Organized your Google folders

If you have not already done so:
1. Upload all pictures from all devices in to the correct folders for each class activity or assignment.
2. Make sure that each photo essay assignment is uploaded and has a write up.

Photo Essay

Second Photo Essay
"Here Comes Summer"

What are signs that summer is soon approaching or already here.
Due: May 31, 2012

25 pictures -
images grouped into three or four subcategories
variety of images
variety of camera techniques

Write up - typed and shared in the folder with the pictures
1. Explain your theme

2. Details about three pictures as follows
a. How you took the shot
b. Difficulties and experiments with taking the shot
c. Explain the composition of the shot

Dock pictures 051712

Post:
5 x landscapes with water
5 x details of things found by the water

Photo Essay One Due May 17

Here is the handout with the basic Photo Essay components so far:

Handout

Basically:
Create an Essay 1 folder in PJ6 First Last Google Docs Collection

Share only 25 of your best photos for the essay in this folder

Write a one page minimum typed explanation (in Google Docs, share in same folder):
1. paragraph that explains the essay concept or theme
2. Write about three photos on each of these points:
2a. give the name of the photo - what is it saved as in your Essay One folder
2b. How this picture fits into the theme
2c. How this picture was taken - camera settings, lighting, difficulties, angle, distance, etc.
2d. What are the elements of this photograph that make it a great photo - analyze the photo.

All worth 25 points.

Assignment for Thursday Night - Due Friday

There are numerous photo sites on the internet. Examining photographs that you really like will help you take better pictures as we study how specific types of photos have been taken, so we can use these techniques to compose our own photographs.

Tonight, go to
http://www.flickr.com/
Find five different types of pictures that you really liked.
For each photo, in a new email, copy the url for the photo, and write one sentence about what you like for each picture.

Also, in the same email, do some research on your camera at this site:
http://www.dpreview.com/

In the email for this site, include the actual url for your camera's review page

Email tonight to erodgers@hall-school.org

See you Friday,

Mr. R

Welcome PJ6 - HW

1. Go to Google. Create New Collection - PJ6 First Last name.
2. Share with erodgers@hall-school.org as an email collaborator.

3. Go to hallphotojournalism.blogspot.com and "follow" with an outside email address or your parent's email address.

4. email me a message - "hi" in the subject line to erodgers@hall-school.org - from your school google account.

5. Bring a fully charged camera or include extra batteries (keep in locker) to class on Tuesday.

6. Always bring pencil and paper for directions and notes.

All PJ5 folders have been backed up - delete if necessary to upload Essay2 and Haiku

I have sent out individual emails to all students through your @hall-school.org accounts that your PJ5 folders have been backed up. You can now delete a number of class activities so you can upload the following:
1. Photo Essay 2
2. Photo Essay write up - put in your Photo Essay 2 folder
3. Photo-Haiku folder -
3a. 10 photos from the two day class activity
3b. 8 minimum Haikus - each may have a number for a title or a single word as a title

See you Thursday.

Friday is the last day of our class.

Photo Activity - Photo Haiku Activity - M/T

We will participate in a two day class activity, worth 15 points. All photos and the writing from the activity should appear in a new folder called - Photo Haiku.

Photo Essay 2 due 041912

Your Photo Essay 2 - Vacation or Week Off Theme should be uploaded into Google Docs PJ5 folder in a new folder called Photo Essay 2.
We will complete a first draft of the write up due for the essay, that should be in your Photo Essay 2 folder as well.

Garden Macro 040512 Folder

Place Thursday's shots in a new collection as named above - five picture minimum

Photo's Today upload as Piper Park 040312

PJ5 Photo Collections so far

Minimum best photos from each type of activity -
In class activity - 5 pictures
Homework activity - 10 pictures
Photo Project or Essay - 25 pictures

All sets should be varied images

Collections

Photo Essay due 040312

Here is the handout with the basic Photo Essay components so far:

Handout

Basically:
Create a Essay 1 folder in PJ5 First Last Google Docs Collection

Share only 25 of your best photos for the essay

Write a one page minimum typed explanation (in Google Docs, share in same folder):
1. paragraph that explains the essay concept or theme
2. Write about three photos on each of these points:
2a. give the name of the photo - what is it saved as in your Essay One folder
2b. How this picture fits into the theme
2c. How this picture was taken - camera settings, lighting, difficulties, angle, distance, etc.
2d. What are the elements of this photograph that make it a great photo - analyze the photo.

Photo scavenger activity in class Monday, March 26

Random Picture List  - take a minimum 3 of each number category –

1.      macro shots of finger tips, nostrils, hair, eyebrows

2.      macro shots of wood grain, plant fibers, flower parts, leaves

3.      macro shot of an eye – close up

4.      macro shot of crack in the sidewalk, uneven surfaces of cement, etc.

5.      trees, branches and sky backgrounds

6.      repeating patterns

7.      trash and junk

8.      edges of buildings

In the end, upload your best shot from each of the 8 categories. 

Call the collection - Random Picture List 032612

Update - Class activities and First Assignment

Today we took notes comparing the eye to a digital camera, and how each works differently.

Also, we need your five best pictures each, ten total from two in class activities we participated in today:
1. pictures in the dark in class
2. object study of an object from Mr. Rodgers toy box setup around the room.

Due next Tuesday - uploaded to Google in the following folder(s):
1. 10 amazing sunrise/sunset/cloud pictures

or - due to the rain as of late

2. 10 staged shots in the dark at home - use objects that reflect, spotlights, shadows, candles, etc. Remember to hold your camera steady, or place it on an even surface and use the timer to reduce camera movement.

Get a card reader or find your camera usb cable...

Please confirm with me, for one point, that you have a card reader slot on your computer, an actual plugin usb card reader, or a usb camera cable that allows you to upload pictures to your home computer. This is absolutely essential to turn in assignments in Google Docs.

Also, I suggest that you create a folder on your computer and save your photos in this folder, with a new folder for each assignment so that you always have your photos on your computer.

I urge you to delete pictures that are not needed for the minimum required number of pictures for each assignment and save only those pictures that satisfy the assignment -or- are truly awesome pictures that you personally want to save for yourself. The best time to delete pictures is at the end of taking pictures each time you take pictures, so that you do not fill your life with a future of massive collections of pictures that become so unwieldy that you will never sort through, or get rid of the unwanted pics, later in life. (I speak from experience here, folks. I have several hard drives full of 2 to 8 gig card downloads after years of having digital cameras).

Send me an email, when you get a card reader or the camera cable and have successfully created a photo folder for your own photos on your computer.

Grades are posted for the first week's activities

It is important that you check your grade to make sure that you are current with all class activities and assignments that should be posted in Google Docs - or - emailed to erodgers@hall-school.org.

Many students have sent the appropriate emails, or posted your pics in Google Docs as follows:
1. Email erodgers@hall-school.org with your school gmail address - 1 point
2. Create a PJ5 First Last collection and make erodgers@hall-school.org an email collaborator under the share dialog box.
3. Uploaded 6 of your best and different type of Happy Sad, Light Shadow pics to a new collection in your PJ5 collection called Happy Sad 030612
4. Sent me an email, that we used computers in class to create on Thursday, 030812 - five favorite (and different) flickr.com pictures and a link from dpreview.com about your camera's model.
5. Took 10 notes about the Ansel Adams documentary shown on Friday, 030912.

If you have not completed any of the following, and were in class, please do so, so I can change your grade to the grade you deserve.

If you are having computer issues at home please let me know. I suggest that you do as much as the computer work at school in the library when it is convenient if you are having computer issues at home.

0306 Happy Sad Assignment

Class Activity take pictures of each group member posing in four different emotions - happy, sad, mad, excited. Take upper torso and head shots.

Also, take additional pictures -
1. repeating patterns
2. shadows and light
3. edges
4. curves and straight lines

You may finish this assignment at home.
When done, review your shots. Delete all but the best picture for each category. Upload these 8 new photos into a new collection called Happy Sad 0306 in your PJ5 folder.

Due by Thursday before class. FYI - borrowed school cameras will be uploaded later.

Photo collections from Photojournalism 7 online

Please check out the initial postings of the Hall Middle School Photojournalism 7 Class photos. There are several collections started and more are to come.

Best of Gallery - PJ1
Essay1 AliceS Kitchen - PJ1
A sample Photo Essay - CarolineL - Walking to School
Larkspur Creek
Low Light Photography
PhotoEssay - Vacation Theme

These are just the beginning. Look for updates and more photo sets to be added very soon.

Also, since these pictures are on the web, photographer names are listed as first name, last initial. All the pictures are listed as ©2011-2012 Hall Middle School and the student photographer in order to protect the pictures from being used elsewhere.

Essay 1 - due Tuesday, Feb 14

Here is the handout with the basic Photo Essay components so far:

Handout

Basically:
Create a Essay 1 folder in PJ4 First Last Google Docs Collection

Share only 25 of your best photos for the essay

Write a one page minimum typed explanation (in Google Docs, share in same folder):
1. paragraph that explains the essay concept or theme
2. Write about three photos on each of these points:
2a. give the name of the photo - what is it saved as in your Essay One folder
2b. How this picture fits into the theme
2c. How this picture was taken - camera settings, lighting, difficulties, angle, distance, etc.
2d. What are the elements of this photograph that make it a great photo - analyze the photo.

Start of PJ4 - first assignment

Email erodgers@hall-school.org answers to the following questions:

(hard copies will not be accepted).

1. Go to flickr.com and find two different types of pictures you really liked.

1a. copy the link to your email and describe each picture in a sentence

example:

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2445294395104759459

This is a beach shot with beautiful sunlight.

2. Go to dpreview.com and find your camera of a camera that costs under 300 dollars that fits in a pocket.

2b. copy the link in your email text.

example:

http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=2445294395104759459

This is a beach shot with beautiful sunlight.

Tuesday's in class activity - send pictures...

Tonight - Use Google Docs and create a new collection for each item below within your PJ3 folder.
1. share one or two or the best head shots that you took in class.
2. share your best picture that you edited in class with the iPads today. In order to do this you had to email it to yourself from the iPad.

Also, since the class is wrapping up on Friday, make sure that all of your Google folders have the necessary assignments complete in them.

See you Thursday,

- Mr. Rodgers