Day 1: Overview of Digital Photography

We will explore our class website, class expectations, class policies, what photography is, some items we will cover in class, getting to know each other.  

Activities:  • Tell Me About Yourself

Unit 1: Creating a Digital Portfolio

We will explore the Who, What, When,  and Why of Digital Portfolios.  We will begin the creation of our personal Digital Portfolio. 

Activities:  • Create a Digital Portfolio 

                    • Photographer Quotes 

                    • I am A Photographer

Unit 2: Family Heritage

We will explore the work of Sally Mann, We will learn how to portray our family heritage through photography. 

Activities:  

• Artist Research - Sally Mann 

•  Family Heritage Moodboard 

• "Family Heritage" Photography Assignment 

Unit 3 :  History of Photography

We will explore the Who, What, Where, Why, and When photography began. These and other origin questions about photography will be explored. 

Activities:  

• Social Media Posters  

• Mugshot Game 

•  Artist Research - Mann Ray  

• Photogram Moodboard   

•  Photogram Photography Assignment  

• Artist Research - Julia Margaret Cameron  

• Vintage Portrait Moodboard 

• Vintage Portrait Photography Assignment

Unit 4: Composition 

Learning to see / Visual Organization

We will explore  the rules of composition and how to visually set up a successful photograph.

Activities:  

• Composition Moodboard

• Taking Photographs vs. Making Photographs

• Out of School Composition Photoshoot

• In School Composition Photoshoot

• Elements and Principles Moodboard

• OCTOBER FUN!!

Unit 5: Creating Mood and Emotion

We will explore  how to create mood and emotion through facial and body expression along with color.

Activities:  

• Artist Study - Jill Greenberg

• Mood and Emotion Portrait Moodboard

• Mood and Emotion Portrait Grid

• Mannequin Emotion

Unit 6: Symbolic Still Life

The students will use still life photography as an opportunity to experiment with the following ideas:  Composition, Subject and Materials, Lighting, Camera Angles, Focus and Depth of field 

Activities:  

• Symbolic Still Life Moodboard

• Symbolic Still Life photoshoot

Unit 7: Top Photographer / Photo Challenges

Watch "Top Photographer" (a limited reality series) in order to gain inspiration, view diverse photographic styles, and gain insights into the judging criteria and industry expectations. Then they will compete in a series of photography challenges.

Activities:  

• View "Top Photographer" and complete the google forms that go along with each episode. 

• Phone Face Tryptic Challenge

• Miniature Worlds

• Ring Pop Photo Challenge

• Bubble Tryptic Challenge

• Dollar Tree Photo Challenge

Exposure Triangle

Editing 101: Understanding the Basics

Here you will learn about Pixels, Dimensions, Resolution, File Formats, and Editing Software. 

Activities:  

• Logging into Photoshop