Friday, April 10, 2015

Critique - Depth of Field

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Take a screenshot of your best image (Command Shift 4) and insert it here:



1. How did you use aperture to affect the appearance of depth of field in your photograph?

2. How did you use depth of field to impact the expressive qualities of a photo?

3. What did you learn from this project and how will you apply it to future projects?



Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates critique blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Goal Setting/Planning - Color

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*Apply what you learned from your Inquiry Activities to do your goal setting and planning.


Considering the knowledge you already have, where do you need to focus your learning? What are your learning goals for the project?

How will you use what you learned about the essential questions in your photography for this project?

What did you learn from the last projects that you will use in this project?

What additional questions will you need to ask yourself to focus your learning?



Brainstorm ideas for... (Remember to focus on your role and essential questions in your planning)

Content/context: subject matter, theme, story, message, place, time - (who, what, why, where, and when)

Composition/Dynamics: elements of art/principles of design. What kind of elements will you focus on? How will you arranging those elements?

Technical: camera settings, shooting techniques, quality lighting, equipment.

How will content, composition, and technique work as a unified whole in your photographs?


Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates goal setting planning blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your post.

Friday, April 3, 2015

Critique - Landscape

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Take a screenshot of your best image (Command Shift 4) and insert it here:



How did your planning and goal setting impact your final landscape image?

What composition tips did you follow when taking the photos of landscapes? How did the tips impact the success of your best photo?


Evaluate the quality of light in your landscape photograph. What type of light did you take the photo in? Would a different type of light improve your photo?

What would you do differently next time you take landscape photos?



Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates critique blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Goal Setting/Planning Landscape

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1. Explain in detail what you learned from the inquiry assignment and Peter Lik blog:


2. How will you apply what you learned to this project?


3. Brainstorm ideas for... (Remember to focus on your role and essential questions in your planning)


Content:

Composition:

Technical:


Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates goal setting planning blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.

Friday, March 13, 2015

Goal Setting Planning - Things

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*Apply what you learned from your Inquiry Activities to do your goal setting and planning.


Considering the knowledge you already have, where do you need to focus your learning? What are your learning goals for the project?

How will you use what you learned about the essential questions in your photography for this project?

What did you learn from the last projects that you will use in this project?

What additional questions will you need to ask yourself to focus your learning?



Brainstorm ideas for "Things - Elevating Ordinary into Extra Ordinary"... (Remember to focus on your role and essential questions in your planning)

Content/context: subject matter, theme, story, message, place, time - (who, what, why, where, and when)

Composition/Dynamics: elements of art/principles of design. What kind of elements will you focus on? How will you arranging those elements?

Technical: camera settings, shooting techniques, quality lighting!!!!, equipment.

How will content, composition, and technique work as a unified whole in your photographs?


Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates goal setting planning blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.

Friday, February 20, 2015

Goal Setting/Planning - Motion

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Motion Project Link

How will you use what you learned about the essential questions in your photography for this project?

What did you learn from the last projects that you will use in this project?(Creative Process and Expressive Qualities/Perspective)

Considering the knowledge you already have, where do you need to focus your learning (this will be you learning goal for the project)?

What additional questions will you need to ask yourself to focus your learning to meet your goal?

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Brainstorm ideas for... (Remember to focus on your role and essential questions in your planning)

Content/context: subject matter, theme, story, message, place, time - (who, what, why, where, and when)

Composition/Dynamics: elements of art/principles of design. What kind of elements will you focus on? How will you arranging those elements?

Technical: camera settings, shooting techniques, quality lighting, equipment.

How will content, composition, and technique work as a unified whole in your photographs?


Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates goal setting planning blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Critique - Art Portrait

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Take a screenshot of your best image (Command Shift 4) and insert it here:



1. What were your learning goals for the project?


2. What expressive qualities does your photograph possess to consider it fine art?


3. What is the difference in expressive qualities and perspective between your photograph and a snapshot?


4. How does it’s expressive features (elements of art/principles of design) create meaning?



Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates critique blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Goal Setting/Planning Art Portrait

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Art Portrait Project Link

Open up the project link above to see the project criteria and essential questions/role. Create your learning goal from the essential questions/role. What is your learning goal?

How will you use what you learned about the essential questions in your photography?

What did you learn from the last project that you will use in this project? (Creative Process)

Considering the knowledge you already have, where do you need to focus your learning?

What additional questions will you need to ask yourself to focus your learning?



Brainstorm ideas for... (Remember to focus on your role and essential questions in your planning)

Content/context: subject matter, theme, story, message, place, time - (who, what, why, where, and when) What are your content ideas?

Composition/Dynamics: elements of art/principles of design. What kind of elements (line, shape, color, etc) will you focus on? How will you arrange (repetition, asymmetrical balance, movement, etc.) those elements? What are your composition ideas?

Technical: camera settings, shooting techniques, quality lighting, equipment. What are your technique ideas?

How will content, composition, and technique work as a unified whole in your photographs?


Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates goal setting planning blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Critique - Inside the Box

Critique - Inside the Box

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Take a screenshot of your best finalized image (Command Shift 4) and insert image here:


Answer the following questions:

1. What were your learning goals for the project? How did you meet your learning goals? What do you need to improve for next time?

2. How did you use all aspects of content, technique, and composition (Elements of art & Principles of Design) to impact the expressive qualities in your image?

3. What is the creative process in photography and how did you use this process in your project?

Collaboration/Communication:
You will look at classmates critique blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.

Friday, January 23, 2015

Goal Setting/Planning - Inside the Box

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Name your post "Goal Setting/Planning - Inside the Box"

*Apply what you learned from your Inquiry Activities to do your goal setting and planning for the project. Keep in mind your role and the essential questions that are based on the world class outcomes and enduring understandings.

Goal Setting:

1. Considering the knowledge you already have about the essential questions, where do you need to focus your learning? What are your learning goals for the project?



Planning:

Brainstorm ideas for... (Remember to focus on your role and essential questions in your planning)

Content - What objects you are going to focus on in your 10x10 area and why you chose those particular objects? What is your theme or mood you are going to convey in your photos?
List here:

Composition - Elements/Principles: What art elements (line, shape, color, etc.) will you focus on?
List here:

Technique - What type of light will you shoot in, what shooting modes will you set your camera on? If you have aperture or shutter priority what f-stops will you use to affect depth of field? Will you use a tripod? What types of vantage point/angles will you take photos from?
List here:

Collaboration/Communication: You will look at classmates goal setting planning blogs and make insightful supportive comments, questions, and/or suggestions to help them increase learning. You will respond back to any comments made to your blog.