NGA Photo Snapper

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/photoop.htm

Macro Photos

Macro (Large Aperture) Shallow Depth of Field Photos are due on Friday!  You should take at the VERY least 50 photos.  Just posting your 50 photos on your contact sheet will be worth 50 points.

Please read the whole assignment page.

5 Minute Walk-Composition Photos

Your 5 Minute Walk-Composition photos (at least 50!) are due on Tuesday the 19th.

Searching sxc.hu Tips

Searching for photos for the elements and principles PowerPoint using sxc.hu can be tricky.

****You can search for terms, but you can also click on BROWSE in the left sidebar and try browsing images in categories.***

Don't steal my examples. Think creatively and come up with your own.



For Line: Think of objects, places or things that might include LINES: Examples: Roads, Bridges, etc.

For Form: Think of 3D objects that someone may have photographed with a full range of value that makes the forms look 3D.  Examples: Architectural Columns, coffee mugs, etc.

For Shape:  Search for shapes, like rectangles, etc.

For Texture:  You can try using the word texture, but you will get the same photos as everyone else.  Try walls, wood, etc.

For Value:  Try finding an image where the photographer draws attention to an area/object by making it the lightest or darkest area of the image.  

For Space: Try finding a photo that shows deep space, or flat space....or uses the NEGATIVE space in a creative way.

For Color:  Don't just search COLOR, or COLORFUL.  Just because a photo is colorful, doesn't make it a great use of color.  Look for a photo that uses a particular color scheme. 

For Balance: Think of the different types of balance: Symmetry, Asymmetrical, or Radial Balance.

For Rhythym:  Don't search the word Rhythm... Look for objects/people/etc that are REPEATED in a photo. 

For Emphasis: Search for a photo that uses Art Elements to draw attention to the focal point of the image.  Remember the ways to emphasize something: Putting it in the center, making it large, giving it a lot of contrast, making it isolated, etc.)

For Proportion:  Proportion doesn't mean that something is large or small.  It means that it is large or small COMPARED to something else.  Look for things that are OUT OF PROPORTION.  This one is harder.

For Unity:  Do NOT search the term UNITY.  You will just find photos of people holding hands!! Look for a photo that uses an art element to make it all look like it "goes together."  For example:  

The repetition of the same shapes and colors in this images creates visual unity.


 

For Variety: This one is harder too. Don't just look for a variety of objects.  Look for something that ARTISTICALLY has variety.  A Variety of colors, shapes, forms, values, textures.  (Not JUST a variety of fruit, or seashells, or whatever)

For Movement: Look for one of the two different types of movement in photography.  One is actual or REAL movement that becomes blurred in the photo.  The other is IMPLIED movement and it occurs when something in the photo causes the viewer's eye to move around the image. 

Chapter 2: The Art of Photography

We are beginning Chapter 2 now.  It is all about the Elements of Art and Principles of Design.

You will first complete the Chapter 2 Worksheet  You may complete the worksheet on the computer using Microsoft Word.  Make your answers a different (legible!) color.  Press the INSERT key to make typing in the blanks easier.

When finished, create a Chapter2 folder in your PhotoArt folder on your flashdrive.  Save the file as LastnameCh2.doc in the Chapter2 folder.   Go to www.crouchphotoart.weebly.com to turn it in.  The assignment name is Chapter 2 Worksheet.

When finished, you will then complete the Elements and Principles PowerPoint Assignment

You will have a vocab quiz on the terms from this chapter on Friday.

       

Blog Posts

When we do "Blog Time,"  you need to comment on at least 3 other student blogs.  Use the links on the right sidebar.

Make sure you use your REAL first name.  Any fake names will be deleted (ie: BECKY, Brenda or Yo Mamma). Any rude or inappropriate comments will be deleted.  Also, I can see the IP address of the person who left the comment, so anything you say (although you may think it is anonymous) can actually be tracked to you.

Also, when I grade your blogs, I will be checking to see how often you have posted blog posts on your blog, but I will also be checking to see how many times you have commented on others.  It is not optional.

Here is the updated check list form: