Editing Assignment NEW
HEADSWAP IN PHOTOSHOP INSTRUCTIONS ( As per yesterday's lesson) (10 marks)

1. Find/or take photo of a person. If using google to find the image, get the largest size photo possible. ( ie superman, famous model or celebrity) no animals or cartoons.

2. Bring in both photos to Photoshop. Go to IMAGE, ADJUSTMENTS, IMAGE SIZE and change the photos to both be close to the same size. If one is way bigger than the other it will be difficult to do the assignment. While under ADJUSTMENTS, you can also change both photos to BLACK and WHITE.
3. Next go to the SELECTION TOOL, and using the tool, move the tool around the head of one of your photos, then click on EDIT CUT and go to your next photo.

Note: It is probably more interesting to put the student head on the celebrity body, but it does not matter which head goes where. Also if you do not have a head shot that works for the swap, simply go out and take a shot of someone in a similar pose and distance away from the camera.

4.When on the next photo, click on EDIT, PASTE. This will put the head on the page. Then to resize the head, click EDIT, TRANSFORM, SCALE. This will put a box around the photo and allow you to change the size of the head, you can also slightly rotate the head if you go to ROTATE under TRANSFORM tool.
5. Then you want to tweak the image by moving into place with the pick tool, or use the eraser tool to clean up the edges.

Note: SAVING the file: If you need to continue working on the head swap, save as a Photoshop file so you can come back and work on the image. It is always a good idea, to save your edited photos as Photoshop files as a backup in case you need to go back and make changes. However, if you think you are done you can save as a JPEG and then print out the assignment, put your name on it and hand it in.

Criteria for this assignment: Looking for a clean transition, not warped but looking accurate, limited blurring to make the face/hair work. If I cannot tell it has been photoshopped it is a 10/10. Good Luck.



Photo Assignment #2 NEW: you are to take 5 shots of textures, filling the frame with the entire texture.Please check out this link for the article and photo samples of textures. ( 10 marks)

40 textures

Welcome to Writing/Photo 9

Welcome to Photo/Writing 9
This course will run a full semester and will combine both writing and photography. Students will complete the course by producing a portfolio of written work and a slideshow of their best photography.

As a result of budget cuts and a number of cameras getting broken last year, it is strongly encouraged that students have their own camera or at the very least access to a family camera at home. Camera phones are OK, but the quality of photography is not always great. Even if you have a good phone camera, I suggest you use the school's digital slr's to learn about how to utilize camera settings.

ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE THEIR OWN 2GB or larger sd card. This is your notebook for the class. Cards will only be provided on an emergency basis, not having a card could interfere with your success in the course. I would suggest an online order, or Bestbuy. I would like students to have this card by the third week of class.

Flickr Assignment: create an account, make Ms Chase a contact, insert your buddy icon, change your background photo, join the Mark Isfeld Photo Group. MAKE SURE ALL PHOTOS ARE PUBLIC. (10 marks)

Photo Assignment #1: You are to take 3 head shots and edit them. You should also post the head shot of yourself so you can use it for your buddy icon on Flickr. Edit your photos for cropping and light then create an album on Flickr for your headshots and post them to the album. (10 marks)

Writing Assignment #1: Students are to write a bio telling about themselves including: interests, hobbies, likes/dislikes, favourite foods, fav. books, foods etc. This assignment should be written in third person. Ex. Jane is a shy girl who lives in Comox with her two cats named Goofy and Mittens. Jane enjoys knitting in her free time ……Length 1 paragraph
Criteria: detailed, specific writing, written in bio format ( 10 marks)
When finished, you are to find a partner in the class to read your paragraph to and get them to help you improve  the piece by offering suggestions. Make sure the assignment is typed and has your name on it.You can put this assignment in the writing folder on the m:drive or print and hand in to Ms Chase

Update of all current term #2 assignments

1. Photo Editing: taking 4 established photos,running them through the filters in Photoshop to create a heavily edited photo, shots 4 marks 10. Upload to album EDIT on Flickr.
2. Collage: You are to take 6 photos on a theme and using pixlr, edit into a collage. Make sure you edit your photos.shots 6 minimum, marks 10. Upload to album COLLAGE on Flickr.
3. Macros: You are to take 10 well composed shots of objects up close. Use good lighting and make sure the photos are in focus. shots 10, marks 20. Upload to album MACROS on Flickr.

4.SLIDESHOW CRITERIA 30 photos, SHOULD BE YOUR BEST WORK AND A NICE COLLECTION SHOWCASING YOUR ABILITY. Once you have edited all of these photos,they should be put into a slideshow program ( Photostory 3, Moviemaker, or I -movie at home.)
This assignment will be shown in class on the following dates.
F Block Tues Jan 24/26
B Block Mon Jan 23/25

The first slide should have your name on it.

5. NEW Writing assignment: You are to create a 20 item bucket list, marks 10.

6. NEW Writing Assignment: You are to write a thank-you letter to someone listing a minimum of three things you are thankful for, and what you appreciate most about them. marks 10.

7. NEW 8 line poem, must have a theme and include 1 poetic device. marks 10.

Macro Tips

Links to videos on taking close ups/macros.

VIDEO LINK:#1 Macros on your phone
VIDEO LINK: #2 Taking close up shots

Students can read through these tips for reference of how to take good close-ups
REVIEW THESE IDEAS taking great macros on your phone

NEW** Writing Assignment #3

• You are going to write about a favourite place using the 5 senses. As you describe the place, I want to you to use words that create visuals, sounds, tastes, and a sense of touch. The idea here is to write to create an atmosphere or feeling. 

• You may need to build a fictional story around this place or simply begin describing it. In this assignment students are to focus on the elements of setting ( time, place, description)  using the senses and the concept of show not tell.  (10)

Example:

from "The Old House at Home" (1940)

by Joseph Mitchell (1908-1996)

McSorley's bar is short, accommodating approximately ten elbows, and is shored up with iron pipes. It is to the right as you enter. To the left is a row of armchairs with their stiff backs against the wainscoting. The chairs are rickety; when a fat man is sitting in one, it squeaks like new shoes every time he takes a breath. The customers believe in sitting down; if there are vacant chairs, no one ever stands at the bar. Down the middle of the room is a row of battered tables. Their tops are always sticky with spilled ale. In the centre of the room stands the belly stove, which has an isinglass door and is exactly like the stoves in Elevated stations.

Link for Setting more info

New Assignments

Photo Assignment #3 Fall shots:(5 shots)  Using all of the elements of composition ( focal point, rule of thirds, leading lines, angles etc.) you are to take 5 shots that are distinctly FALL.  Try taking a trip to the pumpkin patch, a stroll in the woods, fall leaves, rain boots and puddles, fall vegetables...you get the idea. Do not forget about what you have learned so far about composition. The photos can include people or objects or scenery...but try to mix it up a little. ( Marks 10)


Photo Assignment#4 Spot colour: Again using all of the elements of composition...you should intentionally go out to shoot spot colour photos ( meaning try to focus on something that has a nice colour) You will be turning your photo black and white and then highlighting  a spot of colour using Pic Monkey. We went over this in class. In Pic Monkey you should choose the magic want tool and go down to black and white, choose your brush hardness etc and begin to spot colour. ( 5 shots, 10 marks)

Writing Assignment #3 : Setting ( details to come)

Week of Oct 3

We have learned some basics of composition over the past few classes. Here are a couple of links to look over for your test which will will have next week. You should have completed Writing Assignment #1: Bio (marks 10) and Photo Assignment #1 : Head shots ( marks 10) by now. Head shots should be up on Flickr in an album.

Flickr Mark: Make sure you have a buddy icon, have made Ms Chase a contact, have joined the Isfeld Photo group, and have all your photo assignments in albums.

What is composition?
18 compositional rules
10 rules of composition

WE WILL HAVE A TEST ON COMPOSITION ON WED. OCT 19 and THURS. OCT 20 for the other class.

Photo Assignment #2 : Skate park Angle shots: You are to take 10 shots that focus on angles at the skate park. Make sure you experiment with different ways of taking the photos . Feel free to use people, objects or even just the skate park itself. Marks: 20

Writing Assignment #2: Dialogue You are to complete 16 lines of dialogue ( 8 for each character). The dialogue must move plot or develop character. The dialogue can be written in script or story format.
Marks: 10