week#1: Welcome to Digital Photography for 1 Art credit

(Tues)Welcome to Digital Photography

Students are here for one of the 2 Liberal Arts credits for graduation.
This course is 1 semester only. This is a beginner's course...

Material needed are: Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera & SD card

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Website access to Flickr.com via Yahoo account  (upload selfie)
( You can personalize your acct in settings)

HW: Parent signature on computer lab contract! Get Sd card too.
         Upload a selfie to your Flickr acct. send your flickr link to
mcsmphoto@gmail.com - subj: AJS11-0__ Your name's Flickr link

Please sit in your assigned computer station as we go over the
computer lab rules...

Please sign in agreement and bring it home for parent signature.We will sign up for a Flickr.com account & upload a selfie in the Photostream.send your flickr link to mcsmphoto@gmail.com

Get SD card (2GB or more)...due next week Monday and install the Flickr app Apple iOS or Android


HW: Parent signature on computer lab contract. & Selfie and Qr code due 2/1/17

(Wed) 2/1/17 : Press pass with Qr code 

Do now:

goto Qrstuff.com

paste your Flickr link to step 2

step 3 download the newly made qr code to the desktop as YOUR NAME qrcode

Reply in email to mcsmphoto@gmail.com and send in as attachment.

Class work Press Pass- goto https://mcsmphoto.blogspot.com/2016/09/qr-code-and-press-pass.html

 HW:Best picture and labeling of each Portfolio pictures 2/2/17
Get SD card over the weekend due 2/6/17

next week DSLR diagram with Powerpoint # 1

Semester wrap up

Art final is Due today... each photostory is 25% x 4 = 100% 

Did you fulfill everything on the check up slip and it is signed by your guardian?
PupilPath is only showing 3rd marking period grade for now...

the only thing left will be the Semester top 10 album for the last 5% of your 3rd marking period grade...

in your Flickr album section there should be:
MP1 (#1-30)
MP2 (# 31-60)
Photostory # 3 (61-70)
Photostory # 4 (71-80)
Photostory # 5 (81-90)
Photostory # 6 (91-100)
MP3/Mimicking Photos (101-103)
Semester TOP 10 with edits

Week# 6 - Finals week

Harvard is now offering free Photography course with certificate...
goto https://alison.com/courses/Digital-Photography to see if you can get the certificate.

Finals week...

Final Examination Schedule: 

Tuesday, January 17:  English

Wednesday, January 18 :  Science, LOTE

Thursday, January 19:  Art, Social Studies

Friday, January 20: Math, Physical Education, Health

Monday, January 23:  Makeup Day

Art is scheduled for this Thursday... 1/19/17
so the semester packet is due... PPT# 6, Project # 5, PPT# 7 (Photostory album) and then Top 10 Flickr album.(send link)

Please start printing today.
extra credit printing of your photos at

Costco's everyday pricing (with 2 hour pickup) is pretty darn good with online upload and ordering. 12"x18" $2.99 11"x14" $2.99 8"x12" $1.49 8"x10" $1.49 5"x7" $0.39 4"x6" $0.17 size pick up at Target ship to my home 4x6 $0.29 $0.16 5x5** $0.45 $0.44 5x7 $1.79 $1.09 8x10 $2.89 $3.18

Final packet preparation Due on ART Final 1-19-17

No late work on this one is the last one for the semester...

start PPT #7 on Photostory albums... example

packet will be with PPT#6 and Project 5  and 4 photostories....

Friday we will work on your Top10 of this semester...with edit and why you think its your best

week #5 MP3 Check list (next week is FINALS)

Powerpoint 6: Ch 10- History of Photography summarized with visuals (google slide shared and printed)
 You have to log in to Pupilpath to read ch 10. (goto Assignments) Due12-6-16 ( 10%)

Quiz on 12-9-16 (5%)

Project # 5: Mimicking the Masters with presentation due 12-16-16 (30%) Flickr # 101,102,103
                   ( please include the link to the original master photo in the description)

 Photo critiques, Peer evaluation and Project evaluation form (next week)= (15%)

Homework: Photo-story due every Tuesday  send flickr album link to mcsmphoto@gmail.com
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There is a 10% deduction for late work!

Top 10 Composition Tips

Rule of Thirds     Balancing Elements     Leading Lines     Symmetry and Patterns

Viewpoint    Background    Depth   Framing     Cropping   Experimentation

all photo must be labeled and with descriptions to receive full credit...
Album description: what is the story of your theme and topic?
example: # 61: Rule of third + soft light: the apple is placed off centered to the right side, taking only 1/3 of the overall space in the frame.
Photostory # 3: Your topic / theme with top 10 compositions due 12-13-16 (10%) Flickr # 61-70

Photostory # 4: Your topic / theme with top 10 compositions due 12-20-16 (10%) Flickr # 71-80

Photostory # 5: Your topic / theme with top 10 compositions due 12-27-16 (10%) Flickr # 81-90

Photostory # 6: Your topic / theme with top 10 compositions due 1-3-17 (10%) Flickr # 91-100

semester credit is earned with all 3 marking periods work.

Art final 1/19/17 ( top 10 photos and their edits) Flickr album with semester performance reflection.
  Last day of class Jan 23, 2017 (Return all borrowed books/ equipment to receive credit).

Week#4: Presentations continued...it's 2017!

Seniors Class of 2017... Welcome back from your X'mas break and Happy New Year!

we have about 2 weeks left for the class... how is your Flickr portfolio coming along?
don't forget to put up the last photo story today! Due Photostory # 6 is Flickr# 91-100

We will continue with our presentations.
please evaluate your peers as they present their project # 5: Mimicking the Masters.