Goal Setting/Planning - Depth of Field

Copy and paste this into your own Blog post.

Name your post "Goal Setting/Planning - Depth of Field"

*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: The objects you are going to be bring from home and why you chose those particular objects?

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.

Critique - Landscape

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Name your post "Critique - Landscape"

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.

Goal Setting Planning - Landscape

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Name your post "Goal Setting/Planning - Landscape"

*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 blog.

Critique - Things

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Name your post "Critique - Things"

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


1. What were your learning goals for the project?


2. How did you take extraordinary photos of ordinary objects?


3. Who was Edward Weston and how did he take photos that were extraordinary? How did you apply this information to your own photos?


4. What is the process for getting chosen to show your work at an art gallery? 

5. Why would a gallery choose to display your photo? What art qualities does your image possess? 

6. What do you still need to work on to improve your photos enough to be gallery quality?

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.

Goal Setting/Planning - Things

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Name your post "Goal Setting/Planning - Motion"

*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 blog.

Photography 1: Blog 6 - Extra VS Ordinary

Photography 1: Blog 6 - Extra VS Ordinary: Blog 6 - Extra VS Ordinary Click on the image above to read the article: Turning the Ordinary into Extraordinary By Diana Eftaiha...

Critique - Motion

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Name your post "Critique - Art Portrait"

Take a screenshot of your best image (Command Shift 4)


1. What were your learning goals for the project?

2. What type of motion is this photo and what kind of shutter speed did you use. How does this type of motion contribute to the meaning of the photo?

3.What aesthetic qualities does your motion image possess?

4. For what purposes could this motion image serve in local and global society?


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.

Goal Setting/Planning - Motion

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Name your post "Goal Setting/Planning - Motion"

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?(Creative Process and Expressive Qualities/Perspective)

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)

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.

Critique - Art Portrait

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Name your post "Critique - Art Portrait"

Take a screenshot of your best image (Command Shift 4)


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.

Pattern & Texture Critique

Paste your best Pattern & Texture image here:

Answer the following questions:

How did pattern and texture create dynamics in your photograph?

How did you create a strong composition using pattern and texture?

In what situations would you use a short depth of field for pattern or texture photographs?

Comment on two of your classmates critiques by asking questions and making comments based on the above essential questions.

Learning Goals/Planning Blog - Pattern and Texture

Learning Goals/Planning Blog - Pattern and Texture

Don't comment here. Copy and paste this post to your own Blog first, then publish.

Paste Essential Questions here:

How can pattern and texture create dynamic photographs?

How can a photographer create a strong composition using pattern and texture?

In what situations would you use a short depth of field for pattern or texture photographs?

Brainstorm ideas for places, subjects, composition, lighting, and shooting modes:

Critique - Depth of Field

Critique - Depth of Field

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Insert your best "Color" image here (Take a screenshot Command shift 4)

Essential Questions:

How did you use aperture to affect the appearance of depth of field in this photograph?

How did you use depth of field to impact the expressive qualities of your photo?

Comment on a minimum of 2 classmates posts. Read their critiques and examine their photo. 

Come up with questions about their learning and choices they made in terms of content/composition, and technique. In your comment ask, "How did you....? or did you consider.....? or what were your thoughts behind the choices you made? What if you...?"

If a classmate leaves a comment for you, respond back by saying "Thanks! Yes I did consider that but...." 

or "Thanks! No I haven't thought of that and I will think about it like this... or I will use it like this next time...."

Critique - COLOR

Critique - COLOR

Don't comment here. Copy and paste this post to your own Blog first, then publish.

Insert your best "Color" image here (Take a screenshot Command shift 4)

Essential Questions:

What is the creative process in art? Compare and contrast the creative process between a professional photographer and professional graphic designer.

How did you use color to create meaning and mood?

How did color strengthen content and composition?

Comment on a minimum of 2 classmates posts. Read their critiques and examine their photo. 

Come up with questions about their learning and choices they made in terms of content/composition, and technique. In your comment ask, "How did you....? or did you consider.....? or what were your thoughts behind the choices you made? What if you...?"

If a classmate leaves a comment for you, respond back by saying "Thanks! Yes I did consider that but...." 

or "Thanks! No I haven't thought of that and I will think about it like this... or I will use it like this next time...."

Learning Goals/Planning Blog - Color

Learning Goals/Planning Blog - Color

Don't comment here. Copy and paste this post to your own Blog first, then publish.

Paste Essential Questions here:

1. What do you know about the essential questions?2. List your learning goals specifically based on the essential questions for the project:
3. Brainstorm multiple ideas that meet your learning goals for taking the photos such as who/what/where/lighting/shooting modes/composition/technique:

Ideas for Complimentary Color Harmony (Include possible subjects, composition elements, lighting, type of depth of field, shooting modes, etc:

Ideas for Analogous

(Include possible subjects, composition elements, lighting, type of depth of field, shooting modes, etc:

Ideas for Triadic

(Include possible subjects, composition elements, lighting, type of depth of field, shooting modes, etc:

Critique - Things

Critique - Things

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Insert your best "Things" image here (Take a screenshot Command

Essential Questions:

How did you meet your learning goals based on the essential questions?

How did your goal setting, brainstorming and planning impact the results of this photo?

How did you elevate the content(Your Subject) of this photo from ordinary to extraordinary?

What are dynamics in photography and explain the dynamics in your photograph.

Comment on a minimum of 2 classmates posts. Read their critiques and examine their photo. 

Come up with questions about their learning and choices they made in terms of content/composition, and technique. In your comment ask, "How did you....? or did you consider.....? or what were your thoughts behind the choices you made? What if you...?"

If a classmate leaves a comment for you, respond back by saying "Thanks! Yes I did consider that but...." 

or "Thanks! No I haven't thought of that and I will think about it like this... or I will use it like this next time...."

Photography 1: Blog - Extra VS Ordinary

Photography 1: Blog - Extra VS Ordinary: Blog - Extra VS Ordinary Click on the image above to read the article:  Turning the Ordinary into Extraordinary  By  Diana Eftaiha ,...

Learning Goals/Planning Blog - Things

Don't comment here. Copy and paste this post to your own Blog first, then publish.

Essential Questions:

How do professional photographers take extraordinary photos of ordinary objects?

Who was Edward Weston and how did he take photos that were extraordinary?

What are dynamics in photography?

1. List your learning goals specifically based on the essential questions for the project:

2. Brainstorm multiple ideas that meet your learning goals for taking the photos such as who/what/where/lighting/shooting modes/composition/technique:

Goals and Tips:

Choose 3 different subjects from the exercises in chapter 12 to take pictures of. Write down the goals and tips from the chapter for each subject chosen. Include these tips in your planning.

    

Bicycle

Hubcaps & Taillights

Eggs

Object and It’s Shadow

Bottles and Glasses

Water

Old Things

Goal Setting/Planning - Depth of Field Studio

1. List your learning goals specifically based on the essential questions for the project:

2. Brainstorm multiple ideas that meet your learning goals for taking the photos such as theme/story/who/what/where/lighting/shooting modes/composition/technique:

Don't comment here. Copy and paste this post to your own Blog first, then comment.

Landscape Critique

Go to your own Photography Blog and create a new Post called Landscape Critique. Take a screenshot of your best image (command/shift/4). Insert your screenshot image (Insert image button is the small rectangular bluish landscape image on the post formatting menu).
Answer the following questions (Copy and paste these into your blog): 

How did you meet your learning goals based on the essential questions for this project and what do you still want to learn?

How did preplanning/brainstorming impact your results?

What composition tips did you follow when taking your landscape photos? 

How do the tips work together to impact the success of your photos?

How did you problem solve quality of light and bad lighting situations?

Learning Goals/Planning - Landscape

1. List your learning goals specifically based on the essential questions for the project:

2. Brainstorm multiple ideas that meet your learning goals for taking the photos such as who/what/where/lighting/shooting modes/composition/technique:

Don't comment here. Copy and paste this post to your own Blog first, then comment.

PTSA Reflections (Believe, Dream, Inspire) - Critique

Go to your own Photography Blog and create a new Post called "PTSA Reflections Critique." Take a screenshot of your best image (command/shift/4). Insert your best finalized image (Insert image button is the small rectangular bluish landscape image on the post formatting menu).

Explain how you met your learning goals based on the essential questions for this project and what you still want to learn:

How did preplanning/brainstorming impact your results?

Answer the following questions: 

How is personal content and perspective important to your image?

How can your image influence change?

How do content, composition, and technique work together in your expressive image that warrants a second look by the viewer?

Motion Critique

Go to your own Photography Blog and create a new Post called "Motion Critique." Take a screenshot of your best image (command/shift/4). Insert your best finalized image (Insert image button is the small rectangular bluish landscape image on the post formatting menu).

Explain how you met your learning goals based on the essential questions for this project and what you still want to learn:

How did preplanning/brainstorming impact your results?

Answer the following questions: 

How did you communicate meaning through a variety of motion effects and perspectives just by changing the shutter speed?

What aesthetic qualities does your motion image possess?

For what purposes could your motion images serve in local and global society?

How did self regulation and reflection play into the success of your motion image?

Look at three other classmates blogs and positively/constructively comment on their best image in terms of learning goals, essential questions, content, composition(Elements of Art/Principles of Design), and technique. You can get to their blogs by clicking here Art ePortfolios or on the Photography 1 page. Remember proper blogging etiquette.

Learning Goals/Planning for PTSA Reflections: "Believe, Dream, Inspire…"

1. List your learning goals specifically based on the essential questions for the project:

2. Brainstorm ideas that meet your learning goals for taking the photos such as who/what/where/lighting/shooting modes/composition/technique:

Don't comment here. Copy and paste this post to your own Blog first, then comment.

Photography 1: Blog 3 - Annie Leibovitz

Photography 1: Blog 3 - Annie Leibovitz

Art Portrait Critique

Go to your own Photography Blog and create a new Post called "Art Portrait Critique." Take a screenshot of your best image (command/shift/4). Insert your best finalized image (Insert image button is the small rectangular bluish landscape image on the post formatting menu).

Explain how you met your learning goals for this project and what you still want to learn:

How did preplanning/brainstorming impact your results?

Answer the following questions: How is your image an Art Portrait? How does it’s expressive features (Elements of art/Principles of design) and perspective (Point of view) create meaning?

Look at three other classmates blogs and positively comment on their best image in terms of content, composition(Elements of Art/Principles of Design), and technique. You can get to their blogs by clicking on Art ePortfolios on the Photography 1 page.

Learning Goals/Planning for Motion

1. List your learning goals specifically based on the essential questions for the project:

2. Brainstorm ideas that meet your learning goals for taking the photos such as who/what/where/lighting/shooting modes/composition/technique:

Don't comment here. Copy and paste this post to your own Blog first, then comment.

Motion

How do professional photographers communicate meaning through a variety of motion effects and perspectives just by changing the shutter speed?

What aesthetic qualities do successful motion images possess?

For what purposes could motion images serve in local and global society?

How does self regulation and reflection play into successful motion images?

Publish or copy and paste this to your Blog and answer the questions. Make comments on your classmates posts as well constructively agreeing or disagreeing.

Art Portrait

Why is Photography considered Fine Art by some and not others?

What is the difference between a photograph and a snapshot?

What is an Art Portrait?

Publish this Post to your own Blog and answer the following questions.

Learning Goals/Planning for Art Portrait

Publish this Post to your own Blog and do the following:

1. Create personal learning goals based on the essential questions for this project.

2. Planning - brainstorm ideas for taking your photos for this project keeping in mind your learning goals, essential questions, and criteria (content/composition/technique) for this project.

"Inside the Box" Critique

Go to your own Photography Blog and create a new Post called "Inside the Box Critique." Insert your best finalized image (Insert image button is the small rectangular bluish landscape image on the post formatting menu).

Explain how you met your learning goals for this project and what you still want to learn:

How did preplanning/brainstorming impact your results?

Answer the following question: How did you use all aspects of composition (Elements of art & Principles of Design) to impact the expressive qualities of your best image?

Look at three other classmates blogs and positively comment on their best image in terms of content, composition(Elements of Art/Principles of Design), and technique. You can get to their blogs by clicking on Art ePortfolios on the Photography 1 page.

Instructions for Create Your Own Blog (if you haven't done this yet)

Log in to your DCSD student Gmail account. Go to More on your Black menu bar. Select Blogger. Create an account. Name your Blog: First Name Last Name Photography ePortfolio. This can also be your Blog address without spaces. Choose a theme. Create your Blog.

View your Blog
Copy URL of your Blog
Go to Art student ePortfolio Page:
https://sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/phs-art-student-eportfolios/home

Click on edit button (pencil symbol).
Find your class and highlight your name.
Click on the Link button (chain link symbol).
Click on Web Address.
Paste the URL to you Blog.
Check box: Open in a New Window.
Click Okay.
Click Save.

Learning Goals/Planning for "Inside the Box"

1. List your personal learning goals based specifically on the essential questions for the project:

2. Brainstorm ideas for taking the photos:

Don't comment here. Publish this post to your own Blog first, then comment.

1st Photo Project

Today we went over the first photo project: Inside the Box

Link:

Create meaningful works of art that demonstrate expressive features and perspective

How can the photographer use all aspects of composition (Elements of art & Principles of Design) to impact the expressive qualities that create meaningful photos?

Don't comment here. Publish this post to your own Blog first, then comment.

Slideshows and Worksheets

We have gone over the following slideshows so far:

Camera Types
How a Camera Works
Digital Camera Settings
Shooting Modes
Composition/Rule of Thirds
Elements of Art/ Principles of Design

We have done the following worksheets - Make sure you shared and turned them in correctly:

Camera Worksheet
Rule os Thirds
Elements of Art/ Principles of Design

Your Best Shot Blog Post

Turn in your Photo to the Hayes folder on the school server. Sign in to your Google account. Go to blogger and create your Blogger account. Create a Photography Blog. In your first post upload your photo and explain why it's a good photograph. Publish it.

Take Your Best Shot

Over this weekend go out for a few minutes with your camera and take what you think is a good photograph of any subject you would like. This is due this Monday August 19th. Bring in the memory card & memory card reader or a flash drive with your image on it to transfer to the computer at school.

Camera Worksheet Due Monday August 19th

Camera Worksheet Link

Welcome!

Welcome to Photography 1 Fall Semester 2013. Please go over the Syllabus with your parents. Parents fill out the Parent Contact Form to confirm. This is due by Monday August 19th. Thanks!

Syllabus 

Parent Contact Form