Vivian Maier”

Today’s Agenda:

• What makes a photo good? Group and class discussion.
• Edpuzzle video with questions-Teams Assignment
• Camera Contract
• If there’s extra time, we will watch some of Adorama’s Through the Lens videos.

Edpuzzle Video and Questions are posted as a Teams assignment.

Camera contracts will be distributed in class.  Get them signed over the weekend and turn in on Monday!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Today’s Agenda:

• Defining “critique”
• Saving to One Drive
• Taking Screenshots
• Turn in My First Critique-scroll down to find yesterday’s instructions

Questions: What is a photo critique?  What does “critique” mean?

Add your definition/explanation to your My First Critique blog post.  If already published, simply go to your dashboard, click “posts”, select the post you want to edit.  Click “update” after you make changes.

Sign in to the OneDrive app on your classroom desktop.

In the search bar of your computer in class (bottom left), type “One Drive”.  The app will pop up-click on it and sign in.  This will allow you to save directly to your OneDrive.  This is where you will save all your work.

Taking screenshots

In the search bar, type “Snipping Tool”.  You can use this to take screenshots of your whole screen or an area of your screen.  This comes in handy when you want to upload an image file that Edublogs does not support.

I will demonstrate this for you.

Scroll down to yesterday’s post for your first photo critique blog post  instructions.

Today’s Agenda:

• Finish creating your blog
• Publish your introduction post-Turn in link on Teams Assignment
• Begin “My First Photo Critique” Post

Scroll down to yesterday’s instructions on how to create your blog and for details on your introduction post.  Turn in link on Teams assignment, “Intro Post”.

My First Photo Critique!

Instructions: 

1. Open the link below to view the photographs it contains.  Take a moment to look at each one.  Photos to Critique
2. Select one photo that catches your attention or makes you wonder. Copy/download and save to your desktop.
3. Create a NEW post on your blog answering the following questions about the photograph you chose:
   • A. What do you/we see in the photograph?  Be objective-no feelings or opinions.
   • B. How do you think the photo was taken/arranged? What decisions do you think the photographer made?  It’s okay to make some guesses here.
   • C. What is the photo about or what does it communicate to you?  This is totally your opinion, but it must be backed by what you see.
   • D. What do you like about the photo and why did you choose this one? What makes it good, in your opinion?
4. After you type up your answers, upload the photo from your desktop.  Title your post “My First Photo Critique” and publish.
5. Add your definition/explanation to your My First Critique blog post.
6. Submit the link to the ” My 1st Photo Critique” assignment on Teams.

Today’s Agenda:

• Survey –Check Teams assignments!
• Creating your photo blog –Instructions in the link below.
• Publish your first post!

Creating Your Photo Blog! Click Here.

Headsets are located by your monitor. (They’re only needed for the video links on the last PowerPoint slide.)

Your first blog post instructions:

Watch the video link that shows you how to publish a post.  (You don’t need to post a photo gallery at this time.)

Then publish a post that introduces your audience to your blog: 1) write a little about yourself, 2) why you’re in this class, and 3) what you hope to learn.