Wednesday, October 3, 2018

one color assignment

Please........
1.Be on time
2.Log onto the site for this class. 
You get a grade for this.
3.When I am giving instructions, 
be in a seat.
4. Do not interfere with instructions
or disrupt class. 
5. When I am giving instructions, your phones and headphones should be invisible. MNPS has specific regulations  for electronic devices. Security of your electronic devices is your responsibility.
6. Do what I ask you to do, when I ask you.
7. Follow all school rules and MNPS rules.
8. It is your responsibility to make up missing assignments. No late work will be accepted after two weeks from the date assigned. The only exception is for excused absences.
9. Be respectful of others.


Assignment: one color


Standards:

CREATE     
PRODUCE 
RESPOND 
CONNECT

Create
1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
2. Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
3. Refine and complete artistic work.

Produce
2. Develop and refine artistic work for production.

Connect
1. Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to artistic endeavors.
2. Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context.

Objectives_I can:
Take a digital photo and load it onto a Macintosh computer
Open the photo in Photoshop and save it correctly
Use designated Photoshop tools correctly
Create a composite Photoshop document

Email the photo as an attachment



Your grade:

4_advanced_93-100 points. A strong amount of work has been completed. All 
instructions & specifications met. A comprehensive and wide-ranging exploration
 of visual qualities, the representation of ideas, media experiments, and technical 
practice is demonstrated. The work reflects superior thought and imagination.

3_proficient_85-92 points. A reasonable amount of work has been completed. 
Most instructions and specifications met. The work illustrates satisfactory exploration
 of visual qualities, and the representation of ideas. There is satisfactory evidence of 
work on images, media experiments, and technical practice.

2_basic_75-84 points. A small amount of work has been completed. 
Some instructions and specifications met. The work illustrates some exploration 
of visual qualities, the representation of ideas. There is some evidence of work on 
images, media experiments and technical practice.

1_below basic_74 and below. A less than adequate amount of work 
has been completed. There is little evidence of work on images, media, 
and technical practice.


0_No work attempted


Assignment directions:
•Take 5 photos one color (move in close, fill
 your viewfinder with one color)
•Place them your documents folder 
•Open one photo in Photoshop
•Use levels to adjust contrast
•Place them together in one Photoshop document







Photoshop directions
In the Photoshop Options Bar (top of screen) go to Window

Check the following (unless already has checkmark) :
Workspace>Essentials
Layers
Application Frame
Options
Tools



•Make a new Photoshop document. 
Name: Color
Size: 12"x12" (or any size you like)
Resolution: 300

• Combine all color photos in one document. We will do this together. You will probably need to resize.

•Go to the Photoshop Type Tool and type your first and last name in the Photoshop document. We will do this together in class.

•Save as JPEG and email to me at 
topperselfie@gmail.com. Type your first and last name, your block, and "color" in the subject line of the email.

To save as a JPEG:
http://stevecampbellhillwood.blogspot.com/2015/11/saving-as-jpeg.html


Friday, September 28, 2018

assignments


Photo 2

For Friday's "Notes" assignment, go to stevecampbellhillwood.blogspot.com
Type it in your browser.

Assignments we have done for a grade in this class:

•Safety exam
•Digital Collage
•4 more photos of the same color
•5 one color photos in a Photoshop collage
•The same silhouette photo with a 5 different images in it
•Drawing of “How to email” instructions
•Vocabulary in “Notes”. Usually a definition and an image. Cannot be made up.
•A current grade form. Most of you did this.
•A folder titled “Portfolio” with your finished assignments in it.


You also got a grade for emailing some finished assignments to topperselfie@gmail.com

Here are vocabulary words you can do to makeup missing assignments.

In Notes, 4 vocabulary words +images = 1 missing assignment. Just show them to me.


Camera
Closeup photo
Rule of thirds
Grayscale photo

Digital Collage
Camera lens
DSLR
Composition

Exposure
Lens
Focus
File format

ISO
Table top photography
Portrait photography
Shutter speed

Viewfinder
Line
Stopping action
Auto focus





Saturday, September 22, 2018

september 25 and 27 one color photos & side and silhouette photos





No phones except for classwork.
If your phones are out during instruction, place them face down. 

Do not listen to music in the classroom. No earbuds or headphones. 


80 is the highest possible grade for past due work.Past due assignments will not be accepted more than 2 class meetings after a due date.


Assignments are INDIVIDUAL unless assigned as team or group


Email assignments correctly

Here are the email instructions:


I will not accept your email if not done correctly.

That includes:
Your first and last name
The name of the assignment
Your block (or period)
Your assignment attached as a JPEG



•Check your grades
You may have done the assignment, but have not turned it in. Talk to me.



80 is the highest possible grade for past due work. Past due assignments will not be accepted more than 2 class meetings after a due date.



Today and this week:

•Make a folder, titled "Portfolio" with your finished assignments in it. 
Here's how to make a new folder:

Put these finished assignments
in your new "Portfolio" folder
You should have:
1. Digital Collage (the Rock)
2. Portraits with Filters
3. 5 photos of one color



•Be sure you have Chrome in your Dock
•Notes: Photographic composition (definition and image)
•Finish Assignment: one color Photoshop collage
• Second Assignment: side & silhouette photo