Week of Feb 1

We spent some time learning how to bring a photo into Photoshop, how to use a crop tool, how to make some basic lighting adjustments. I reviewed privacy settings in Flickr

Writing Assignment #1 : Description of self as though you are a character in a book. Much of our focus this semester will be based on trying to get you to use show not tell in your work. This assignment focuses on this idea right away. A typical description of self would include a physical description with some likes and dislikes...boring! So instead describe yourself how Stephen King might write about you in one of his horror stories. Imagine how you would be described in a Twilight novel. Write about you the way a writer would see you. The easiest way to do this is to put yourself into a situation, and use the situation to describe yourself. Sounds a little complicated...well it is. I'm not expecting perfection....we will continue to work on this assignment in class. You can choose first or third person narrative.
Marks: 10

Photo assignment #1: Take 2 head shots of two different people. You are going to do some basic editing in Photoshop and then save the photo on your l:drive and on Flickr. We will create a new album called head shots.