JFKMHS Digital Photo & Yearbook 2018

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Yearbook Avenue Tips!

While you continue to work in yearbook avenue, this video will show you a few tips you may not know that can help you create your pages! You may watch when you've finished your studio work.

Monday, October 16, 2017

Assignment: David Hockney Inspired Collage

Between today and tomorrow, your assignment is to research David Hockney and his work.

Objective: Create TWO photo collages in the style of artist David Hockney. If you are not in school today, email me and I will attempt to explain in as much detail as possible.

You will need to bring in your photographs for this assignment tomorrow, October 11th.

Hockney, Photo Montage

Here’s what you need to do…. 1. Watch the presentation on artist David Hockney, go on the Internet and find his work. Really get to know his work. How does he do it? What stories does he tell? What angles/perspectives does he use in his work?

2. Decide what the subject matter of your collage will be. You will have to shoot 1 portrait (of anyone) and 1 your choice: Landscape, a certain room??? TOTAL: TWO PHOTOGRAPHS

3. Start shooting. Take LOTS of pictures! - these are digital photos so you've got nothing to lose, the more the better. Stand in the same place, get up close, back up, think about your angles, your perspectives. What story will you tell?

4. The more images you have to work with for this collage the better off you will be. You will layer the images to create your collage.

5. Create your collage in Photoshop following the tutorial given in class. Create a large background canvas to work on. (directions to follow)

Cassandra Siena, 2011

6. Save your final collage with your name as the title in the folder labeled MAJOR Assignments in your Google Drive folder that you've shared with me. Ex: Smith_Joe_HOCKNEY1

7. Don't forget to SAVE A SMALLER VERSION & POST your assignment onto your blog as well titled "David Hockney Inspired Collage". You need to also add an artist statement. *Step by step by step directions and assignment Rubric can be found in your ASSIGNMENTS folder

Grading Criteria

_____ 20 Points Ready for Project on Wednesday: gathered images and uploaded to class computer.

_____ 50 Points 1-13x19”, 300 Res ready print on due date

_____ 20 Points Aesthetic considerations

_____ 10 Points POST Project to Blog

Total: 100 Points

Friday, October 13, 2017

Photowalk Friday: Worms Eye View

For today's walk, get down LOW. Take a picture from worm's eye view. Don't just look up, get low and photograph looking up at something. Play with depth perception!

Jones photography

Photo by Mark Liebenberg

POST at least one image to your blog today for credit

Friday, October 6, 2017

Assignment: Making a Sports Layout

Since I will not be in today, we will not be photo walking. However, you still have captions to write and fonts, etc. to edit! Please see below for specifics I need you to check on your sports layout. If you didn't finish your "Where I'd Rather Be" image yesterday, please do so and POST on your blog. October photo a day will still be graded TODAY so mkae sure it's on a new OCTOBER page and is visible on your blog.

This is a two page spread, that will be a MAJOR assignment for you. You will be responsible for checking one another's work and making any final edits to the page your assigned, regardless of how many people are in your group.

1. THE TEMPLATE CAN'T CHANGE. Do not move picture or text boxes around- all the sports pages must look the same to make the book flow correctly. Your template may look SLIGHTLY different as we alternated between two different designs. Fonts, etc must be consistent throughout.

2. Compare your page to the other finished Fall pages. What's missing? ZOOM IN! Check and re-check every thing! File view as a PDF! Proof read!

3. Use the specific fonts. See the sample image above for reference.

4. Ask me to SHARE this document with you via GoogleDrive. I have one from each coach, where they will provide a roster, a season recap, etc. Rosters go on TEAM index page at the start of Fall Sports. You will have to email link to this document to the coach to be sure they saw it and KINDLY request they complete the form.

If you don't have a Fall sport, see me for another assignment!

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Assignent: Where I'd Rather Be

DUE WEDNESDAY 3/1/17

Inspired by the work of Max Asabin, Swedish Photoshop whiz, you will be manipulating multiple images to create a scene or place or situation where you’d rather be.

© Max Asabin

For this project, you will be manipulating multiple images to create a scene or place or situation where you’d rather be. You must use scanned or internet images (if they are good enough resolution) but the photo or yourself MUST BE RECENT AND TAKEN THIS SEMESTER BY YOU.

© Max Asabin

1. Plan image. Photograph according to plan.

2. EDIT image in Photoshop. Flatten, save as high quality JPEG

3. SAVE AS Last_First_PartnerPortrait in GoogleDrive Major Assignments Folder

4. POST to your BLOG, title post as WHERE I'D RATHER BE

5. Include in this post, a few sentences about your process and a caption. I would like you to include the ORIGINAL photo as well, so we can see the before and after!

© Max Asabin

Your HW is to take the photographs of yourself, and find the background images necessary to complete your creation. I will be showing you quite a few Photoshop skills to help you along this process.