Edward Burtynsky Daily task (If you are finished with all your other assignments)

Look at this work of Edward Burtynsky. He looks at how humans are reshaping the earth in major ways and makes photographs out of these changes in the earth's landscape. They are beautiful photographs and humans are great engineers but at a cost to the delicate nature of the earths surface.

http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/site_contents/Photographs/introPhotographs.html

Find a photo that appeals to you and tell why. Post to your blog
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Depth of field Daily assignment

Find 4 photos online that use a shallow depth of field and 2 that use a large depth of field. If possible try to find the actual F-Stop that the photographer uses.
Post them to your blog.

KINOPTIC PHOTOGRAPHIC ART due WED April 15

We only have a week left to work with computers! So we will Give our photographer presentations next week.

This kinoptic photo project is due Wenesday april 15. So take photos today or tomorrow, bring them to class to work on photoshop wednesday and print and fold.

Look at the work of Julio Amaro online. He is a kinoptic artist. Research kinoptic art online.

Photograph two subjects that go together paying attention to depth of field. Remember if you are shooting portraits you can remove all the blemishes!

These will be printed in black and white and then folded to make the final product.

You will make your kinoptic piece in Photoshop by combining sections of each photo equally. Make each section 1/2 inch wide.

Then you will print your image 8×11 and fold it in a fan style to make the kinoptic piece. Photograph your work from every angle and post to your blog. Look at the samples below to start formulating ideas.:

Rising
TWILIGHT CREATURES
Work by Julio Amaro

Example of how to put it together on photoshop

Artist Research Project DUE April 15

You will produce and present a PowerPoint Slide Show about a Professional Photographer of your choice. The project is to be between 10 and 15 slides and include the information below and at least 10 photographs. You can choose from the enclosed list or pick a significant photographer of your choice. Questions to answer when doing photographer research project are below. 

You will also take a photo in either the style of your photographer or try to recreate one of their photos. You will post this to your blog next to a photo of the photographer you are researching. 

1. What is the photographer’s real name and year he or she was born? Is he/she still alive?
2. What is their style of photography (ex: photojournalism, editorial, documentary, advertising, portraits, magazine, sports, war)?
3. Are there any special photography techniques this photographer uses in his/her work?  (Think about composition, depth of field, history…)
4. Who does the photographer work for?
5. What type of cameras and lens does this photographer work with, and why?
6. What type of lighting does this photographer primarily use and why?
7. Who are some of your photographer’s early influences?
8. Are there any interesting stories about this photographer or his/her work?
9. What do you like (or not like) about their work, and why did you select this photographer?
10. Is there an educational short video you could show?

A list of photographers (careful when searching photographers, some work has nudes. If you don't want to see that be specific in your searches for example search -professional landscape photographer)

The names With * could have nudes- please choose appropriate photos for your presentation. 

Christopher boffoli, Slinkachu - mini people photo

Andrew zuckerman- portraits, animals

Robert Mapplethorpe – flowers, portraits, nudes  *

Annie Leibovitz – celebrity portraits    *

Danny Clinch – musicians     *

Edward Weston – black and white nudes,landscapes

Ansel Adams –  black and white landscape

Cindy Sherman – self portraits      *

Diane Arbus –  strange and different portraits     *

David Lachappelle – unique portraits *

Imogen Cunningham – black and white

Eliot Porter – color landscape

Alfred Eisenstadt – candid photojournalism

Linda McCartney – musicians in the 60’s

Herb Ritts – celebrity portraits     *

Henry Cartier- Bresson -candid street, the decisive moment

Andy Warhol – bizarre

Robert Frank -street

Mary Ellen Mark – portraits    *

Eddie Adams – war, photojournalism

Robert Capa – war

Paul Strand – black and white

Lewis Hind – child labor

Duane Michals -fine art

James Nachtwey – war    *

Irving Penn – fashion, still lifes      *

Richard Avedon – portraits

Margaret Bourke White – early photojournalism

Lee Friedlander – black and white candid

Harold Edgerton – motion

Sebastiao  Salgado – photojournalism

Weegee – street photojournalism

Mark Seliger – celebrity portraits     *

Jerry Uelsmann – photo montage     *

Dorothea Lange – documentary

Anne Geddes – children

Kim Anderson – children

Nigel Barker- Fashion

William Wegman – dogs

Man Ray – rayograms, fashion, portraits in the 20

Arnold Newman – environmental portraits     *

Steve McCurry – National Geographic portraits     *

Danny Lyon – street and documentary

Brad Mangin – sports

Neil Leifer – sports

Nick Saglimbeni – LA fashion

ODD/STRANGE/COOL: diane arbus, robert frank,

Sally Mann, mary ellen mark, duane michels, cindy sherman, weegee, garry winogrand, man ray,

danny lyon, david hockney, joel meyerowitz, mike and doug starn, eliot porter(landscape), david levinthal, sandy skoglund,

sophie calle, ralph eugene meatyard, sabastiao salgado, wynn bullock,

philip-lorca dicorcia, gregory crewdson, joel sternfeld,

 uta barth, james casebere, tina barney, john baldessari, jan dibbets, andreas gursky, roni horn, nikki s. lee,

 gordon matta clark,

duane michals, shirin neshat,

thomas struth, , lorna simpson, richard misrach,

rineke dijkstra, thomas demand, ,

tom baril, 

FASHION/CELEBRITY: irving penn, richard avendon, annie leibovitz*, barbara morgan, horst p. horst, steven meisel, herb ritts, louise dahl-wolfe, mario testino,

CLASSIC/MASTERS/HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT:margaret bourke-white, mathew brady, harry callahan, imogen cunningham, walker evans, lewis hine,

andre kertesz, dorothea lange, jacob riis, charles scheeler, edward weston, edward steichen, alfred stieglitz,

paul strand, james van der zee, minor white,

alexander rodchenko, manuel alverez bravo, felice beato, bill brandt, julia margaret cameron, henri cartier bresson, tina modotti, lisette model, leni riefenstahl,

w. eugene smith, werner bischof, robert doisneau,

alfred eisenstaedt, brassai

More : hiroshi sugimoto, jacques-henri lartigue, tokihiro sato, loretta lux, ,ansel adams, Tim Kemple, William Wegman, NAtional geographic photographers work too such as Steve McCurry

Bruce gilden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BepqQ3p4DKg

Sally mann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSWFdcmzTDM

Tim Kemple- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlOpsqBjWXY

Andrew Zuckerman- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwKSWm47zQk

ansel adams- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT-G42cskH4

beauty modification on photoshop due April 1

open this picture in photoshop and remove the blemishes first using the instructions from spot healing brush tutorial then do it again using the clone stamp tool tutorial

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/spot-healing-brush/  spot healing brush

http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/1068/photoshop-how-to-remove-pimples-and-blemishes/
 clone stamp tool.

look at these photos they are sick!

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/category/photography/

Final Photoshop assignment

Photo 1:
 Make a collage on photoshop using photos you have taken and photos from the internet. The collage needs to have at least 3 different images combined into one. If it is a landscape it needs to have a background, middle ground and foreground. Or you could do something like   http://thinkartmakeart.com/digitalskill1.htm  This with an animal.  Make sure the edges are nice and neat. The goal is to NOT be aware that it has been photoshopped. Taking the time to make sure it is neat and done well makes a big difference in the quality of the image.


Photo 2:
Find a famous work of art and try to recreate it with only photoshop brushes and colors.
 
 

Final project: Motion and shutter speed in photography

-----First, Look at everyone's triptychs and diptychs and Comment on 5. Talk about what they did well and if you have any suggestions for future photos.

We are learning about shutter speed. Look at these camera simulators and experiment with different shutter speeds.
http://camerasim.com/apps/dslr-explained/
http://camerasim.com/apps/camera-simulator/

Choose one of the following assignments to complete for your final 1st quarter assignment.

Option 1. Shoot for motion blur and practice with the three techniques discussed in the following link: panning, lens zooming and long exposures. Post 6 motion blur photos to your blog and a sentence under each photo describing how you achieved the desired results. Post the shutter speed you used while taking the photos.
http://digital-photography-school.com/3-tips-creating-dramatic-images-using-motion/
    


Option 2.   Jumping
Look at the work of Phillipe  Halsman and his jumping series photos.
 http://philippehalsman.com/?image=jumps
Also, check out this jumping series: http://yowayowacamera.com/
Photograph people jumping and create a series of six to post together in some way.
Post the shutter speed you used while taking the photo.

Due Tuesday  March 24

Grading: 20 pts total
4pts 1. Is the photo in focus when it needs to be and blurry where it needs to be.
4pts 2. Creative?
4pts 3. Effort. did you learn something new while making you photo?
4pts 4. Composition of photo. Rule of thirds, leading lines, balance?
4pts 5. Did you follow the instructions of the prompt?

saving to Google drive

Today. Learn how to save to google drive. I don't want you to save to the computer. They will get messy and slow with all the files students save to them. Use Your google drive from now on.

PHOTO 1
Read this article
http://www.diyphotography.net/25-ways-to-jump-start-photography-inspiration/
how might these ideas help make your photographs better? List 5 ways. be specific. Post answer to your blog.

PHOTO 2
Read through these links and compare and contrast the difference between raw and jpeg capture. 

http://digital-photography-school.com/raw-vs-jpeg

http://www.slrlounge.com/school/raw-vs-jpeg-jpg-the-ultimate-visual-guide

List 5 pros and 5 cons of shooting RAW on your blog. Learn how to change your camera settings to RAW. 

Diptych and Triptych assignment

1. look at your classmates color photos and comment on 6 of them about their use of color and how they composed the picture.

2. Finish any assignments you are missing

3. 30 Photos that changed the world
Read this link about the 30 Photos that changed the world and write a two paragraph reflection about 3 of the photos. Include what the photo is about and your opinion of it.:

http://www.photographyschoolsonline.net/blog/2010/30-photos-that-changed-the-world/

4. In class practice triptych.
 •Take 3 photos or use three photos from your blog which go together visually to make a triptych. Edit your photos in Photoshop. Make a new document and size it to be a 9×16 or 16×9 at 200 resolution
•Go back to your edited three photos and crop each to 3×5 or 5×3 at 200 resolution.
•Move each image into your triptych and re-size if necessary.
•Layout your images any way your like to make an interesting triptych
•Add a subtle low key background under the three photos. Find the background on google. Make sure it has a large resolution size.
•Merge layers and save as a jpg.
•Post your triptych photo to your blog Label it practice

5. Homework: shoot photos for your
-diptych -polar opposites and
-triptych- theme of three photos that go together
You will have time in class to put them together on photo shop.
Post your final diptych and triptych to your blog and title them creatively.

All of these assignments are due  Wednesday march 18th.



GRADING RUBRIC
What you will be graded on with your final diptych(15pts)  and triptych(15pts)...

2pts 1. Did you edit your photos?
2pts 2. Does your triptych have a theme? does your diptych follow the polar opposites prompt?
2pts 3. Does your back ground add to the photo arrangement? How much attention did you pay to detail? Did you just throw your photos on a rectangle and call it a triptych?
3pts 4. How creative is the design of the diptych, triptych and photos?
2pts 5. Did you use skills we have learned so far in taking your photos?
2pts 6. Effort, how much?
2pts 7. Did you title and write an artist statement next to each final diptych and triptych? An Artist statement describes your image and why you did what you did. Did you have a deeper meaning?

March 6 2015

Today in class
Review color, look at a few more color example photographs
-Make a collage from magazine cutouts using one of the color contrasts(complementary, analogous, monochromatic, warm vs cool, bright vs dull)  .  Due at the end of class.

-Take a portrait photo projecting an image onto a person. Using the color contrasts.  This one is monochromatic

Color and Photography

Homework Assignment DUE Tuesday March 10:  Post 3 photos that you you take emphasizing the color relationships which we discussed in class. Label each photo with 2 things...

1. the first being what color scheme you have used (monochromatic, analogous, complementary, warm vs cool, bright vs dull.

2, And the second label should be what element of design did you use(shape, line, texture, value, pattern, juxtaposition, proportion, balance)

Example

This photo uses 1.  warm vs cool and analogous colors 2.  line, shape and pattern,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW_UbrkBEw&index=6&list=PLiOil1qP-cMURN_8baOr3QWfySmIjqKIj

Photo Shop basics

Edit a photo  (one you took) using each of these adjustments

Post each edit to your blog 1. Levels 2. Curves  3. color balance  4. Brightness and Contrast
5. Black and White  6. Channel mixer  7. Gradient map   8. Photo filter   9. Posterize

This is a tutorial explaining each different adjustment

http://designreviver.com/tutorials/photoshop-101-adjustment-layers/
Due by the end of class


When you finish each of the adjustments start on this basic selection tool tutorial.

Post the finished product to your blog. You can change the object you select and the words you write. Read and follow each step of the tutorial.
https://atelierdigital.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/a-super-basic-photoshop-collage-tutorial/

Portrait Critique and Basic Editing on photoshop

Today in class we will look at everyone's photos
Fill out the critique form for at least 6 other peoples photos
Use what we have learned so far in class to help you critique a photo. Critiques can be comments about things the photographer is doing well, things they need to improve, or ideas that could improve the creativity of the photo.

If time we can start editing in class
Use the critiques you get in class to help you decide what to edit in photoshop
-look at cropping
-lighting
-contrast
-saturation

Make edits on each of the portrait photos on photoshop, save as a jpeg and post the edited photo's to your blog.


PHOTO 2 Homework Assignment
9 photos total all posted and labeled to your blog
5 photos of the same subject with different exposures. This is called bracketing.
2 photos demonstrating dept of field. One background blurred, one background and foreground in focus
1 photo of motion that is frozen and crisp
1 photo of blurred motion (panning, or long exposure)

Portraits for Photo 1

http://www.boredpanda.com/top-10-photographers-for-travel-portraits/
http://www.crismanphoto.com/Portfolios/Portraits/thumbs
Good portraits have a well thought out background, pose and purposeful lighting

HOMEWORK!

Come to class wednesday with two portraits, either of yourself or someone else posted on  your blog. 

The two portraits must have different backgrounds, different lighting and unique poses, and you must be ready to explain the choices you made and why you made them. Write your reasoning on your blog post. 

Feb 17

http://www.mariaapariciopuentes.com/04


Sewing into your photos.

Feb 12

 Look at these photographers and talk about Leading lines and Rule of thirds

•Ansel Adams

•Irving Penn

•Maria aparicia puentes

•Mathew Turley
-Andrew Zuckerman

Feb 10 Active choice

Look at at least 10 other people's blogs and their photos. Leave a comment on 5 different student's photos.

Answer the questions for these 4 photographs. http://thinkartmakeart.com/choices8.htm
You will only need to write down the answers for 2 of the photos.
Write the answers on a sheet of paper, in order to turn in next time we meet.

*You can work in partners so that each partnership has a computer.

Photo 2: You can also edit photos on photoshop. If you don't know photoshop see what you can figure out on your own. Try to edit the contrast, saturation, cropping, hue, make it black and white, etc

Feb 6 Active Choices in Photography

Look at 5 random classmates photos from last time

Lesson on ACTIVE Choice in photography.
ACTIVELY CHOOSE what you are putting in your camera frame! Take Notes.
Cropping

Actively choose where you are standing.
http://thinkartmakeart.com/pov.htm

Angles
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/10-top-ways-to-use-different-angles-in-your-photography-17241
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/11/03/perfect-angle-iphone-photography/

Time to photograph 25min:
Take a photo from Birds eye view,
 1.Worms eye view,
2. Zoomed in,
3.Far away
4.Value
5. Line
6. Balance
7. Horizontal, 8. vertical, 9. skewed  frame
10 Photo with a Fore, middle and background

Don't forget to try and include the elements and principles we learned with these photos

Print your favorite photo you took in class today in the student center and turn it in to ms. stewart for daily 5 points today. It will be in black and white. Choose one that will look good in black and white.

HW:  for PHOTO 1 Due Thursday feb 12 Using a purposeful vantage point (birds, worms eye view) answer the following prompt in a photo "What do I hope to remember about my high school self one hundred years from now?"
 Worth 10 pts. If it is late the highest you can get is a 7.
This will be graded on if you made active choices, an element or principle we talked about and whether you answered the prompt creatively. This needs to be a photo you take within the next week. No using old photos.
We will have our first critique!

I will be absent on tuesday. You won't need you cameras. I will post on this blog what you will be doing on Tuesday.

FEBRUARY 4 E and P Cont.

Review Elements and Principles from last time.
What elements and principles do you see in these photos?




Take notes on the rest of the Elements and Principles of design.

Learn how to upload you own photos to your blog.

20 min to take photos with each element and principle.
(rules for in class Photo taking include- NO Disturbing other classes, Stay on task(take photos), Stay on school grounds, don't do anything stupid,  Keep camera with you at all time, if you are not using the time to take photos I will not allow you time to take photos. )

You should already have photos from the photography of Rodney Smith posted for line, Shape/form,
color, value, space, texture and balance.

-upload and Post photos you have taken in class today for Proportion, Repetition, Contrast, Variety, Movement, Rhythm, Emphasis, Unity

Bring Cameras For Friday!

Feb 2

Discussion on Fine art photos vs Snap shot photos.
- keep notes in your folder

Elements and principles of design power point http://portalsso.vansd.org/portal/page/portal/Staff_Portal/Staff_Pages/COLR_STAFF_PAGE/COLUMBIARIVER_Keiser/COLR_Keiser_SUBPAGE1/Elementsandprinciplescarts.pdf

- take notes

- Look at Rodney Smith photos. Discuss which elements and principles are used in each photo. Post a photo for Line, Shape/form, Color, Value, Space, Texture, Balance.


HW: Bring camera and card reader or camera cord next time to take photos and

FOR PHOTO 2 Due FRIDAY FEB 6 Take a photo answering the prompt (If you could be remembered for one thing  100 years from now what would it be)  Use an element or principle of design  Post to your blog due Friday feb 6th

"good" photo

This photo is by Rodney Smith. I think it is good because it is creative. It could tell a story. The two men make the viewers eyes go back and forth and the viewer is wondering what the story is. That tree is clear and focused. It shows texture and detail. You eyes move between the men and the tree. The background is not distracting it makes the main subject matter of the photo POP.

jan 29 fine art vs snap shot photography

Turn in Disclosure statement. 5pts
Finish linking everyone's blog to this one. 5pts

Look at peoples HW assignments.5pts

Look at this website's examples of fine art vs Snap shot photos
http://thinkartmakeart.com/fineartsnapshot.htm
Fill out the fine art/ snap shot worksheet and save it in your photo notes folder. (this folder needs to be kept all semester)

Discussion: What is considered fine art? Are photo's art? What did you see in the fine art photos that is different than the snapshots?

Look at these photos
NEW YORK times top photo journalist photos for 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/28/sunday-review/2014-year-in-pictures.html?slide=2014-yip-january-slide-AIND&name=yearinpictures
and post the photo that emotionally impacts you the most and tell why that is.

HW: After our discussion today on fine art and snapshot art answer the question ... In your opinion, what would be an occasion (what would have to happen) for a snap shot photo to be considered FINE ART?  Title your blog post with SNAP SHOT HW JAN 29 5pts

Jan 27 Blog, artist Bio, and picture

1. Create a blog for yourself. Title: whatever you want URL: (yourlastname)photo1.blogspot.com

2. Choose a layout.

3. Link to my blog. http://mstewartphotographyclass.blogspot.com/
4. Write a 100 word Artist Bio which is written in 3nd person
This Bio could include a
 -Brief history of your life
- who has influence you?
-What is your philosophy on life?
-what would you like to accomplish with your photos?
- Tell about your hobbies
- What about photography interests you?
- What kind of art interests you and why?

5. Post a picture of yourself, a photo you have taken, or art you have made or some picture that describes you.

HW: Post 3 good photos to your blog and tell why they are good.