Most recent lessons
Basic Composition and Editing Unit
Future Lessons
Still Life
Continue your still life notes using the power point located on the link below. Use Cornell note format but DO NOT COPY EVERY WORD! Instead, read each slide and summarize or make bullet points of important information. Remember, this information is where you learn how to take strong still life photographs. So take your time to understand and learn it.
Answer the comprehension questions on the comprehension guide while you watch the video on the history of photography. These are mostly level 2 and level 3 questions so you may have to pause the video to think about the answers.
•Using the link on the button below......
look at each of the still life photographs. Choose 5 that you find interesting. For each of the photographs you chose write a paragraph about how object Choice, Composition, Color, Lighting and Background all elevate to photo from a snap-shot to a fine art photograph. Explain how the choices the photographer made for EACH of these technical aspects of photography help make the photograph a strong still life photograph.
look at each of the still life photographs. Choose 5 that you find interesting. For each of the photographs you chose write a paragraph about how object Choice, Composition, Color, Lighting and Background all elevate to photo from a snap-shot to a fine art photograph. Explain how the choices the photographer made for EACH of these technical aspects of photography help make the photograph a strong still life photograph.
Analysis of past student photography
Portraits
Future Lessons
What is portrait photography?
Watch the video on the link below and answer the following questions
- What are some things communicated in portrait photography?
- Select one of the series presented that stuck out to you. And describe how the photographer may have challenged your idea of portraiture.
- Explain what the photographer was communicating and were they able to connect to you in some way through their photographs? How? Why?
- What questions do you have?
What are the stories told through Portraiture?
The following photographs are considered fine art portraits. We will be using a strategy called see, think, wonder to analyze and interpret these photographs. For each of these photgraphs carefully examine the picture. If we were doing this in class I would set a timer for 5 minutes for each question as you visually explored and wrote down your answers for each of these questions. We are not in class so I am going to let you spend however much time you think you should spend on each question. I will post a video modeling this procedure by Tuesday Evening (May 5th).
Portraits give us many visual clues to help us determine the possible things being communicated. Look at each of the following Photographs.
Questions to answer for each photo
● Write down everything you see, be sure to look closely and be specific
● Write down what these observations make you think. What could be being communicated in the Photograph? How do your observations help you come to this interpretation?
● What does this Photograph make you wonder?
Portraits give us many visual clues to help us determine the possible things being communicated. Look at each of the following Photographs.
Questions to answer for each photo
● Write down everything you see, be sure to look closely and be specific
● Write down what these observations make you think. What could be being communicated in the Photograph? How do your observations help you come to this interpretation?
● What does this Photograph make you wonder?
Read your assigned portion of the following article. Create a list of tips on how to take great portraits using your cell phone. This will act as your "notes" These do not need to be in Cornell Note format but must be a complete set of tips, including key points from all sections of the article (posing, background, lighting and image stabilizer).
From your notes, work with your group to create a poster to teach the rest of the class what we should know from your section
From your notes, work with your group to create a poster to teach the rest of the class what we should know from your section
Choose 3 photos below and answer the following questions for each
1) Describe the photo
2) - Study each photo, be very observant of all the details. try to connect the photo to your background knowledge. Could the photo be about a current issue in society, a personal issue, or is the photo an exploration of their own identity ? What Is the Photographer communicating (Interpret the photo, what do you think it means)?
3) Cite 3 specific pieces of visual evidence from the photograph to support your interpretation. (What choice did the photographer make in the photograph that helped you develop this interpretation)
4) Discuss your interpretation with your elbow partner. Together choose 2 photo interpretation you feel strongest about (1 from each of you) Develop a Powerpoint presentation to present your interpretation to the class
Watch the student short film below. Answer the following questions. Give complete thoughts, not just short, few word answers. I am interested in your thinking.
1) What is 1 thing being communicated in the film and what did you see in the video that makes you think that
2) What is another thing being communicated in this film and what specifically did you see in the film to make you think this.
3) What is 1 more thing you think is being communicated in this film and what specifically do you see in the film that makes you think that?
4) Complete a pair share of your thoughts from the film
5) we will be having a Socratic seminar to discuss your thoughts with the whole group
For the last photo assignment, you will be using all of what you have learned about great portrait photography to create your own portrait that communicates a story or message. You may choose to take a self portrait or work with a partner to collaborate on this portrait story telling assignment. You may also use any filters or apps that can help you achieve the photographic look to best communicate what you want to say.
Color theory
Notes taken 10/20/2020
Due 3/3/2020
Initial Thoughts on Past student work-
Purpose. To view examples students have created for the composition project in the past, as well as practice recognizing the use of the composition rules in Photographs. Assignment: Go to the past students WOW wall page on the class web site (epplerphoto.weebly.com) Look through the photographs to find an example of each of the composition rules (Rule of thirds, Leading line, Symmetry and Pattern, Depth of Field, Framing, Bird's eye and worms eye.) For each rule describe the photo you believe illustrates that rule including how the photograph follows the rule. Finally, describe what you like about the photograph. |
See, Think, Wonder
Due May 5th
Quarter 4, we will be resuming our normal curriculum without the Photoshop lessons
Due 4-27
Home school Extra Photography projects:) These should be FUN:)
posted 3/31/2020 - no due date but please send me photos for review via remind, email or Schoolology.
Keeping a photo journal is a way for people to record their feelings about something in a visual way. Just like a regular journal uses words to record feeling, emotions and activities, a photo journal uses photographs to do the same thing. These photographs can act as metaphors for emotions, they can symbolize feelings or they can become a running record of events. Over the course of the next 2 weeks I want you to journal your feelings about this crazy situation we are all in. This is your own interpretation of your own experience so these photographs can be whatever you want them to be, as long as they mean something to you. Feel free to play with some of the filters and editing features on your phone if the use of these further communicates your feelings. I have included a link to an article that explains the benefits of keeping a photo journal. I have also included a link to a list of photo journal apps for those of you who want to add text and combine photos. I hope this is a way for you to process and funnel some of the emotions you are feeling during this crazy time. We are all in this together.
posted 3/24/2020 - no due date but feel free to send me your photos for feedback through remind or email
Food photography is an awesome way to practice techniques with materials around the house. Look at the examples of food photography below. Ask yourself what the photographer is doing to make the photographs look successful. Each of these photographs use composition and color to help make the photographs look good. These are things you have already studied! They also use lighting and background strategies we will talk about when we get back to school. After looking at the examples see if you can take a strong food photograph over the next week. Play around with composition, color, light and backgrounds. I think you will be surprised how you are able to transform something you eat into a beautiful photograph!
Unit: Still Life Photography
done in class 3/5/2020 and 3/6/2020
Photoshop Workflow
Midterm/Final Exam
Final Portfolio Assessment
Graphic Design
Portraiture
Socratic Seminar guiding questions for Identity Film (link on button below)
- What is being communicated about identity?
- What visual and auditory clues (subtle and obvious) occur in the film to help communicate this?
Guiding Questions for How photographers take self-portraits
1) How does Liu Bolin use self-portraiture as a political tool in the struggle for human rights?
2) Using what you have learned this semester how might Sara Lando created the self-portrait The Ring is the Thing?
3) What helped Sara Lando become a better photographer?
4) How is Quantrell Colbert’s view on self-portraiture similar to what we learned about still life photography?
5) How are background important for Each of the photographers?
6) Where are some web sites photographers go for inspiration?
1) How does Liu Bolin use self-portraiture as a political tool in the struggle for human rights?
2) Using what you have learned this semester how might Sara Lando created the self-portrait The Ring is the Thing?
3) What helped Sara Lando become a better photographer?
4) How is Quantrell Colbert’s view on self-portraiture similar to what we learned about still life photography?
5) How are background important for Each of the photographers?
6) Where are some web sites photographers go for inspiration?
100 Seriously Cool Self-Portraits (And Tips to Shoot Your Own!)
1) What is a strategy for being able to focus on yourself if you are the subject of the photograph?
2) How long should you set the timer on your phone camera for?
3) Look through the self-portraits. Choose 2 you find inspiring.
For each photo answer the following
A) What do you like about the portrait? Make sure to use the photographic terms we have been learning (composition, color, focus, background, pose, lighting and focus.)
B) What do you think the self portraits communicate about the model/photographer?
C) Do you think they used any advanced Photoshop techniques to achieve the image? If so what and how?
Unit 1 Test Info
Still Life
watch the following video on still life photography. When it finishes, students can work on any missing or unfinished work they have.
Perspective
Emma Heidrick's Photos to Interpret
- Choose One and determine possible meaning, Support your interpretation with AT LEAST 4 pieces of evidence from the photo
Still Life
Unit 2 Test
Self Portraits
Research Instructions
Read the following 3 articles and take notes in your notebook to help you answer the following questions in an essay.
1) What are self portraits
2) What is the history of self portraits?
3) Why do people take self portraits
4) Who are some photographers known for their self portraits and what are they saying about themselves through the medium?
5) How does a photographer take a self portrait?
5) How might a translation of a persons identity be achieved through self portrait photography (use the images from our class discussion last week to support your answer).
1) What are self portraits
2) What is the history of self portraits?
3) Why do people take self portraits
4) Who are some photographers known for their self portraits and what are they saying about themselves through the medium?
5) How does a photographer take a self portrait?
5) How might a translation of a persons identity be achieved through self portrait photography (use the images from our class discussion last week to support your answer).
Use the link below to open an article from the New York Times. Read the Article once. Then re-read the article and summarize why each photographer/editor does it.
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