Tues, May 25 to Wednesday, June 2 Personal photo projects: see topic choices below and directions below.

 VERY, VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

 All GRADES FOR THE 4th QUARTER CLOSE ON FRIDAY,

 JUNE 11 AT MIDNIGHT!

NOTHING WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THAT TIME.

Tonight's Long Way Down book circle link: https://rcsdk12.zoom.us/j/98816351042?pwd=eTVSR25QV1dra1ZFUmJscHRtZ3dNZz09

Thursday, June 3..........

At this point in time, I should have received your final project.

Did I?   What happens next? At this time, the maximum grade is a 75.

For those of you who have submitted, thank you. I would like to share these with the class. Some of you are taking a senior skip day tomorrow. Have fun. Any who are here tomorrow, you'll get an opportunity to view some of the fantastic work that has come in.

For today, please, if you have not, finish up the project. 

If I have your work, once we have taken attendance, you may use this time as you wish.

On Monday, we have a Common Formative Assessment or CFA. This is similar to the one from the fall and is required by the district. This will take three days.

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What is a personal photo project?

The idea behind your personal photo project is to put into practice some of the techniques you were to have practiced or analyzed:

           1.  composition: phi grid and rule of thirds

           2.  a basic understanding of how depth of field works: what is in focus in the                        fore or background and why.

            3. types of shots and purpose behind each: close-up, medium,

                          establishing or long shot 

           4.  format: vertical or horizontal

            5. horizon line placement

            6. types of symmetry: horizontal, vertical, reflective and radial symmetry

            7. repetition and pattern usage

            8. texture

            9.light sources and their effects: transmitted light, reflected light, hard light,                           soft  light (these can be reviewed on the blog for the week of May 10 

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AND apply these to a topic of your choosing:

So~~~~~~~           

 First: select a topic choice. (note that they will all require the same number of images and encompass the techniques referred to above. Think carefully! 

                   1) A Day in My Life

                            Hmmm.. when does your day start and end? Where does it occur?

                                             You will pick only one day and have to focus in. 

                   2)  My Community: where I live and interact each day

               3)  Songs I Love  (with this you will have to think abstractly; how can you illustrate  your favoirity songs?)  For each image, there will be a different song. 

                   4) Thematic topic: select one of the following:

                             chaos vs order

                             communications: verbal and nonverbal

                             evils of racism

                             family: blessing and curse

                             heroism: real or perceived

                             oppression of women

                             roll of men

                             working class struggles

                              vulnerability

                              vanity

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     Of what will they all consist?

You may take as many pictures as you wish, but you will share only 12 images. Remember that many of your images may not work.

Can I have more?
   No.
How will these be shared?

    You will share these on google slides.

  Can it be from some place I already took pictures?
      No, these are new images that demonstrate your practical knowledge of the topics covered in class. Each photo will have a date and location,
What type of pictures must these be exactly?
  You may organize these how you wish, but within the pictures you must demonstrate your understanding the following:
        close-up
        medium-range shot

        establishing shot

        accurate use of fiboacci spiral / rule of thirds

        horizontal and vertical format

        understanding of the horizon line placement

        conscious use of lighting

        use of texture, symmetry, pattern, repetition

        

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Organization of the project

Part 1:

For the google slides:  please do not use bright white as a background.

Your photos 

Slide 1: Your personal photo (taken by you or someone else)

              Title of your project

              Your name

Slides 2 through 13:

           Again, do not use a bright white background. Only one image per slide.

                 Underneath for each write the location, date and time and one photo technique that your are illustrating. (See above list; some will repeat)

Part 2:  The write-up:

Answer the following question in no fewer that 250

words.

1. What worked best for your chosen theme, and what were some of the obstacles you encountered.