12.19

The PDF I uploaded was blurry, so here's the link to the pdf:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16b5CCAR3RofZI5dUFfoITIRN06usrNsk/view?usp=sharing

12.17 YOUR FINAL

Good morning, photojournalists, and happy Snow Day #2!

Here's the paper about your final that I gave you last month. You've had more than a month to plan your final, so they're still due on final day.

If you have an event today, like the wrestling match, I'm not sure if it's still going on, so contact the athletic office, and they'll let you know.

Text me with information on how to get the camera.

12.5.19 Painting With Light Turn In

Good morning, Photojournalists,

I'm excited to see your Painting with Light photos.

This is how you'll turn them in.

I'll include google docs at the end of this email, one for 1st hour and one for 3rd hour.

They're separated by your groups.

You'll sit in your groups and answer the questions together and put your photos on the google docs below:

1st hour: Here it is for 1st hour

3rd hour: Here it is for 3rd hour

This must be done by the end of the hour.

Also, I added events to SignUpGenius, so please sign up.

I'll see you all Monday!

12.3.19: November Best of and Painting with Light

Good morning, photojournalists,

Well, it looks like my family won the flu lottery: three out of four of us have Influenza A, which means we shouldn't be around people or in public for five to seven days to avoid passing this scourge on to anyone else. And it's miserable, so I don't want anyone to get this!  I'll be gone at least through Thursday, and probably through Friday.

Today, you need to curate your November photos and put them in your November Best Of folder on the server. You need to put three to five of your best photos from November in there.

This MUST be done by the end of the school day today. I'm setting the alarm on my phone, and at 3:15, I'm copying the folders over to my desktop, and if you don't have any photos in your folder, you will receive a zero.

If you're not sure where they are, here's a screen shot:

When you're done with that, look for ideas for your Painting With Light activity you started yesterday and will finish up with Mrs. Paulson on Weds and Thu.

Google "painting with light" and "long exposure photography" and see what you find that you like and figure out how to use that to inspire your own group's work! One of my FAVORITES is the dinosaur one (see if you can find it) because I can't imagine how much time that took and how difficult it was to keep it from looking like a hot mess!

11.19 Aperture and Short Depth of field experiment/application

Good morning, photojournalists,

Looking at the schedule I published yesterday, we're going to have to change a few things. I'm not going to have you watch the movie, etc.

I'll publish the new schedule later today.

As for your assignment for today, HALF of you'll take pictures illustrating shallow/short and deep/long depth of field using the APERTURE PRIORITY MODE. The other half of you will be in the classroom. THEN tomorrow we'll switch.

People with cameras today:
1st hour: Mckenna A, Ryan C, Triston D, Weston E, Avery Go, Audrey J, Mariah M, Sydnie N, Samantha P, Ellie P, Rachel S, Lauryn T, Megan W.

3rd hour: Brooke A, Lydia B, Caitlyn M, Kaeleigh C, Kayleigh D, Hanna E, Margaret G, Michaela K, Brennah O, Ashanti P, Mackenzie R, Meriah S, Greenly W


People with cameras tomorrow:
1st Hour: Megan B, Derek C, Cora D, Avery Gi, Jillian H, Joey M, Cody N, Haylee O, Diya P, Juliana S, Sierra V, Shaylinn Y

3rd hour: Travis A, Kolton B, Sophie C, Skylar D, Emma D, Olivia F, Bethany H, Evan L, Brinn P, Brooke R, Hadley S, Bailee T, Emily W

You'll do basically the same thing you did with your photos in shutter priority mode, but I'd like to see you employ a little more art in taking your photos.

SO, grab a camera, put it in aperture priority mode, see me for help in how to do this, and take photos in the hallway with short and long depth of field.

Need inspiration? Yes, yes you do.

Here are photos with a short depth of field:
Short Depth of Field Photos
Think of setting up pencils on a table or photos of a laptop or the statues in the LMC or anything that you think your peers would enjoy a closer view of.

Here are photos with a long depth of field:
Long Depth of Field Photos
Now, I now we don't have cliffs or anything like that here at North, but think about taking long photos down hallways or out a window or something.

You'll need to do the same thing you did with the shutter speed as far as at least one photo with a short depth of field, at least one with a long depth of field, post them on your blog WITH THE SETTINGS (see the blog from OCTOBER 17 for directions on how to find them in PhotoShop), and discuss how the setting affected the depth of field.

THIS IS DUE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND AT MIDNIGHT.

11.17 Canon Outside of Auto and Aperture

Happy Monday morning!

Let's go over, again, what the next few weeks will look like:

This week:
Monday, November 18 : This assignment
Tuesday, November 19: You're going out on your own to take aperture pictures SO BRING YOUR MEMORY CARD
Wednesday, November 20: Put the pictures from Tuesday on your blog
Thursday, November 21: Watch the video President's Photographer; if you need to download and such, do so.
Friday, November 22: Finish the video ALL OF YOUR PHOTOS FROM UP TO THIS POINT MUST BE ON THE SERVER WITH YOUR PAPER TURNED IN!

Monday, November 25: Paint with Light
Tuesday, November 26: Paint with Light
Wednesday, November 27-Friday, November 29: Thanksgiving Break

Monday, December 2: Put Paint with Light on blog
Tuesday, December 3: Make November Best of Folder
Wednesday, December 4: Go over November Best Of photos
Thursday, December 5-Tuesday, December 10: I'll be gone; Important Photojournalists project
Wednesday, December 11-Thursday, December 12: Present Project
Friday, December 13: Finish up any other presentations

Monday, December 16-Tuesday, December 17: Finish up any downloads left for semester
Wednesday, December 18: Finals for hours 2, 4, and 6
Thursday, December 19: FINALS!!

ALSO, PEOPLE! Some of you are in serious danger of not passing first semester all because you haven't gotten your events in.
Here are what's going on tomorrow. There's still room for two more people:

NOW FOR TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT:

Using the Canon Outside Of Auto website IN APERTURE PRIORITY MODE, take one photo with a short depth of field and one photo with a long depth of field.

Here's a screenshot of aperture priority mode. Make sure you've selected Aperture Priority Mode (Aperture Priority (Av)):

Screen shot each photo SHOWING THE SETTINGS and put it on your blog.

Then, for each photo, write a sentence illustrating that you understand the affect that aperture has on your depth of field. As in, "when the aperture setting is _______, that means it has a _______ aperture, which creates a _________ depth of field," etc.

WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT do any downloading you need to do, go through your photos, etc.

10.30: Aperture and Depth of Field

10.30 Aperture Article

Good morning, Photojournalists!

Today's assignment is much like the Shutter Speed Articles you did before. You'll get a paper to fill out as you work your way through this blog posting.

Let's explore the creative possibilities and limitations of exposure through Aperture.

The aperture is the size of the opening that allows light to hit the sensor. It controls the amount of light through the size of the opening.

Aperture is one of three variables that determine exposure (along with shutter speed and ISO) as illustrated in the exposure triangle (actioncamerablog.com)

Depending on how big or little your aperture is affects the depth of field in your image.

Read the following article on Aperture and then answer the questions on the shutter speed handout. 

Then

Aperture and Depth of Field on flicker and you’ll find wonderful examples of photographs that creatively play with fast and slow shutter speeds. 

FIND TWO COOL EXAMPLES OF AND PUT IT ON YOUR BLOG AND TELL ME WHY YOU THINK THEY'RE COOL.

THE QUESTIONS AND POSTINGS ARE DUE BY THE END OF THE HOUR.

10.17.19: Your experiment with shutter speed

Good morning, photojournalists,

Today is senior portrait make-ups, so we're meeting in the LMC.

You'll need to do the following assignment.

You'll need to put this on your blog.

Download the photos you took yesterday. The ones that followed this list:

What you need to do is look at each photo. Open the photo in PhotoShop (you can hold down the command key and then choose "open with PhotoShop"

Once you get them all opened, you need to look at the camera information about the photo. Go under "File" and then down to "File Info..."

 Once you get that window, select "Camera Data," and you'll get a window like this:

This tells you all sorts of information, like what brand of camera you used, what model, what lens, when the photo was taken, etc.

It also tells you what your shutter speed was and what the aperture (the number that says "f/----" is the aperture).

Record the shutter speed and aperture, then look at your photos. What do you notice about the shutter speed and aperture? What changes about the aperture when you change your shutter speed? What do the photos look like?

Put EVERY photo (once for each of the shutter speeds) on your blog. Then under EACH photo, put the shutter speed and the aperture.

THEN under each photo, write a short paragraph about what the shutter speed did to the photo.

THEN AT THE END, write a long sentence OR short paragraph discussing what happened with the aperture when you made the shutter speed shorter.

AND your final part of the assignment is to have a great day!

10.11.19: Canon Outside of Auto- Shutter Priority Mode

Happy Friday, Photojournalists!

It's finally turning chilly, and I'm loving this weather!

You have an assignment for today:

Using the Canon Outside Of Auto website IN SHUTTER PRIORITY MODE, you need to take three photos and put them on your blog.

Go to http://www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/play/

Choose Shutter Priority Mode:
Notice at the top of the screen in the middle the "Shutter Priority(Tv)" clicked.

Now you need to take these three photos:

• one photo with a shutter speed set to where the propeller almost disappears
• one photo where the middle of the propeller appears to be still and the ends are moving
• one photo where the propeller is completely frozen. 

Screen shot each photo SHOWING THE SETTINGS and put them on your blog.

For EACH photo, write a sentence illustrating that you understand the effect that shutter speed has on movement in the photo.
MAKE SURE YOU USE THIS VOCABULARY IN YOUR EXPLANATIONS:

• Long shutter speed OR slow shutter speed
• Short shutter speed OR fast shutter speed
• Frozen motion
• Capture blur

THIS IS DUE ON YOUR BLOG BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY.

VOTE:

forms.gle/LYXGX4Hgi9jznz5w7

9.23.19 Voting Results and I'm losing my voice!

Good morning, photojournalists!

I finally got around to tabulating your voting for best leading line or framing photo challenge.

1st hour's winner is DIYA PATEL!

Comments included:

"The framing on the widows are amazing to look at in her picture. Also there are leading lines that lead you to the outdoors and the flags about the learning stairs. The lighting was also great in the picture!"

and

"Her picture has GREAT lighting and it's VERY cool to see half the room lit up, while the other half is dark. The leading lines lead the audience up the stairs, and towards the flag. Overall, the picture is GREAT and VERY compelling!"

3rd hour's winner is KAELEIGH COOPER!

Comments included:

"I really liked the way she used the fence to frame and how it was blurred out and the main subject was in focus. I liked the flag flying right in the center and it was a really cool picture to look at."

and

"I really like this picture because it is simple, but its eye-catching. And it is a perfect example of framing from the outside of the fence around the flag."

CONGRATULATIONS, ladies! You get a trip to the vending machine on me!

Today, I'm losing my voice. It's a work day for you. I'm going to go over SignUpGenius and look and see who hasn't uploaded their photos yet.

WE HAVE A YEARBOOK DEADLINE COMING UP AND NEED YOUR PICTURES!!!

9.17.19 Shutter Speed Articles

Good morning, Photojournalists!

First of all, I started grading, and some of you who turned in your "2019.20 PhotoJ Event Turn In And Reflection" haven't put your photos on the server.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR PICTURES ARE ON THE SERVER! If you're not sure how to do that, remember, I made a video to the left and put it there.


Now for today's assigment:


You'll get a paper to fill out as you work your way through this blog posting.

Let's explore the creative possibilities and limitations of exposure through shutter speed. The shutter speed is the amount of time of the the shutter curtain stays open to allow light in.
Shutter speed is one of three variables that determine exposure (along with aperture and ISO) as illustrated in the exposure triangle (actioncamerablog.com)

Depending on how long or how short your shutter curtain stays open will effect motion blur in your image.

Read the following article on Shutter Speed and then answer the questions on the shutter speed handout. 

Then

Read the article on Panning and answer the questions on the shutter speed handout.

Here are the traditional full shutter speed stops:  <—–1 second, 1/2second, 1/4,1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000—–>

Note: The shutter speed doubles as you move higher and halves as you move to lower numbers: 1/1000 is twice as fast as 1/500 and 1/500 will stay open twice as long as 1/1000

Search Shutter Speed on flicker and you’ll find wonderful examples of photographs that creatively play with fast and slow shutter speeds. 

FIND TWO COOL EXAMPLES OF AND PUT IT ON YOUR BLOG AND TELL ME WHY YOU THINK THEY'RE COOL FOR A FEW EXTRA CREDIT POINTS!!!

THE QUESTIONS ARE DUE AT THE END OF THE HOUR; THE EXTRA CREDIT IS DUE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

9.9.19 More on types of composition AND the server

Good morning, photojournalists,

Well, I can't say it's a GOOD morning because I either have a horrible case of allergies or an evil cold.

This is how I feel this morning:

The next three days, you have a lot of things to do.

ALL of the below is due by Wednesday at midnight.

For the photos you've taken up to this point, you need to:

• Go through EVERY folder and get rid of the unuseable/blurry ones (you can do this at home)
• Create your Best Of folder in every event and put your Best Of photos in your folder (you can do this at home)
• Put your folders on the server (you can't get on the server from home, so you have to put all your photos on the server when you're at school)
• Fill out the Event Turn In and Reflection Form and turn it in

AND

Complete the following assignment over composition (you can do this at home)

We're going to spend more time on composition today because:

• I'd like for it to become a habit for you to  look for ways to employ the types of composition in your photography

• It needs to become easier for you to recognize an opportunity to use the different types of composition when you're out shooting

 • Because you're going to start to have to take photos of different kinds of composition in each event you attend

Being able to do this will up your skill and make your photographs more visually appealing.

I was going to spend more time today teaching you about the other types of composition, but you're going to have to do that on your own as we have a lot to do over the next few weeks.

HERE'S A LINK TO THE POWERPOINT I STARTED TO GO OVER LAST WEEK:
2017 Photo Composition Powerpoint

Use this powerpoint to finish filling out your notes.

When you're done with that, you need to complete this google doc:

You need to complete the google doc here:
2019.20 Types of Composition

MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE for copying, renaming, and sharing your document!!

You have until TUESDAY AT MIDNIGHT to complete this. And then when you're done, I'm going to take it even further in your photo assignments you're taking.

9.8 Vote!!

Good morning, photojournalists,

Today you're going to vote for the best of leading lines or framing.

So, look at everyone's postings FROM THE OTHER CLASS, and use this link to vote:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScq6pflZ70D0DSP3FxIXVWjDI8wG40gVkIj79HBhNeGdomWtA/viewform

For example: If you're in FIRST hour, you'll judge everyone's from THIRD hour, and vice versa.

8.30 Post your first photo challenge on your blog

Good morning, my wonderful photojournalists!

It's Friday!!!

I hope you're ready to learn to do something new today!

On Wednesday, you took a photo with either framing or leading lines composition.

Yesterday, you learned to download that photo.

Today, you're going to put that photo on your blog along with the following

• What type of composition it is
• A definition of the type of composition
• An explanation of how the photo you put on your blog is an example of composition.

Here's a step-by-step explanation of how to put your photo and such on your blog.

Log into your blog.

Click "New Post"

 Title your post at the top of the page next to "blogger." Title it "Photo Challenge: Framing or Leading Lines"

Click on the little photo icon (next to "Link")

 Click "choose files"

 Navigate to your photo, and select your photo.

 Click the photo to where it has a blue frame, and click "add selected." It will put it on your blog.

 Now click beneath it and answer the questions.

When you're done, click "publish," and it will be on your blog. 

Choose "view blog" to make sure it's there.

If your blog doesn't show up COME SEE ME IMMEDIATELY!!

You all will vote on them on Tuesday, so to be in the running for a trip to the vending machine on me, your photo needs to be on the blog Tuesday morning!

8.19.19— Set Up Blog

Good morning!

Don't forget: Your memory card and downloader are DUE THIS FRIDAY! We'll do our first photo challenge on Monday, so you MUST have your memory card and downloader to do the assignment.

For reference, here are our plans for the next few days:

• Today, August 19: Set up your photojournalism blog

• Tuesday, August 20-Thursday, August 22 : SignUpGenius on Tuesday, Seating Chart and Get-to-know-you (I'm sorry) on Weds and then learn about the camera, the basics of how to use it

• Friday, August 23: Memory cards and downloaders are due, finish learning about basics of camera. PHOTOCHALLENGE Monday. You'll use your personal memory card to take a picture illustrating one of the types of photo composition.  IF YOU DON'T BRING YOUR MEMORY CARD, YOU CAN'T DO THE  ASSIGNMENT!!
   
• Monday, August 26: Photochallenge

• Tuesday, August 27: You learn to download! Yay!! Cheers of excitement!!

• Wednesday, August 28: Put the example of type of composition on your blog and discuss the photo.

• Thursday, August 29: The class will vote on their favorite example from the other Photojournalism class. The winner gets a trip to the vending machine on me!
Then learn more composition.

• Friday, August 30: More photocomposition and discussion of photo assignments for the weekend.


NOW FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT! I know, you've been waiting ALL DAY for this!

Instead of keeping a paper portfolio in the classroom for your work, you will be setting up a blog (like this one) that you can access at any time and use for resumes, etc.  We will talk later about the expectations and requirements of this portfolio, but for now, you need to set one up!

1. Log on to Blogger and create a profile using your student email address

2. Give your blog a name...preferably your name, or some form of your name

3. Play around with themes. You can always change these things later.

4. Go to  HERE to send Sparks your URL ASAP. 

5. Play around with adding pictures, adding widgets, etc. Customize it and make it your own!

6. Setting up your blog today is FOR A GRADE! If you don't fill out the google form under item 4, you will not receive a grade. SO DO IT!

Necessary information form

Fill out the below form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjvNuYI0G8usIxCLASYvmWZw8U5hzq1YVY5vzC1vWeiJlzHw/viewform