Month: September 2022

Today’s Agenda:

• Get your portraits taken to use in the double exposure project!
• Read the details of the double exposure project here: Double Exposure Steps and Project Details

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Taking Portraits:

You will work with one or two other people and one camera.  The cameras are already set to the necessary settings.  Let me know if the photos are not coming out well exposed and I’ll fix the settings. If we don’t get to everyone today, so we’ll continue tomorrow.

When getting your portrait taken here are my suggestions:

• Get at least 3 poses, include one from the side.
• I suggest from chest and up.
• Use portrait orientation (tilt the camera over so the photo is vertical, not horizontal)
• Pose in which ever way you feel comfortable. (No offensive gestures, please!)

After your group takes photos, you’ll need to take turns saving your own portraits from the SD cards to your OneDrive.  Help each other out with this. Do not format the card until the last person has saved their portraits!!

Make your portraits black and white before starting the double exposure process:

You will need to make your portrait black & white AND high contrast. Increase brightness/contrast adjustment on Photoshop after using the black and white adjustment. The less grays, the better.

(If you prefer to edit your portrait in Lightroom first, that’s cool with me!)

Check out some of my past creations:

Today’s Agenda:

• You may complete last week’s assignments if you need more time
• Then move on to the Double Exposure tutorial I recorded for you

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Grab a headset and click the link below to view the tutorial:

Double Exposure Portrait Tutorial VIDEO

Double Exposure Steps and Project Details

*Left out from the video tutorial: When dragging or moving photos, make sure your mouse is selected on the moving tool, the very top one on the tool belt thingy.*

The link below has portraits and background you can use to practice.  Download and save the ones you might want to use to your OneDrive.

Portraits and Landscapes for Double Exposure Tutorial

Save your practice double exposure result.  You will need it later (I’m not collecting it yet).  Feel free to make extra ones to experiment with!

Today’s Agenda:

• Checking for understanding: Camera Angles
• National Geographic Photo Critique

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Head over to Teams to find the Camera Angles formative assessment. It is only 6 questions!  Due this class period.

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National Geographic Photo Critique-Blog Post

Due by the end of today.

–Head to Photography (nationalgeographic.com) or simply do a Google Image search of “National Geographic Photography”.  (There are subcategories at the top you can check out as well “travel”, “culture”, “portraits”)

–Find a photograph you think is amazing or beautiful.  Open the image to take a screenshot of it using the Snipping Tool and save as a JPEG.

–Make a new post on your blog titled, National Geographic Photo Critique.

–Upload the photo you saved and answer the following questions about it:

1. What is the photograph showing us?
2. What elements of art do you see demonstrated and how?
3. What camera angle do you think was used? If you can’t tell… how do you think the photographer took the photo?
4. What sorts of messages can this photo communicate to viewers? Does it have a particular meaning or express a mood?
5. In your opinion, what makes this photo great?

–Publish your post and turn in on Teams.

 

Today’s Agenda:

Watch National Geographic’s “The Photographers”

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The Photographers Documentary (1995)

Answer the following questions on your index card for extra credit:

1. Name at least one photographer from the video:
2. List 2 or more facts described in the film that either impressed you, surprised you, or that changed your mind about any aspect of photography:
3. Was there anything you saw or heard that seemed out of place, problematic, or that didn’t sit right with you?
4. Can photographs be misleading or biased?

Today’s Agenda:

• Complete your Toy Stories Project and turn in on Teams
• Complete missing work
• Toy Stories Peer Critiques

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Toy Stories Padlet Gallery Wall Instructions:

Choose your best toy photo to post on the Padlet gallery wall along with the link to your blog post. Then follow the instructions on the critique instructions below!

Step 1: Go to Teams & open the first channel (“Class Blog and Padlet Links”) to locate the Padlet link for your class period.

Step 2: Add your entry to the gallery wall on Padlet:

1. To add your photo & link, locate the circle with the plus sign (+) on the bottom right.
2. In the Subject area type your project title + your name.
3. Use the first icon to upload your favorite of your 8 photos (one photo only!).
4. Once it loads, copy and paste the direct link to your project blog post underneath (where it says “write something…”)…NOT in the caption of the photo!
5. Then click Publish on the top right.

Click the screenshot below to see the steps and an example of what it should look like when published:

Step 3: You might need to wait a few minutes until others have also uploaded their photo & project link. Then click on the links to check out all the projects! Remember that the password to view other blogs is: photo.

Toy Stories Peer Critique Instructions:

Choose two classmate’s projects to critique.  THIS TIME, YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR CRITIQUE IN THE COMMENT SECTION OF THEIR BLOG POST!  You will need a screenshot of your two critiques to turn in on Teams. (Use the snipping tool and save as a JPEG).

Here is what your critique needs to include:

1. Which photo caught your attention first, or which do you like the most? Why?
2. Which photo has the best composition and why? (Composition is the arrangement of ALL visual elements and subject matter in the photo, as well as what they chose to leave out.)
3. Evaluate their camera angles and let them know which ones are missing or need improvement:

Take a screenshot of each of your critiques to turn in on Teams! 

Today’s Agenda:

-Editing and Posting Toy Stories Photos!

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1. Look through your saved photos and rename your files with the camera angle it demonstrates.
2. Open the 8 photos in Lightroom to edit.  Remember to edit to enhance the image.
3. Export as JPG (large) to your OneDrive.
4. Upload your 8 edited photos to your blog as a gallery.
5. Caption each image with the camera angle it represents from the required list.
6. Change the gallery setting “Link to: Media File”.
7. Title your post with a fun story title!