Assignment 5

New photographs must be taken - all photos must be taken with a digital camera. Students will upload the project photos to Picasa, create a Spring page on their Digital Portfolio sites, and embed the project photos on the Spring page. Excellent quality work is expected.

Magazine Cover: Create a magazine cover putting yourself on the cover of a magazine of your creation (cannot be a real magazine name). Add text to identify you on the cover and be sure to add the magazine title and fake headlines, etc. Your finished project must look like a realistic cover. Your finished product must be 7" wide x 10" tall and saved at 150 dpi, jpg format.

Be creative and have fun. Students will have until the end of class on April 19, 2011 to complete this assignment – No Lates!!!

Scoring for each photo is as follows:

1. Creativity: 10 points (Original idea. Full credit given to concepts where thought has been given to details.)

2. Sharpness: 20 points (Subject is sharp and detailed. The Depth of Field is appropriate for that subject)

3. Arrangement: 10 points (Thought is given to the arrangement of both the subject and the lighting.)

4. Lighting: 20 points (Lighting is appropriate to the mood of the subjects.

5. Photoshopping: 20 points (touchups including levels, etc.)

6. Notes: 20 points (Aperture, Shutter Speed, Date, explanation of your cover with intentions, and Title of Your Magazine) *required

This project is worth a total of 100 points.