This unit is meant to provide a complete refresher on all the basic parts and functions of a camera, and allow you to explore each individual setting beyond what you may have learned in a Photo 1 course. We will play with each setting and try to push our cameras and creativity to the limit by experimenting with motion, blurriness, different lenses, and more!
It is worth mentioning that is unit is very notes and lecture heavy due to the vast amount of information we will need to cover, but after this unit the class will be much more project heavy (meaning a lot more photo taking, woo! :D).
Agenda:
Get to know your teacher and your classmates
Go over syllabus, course payment, and permission slips
Learn how to use google sites
Link to Student Website Template
Video tutorial: How to use Google Sites - Tutorial for Beginners (2021)
Build your website based on the example and write your About Me section
Slideshows:
Homework:
Turn in course fee
Get your syllabus signed, then turn it in through a Schoology quiz
Agenda:
Participate in a variety of team-building exercises meant to strengthen your group's creativity and coordination. You will be working together frequently when using the DSLR cameras, so it is important to have good team chemistry!
Slideshows:
Homework:
Turn in course fee
Get your syllabus signed, then turn it in through a Schoology quiz
Agenda:
Pretest through Kahoot to see how much you remember
Go over the Exposure presentation
If time, try out some settings in the camera
Exposure quiz to see how much you retained
Introduce the Exploring Exposure project
Slideshows:
Homework:
Turn in course fee
Get your syllabus signed, then turn it in through a Schoology quiz
Work on the Exploring Exposure project
Agenda:
Go on a scavenger hunt around school to see if you can take the same pictures with the same settings as Ms. Jones! Your team will get points based off of which images you replicate and how well you replicate them.
Slideshows:
Homework:
Get your syllabus signed, then turn it in through a Schoology quiz
Turn in course fee
Work on the Exploring Exposure project
Agenda:
Take pictures for your exploring exposure project
Upload photos onto a shared google drive
Homework:
Work on the Exploring Exposure project
Agenda:
Continue to take pictures for your exploring exposure project
Upload photos onto a shared google drive
Homework:
Work on the Exploring Exposure project
Agenda:
Exploring Exposure Rough Draft due!! - Note: due date was extended because project perameters were not well understood. We will revisit this assignment later
Peer critique of Exploring Exposure project - unedited photos
Homework:
Work on the Exploring Exposure project
Agenda:
Work on Understanding Aperture assignment
Homework:
Finish Understanding Aperture assignment if you did not do so in class
Agenda:
Work on Experimenting with Shutter Speed assignment
Homework:
None, we will finish Experimenting with Shutter Speed next class
Agenda:
Finish Experimenting with Shutter Speed assignment
Homework:
Take more pictures for the exploring exposure project if you need to
Agenda:
Finish Painting with Light Assignment
Homework:
Finish Painting with Light Assignment
Finish taking pictures for your Exploring Exposure Project
Agenda:
Upload all painting with light photos to website
Great Google Purge (organize google drive photos into different folders)
Learn the basics of editing photos in Lightroom
Edit photos for your exploring exposure project
Homework:
Finish Painting with Light Assignment if you did not do so in class
Finish taking pictures for your Exploring Exposure Project
Agenda:
Upload all painting with light photos to website
Great Google Purge (organize google drive photos into different folders)
Learn the basics of editing photos in Lightroom
Edit photos for your exploring exposure project
Homework:
Finish Painting with Light Assignment if you did not do so in class
Finish taking pictures for your Exploring Exposure Project
Agenda:
Make up day to catch up on missing or incomplete assignments
Edit photos for Exploring Exposure project if you are done with all make up work
Homework:
Finish any make up work
Agenda:
Show slideshow of people's light paintings
Edit photos for your Exploring Exposure Project
Homework:
Finalize Exploring Exposure Project
Agenda:
Finish editing photos for your Exploring Exposure Project
Homework:
Finalize Exploring Exposure Project