Photography
Lesson Plans & Homework
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| Day | Date | Lesson Plans & Homework | Helpful Information |
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Jan. 6 | Introduction to class. Review class syllabus.Assign 30 subject challenge. | |
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Jan. 8 |
Elements of Composition Book. Powerpoint with notes. Worktime. |
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Jan. 10 | Worktime on Composition book. |
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Jan 14 |
Review Composition. Rule of thirds worksheet. Worktime on Composition Book | |
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Jan. 16 | Chapter 9 notes. Introduction to artist powerpoint. Comp book DUE on Jan. 21th. | |
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Jan. 21 | Chapter 9 quiz. Worktime on photographyer powerpoint. | Creating Contact Sheets |
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Jan. 23 | Guest Speaker. Finish Chapter 1 notes. | |
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Jan. 27 |
How to edit photos and create contact sheets. Famous photographer power point assignment. | |
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Jan. 29 | 30 Subject critique. Complete review of Adobe Bridge and Photoshop. |
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Jan. 31 | Ch 1 quiz. Equipement notes. Check out and clean cameras. Powerpoints DUE. | |
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Feb. 4 | Famous Photographer Powerpoint presentations.Aperture notes and assignment. | |
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Feb. 6 | Famout Photographer Powerpoint presentations. Aperture practice. |
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Feb. 10 | Aperture critique. Introduction to shutter. Chapter 3 Notes. | |
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Feb. 12 | No Class | |
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Feb. 18 | Ch 3 Quiz. Guest Speaker DWU. Shutter practice. | |
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Feb. 20 | Shutter Olympics - practice | |
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Feb. 24 | Shutter critique. Apt. Shutter packet. | |
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Feb. 26 | ch. 6 quiz. Alternative Lighting practice. |
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Feb. 28 | President's Photographer video. | |
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Mar. 3 | Alternative Lighting critique. Chapter 7 notes. | |
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Mar 5 | MACRO introduction & practice. | |
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Mar. 9 | Macro critique. Framing introduction. Camera modes worksheets. | |
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Mar. 11 | Framing practice day. Camera simulator worksheets. |
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Mar. 13 | Ansel Adams video. | |
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Mar. 17 | Framing critique. Assign Landscape vs. cityscape. | |
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Mar. 24 | "BEAUTY WITHIN" PHOTOS: Edit photo to black & white. | |
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Mar. 26 | BEAUTY WITHIN" PHOTOS: Critque. Complete ch 8 notes | |
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Mar. 30 | Chapter 8 quiz. Assign Line photo assignment. | |
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April 1 | LINE PHOTO: practice day |
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April 3 | LINE PHOTO: practice day. | |
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April 7 | LINE PHOTO; Critique day | |
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Apr 9 | Lange reading activity DUE | |
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Apr 15 | CATCH UP WEEK | |
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Apr 17 | CATCH UP WEEK | |
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Apr 21 | PHOTOJOURNALISM |
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Apr 23 | CHAPTER 10 QUIZ | |
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Apr 27 | .PHOTOJOURNALISM | |
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Apr 29 | PHOTOJOURNALISM | |
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May 1 | PHOTOJOURNLISM DUE at NOON | |
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May 5 | CATCH UP WEEK | |
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May 7 | CATCH UP WEEK. | |
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May 11 | ONE SUBJECT | |
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May 13 | ONE SUBJECT | |
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May 15 | ONE SUBJECT | |
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May 19 | ONE SUBJECT DUE at NOON | http://www.quia.com/jg/2430901.html |
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May 21 | ||
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Interested in photography, follow the links below.
| Turn off all the lights and have the kids work in teams to draw pictures with flashlights as you keep the shutter open. (you will need a tripod) They could be original creations or something you pull from a hat. Once developed, you will have a variety of lines "painted with light". Maybe one class to take the pictures and one class to explain what happens. |
| Have them take pictures of items or themselves, glue to cardboard, then cut out to create characters. Use in combination with magazine images to create scenes |
| Can you have the student take one picture of something common but disguise it, whether it is very close up, or a strange crop. The students have to guess what each other's object is. |
| Have them make and keep a photo sketchbook- walking around the classroom, school, or outside of the school, everytime they see a photo they'd like to take, they make a sketch of it. This is interesting way to develop their "eye", and teach about composition. |
| Photo- collages: using magazines, old photos that you or they bring in, and other mixed-media to make photo collages. You can bring in the Dadaist photo montages and/or the Starn twins as example. |
| Alter/draw on top of old photos- watercolor and cray- pas work well. Older students can scratch into the photos with a pointed tool. |
| Super cool thing---get a giant refrigerator box, paint the inside black. Poke a small( 1/8") hole on one side, put a kid inside it. Have him hold a white tag board against the opposite side of the box from the hole, and he/she should be able to see an upside-down image of whatever is outside. You can even see little videos of kids jumping around outside. There will be a correct focal point somewhere inside, so you should go in and find it first and then tell the kids how far from the hole to hold the paper. I got a music stand from band and put it in the right place, and then everyone could easily see it. The outside images need to be in the direct sun. It's so much fun. You have to watch out that the other kids don't tip over the box for fun. You can make a little door in the side but you have to double edge it so light can't get in anywhere but the hole. |
| Photography organizing tips |