Complete Your Final Portfolio

Sorry I am not with you today.

Please complete your Final Portfolio today and check your grades for any work you still may need to make up.

Final Portfolio

Today seniors will work on the Final Portfolio. 

Here is a good example of the project
http://katelynbphoto2.blogspot.com/


Make sure that all of the pictures have been DESATURATED - Converted to Black and White.


In the first section you will post your 15 strongest images from the semester and provide a brief critique of each including 1 very strong element and 1 element you could improve upon. NOTE- Pick something from the Critique Guide.

In the second part you will provide an assessment of your portfolio and your work ethic.


Overall Portfolio-Semester work

Please answer the following questions about your overall work this semester  using the 1-4 scale: 

1=Not at all, 2=Somewhat, 3=Mostly, 4=Absolutely

I completed my assignments on time 1 2 3 4

I fulfilled all assignments 1 2 3 4

Made good use of class time 1 2 3 4

Used a creative approach 1 2 3 4

My pictures unique and original 1 2 3 4

My craftsmanship is excellent 1 2 3 4

My images are sharp and focused 1 2 3 4

My images are well composed 1 2 3 4

My images have good contrast and exposure 1 2 3 4

My photography sets a mood 1 2 3 4

Hands and Dramatic Lighting

Today you will take a creative photograph of hands.

Use dramatic lighting setup to get lots of close up detail.

Pose the  hands in interesting positions. 

You can have 1, 2, 3, or as many hands in the picture as you want.

The hands can hold something or be doing some activity.

Focus on the hands only! 

Make sure that the background is either black or white..not distracting.

You can use deep or shallow depth of Field.

Upload recent projects today for grading

Today we will check our progress and make sure all recent work is uploaded including:

Independent Projects
Photoshop text effects
Shadows
Flower Compositions
Double Exposure

Create a Double Exposure in Photoshop

Take a photograph of yourself or a classmate or a friend a create a Double Exposure in Photoshop. You can use a photo from the web as the inner part of the picture.





Here is a tutorial to follow, or you can find one on the web. There are slightly different ways to create this effect, but the end result is the same.

https://www.elcsd.org/cms/lib/NY01000534/Centricity/Domain/84/Double%20Exposure.pdf

Shadows and Flowers studies

Today we will continue editing the shadows and flower pictures we took last week.

Make the shadows high contrast Black and White and next I will give a Photoshop demo of interesting ideas for the flowers.

Intro to the darkroom

Today the first film group will be introduced to the darkroom and printing processes. The rest will work on independent projects.