"Subject with Composition Rules"

For the last two weeks of 2013, your group will choose a subject and photograph it.

You can choose umbrellas, shoes, people, food, spoons or another object... as long as your group agrees on the subject. Your group will also choose three rules of composition from your list. Since each group has chosen their own list, the three rules may be different for each group, even if a group chooses the same object.

Title your blog post "Subject with Composition Rules"

In the beginning of the blog post, write the subject and list the three rules of composition. You can write a paragraph or list with bullet points.

Take photos! Select, edit and post 5-10 photos on your blog. Do not go to eleven! For this assignment, YOU must take the photos (not a group member)!

After you post your images to the Blogger, choose the best photos from this assignment and post at least one to your Weebly website. Include the website link at the bottom of this post. You should use your group as a resource when selecting your best photos for your website. In the comment section, ask each group member questions about the photos that he or she selected. Why did group members post certain photos on their blog? How did your group members decide to edit? What method did the other photographers use to select their best photos?

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Influences

Photographers are influenced by other photographers, whether they realize it or not. Some of the greatest photographers were influenced by earlier photographers. For example, both Henri Cartier-Bresson and Richard Avedon site Martin Munkacsi as an important influence.

Who was Cartier-Bresso?
Who was Richard Avedon?
Who was Munkacsi?

How were the first two legends influenced by the same person?

Write an essay that discusses each photographer. You may include links to their work, but only include photographs if you have permission. You may talk with your group members, but you should only share research. (I expect something close to a five paragraph essay.)

When you are finished, you may work on other assignments from this class.

What Did The Fox Say - Favorite or Best

Do you think that this photo I took at The Treasure Island Music Festival is one of my favorites or do you think it is one of my best?

What did I say? 

I learned how to use the photo-booth program from my photo students. The photograph above was one of my first photo-booth photos. I love it. Do you think it is a favorite or a best?

When I attended the Journalism Education Association National Convention in Boston, I co-presented a session about collecting and organizing best photos into a portfolio. I took this self-portrait moments before the session started. Is this photo a best or favorite? 

Selecting your favorite photographs is easier than selecting best photographs. The next photo is also a favorite, even though the light is bad and the subjects are posing.

The next few photos are more difficult to categorize. What do you think?

I like all of these photographs, but only a few of these photographs are my "best." Some might be my favorite AND my best. There is a difference in how I justify a "best" photograph.

For today's assignment, choose THREE of your photographs that you consider your best and provide three reasons to justify why the photographs are your best. Create a blog post and write three sentences for each photograph. Did you use rules of composition? Did you consider light? How does the photograph tell a story? Why is the photograph your best?

Website and You

Intro Photo (Photo 1 uses Weebly)

Photo 1 students create a website to show progress.

Today, create your site.

Include your About You page.

Post a profile photo

Find your favorite photo THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN

Create 4 categories (Home, About You, 2 others)




(In Advanced Photo, students create websites that illustrate their best work.)




"Keep Calm and Get Your Kangaroo On"  - Jeremiah Sturgis

Photographing Space and Form and Shape

Each person create THREE separate posts and date them for Wednesday November, 13-15, 2013. (Some of my Photo 1 classes meet on the 14th and some meet on the 15th. You still create three separate posts!)

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The groups will shoot the same element together. Other groups may shoot a different element.




and in the second part of November, we are including songs with the theme of gratitude. If I do not say it often enough, thank you for letting me be your teacher.



This is a song from my childhood. I was probably ten. Though I am not friends with my students (it's not my job), I realize that your memories shaped now will last the rest of your life. (Hey look! I make up a whole lot, but this list puts the song number at number....)



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Artistic Review - Website

Students had the option to review a student website or a teacher website. The students chose to review their teacher's photography website. Below is the description of the assignment with the rubric. (Earlier, students reviewed the new camera's before receiving a rubric.)

Website- Artistic Review- Bryan Farley dot com

PROMPT: Analyze the website of teacher Bryan Farley before he changes to new theme?

Requirements:

• 3-4 Paragraphs
• Posted to blog

Must include

• Intro with background information
• Thesis Statement
• Topic sentences
• Examples from site
• Commentary that supports the examples with live links

Objective	Standard	Below Expectations	Progressing	Proficient	Exemplary	Score
Student will include relevant and sufficient evidence.	CCSS W1	Student includes no background information on piece being reviewed	Student includes minimal background information on piece being reviewed	Student includes basic background information on piece being reviewed	Student provides detailed background on the piece. This background includes historical cultural connections and/or artist information beyond name.
Student will use valid reasoning in order to choose sufficient evidence in order to support claims	CCSS W1	Student includes no examples from piece.	Student includes minimal examples from piece. These examples may not be relevant.	Student includes specific, relevant examples from piece.	Student includes many specific, relevant examples from the pieces, artfully weaving these examples into the review.
Student will use relevant evidence in order to support claims concerning interpretation of text and analysis of textual parts as they create meaning.	CCSSW1, CCSS R4, R5	Student does not address the specific choices within the piece and their effect on the piece as a whole	Student addresses the specific artistic choices seen in the piece and attempts to discuss how these elements provide meaning within the piece as a whole.	Student discusses the specific artistic choices seen in the piece and the meaning of these choices within the context of the whole.	Student uses the specific examples in order to discuss the choices made by the artist. This discussion includes the way in which these choices give meaning,
Student is able to produce clear, coherent writing which uses a style appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.	CCSS W4	The writer's opinion is unclear and/or unsupported. The writer does not write for a specific audience.	The writer's opinion is stated, but is not supported. The audience for the review may be unclear or the tone inappropriate	The writer's opinion is clearly stated and supported. The review is written for the desired audience and maintains an appropriate tone throughout.	The writer's opinion is artfully stated and supported. The review flows smoothly from one idea to another. The intended audience and purpose are clear.
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Go to www.bryanfarley.com

Visiting Homes and Practice Posting Links

National Building Museum

Some students still needed practice today posting links. We used three songs about home... (maybe we will use more)

The Wiz

Home Stephanie Mills Version

The House That Built Me, by Miranda Lambert

Mama I'm Coming Home, Ozzy

Home by Blake Shelton

House of the Rising Sun, The Animals

Almost Home  by Craig Morgan or you could do it this way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czw4HjgZ9Fs

Welcome Home, Metallica

Put Your Records On (not opened in a new window)

Philip Philips, Home (Requested by a student in my first period class)

House of Gold, 21 Pilots (Requested by 6th period student)

Swwet Home... sp.

Coming Home Skylar Grey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx2vjSJzhJw THIS MEANS NOTHING TO ME. I DO NOT KNOW DRAKE. WHO IS DRAKE?

Here is another song for 6th period, requested by River (from 2nd period)

Up on The Roof

Madness, Our House

Drift Away

Golden Slumbers ....

Simplifying and Importing

Welcome to the second quarter! 

Time is moving fast, so we are going to organize our groups to move faster too. 

We will eliminate unnecessary steps so that you can learn how to take better pictures. You will also learn more about some of the terms you studied in the first part of the class. 

For example, what is the difference between an element of art and a rule of composition? How would you describe each of these to someone who had just started Photo 1?

Is this a rule of composition?

Is this an element of art? Which one? Is it just one?

Did the photographer consider the rules of composition when taking this photo? Even if the photographer did not use rules of composition does the image contain elements of art?


Choose an element of art AND a rule of composition. Your group will take photos that incorporate your choices. You will return and explain your answers.

1. Include the link that everyone uses for Elements of Art (We use the list from the Getty Museum)

2. Include the link with your group's list to Rule of Composition

3. Post of Before and After photo that has been edited to improve the composition

4. Explain how the terms are different. If necessary, use the prompt below.

The photo shows (you need better word) a rule of composition, because ___________________. The photo also shows an element of art, because _______________________. The difference is ____________

Cropping for Better Composition

We are going to practice cropping photos. You will use photos that I took at the Treasure Island Music Festival last weekend. If you are my student, you have my permission to copy this photo for class.

Copy and crop the photo. Then paste both the Before and After photos on your blog and explain how the new photo illustrates a rule of composition. Write your sentence beginning with these words...

The cropped photo illustrates the ________ rule of composition, because it _____________ .

Pick any of the photos on this page. Post by the end of today!

You may also crop the photo with the kids playing with bubbles or...

the speakers with the Transamerica Pyramid in the background.

You may also crop this beautiful garbage photo. When you finish, remember to post the original photo and the finished version. At the end of the post, write a complete sentence how your new photo illustrates a rule of composition. You may use the following format.

The cropped photo illustrates the ________ rule of composition, because it _____________ .

Self Portraits - Photo Booth

Introductory Photography created self-portraits using the Photo Booth application on the school computers. The students created five different self-portraits with five different effects.

This is my self-portrait from my first computer Photo Booth session.

After groups had completed their projects, students presented their photos to the rest of the class. Students described their photos and effects. Some students also explained their choices.

I have watched many students use Photo Booth during class and I have been impressed by their creativity. Before first period, the students taught me how to use the application. I think I might like it.

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Yosemite and Ansel Adams

On this day in 1890, Yosemite National Park was established, but today it is closed.

Ansel Adams photographed Yosemite for most of the time that the park existed.

Why is Ansel Adams significant?

When did he begin photographing Yosemite? How did his work change during the decades? Would Yosemite have closed today if Adams were still alive?

Find three popular Adams photos and post your links with your responses. Do not copy the photos unless you have permission to use them. (Update on 10/2... one student received permission.)

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Depth of Field

You will learn about "Depth of Field" in this class. Sometimes photographers will use confusing terms such as "aperture" and "wide open" and "Fstops" and ....

But the concept is pretty easy.

look at these two photos... what do you notice?

 See the background of this photo?

Now see how the background is in focus?

Find three links about Depth of Field that are related to photography!

CheckList for Photo 1

Before I shoot, I create a list. (I created a similar list for Advanced Photography.) During a photo shoot,  I am thinking about to many moving things. I do not want to worry about whether I packed an extra battery or the correct lens.

This is a partial list of the tasks you should have completed to this point.

1. email address appropriate for college and career

2. appropriate email address that has passed the spam filter

3. gmail signature

4. clean link at bottom of signature that directs to blog

5. signature and link checked by group

6. a photography blog from blogger (with appropriate title)

7. contacts added in gmail

8. email profile with first and last name

9. email group of your group

10. know the first and last names of your group; know Group Leader and Asst Group Leader

11. Group Member Link List on blog

12. Photo Site Link List on blog

13. First Assignment Blog Post about Light

14. Composition Links (with 3 links)

15. Reflection email (three questions and answers) that includes group members names and link to blog

16. Self Reflection (just a score out of 20)

17. Elements of Art (Photo Art Walk listing elements and examples from walk)
18. Comments on blog from group members to first post
19. Comments on blog to second post (with more detail)

What did I miss?

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Elements of Art - Photo Walk (and blog post ASSIGNMENT)

Last week we studied the Elements of Art. You also walked around the campus and found examples of elements of art in the school.

Write the examples your group found and publish in a new blog. This post is due on Thursday September 19, 2013.

Elements of Art

NOTE: The date for this post has changed. Originally, we had scheduled "Elements of Art" for earlier last week. Our three Photography 1 classes need to understand composition better before moving to this assignment. Please watch this video about composition with your group.


Search for the Elements of Art?

How many? What are they? Who chose them?

Why is a photograph of a stack of chairs have anything to do with the Elements of Art?

First Assessment - Reflection

Write a self evaluation in an email, discussing your strengths and weaknesses as a group member so far in this class.

You can answer some or all of these questions.

What could you do better? What have you done well? What has been difficult? What has surprised you about being in a group?

Also, include all of your group members names. Include first and last name! Why is it important for you to know your group members names?

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Composition Comments

After your group has posted links about Photography and Composition, review each group member's post and comment about an article that they posted.

What did you learn from their post?

What is composition?

How can you improve composition?

NOTE: This link has been added on September 8, 2013 to help students understand composition better. Each group will watch it together.

Composition

When you write an email with Gmail, what button do you click to start the message? When you begin creating a blog post, what button do you click? The answer to both questions is the same.

Compose.

In photography, what does Composition mean?

Write a blog post about composition and photography. In your blog post, include three links about photography and composition that you want to use later in the year.

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First Blog Post - Exploring Light With Your Group

As a group, students will view light.

Then compose a simple blog post discussing what they saw.

After publishing the post, students will comment on each other's blog post.

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Compose Email

Create and Compose a gmail account and send it to Bryan Farley at my Pittsburg High School email account.

Yes, you can find me on at www.bryanfarley.com and at www.bryanfarleyphotography.com but I do NOT want you to send messages to my personal or photography business email unless it is necessary. For all school related work, please contact me at school.

and Yes, at the time of this assignment, my email is not listed on the school website. You can problem solve.

This is also a group assignment. You are finished when everyone in your group has received a response from me.

Your message should include a proper subject, the names of your group members and a completed profile.

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Welcome to Photography 1 / Introduction to Photography

This is the class blog for Photo 1. On this site, students and families can learn more about the course. Students use Blogger to write about photography, art and other terms. By using technology to communicate, students are also learning how to apply necessary "college and career" skills.

You can learn more about me at my AboutMe site. I am the Advanced Photography teacher and the yearbook adviser. If you see me at school events, I might look like the photo below.

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