ALL PHOTOS SUBMITTED MUST BE TAKEN BY YOU. Failure to do so will result in a zero on this assignment.
ALL PHOTOS SUBMITTED MUST BE NEW PHOTOS TAKEN DURING THE ALLOTTED RST TIME. (no old photos from your camera roll)
PHOTOS MAY BE TAKEN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL (camera phones are allowed)
In this final project, you are going to use your composition skills and camera techniques to create a photo yearbook that has you documenting your life as you finish up here at St. Paul.
Seen together, your set of photos can express you as a person, your time at St. Paul, your time away, what you do in your life, where you work, live and play. You will create a page on your website showcasing your photographs.
Your photos can include
personal objects in your life (such as phones, gizmos, hobby or sport objects)
school objects (such as notebooks, textbooks, artworks, locker, etc.),
school scenes (such as classrooms, photography equipment, teachers, friends, locations around the school, etc.)
PHOTOS OF JUST YOUR FRIENDS MAY RESULT IN A FAILURE
Take lots of pictures of the same image ‐ experiment with angles and other composition techniques.
Someone looking at your series of photos should understand a bit of who you are as a person from what you take photos of.
The set of photos should reflect different aspects of your world, so each photo should reflect DIFFERENT parts of your life. (you can't submit 10 different shots all of your basketball team, etc.)
Use your critical eye to narrow down the photo series to your absolute best photos. Pay careful attention to whether your photos are properly exposed, that they are crisply in focus, and with no unwanted distracting elements from the composition.
Use Photoshop to ensure that your submitted photos are exactly the way you want them.
Students will produce a webpage showcasing your best photos.
Your final webpage should include no less than 50 images and no more than 75.
On your website, you must pick your TEN favorite photos and reflect on those photos.
1. Take multiple photos documenting all aspects of your life.
a. Pick your 50-75 best.
b. Use Photoshop to touch up your photos if needed.
2. Website Reflections.
Pick your TEN favorite photos and write a full critique of your photos.
A proper critique for a photograph usually focuses on these main aspects of the photo: content, background, technical craftsmanship, and finally your general feelings on the photo
Below are some sample questions to get you started.
What were you trying to capture in the photo?
Is it an emotional shot, a story, a statement, or a humorous photo?
What is the message you want to convey to the viewer?
Explain how you attempted to convey this message (composition, design elements, etc.)
Does the background add or distract from the message
Are the subjects sharp and clearly in focus?
Is the photo exposed properly?
What do you like about it?
What do you not like about it?
What would you do differently if you had the chance to take the same photograph?