Period 6 - Final Exam without Seniors

Friday was the 70th anniversary of D-Day. D-Day was a brutal WWII battle.


1 Create a blog post title Final Exam. When finished, send the link to my work AND school email. List the subject as Period 5, Photo 1 Final Exam.

In the body of the post, answer the following.

2. Who was the famous war photographer who stormed Normandy with the soldiers during WWII? How many photos survived? What photo agency did this photographer create after the war? Who were the other founders?

3. Choose one of my photos to edit.

A. I Go Back (Graduation is tomorrow!)

B. I had the best day with you today.  

Take the original photo and turn it black and white. You may crop the photo, straighten or "un-straighten." You may change the exposure and white balance. You may have fun, but be kind. Add the link to the photo you chose.

You (the students taking this test) have my permission to copy and paste this photo for the exam.

A. Tomorrow is graduation for the seniors! The old folks like me can remember when the seniors wore caps that looked like this.

B. Be Fearless!

4. Choose one of your own favorite photos and give three reasons that the photo is your favorite photo.

5. Choose your best photo from this semester and give three reasons.

6. Add your Weebly website link to the final exam post.

7. Give three benefits to working in groups

8. List three disadvantages to working in groups.

9. If you wish, you can add the link to my website or blog. (my blog is bryanfarleyphotography dot com; my site is bryanfarley dot com)

10. It's Time. 

11. Were you here on time?

13. What is your favorite Taylor Swift song?

Final Exam Period 5 Photo 1 (no seniors)

Friday was the 70th anniversary of D-Day. D-Day was a brutal WWII battle.


1 Create a blog post title Final Exam. When finished, send the link to my work AND school email. List the subject as Period 5, Photo 1 Final Exam.

In the body of the post, answer the following.

2. Who was the famous war photographer who stormed Normandy with the soldiers during WWII? How many photos survived? What photo agency did this photographer create after the war? Who were the other founders?

3. Choose one of my photos to edit.

A. Dog at Carnaval San Francisco parade (World Cup Starts Thursday!

B. I had the best day with you today.  

Take the original photo and turn it black and white. You may crop the photo, straighten or "un-straighten." You may change the exposure and white balance. You may have fun, but be kind. Add the link to the photo you chose.

You (the students taking this test) have my permission to copy and paste this photo for the exam.

A. Portrait of a Dog as an Artist

B. Be Fearless!

4. Choose one of your own favorite photos and give three reasons that the photo is your favorite photo.

5. Choose your best photo from this semester and give three reasons.

6. Add your Weebly website link to the final exam post.

7. Give three benefits to working in groups

8. List three disadvantages to working in groups.

9. If you wish, you can add the link to my website or blog.

10. It's Time. 

11. Were you here on time?

13. What is your favorite Taylor Swift song?

Period 6, Photo 1 Final Seniors

Friday was the 70th anniversary of D-Day. D-Day was a brutal WWII battle.


1 Create a blog post title Final Exam. When finished, send the link to my work AND school email. List the subject as Period 6, Photo 1 Final Exam.

In the body of the post, answer the following.

2. Who was the famous war photographer who stormed Normandy with the soldiers during WWII? How many photos survived? What photo agency did this photographer create after the war? Who were the other founders?

3. Choose one of my photos to edit.

A. Dog at Carnaval San Francisco parade (World Cup Starts this week!

B. American Flag from WWII Monument in Washington D.C. 

Take the original photo and turn it black and white. You may crop the photo, straighten or "un-straighten." You may change the exposure and white balance. You may have fun, but be kind. Add the link to the photo you chose.

You (the students taking this test) have my permission to copy and paste this photo for the exam.

A. Portrait of a Dog as an Artist

B. This is a Flag!

4. Choose one of your own favorite photos (that YOU TOOK) and give three reasons that the photo is your favorite photo.

5. Choose your best photo from this semester and give three reasons.

6. Add your Weebly website link to the final exam post.

7. Give three benefits to working in groups

8. List three disadvantages to working in groups.

9. If you wish, you can add the link to my website or blog.

10. It's Time. 

13. What is your favorite Taylor Swift song?

Final Photo 1, Period 5

Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day. D-Day was a brutal WWII battle.


1 Create a blog post title Final Exam. When finished, send the link to my work AND school email. List the subject as Period 1, Photo 1 Final Exam.

In the body of the post, answer the following.

2. Who was the famous war photographer who stormed Normandy with the soldiers during WWII? How many photos survived? What photo agency did this photographer create after the war? Who were the other founders?

3. Choose one of my photos to edit.
A. Dog at Carnaval San Francisco parade (World Cup Starts in one week!
B. American Flag from WWII Monument in Washington D.C. 

Take the original photo and turn it black and white. You may crop the photo, straighten or "un-straighten." You may change the exposure and white balance. You may have fun, but be kind. Add the link to the photo you chose.

You (the students taking this test) have my permission to copy and paste this photo for the exam.

A. Portrait of a Dog as an Artist




B. This is a Flag!




4. Choose one of your own favorite photos and give three reasons that the photo is your favorite photo.

5. Choose your best photo from this semester and give three reasons.

6. Add your Weebly website link to the final exam post.

7. Give three benefits to working in groups

8. List three disadvantages to working in groups.

9. If you wish, you can add the link to my website or blog.

10. It's Time. 

Final Photo 1, Period 1

Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day. D-Day was a brutal WWII battle.


1 Create a blog post title Final Exam. When finished, send the link to my work AND school email. List the subject as Period 1, Photo 1 Final Exam.

In the body of the post, answer the following.

2. Who was the famous war photographer who stormed Normandy with the soldiers during WWII? How many photos survived? What photo agency did this photographer create after the war? Who were the other founders?

3. Brianna Headley from Period 1 took this photo on my birthday. Copy this photo from the blog for your assignment. (Give her credit when you resubmit.)



Edit this photo in color. Change the exposure and white balance. You may also crop the photo. EACH STUDENT DOES THIS BY HIM OR HERSELF!!!

Also submit a version of this photo in black and white.

4. Choose one of your own favorite photos and give three reasons that the photo is your favorite photo.

5. Choose your best photo from this semester and give three reasons.

6. Add your Weebly website link to the final exam post.

7. Give three benefits to working in groups

8. List three disadvantages to working in groups.

9. If you wish, you can add the link to my website or blog.

Thank you for letting me be your teacher. I have enjoyed this year.
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3 Best Photos

For the last assignment, you posted your three favorite pictures. You also provided three reasons that each photo was one of the three favorite photos you took. For this assignment, post three of your best photos and provide three reasons to support your decision.

Use academic language from our class!

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Favorite Photos - Iron Chef boy Farley

This week we are learning the difference between "favorites" and "best."

I started the lesson by reviewing this post discussing some of my favorites and bests. Some of the pictures were both; some pictures were "almosts." Most of the photos were easy to classify.

When we justified our favorites, we provided personal reasons. We liked that the photo included our friends. We laughed when we saw the photo. We liked that the photo helped us remember someone. Our personal reasons were enough.

For this assignment, I also included photos from my Farley Mashup page and a link to Iron Chef America. I gave each group a few mystery objects to include in their photos, such as color, umbrella, statue, shutter speed.

Post three photos, with three explanations....

Photography Mashup Farley Style

Feeling 22 (photo by Marisela R, Period 5)

Hey Yeah! I am looking like a misfit in an Outkast video (photo by Anisha Mozeke)

Check Yes or No - Mr. George Strait and Mr. Bryan Farley (photo by Chela)

I don't care about my Bad Reputation, nor do J. Andrade and Anisha Mozeke.  (If you scroll to the end, you can see one of us jump of the table playing air guitar during the last minutes of instruction this year.)

"The world's in trouble, there's no communication...."

Farley Back Boy with Gwen Stefani and the Hollaback Girl (photo by Marlesia R)

Queen Nefertiti image search in the background along with photos of the Advanced Photo student who took this picture (photo by Marissa Ruvalcaba)

The Cheif of Selfie - Sabotage? From what album?

(Note to this "Cheif," remember to send The Beastie Boys all royalty payments for this selfie. Oh, and pay the photographer.)

Am I The Resistance or part of the band?

Here I am "with the band" Little Big Town in their video Boondocks

"No matter where I go... I keep my heart and soul in the boondocks... You can take it or leave it. This is me.
This is who I am."

Brad Paisley; he's Krafty, and he's just my type. 

Who Needs Pictures (With a Memory Like Mine?) with Brad Paisely

I have a good memory, so I probably do not need these photos to remember my year at PHS, but if we did not post these photos, some people probably would not believe this happened.

Picture Picture

I Believe I can sing; I wish I were Crow

Conversations with the past at 127 Rose

Double Trouble = Four bits

The song above is called "Here's a Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares." I played it for one of my students, although that sounds much worse now that I have typed it.

Pulp Farley (photo by Anisha). Yenis says "This photo is phre$h with a p and an h and a dollar sign."

Two little Fonzies (song by Weezer, photo by Chris Ruiz, Advanced Photo)

Who is Mary Tyler Moore?

I Go Back with Kenny to remember old friends who are no longer with us.

Every time I hear that song ...

One of us is crazy

I could not believe my luck that I landed at PHS this year. Every day I worked with so many talented and inspiring students. I was out of my mind. I loved the curves and the edges and (almost) all the craziness. Now it's time to move make like Nemo. It's time to keep calm and swim on. 

Photograph by Anneliz, Period 5, Photo 1 (Anneliz and Marisela took the portraits of each other that I am holding; not sure about those other guys.)

"It's time to say... good-bye"

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Birthday Fun Photos

On Friday May 16, 2014, we celebrated my birthday. In Photo 1 (and Advanced Photo), the students photographed each other without having to post a final product. We played.

This is one of my "Awkward Self-Farleys" during Photo 1. My students are better at this than I am. 

Photo 1 is a one semester course. Students used a cloth back drop or solid white wall. Most students took photographs. Most students were photographed. Here are some of the photographs.

During Period 1, Photo 1, Bella photographs students from a different group. Some of my students understandably question my methods.

Photo by Y Susim, Photo 1, Period 1

During 5th period, our Photo 1 class tried to shoot below the stairs, but another class was using the space so we improvised on our improvisation.

Photo by Anneliz Murguia, Period 5, Photo 1

Photo by Katie Palafox, Period 5, Photo 1

Photo by Marisela R, Period 5, Photo 1

Photo by Ashley Solano, Period 5, Photo 1

May 16, 2014 was a hot day. I enjoyed my birthday, because I taught photography to wonderful students.  Some of the photos might be used for previous assignments. Some of the pictures might be used for their final projects.  Some pictures might be used to show that students can learn and have fun. 

Photo of my Advanced Photo student Marissa R (with the photo of her in the background to the right; the photo of her on the screen was taken by Bianely. )

F 64 Group Assignment

Between WWI and WWII, Ansel Adams and ten other photographers formed Group f/64. The group named themselves after the aperture setting that created the greatest depth of field so that most of an image was in focus. Group f/64 worked near where we live today, and were considered the West Coast equivalent of Stieglitz and studio 291.

For this project, everyone in the group will choose a different Group f/64 member to emulate. Each person will produce five black and white photographs shot at the maximum depth of field that our cameras and lenses allow (probably f/22). The group must report to me before you are allowed to shoot. Pretend that I do not know much about the photographers. You do not need to be inspired by the photographers, but your work must be influenced by the photographers. You must also shoot at school, so consider these limitations when selecting your photographer.

When you research the photographers, please use reliable sources, such as the Oakland Museum.

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Posted May 21; assignment given May 19th

Website to Showcase Work - for Final

For the Photo 1 Final Exam, students will submit a Final Project as part of their final exam. Students will include a link their website and their blog. Students have created their blog using Blogger. 

Photo 1 students use Weebly to create a website.

Starting today, students will begin creating a blog using 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.)

Three Different Photos at F/7.1 with Information

This photo was shot at F/7.1. The Shutter speed was 1/125. The ISO was 100.  Photograph by Y Susim, Photo 1 student in Period 1.

Take about 10 photos using the AV setting (aperture priority) at 7.1. This is not a shallow depth of field, nor a deep depth of field. By the way, "deep depth of field" is not really a photography term, but you probably know it is the opposite of shallow depth of field.



Post THREE photos with an aperture setting 7.1. All three photos must have a different shutter speed.

You will identify the aperture, shutter speed and ISO reading.

Have fun, be safe, and play fair.

Call this post, "Reporting Data of Three Photos"

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Studies in Shutter Speed

Eric Hernandez from Period 1, Photo 1 took this photo at 1/500 of a second for our shutter speed project. 1/500 of a second is considered a fast shutter speed.

Photo by 5th period Photo 1 student Antonio... at 1/30 of a second

VPA 2.3 Proficient (Develop and refine skill in the manipulation of digital imagery.) Students will be able to identify how shutter speed affects images.

Feeling 22 - Studies in Depth of Field

Photo by K. Palafox, 5th Period

Post your photo taken at f22. (You can find if your photo was taken at f22 by looking at the metadata tab in Aperture software.)


At f22, almost everything should be in focus, just like this 1950 Alfred Eisenstaedt photo. (Is it the happiest photo ever? Was it shot at f.22?)

This photo was shot at f2.2 by Bruno Arriaga, Photo 1 student, Period 1

At F2.2, the foreground is in focus and the background can become blurry, as seen in this photo above. (I am editing this post during the week when we study shutter speed, so the students now know that shutter speed also affects depth of field.)

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VPA 2.3 Proficient (Develop and refine skill in the manipulation of digital imagery.) Students will be able to identify how aperture affects depth of field.

Blog Presentation

Lists and More Lists

1. Link List for your group

2. Link List for group leaders of other group

3. Link to the Photo 1 class blog

4 Links to your five favorite photography sites

• include in a post (you may also have a blog roll) - Call the post, "Five Favorite Photography Sites"
• one should be Lens from the NY Times
• another could be National Geographic
• another could be Life Magazine
• if you like concert photography, you could include this site. 
• one could be Bryan Farley Photography (but you don't receive extra credit)
• Voguepedia (Vogue Photographers)
• another could be informational, sports related, fashion forward, you choose!

When you are finished, email this link to me at my school email and cc me at my gmail address (bryanfarley2020 at gmail dot com)

Shooting Composition

Call this post, "One Photo Composition Rule"

Last week, your group chose 5 articles about Photography Composition rules and guidelines. Some writers created lists with 25 photo composition rules. How does someone remember 25 rules?

I asked that you chose your five favorite rules (one from each article), even though I only have three composition rules. I wanted to give you more options. For this week's photo assignment, you chose one of your favorite rules and took a photograph that would illustrate this rule.

For homework, plan your shoot. What is the rule? Where will you shoot? How will the image prove to me that you know the rule?

You will go out with a large group and work together. Return and upload the photos. This lesson will prepare your group for longer outings so that eventually you can shoot without me.

Composition Rules and Guidelines

Composition Rules and Guidelines

How are the objects arranged on this picture? What do you notice about the elements of art and principles of design?
How would you change the objects to improve this picture? 

These questions (and your answers) will help you understand composition. 

As a group, use the internet to search "photography" and "composition." Your group will find many articles with rules, lists, and guidelines about composition. While I have THREE rules for composition, you will probably find lists with 5 to 25 rules. 

Choose five of the articles.
Include the links.
For each article, select ONE rule that you like and explain why you find it useful.
You could write, "I like rule/tip 3, because it explains how I can make my pictures look...."

If you have questions, use the comment section.

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Photo for Period 5 is below

Period 5 uses this photo to crop (and straighten)

Period 6 uses this photo