2014- 2016 Classes

Congratulations to the Class of 2016!

5/27/2016

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Vista Press Article

5/24/2016

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Vista Press article on Cassie Molano

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Student websites

5/18/2016

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Final Project- Photo Essay Assignment

5/13/2016

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You are going to take a series of 50- 100 photos outside of class on a topic near and dear to you- topics include such things as:

documenting a day in the life of someone you’re close with (a brother, mother, friend etc)
documenting a favorite place you go to (Oceanside pier, coffee shop etc)
documenting how to make something- a special dinner along with people eating it and how it’s styled, building a garden etc from start to finish and what’s involved.
a topic that you’re interested in investigating further
documenting a place that you travel to
documenting a culture you’re a part of
documenting a culture you’re not a part of
your job- the group of people that work there, and what you and others do

Make sure I know your topic and approve it if it’s not listed above!

*** It’s totally okay to photograph on your cell phone for this project, as you will be photographing outside of school. Please let me know if you do not have access to either a camera or cell phone and we can work something out.****

Your photo essay must include:
A signature photograph (something that is the most important, that could stand alone to really tell the story)
A closing photograph (something that provides closure to the photo essay)
Establishing shot (shows where you are- overall view)
Leading line
Framing
Symmetry
Rule of thirds
Close up
Worm’s Eye View
Portrait (if relevant to topic)

You will be presenting your top 12 (okay if there’s a few more) in a specific sequence with captions explaining each photograph and the story on each image to the class on the last day. You will be putting it on your website on the blog portion. If you’d like to do the photo essay as a narrated slide show with a link to the slide show through Youtube on your blog, that can work too- just make sure I can open it in class!

Photos must also be saved in the common drive folder, 06-01-2016 Photo Essay saved as lastname-firstname-photoessay1,2,3…jpg

Graded 30/30 based on:
Time on task: 5 points (come to class on time, no talking/cell phones, wrote captions and edited photos in class)
Quality of photos: 15 points (12 or more, all in focus, all compositional rules and shots included, no duplicates of the same shot, good exposure, no dust in the sky)
Captions: 5 points (all relevant to photographs, good sequencing to tell a story)
Presentation: 5 points (images and captions on blog, spoke well)

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Photo Essay

5/13/2016

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PHOTO ESSAY EXAMPLES:

A Young Father’s Balancing Act (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)
New York City Coffeehouse (Dima Gavrysh/Lens)
Gun Nation (Zed Nelson)
What the World Eats (Time)

UNUSUAL PHOTO ESSAYS

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Photo Website

5/12/2016

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Your complete photo websites are due by May 20th! Please make sure you have your photos for the blog, updated photos for the portfolio, as well as contact information and artist statement. All the information for what you need is at the Art Teacher Lady website here .
Blog- photos from rainy day, chalk festival, portraits, food, stop action and tessellations
Portfolio- the year's best landscape, portraits, and creative work including your product ad
Contact information- current contact information and artist statement
Resources- copy and paste from website
Photo 101- copy and paste from website

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Rainy Day

5/10/2016

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Choose your top six rainy day photos, edit them however you would like, and save them as
lastname-firstname-rainy1,2,3,4,5,6.jpg in the 05-06-2016 Rainy Day folder.

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Photo History

5/5/2016

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Take three photograph of yours and do three different processes to each one, using Lightroom or Photoshop- you can choose any of the techniques listed in the presentation (cyanotype, sepia, tintype, etc). Save in the
05-10-2016 Photo History folder as lastname-firstname-cyanotype1, lastname-firstname-sepia1, last name-firstname-tintype1, lastname-firstname-cyanotype2, lastname-firstname-sepia2, lastname-firstname-tintype2...

Make THREE of your photos (your choice from the nine) have some sort of texture overlaid onto it (such as scratched metal, etc). To do so- do a google search for something like wood texture, etc and be sure to do a large file. Save onto your desktop. Open it up in Photoshop and drag it over to the original photo, placing it on top of the image- use edit- transform-scale if it's too small. Change the opacity to about 20% or less so that you can still see the majority of the background image. Merge the layers then press image- adjustments- black and white, and choose a specific color for the tone.

Presentation http://moncurephoto.weebly.com/classroom-assignments/photo-history-presentation

Examples http://moncurephoto.weebly.com/classroom-assignments/photo-history

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Palomar College

5/3/2016

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If you received a "B" or above both semesters in Digital Photo 1, you are eligible for three *free* college credits through Palomar College. Register here.

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April 28th- Photojournalism Packet

4/27/2016

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Work independently on the photojournalism packet, using a separate sheet of paper and complete sentences- it is due by the end of class. Here are the images that are found within the packet, I apologize for the poor quality!