Photo-Essay

1. Read the following website below which describes photo-essay.

Photo-essay description
Photo-essay description

2. On your blog,  list in your own words the five tips and label it photo-essay tips.

3. Then search for a photo-essay on line and provide me with a link on your blog to the photoessay and describe what you liked about it and what you learned. Time magazine maybe a good place to start.

Photo-shoot description

This quarter you will need to do five photo-shoots.  Three will be choice from the book "The Photographic Eye".  One will be a photo-essay and one will be street photography.  For each of the photo-shoots, you need to have the following:

Photo-shoot: When you go to take photographs, always keep in mind the design elements we discussed, lighting and composition of thirds.  These will be the criteria you photographs will be graded on and I will provide you with a photography rubric. Shoot at least 10-20 photos but choose your best six. You may do edits in I photo, and if you do edits, please describe them in your google presentation.

Photo-presentation: You will be using google presentation because it is easier to load on your blog.
Title page: You may use more than one page if necessary.  Here you must name your project and explain the design elements you used, what you like about the assignment, challenges and any edits you did to the project.
Captions: Name each of your six photos. (otherwise known as captions)

History of American Photography Part 3

Please answer the questions while viewing the movie.

Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz is a legendary photographer in the style of portraiture which has led her to work for magazines such as Rolling Stones and Vanity Fair.  Please complete a viewing guide, then in a paragraph explain what you learned about her life, work and photographs.

National Geographic

Please view the National Geographic video and complete a viewing guide.

Movie Slide Show

After you have viewed the history of America, choose six of the choices below and create a slide show. Find one to two photographs for each choice and in your own words explain what you learned about that topic from the movie.

Brownie Camera
National Geographic Magazine 1920's
Edward Curtis
Photo-succeionsit movement
Lewis Hine
Paul Strand
Photography in WW1
1919 Tabloid photographs
Photographs and advertising 1920's
Celebrity photographs 1920's
Space and astronomy in photographs 1920's
Photography in Civil Rights Movement
Photography during Vietnam War
Photography to document genocides
Photography during presidential elections
Andy Warhol and photography
Gordon Parks
Ansel Adams
Life magazine
Edward Steichen's The Family Man
Robert Capa
Farm Security Administration and photography
Photography in WW2

Magnum Photographers

Go to Magnum photographers and answer the following questions and share it at ferranta@spsd.org. Label it Magnum Photographers.

1. Describe that it means to be a  magnum photographer?

Go to photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and answer the following questions. Choose 2 of the photographs that you like. Copy and paste them on a the google document. 

2. Describe his style.
3. Comment on why you like the photographs you chose. (describe the elements of design he used)

Go to Robert Capa. Choose 2 photographs that you like. Copy and paste them on a google document.

4. What is his style?  
5. Why is he named “the greatest war photographer in the world”? 
6. Comment on why you like the photographs you chose (what elements of design do you see).  
7. Go to his biography and write 3-5 bullets of what you learned 

Go to another photographer. Choose 2 photographs that you like. Copy and paste them on a google document.
8. Describe the style of the chosen photographer.
9. Comment on the photographs you chose. What elements of design do you see?

What makes a good photograph?

Go to the video What makes a good photograph?
After viewing the video from National Geographic, write a summary of the video.

Famous Photographer

Women in Photography

Browse through the various women photographers and choose one that interests you. Post your answers and photographs on a keynote and label it women photographers:
Part 1:  Describe in a paragraph the following:
1. Background life of photographer (at least two slides)
2. Education (1-2 slides)
3. Major influences (1 slide)
4. Challenges of being a women in the field of photography during that time period (1 slide)
5. Describe the style of photography (documentary, war, fashion)
6. Then post 8 of your favorite photographs from your chosen photographer. (1-4 slides)
7.  Describe in a paragraph why you like them and what main design elements the photographer utilizes. (1 slide)

Due at the end of class today

Dorothea Lange

Natural lighting tips

After viewing the video on natural lighting, answer the following questions:
1. List and briefly explain the four tips, Mr. Kalisher gives on natural lighting.
2. Find four photographs on line that represent natural lighting described in the video. Put them in a keynote and tell me how they represent the lighting from the video.
3. Take four to six photographs using the tips in the video, put them in a slide show and discuss the tips you used and how they added to your photographs. (you can discuss this in the first slide)

The Americans

Please read the article or listen to the story "Americans: The Book that changed Photograph". Answer the following questions on your blog and label it Robert Frank.
1. How did this book change photography? Give examples.
2. What was Robert Frank doing in photography that was different?
3. Why do you think that the Museum of Modern Art rejected it while younger people caught onto it?
4. Give some examples of the type of photographs that Frank was shooting.
4. Look at some of Frank's photographs in the gallery. Pick two that stand out to you, if possible post them on your blog and describe why you liked them. Be sure to tell me the name of the photograph.


Robert Frank

Street photography

Please go to the link What is street photography and do the following on a keynote:
1. Describe street photography in your own words.
2. Describe the challenges of street photography?
3. Find 10 of your most favorite street photographs. For each photograph, describe 2 elements of designs that are evident in each photograph and what you like about the photograph.
4. Would you like to use this style of photography? Explain.

Shutter speed and aperture photo-shoot

Description: Please pre-view the website on photographs of aperture and shutter speed. In this assignment, you will explore the relation between aperture and depth of field. The objective of this assignment is to get you familiarized with aperture and shutter speed, so you are not required to shoot anything fancy. You can start shooting something as un-fancy as a bottle. Several bottles one behind the other is even better.

1. Using the greenhouse, set up three plants in a row. Focus your camera in the middle.
2. Using your shot sheet record decide on six aperture settings from f2 to f28.
3. Set your camera to aperture priority. Then as you shoot on each aperture setting, record the shutter speed setting. Note what is happening each time you take a photograph. (Is the shutter speed staying open for a long time? Why?
4. After you finish, download your photographs, keeping them in the same order. Then transfer them to a keynote. On each slide, note the aperture and shutter speed. Answer the following questions on one of your slides:
1. What is happening to your photographs as you go for f2 to f29? Why?
2. Why are some of your shots blurry?
3. Which photographs are in sharp focus? Why?
4. What do you notice is happening to your foreground, midground and background as you increase your aperture? Why?
5. Any other observations?

Aperture and Shutter speed

After reading the website on Introduction to shutter speed and aperture, answer the following questions. Please post the answers on your blog and label it classwork.
1. Define aperture.
2. Define shutter-speed.
3. What do both controls have in common?
4. What is the main difference between the two?
5. The longer the shutter speed the more...
6. The shorter the shutter speed the less...
7. What is another term for aperture?
8. What are the stops for shutter speed listed in order of most light to least?
9. What are the strops for aperture listed in order of most light to least?
10. What does aperture control?
11. What does shutter speed control?
12. How do you decide whether to set aperture of shutter speed setting first?

Composition of thirds photo-shoot

Composition of thirds photograph assignment: Use a digital camera to take photographs around the school (inside or out) that utilize composition of thirds. Download your photographs on I-photo edit your photographs. Title each photograph and in a keynote presentation and on one slide be able to describe how you used composition of thirds and what impact it had on your photographs.

Elements of design photo-shoot

Elements of design photo assignment: Use a digital camera to take photographs around the school (inside or out) focusing on two to three of the elements of design. Download your photographs and do some editing on  I-photo. Choose six of your best shots and be able to describe two to three elements are used in each photograph in a keynote presentation.

Street photography photo-shoot

Street photography: TBD

History of American Photography Video #2

HISTORY OF AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY PART 2
1. What was so significant about wiring a photograph in 1935 and why was it difficult?
2. What did Life magazine do so perfect that made it such a huge success?
3.What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?
4. What did Ray Striker want Gordon Parks to do with his photography?
5. Why has Ansel Adams’ photography grown to be so important?
6. How was the role of photography different in WW11 than WW1?
7. What image was Robert Capa trying to capture during WW11?
8. What was so important about the photographs at the concentration camps?
9. Describe Edward Steichen’s exhibition “The Family Man” in 1955.
10. What type of photography is Avadon and Irving Penn known for?
11. Describe the images of the American Family as seen photographs during the 1950’s.
12. How was Robert Frank’s photography different from the typical American family?

History of American Photography Video #1

HISTORY OF AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY PART 1
Direction: Answer the following questions and put answers in my inbox.
1. What year was the Brownie camera invented and why was the camera so important to the average person?
2. How did the National Geographic change in 1905 and what impact did this change have on magazine?
3. Who was Edward Curtis and what was he known for?
4. What is the Photo-sucessionist movement? Who started it?
5. Who was Lewis Hine and why was his photography important?
6. Who was Paul Strand and why was he significant?
7. What was photography used for during WW1?
8. In 1919 photographs began to appear on the front page of the tabloids. What were the photographs being used for?
9. Photography became an important part of advertising in the 1920’s, why was it more
successful than drawings?
10. How did photography start playing a major role with celebrities in the the 1920’s?
11. What was so significant about being able to use photography for space and astronomy?

History of American Photography

You will be viewing a series of documentaries that covers the history of American Photography from the 1900's through 2000. For this assignment, view the history of American Photography movie #1 and answer the movie questions on the handout. Then view the history of American Photography #2 and answer the movie questions on the handout. Both handouts can be found in my u drive.

Elements of design

This assignment requires that you understand elements of design so that you can keep these in mind when you go to take your own photographs. These terms also enable you to have a language in which to discuss and appreciate photographs.
1. Read through the Learning to Look handout on my blog.
2. View the elements of design slideshow.
3. Go to the Masters of photographs and find 10 photographs that stand out to you.
4. Create a google presentations of the 10 chosen photographs.  Be sure to site who the photographer is and what design elements you see in the photography.  Create a post and label it classwork.

Composition of thirds

1. Go to the  Composition of thirds and please read.
2. Find 10 photographs that follow the rule of thirds on the National Geographic website.
3. Create a keynote of the ten photographs.
4. Describe Composition of thirds in your own words.
4. On a slide explain how the composition of thirds adds to the photographs that you chose.

Famous Photographer Assignment

Choose a photographer from the link "Famous photographers" or books I shared with you in class. Look through the various artists and then choose one. Create a keynote. There should be a least 10-15 slides including title page and photographs.
1. Background history of their life
2. Major influences and interests
3. Educational background
4. Published works
5. Choose 8 photographs
6. With each of the 8 photographs, discuss what you like/dislike about the photograph.
7. Your own opinion and insights into their life and works

When you have completed the assignment, label it with your name and famous photographer. Save it to your desktop.