Advanced+Photo

=Assignments:= My goal for this class is for you to learn much more about photography and photo manipulation. To accomplish this, the curriculum I've developed requires a considerable amount of dedication on your part. To get the most from this class, you should plan to take many pictures throughout this course, on your own time outside of school. You should also plan to work in class daily. Be prepared; have a couple of camera cards, and a reliable flash drive. If you do not have Photoshop at home, plan to download Gimp to edit photos at home or you can use Sumo Paint online.

You will work on two assignments at once, sometimes three. The Composition Assignments are to be completed on your own time, outside of school. You will also have projects to work on, in class, daily.

While many phones have good cameras now, **do not use your phone to take pictures for the Compositions assignment**. Don't forget, you need to provide a camera for this course.

I hope you enjoy the course and as always, please feel free to ask if you have any questions.



Assignment Deadlines - Note that assignments may be added throughout the semester

 * =  || **What's Due This Week** || ===New Images or Images __You've__ Taken in the Past for This Column=== || === ===

New Images Only for this Column
|| [|Syllabus] || * WIX website set up and your WIX linked in Drop Box. ||
 * = **Week** || **All assignments due the last day of the school week unless specified by Mr. Yeager.**
 * Note: I will grade everything online (on your Wix website). However, If you'd like to print an assignment, please feel free to do so. || **Photoshop Techniques/Topic**
 * These assignments are to make you better at manipulating your photos.
 * You can use any images that you've taken for these assignments.
 * Post these assignments on your Compositions website.
 * You may also print and mat them, if you like.
 * Hard copy handouts are filed in the brown file cabinet, labeled "Advanced Photography", in room 313. || **Compositions**
 * All composition homework must be new images.
 * The idea is that you think of the composition technique to compose your shots. ||
 * ~ Week 1 ||~ What's Due This Week? ||~ In Class Assignment ||~ Composition Technique (Due Next Week) ||
 * = 1

WIX created/Drop Box link works, Lossless and Lossy Files How to resize your image for the web: || ===Framing=== || [|Textures Link] media type="youtube" key="rF74YALD_DE" height="315" width="420" [|Texture Video Tutorial] [|Advanced Texture Tutorial]
 * ~ Week ||~ What's Due This Week? ||~ In Class Photoshop Technique (Due This Week) ||~ Composition Technique (Due Next Week) ||
 * = 2 || * Your best 2 Framing photos on WIX
 * Textures Assignment and Collage Assignment on || ===Self Portrait Assignment ===

Streams of Light Assignment
Photoshop, [|Gimp] and [|Sumo Paint] Review Cameras and Lenses and Sizing/Cropping Pictures in Gimp || ===[|Mirror Self Portrait]=== || [|Photographer's Artist's Statement] My Artist's Statement Example
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Assignment and Photoshop Technique (Due This Week) ||~ Composition Technique (Due Next Week) ||
 * = 3 || * Snow Globe assignment on WIX
 * Artist's Statement on Wix Home Page
 * Mirror Self Portrait on Wix Home Page (next to Artist's Statement) || ===Add Artist's Statement to your Wix.===

Orb Assignment
[|Snow Globe Alternative Technique]

**Adding Brushes, etc.**
Adding brushes, styles, textures or gradients from Brusheezy is a great way to take your work to the next level. To load brushes, styles, textures, gradients, etc. follow the handout below: || ===Back Lighting===

[[image:backlight.jpg width="266" height="336"]]
|| [|Light Play Tutorial] [|Layers of Light Tutorial] Digital Camera Sensors Video
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Photoshop Technique (Due This Week) ||~  ||
 * = 4 || * Your best 2 Back Lighting photos on Wix
 * Create a Weebly page, and a button on your Wix linked to that Weebly page, put your 2 Animated Gif Assignments on the Weebly page
 * Layers of Light (Morning Glow) assignment on WIX || ===Layers of Light (Morning Glow) Assignment===

Annimated GIF
Create 2 animated Gifs. For the first animated GIF, create your own animated GIF in Photoshop. It must have at least 8 layers. For the second animated GIF, use an opensource animated GIF website website. . Animated Gifs ||  || || ===Side Lighting=== || [|Free Business Card Templates]
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Photoshop Technique (Due This Week) ||~ Composition Technique (Due Next Week) ||
 * = 5 || * Film Strip Assignment on Wix || ===Film Strip Assignment (Perspective)===
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Assignment (Due This Week) ||~  ||
 * = 6 || * Your 2 best Side Lighting pics on Wix
 * Portrait Assignment:
 * Business Card on Wix
 * Contact Sheet printed (show Mr. Yeager) || ===Business Card===

Contact Sheet
|| ===Portrait Assignment===

I chose this time, Fall, so you can take advantage of the Fall light and colorful leaves.

I expect that you shoot your pictures inside and outside of class, early in the assignment, and edit them in class. Editing your pictures in class is considered your weekly assignment. If you do not edit your portraits in class, your grade will reflect your lack of work. Be creative and add textures to your portraits,

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 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Assignment (Due This Week) ||~  ||
 * = 7 || * Portraits Lab || ===Portraits Lab===
 * Shoot/edit indoor portraits
 * Participation grade recorded

media type="youtube" key="9LIJFmIT9oM" height="315" width="420" || ===Portraits===
 * Shoot/edit outdoor portraits

[[image:phsc-incom/Kaylynn_Fulton,_Swing_small.jpg width="420" height="275"]]

 * or**

Levitation
 NOTE: I chose to assign these now, so that as you are shooting your portraits and you have a willing subject (most students shoot friends or family), you can also shoot the Motion Collage or Levitation. Either way, you will need others to help you. These are not due for a couple of weeks. ||
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Assignment (Due This Week) ||~  ||
 * = 8 || * Portraits on Wix || ===Portraits Lab===
 * Shoot/edit indoor portraits
 * Participation grade recorded || ===Portraits===
 * Shoot/edit outdoor portraits ||
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Photoshop Technique (Due This Week) ||~ Composition Technique (Due Next Week) ||
 * = 9 || * Motion Collage or Levitation on Wix || ===Motion Collage===

|| ===Leading Lines=== ||
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Photoshop Technique (Due This Week) ||~  ||
 * = 10 || * Your best 2 Leading Lines pics on Wix
 * Light Leaks Assignment on Wix
 * Out of Bounds Assignment on Wix || ===Light Leak Assignment (Gimp Only Assignment)===

Out of Bounds Assignment
Camera Metering and Exposure ||  || Mosiac
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Photoshop Technique (Due This Week) ||~ Composition Technique (Due Next Week) ||
 * = 11 || * Mosaic on Wix (either style)
 * HDR Effect on Wix || ===Mosaic Assignment===

HDR Effect Assignment
[|HDR Effect] Histograms: Tones & Contrast || ===Shallow Depth of Field===





Hyperfocal Distance ||
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Photoshop Technique (Due This Week) ||~ Composition Techniques (Film) ||
 * = 12 || * Your best 2 Shallow Depth of Field pics on Wix
 * Name in Nature on Wix || **Name in Nature Assignment**
 * Within the environment, find letters that spell out your first or last name. Other appropriate words are OK.
 * Name or word must contain at least 4 letters.
 * Do not use letters from billboards or signs.
 * Do not manipulate objects to make letters.
 * Create a canvas 20 x 10 x 250ppi and print your work on the plotter.
 * When creating your Name in Nature, be as creative as you like.

====== || * Roll a couple rolls of film and shoot pictures using the following composition techniques: >> >> >> >>
 * ===Angles===
 * ===Reflections===
 * ===Depth of Field===

More about Depth of Field


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 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Darkroom Techniques ||~ In Lab Assignments (While you are Waiting to Print Your Pics) ||
 * = 13 || * 2 B&W pics matted
 * You can scan them and add them to Wix, instead of matting, if you wish || * Camera Lens Filters
 * [|Dodging and Burning] || ===3D Assignment=== ||
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~ In Class Darkroom Techniques ||~  ||
 * = 14 ||  || * [|High Key Vignette]
 * [|Low Key Vignette] ||  ||
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~  ||~ In Lab Assignments (While you are Waiting to Print Your Pics) ||
 * = 15 || * 2 B&W pics matted
 * You can scan them and add them to Wix, instead of matting, if you wish
 * 3D Assignment
 * Your best 2 Depth of Field on Wix
 * Name in Nature on Wix ||  || [[file:tshirt.pdf]] ||
 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~  ||~ In Lab Assignments (While you are Waiting to Print Your Pics) ||
 * = 16 ||  ||   || ===Double matting===
 * Film or Digital

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 * ~ Week ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~  ||~   ||
 * = 17 || * Tshirt
 * Double matting ||  ||   ||
 * ~ Week 18 ||~ **What's Due This Week?** ||~  ||~   ||
 * = 18 || * All late assignments ||  ||   ||