Famous Spring Quotations Assignment

"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." -- Margaret Atwood

Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!" ~Robin Williams

In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. ~Mark Twain

I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers. I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts, wassails, wakes, Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes.
Robert Herrick

You will shoot two contact sheets based around two quotes about the spring season. I will list a few websites where you can find some quotes about spring, or you can find your own.

You will have shooting days on Wed/Thurs.
Contact sheets are due at the end of each of these days.
Next Wednesday you will have class time to adjust these pictures. One of these adjustments will be a collage.

Many spring quotes are directly about the seasons and nature. However, you will find many quotes that also deal with events or sports that take place during spring time like weddings, music festivals, baseball, and golf etc. You also may find quotes that talk about spring cleaning, BBQ's, family gatherings, Easter, and Mother's Day etc.

Spring Quotes

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You may also use a quote from spring poems.

Don't forget, you can also try to find your own quotations as well.

The President's Photographer

Please answer the following questions in the comments section:




1. Do you think the President's Photographer is an important job? Why or why not?
2. What do you think would be the easiest part of the job? The hardest part?
3. Would you want this job? Why or Why not?

CYOA

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE ASSIGNMENT:
For this project you will be creating an adventure of some sorts that pauses periodically and gives the viewer a choice in where the story goes, thus a "choose your own adventure" tale! Your movie must contain:

* 8 Buttons
* goto and play
* stop
* up, over, down, hit states
* no stick figures
*multiple motion and shape tweens
* movie files
* at least three instances of sound, sound should FILL your animation
At least three places where decisions need to be made


* Who are the characters?
Where does the story take place.
* What is the story from beginning to end?
* What are the options in the choose your own adventure? What are the outcomes?
* How will your animation be more interesting and better looking than your last project?

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Pictures

 

Instead of turning in your Action Photos today you will be looking at and analyzing photos from the recent Japanese earthquake/tsunami and it's aftermath.  You may look at photos from various web sites and/or do a Google search.

Assignment:
Find three pictures that you think are interesting and/or very emotional. Please post the link to these pictures in the comment section below and answer the following questions:


1. Why did you pick this picture? Please describe in two-three sentences and please be very specific.
2.  What type of composition is in this picture?
3. Do you think this would be a difficult picture to take? Why or Why not?
4. Do you think a professional or amateur took this picture? 

You can post your responses all at once or one picture at a time. Don't forget to put your name at the end of your answers so I can give you credit.

Note: Action Photo CS1 is due Wed/Thurs. Action Photo CS2 is due next Monday.

A few links to Japan photos:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/12/japan-earthquake-2011-dev_n_834790.html#s252698

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/slide-show-powerful-earthquake-rocks-japan-2011-03-11?pagenumber=1 

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20110311/NEWS/110319993/1004&parentprofile=1001

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/12/world/asia/20110312_japan.html#1

Action Photo Practice

Today you will shoot and turn in a full contact sheet of action pictures. You should have 10-12 panning style pictures using shutter speeds of around 1/20-1/60 and then 10-12 pictures of regular fast shutter speeds (usually 1/500-1/2500).

How many of you remembered to bring some sporting equipment?
Suggested activities to shoot: someone running across the field, someone doing back handsprings or other gymnastic moves, anyone playing catch with a football or baseball, and hackysack etc.

If you aren't sure about the panning technique please review the motocross video with the Crocodile Hunter. The panning instruction starts at about 1:30.

You may use my cameras to shoot this assignment. Please share cameras and make sure you sign the sign out sheet when you leave and return. Mr. Story may help you with this assignment too.

Please return to class at 11:35 so you can upload your pictures and turn in the Contact Sheets. Your "Official" Action Picture Contact Sheets with a real sport are due on Monday.

Action Photo HInts and Tutorials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIYh9jaypYQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19z7mR_IsDU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoykOwArmXo&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K6_voFhofA&feature=related

Action Photography Slideshow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7YVeGTrZi0&feature=related

Sports Photography

A detailed description of how to take good sports photos.

Please read the above link in it's entirety (pages 1-7) and write down what you think are the ten most important pieces of advice. Take solid notes.
List each item and describe it in one or two sentences.

Your first SC Sports Action Shot Contact Sheet will not be due until next Monday. However, you may start shooting at any time.
Focus on a few things: sharp focus, unique angles, capturing emotion, telling a story, and basically taking the viewer someplace they wouldn't normally get to be by just sitting in the stands.
Your most interesting subject may not always be the person with the ball, like the reaction shot below of the Husky bench after beating Marquette.


CLIFF DESPEAUX / THE SEATTLE TIME

• SEE GAME PHOTOS from San Jose Updated

SCNN Commercial Assignment 2

You are going to create an “Open” for SCNN.

Requirements:

• 20-30 seconds long
• motion tween
• shape tween
• sound effects,
• music
• at least 7 layers
• move a symbol along a motion path guide 
• Two Movie Clips
• Moving background via motion tween
• fade in/out audio and video
• Work on creating depth in your animation. In other words animate the details.
• Everything in this animation should move as close as possible to how they move in real life. You can do this via movie clip or keyframe animation.

Most importantly this video needs to get kids excited about watching SCNN. Use school colors if you can and even create school locations, teachers, students, clubs, and sports to make the video relevant to other SC students.

Magazine 2 Adjustments

Turn in your best six pictures on a Contact Sheet called Magazine 2_adjusted.
Please make sure you pick six pictures of a variety of subjects from a variety of locations shot from a variety of angles.
These pictures should get people excited about visiting the city you chose.
Finally, turn in your best picture for printing.


Required Adjustments:
One Grayscale
Selective Focus
Vignette

Suggested adjustments:
One item left in color
Selective Focus
Photo Filter
Brightness/Contrast
Cropping
Portraits: Gaussian Blur, Clone Stamp, and Patch Tool 

Due Tuesday and Wednesday:
Magazine 2 Adjusted CS and Best picture for Printing 

Digital Photo 2 Mid-Winter Break Assignment: Sell me a neighborhood or city of your choice

Digital Photo 2 Mid-Winter Break Assignment: Sell me a neighborhood or city of your choice.

You are working for a Travel magazine and your job is to sell a city or neighborhood to prospective residents and travelers. Your pictures should show the variety of activities, neighborhoods, scenic locations, and cultural spots.

• Due at the end of the break is two contact sheets (48 pictures) full of pictures shot using manual adjustment methods.
• You must have at least one high-action shot, one landscape shot, one macro shot, and one bizarre angle or abstract shot (something arty).
• You will select 6 of the pictures to adjust and turn in as part of your magazine “photo spread”.

Composition to focus on:

• Color Contrast
• Tonal Balance
• Balance Mass
• Leading Lines
• Framing or Frame Within a Frame
• Interesting Pattern
• Selective Focus
• S-Curve
• Three objects creating a triangle

Animation: SCNN Open Assignment

You are going to create an “Open” for SCNN.

Requirements:

• 20-30 seconds long
• motion tween
• shape tween
• sound effects,
• music
• at least 7 layers
• move a symbol along a motion path guide

Most importantly this video needs to get kids excited about watching SCNN. Use school colors if you can and even create school locations, teachers, students, clubs, and sports to make the video relevant to other SC students.

Motion Blur Assignment

 

Digital Photo 2 Motion Blur Assignment

In this assignment you will keep one item in sharp focus and have multiple objects in a motion blur behind or around a subject.

You can use people or objects as your subjects.

·      Tuesday and Wednesday are practice days on campus.

·      Thursday and Friday are out of class shooting days. You are encouraged to check out at TAP or lunch so you can get to a highly active and interesting location for your shoot.  

·      You must use the Shutter Priority setting on your camera (usually Tv or S).

·      You CAN shoot entirely in manual mode.
Please shoot at least 18-24 pictures. Try two or three locations within your area. For example, if you are at Pacific Place try three different escalators. Or if you go to Pike Place try three different spots there.

Hints and suggestions:

1. Try a variety of shutter speeds. I would try starting at something as quick as 1/20 and work your way down to a speed as slow as 2-4 seconds. (I am guessing that around 1/20 to 1/2 will work best, but that of course depends on lighting etc.)

2. Use a timer so your hands do not move the camera and cause your main subject to blur.

3. Use a tripod or keep your camera on something steady.

4. Shoot in a really interesting setting away from school. If you are using people as your subjects then shoot in a place that has a large population during your class.

5. Play dress up. Encourage your subject(s) to act as a character to make the picture even more interesting.

 

More Examples

Shoreline Magazine Assignment

Turn in your best six pictures on a Contact Sheet called Shoreline_adjusted.
Please make sure you pick six pictures of a variety of subjects from a variety of locations.
These pictures should get people excited about visiting Shoreline.
Finally, turn in your best picture for printing.

(Always use the naming convention).

Suggested adjustments:
One item left in color
Various grayscale methods: Ansel Adams, Calculations, Duotone
Selective Focus
Photo Filter
Brightness/Contrast
Cropping
Portraits: Gaussian Blur, Clone Stamp, and Patch Tool 
Vignette

Monday in Digital Photo 2

Import your pictures to your computer

Create a Contact Sheet and title it Magazine CS 2

Begin editing your pictures. Use the Photo Filter, Brightness/Contrast, and Cropping etc.  Your final project you will have six pictures that are all entirely different from one another. A well done project will have a landscape, a macro shot, an action shot, an abstract shot etc.

Today:
Create a selective focus picture and a one item left in color picture.

Tuesday/Wednesday is your last shooting day.

Flash Animation Project One

•  5+ layers
    60+ frames
    15+ keyframes
    foreground, mid-ground, and background
    both shape and motion tweens
•  1 Movie Clip
• All items on separate layers
•  

You have Monday and Wednesday to work on this project. All projects should have a beginning, middle, and end.

How to create a Contact Sheet

• Create a new folder on your desktop with your pictures.
• Open Photoshop CS3.
• Select File>Automate>Contact Sheet II
• Select on Folder and choose the folder your created.
• Make sure the image size is 8*10 inches.
• The resolution should be 300.
• Columns and rows will vary: 12 pictures = 3*4 and 24 pictures=5*5
• Click OK.
• File>Save as a jpeg

Drop contacts shet into the STAFF server period 3/6and make sure you use the naming convention. Contact sheets and other assignments without the naming convention will not be graded.

Digital Photo 2 Composition Review and Pick 5 Assignment

Please review the composition examples below:

http://photoinf.com/General/Geoff_Lawrence/Composition.html


http://cybercollege.com/tvp024.htm


http://cybercollege.com/comp_ex2.htm


Your assignment today is to shoot five compositions from the list below. Please shoot these with the camera in MANUAL mode, adjusting both the F-stop and Shutter Speed each time.
I recommend shooting at least four or five attempts for each composition.

• Color Contrast
• Tonal Balance
• Balance Mass
• Leading Lines
• Framing or Frame Within a Frame
• Interesting Pattern
• Selective Focus
• S-Curve
• Three objects creating a triangle

Digital Photo Assignment: Sell me Shoreline and Lake Forest Park!

You are working for Shoreline magazine and your job is to sell the city to prospective residents and travelers. Your pictures should show the variety of activities, neighborhoods, scenic locations, and cultural spots.
Ideas for pictures: Interurban Trail, Central Market, Various neighborhoods, Lake Washington, Richmond Beach and Puget Sound, Third Place Books, Boating, Fishing, Skateboarding/Skiing/Wakeboarding/Skimboarding/running and other physical activities, restaurants, and shopping.

• Due at the end of the period Friday is a contact sheet (24 pictures) full of pictures shot using manual adjustment methods. Friday is an all-day shooting day.
• Due Monday is another contact sheet filled with interesting pictures that showcase the city. This is homework.
• Due at the end of the period Friday is five print-worthy Photoshop adjusted pictures showcasing different highlights of the city.
• You must have at least one high-action shot, one landscape shot, and one bizarre angle or abstract shot (something arty).

http://www.travelandleisure.com/
http://www.travelblog.org/

Digital Photo 2: Camera Review

Digital Photo: Shutter and Aperture

http://www.photonhead.com/simcam/shutteraperture.php

http://www.kamerasimulator.se/eng/?page_id=2

First Animation Assignment

I would like you to visit the following websites and watch a variety of flash animation.

When you are done watching the animation (spend about 30-35 minutes or so on this) I would like you to tell me what your three favorite flash movies were and why you liked them.
Did you like the storyline? Animation style? Sound effects? Music?
Please list this information, along with the link to access the animation, in the comments section below. Don't forget to put your name at the beginning so I know you did your work. Please use headphones.

http://www.homestarrunner.com/toons.html
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=flash+animation+movies&search_type=&search=Search

Welcome to class! Don't forget to fill in the comment section with your favorite videos. Log in as anonymous and then write your name at the top of your comment.
Mr. Mitchell