New Projects Added

New Digital Projects using Photo Shop:

• Motion & Blur (Due April 1st): Take a series of photos and using Photo Shop determine the F-stop, ISO, etc. Read more here. Post images on your blog.

• The World is round (Due March 18th): Manipulate your landscape photo in Photo Shop using the method listed here. Post image on your blog.
• Rule of Thirds (Due March 4th): shoot a Digital image of a person. Use the rule of thirds on Photo Shop to crop and improve your image. Read details here. Post image on your blog.

Dark room work

• 35mm Roll - Shadow & Light (should be completed by February 25, 2011.)
• 35mm Roll - Texture (should be completed by February 11, 2011.)

New website for this class in nearly finished!

The new website for this class in nearly finished and most of the information you need will be on there in a logical place.

• Home - the basics
• Class Announcements - This will list projects that you will start in the main classroom.
• Computer Assignments - This will list project that are computer based.
• Darkroom Projects - This will list project that must be done in the darkroom.
• Extra Credit - Keep up with all your work and you won't need it.
• Contact Me - You know where to find me, but if you forget...

More Stuff

• Class Calendar - lists important dates
• Reading List - good article that may make you a better photographer
• Student Blogs & More... - but mostly students blogs
• Class Photos - as soon as you sent them tome.
• Forms and Docs - All of the forms you need will be on the Forms and Documents page. You will be able to down load them and fill them out, save them and then e-mail them back to me...
   
  Our Goal is to do the best we can at everything. Let's work harder and learn more this semester.

Finals - Good Job!

My students did an awesome job on their written photography final. I made you guys  work. I know you think you don't know enough, but your final exam proves you do. I am am proud of the work you have done and excited to see you move forward with your study of photography.

Second semester will be challenging we will get a lot of practice shooting pictures and developing and printing film. We will do a lot more work with photo shop and our Blogs. We will learn more of the artistic side of photography.

You all have a well deserved weekend off! Enjoy it! It you happen look at this blog and leave me a comment before Monday morning I will give you extra credit.

Marcus Kaiser / View West

Marcus Kaiser / View West 

Marcus' image was shot with a Pinhole Camera and can be found on the to Pinhole Resources Gallery. I think this is an interesting shot because it gives the impression that you are seeing something few others have seen. It feels like you are looking through a key hole or looking out from inside a cave. I also has the feeling of the old west  Marcus Kaiser actually used holes in the Berlin Wall as pinholes and photographed both East and West Berlin  More information about Pinhole can be found here.

Extra Credit: Go to Wikipedia's Pinhole Camera entry. When was the first Pinhole Camera used? How was an early image from ancient China described? Where is the World's largest Pinhole Camera and how was the print made?

Digital Interview - Lucy Lui Welch

Lucy Lui Welch, 2 years old,

Lucy’s favorite class is Parkour Class. She likes it because she gets to run around and jump onto things. She also gets to jump off of things and run rally fast.

Lucy’s least favorite word is ‘NO!’ Lucy loves to hike with her mommy, Ms Welch. It make her really, really happy? Possums and Pigeons are her pet peeves. She does not like it when they steal her food. Lucy loves the sound of keys jangling, because it usually means she gets to go for a walk.

Lucy hates the sounds Pigeons make. Lucy’s favorite word is walk. Lucy wants to be a police dog when she grows up. She does not want to work at a veterinary hospital.When Lucy gets to Heaven, she wants to hear the words “Good Girl.”

Lucy lives in a house in Oakland, California with her mom. They hope to one day live on a big ranch in the country with a lot of animals Lucy can herd.

Student Photo Grams & Positive Negative Example

Welcome to the end of the 4th week of school.

You have made it this far and we are of to a great start. I am excited to get to know all of you an impressed with the work you have done so far. Take a look at the other pages on this blog and get familiar with them. Next week we will begin to use this blog to get our computer and digital assignments...




Opportunity for Extra Credit: Study this image. Notice the inscription: What is Past is Prologue." Tell me in a 3-5 sentence paragraph - in an e-mail, of course - what you think it means and why is it important...