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:
*** 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)
- 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
*** 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)