Project Due Today!!
One project, either the Response to Covid-19 or a third quarter replacement project should be turned in today. Remember when you create and share an album to turn in, only submit the correct number of pictures. I don't need to see everything that you shoot, just the edited final images. I am available today for questions as well. Please message/email me and if needed I can set up a Zoom call. For class today, I want you to photograph. Make pictures. Don't be lazy, just get out an do it!. Your project is due on Friday, so use today to shoot your pictures, and then on Thursday and Friday you can sort and develop them. If you have questions, I will be available during your class period, before and after school to answer them. All you have to do is message me and we can chat through the problem or I can set up a meeting on Zoom. Whichever is bet. Here is one little tip to help your photography improve. Look at the two pictures below. Can you tell what the difference is? Let me walk you through the process of creating this image. One evening I was out at Lake Lowell and came across this tree. I thought it to be an interesting composition, so I set my camera up and over the course of a few minutes made this first image. It isn't a bad photograph, but not totally what I was feeling. I then started observing the scene more closely. The light was a bit flat, as the overcast sky completely diffused the sunlight. I noticed, however a small break in the clouds right at the horizon. I knew that if I waited a few minutes for the sun to drop in the western sky, that the light would completely change. So I waited. Fourteen minutes. Then I took this picture. The two pictures don't even look the same. Learn to read the light, then be patient and wait for the light. That is what makes a great image. Patience is one of the most important attributes that a great photographer must develop. Oftentimes you only need to wait a minute, other times an hour or more. As you practice, you'll get better at reading the light and knowing, and even predicting when the light will change. It really is just a matter of practice.
Now go out and take some pictures! Your assignment for today is to get out and make some pictures! You should be working on either the Covid-19 Project or a missing assignment from Quarter 3. Either way, you need pictures. Remember, for the Covid-19 project, just carry your camera all the time and document the changes that you see as a result of the virus. People wearing masks, empty streets and parking lots, people shut in (you and your families) due to the stay at home order, etc. There is visual evidence all around us that life has been changed.
Many of you are still have not turned in the Patterns project. Please get that in ASAP! If you need assistance, please message me and I will walk you through the process. Remember that by completing as few as three of the distance learning project you can significantly increase your grade. I want you all to use today's class time to get out and photograph! A few of you still need to make photographs for the Color project. The rest should be working on Pattern. Both of these can be accomplished by taking a "Photo Walk" and looking for the pictures. Learn to be observant and really take in what you see. Take an almost meditative approach to your photography and you will find interesting and meaningful pictures everywhere.
I will be available during your class times to answer questions and problem solve. If you still haven't shared a collection or album from Lightroom, please do so today. There are tutorials available for you or you can message me and I can walk you through it. Don't procrastinate! The longer you wait the more pictures you miss! Class will begin with a short Zoom meeting to check in with everyone as to where we are, resolve any problems or struggles we may have encountered, as well as show you where to find the new Lightroom Tutorials. Also, the new project is posted in the Assignment section of the web site and we will discuss that as well. Be looking for the email with your invitation to the Zoom session.
Also, I have been very impressed with most of you. The work has been coming in. I know it has been a struggle at times getting things working right, but you have persevered and conquered! A few of you are still working on getting things going. Please don't procrastinate. We are well into the quarter and need to be working. If you need some extra assistance, stay on the zoom call until the end and I will entertain any questions that you may have. If needed, we can set up individual calls to get things ironed out. I look forward to seeing you all online! Just got back from a "Photo Walk" this evening (Thursday), and, if you didn't get out, well, I'm sorry. It was a beautiful evening to out. The images below are just a few of what I found on my walk. I hope you are taking advantage of the great weather to photograph some color! For class today, if you haven't done the color research and sent it to me, then please finish that. It should only take a few minutes. After that is in, I want you to take your own "Photo Walk." Go make some pictures! That is your whole assignment for today. Make at least 30 photographs, emphasizing your chosen color. Get in close. Blur the background. Make your color pop. Most of all, have some fun! I want you to share your best three with me by the 14th. If you need assistance for anything from getting Lightroom to work to making and editing pictures, message or email me. We can chat over Remind or schedule a Zoom call. It's been a great start to our Distance Learning experience. About 75% of us have shared an album. The rest of us need to get that done ASAP so I can become aware of any technology problems we may be having and get them fixed. That is our immediate goal.
A new project has been posted in the Assignments section. This project is all about Color, and has a due date of April 15. Please do the research part today/tomorrow and then take your "Photo Walk(s)" between Friday and Monday. Also in Assignments, I have added a Sidebar with resources for class. I will continue adding resources as they are needed and I get them created. During class the next couple of days, I am open for individual conferencing/troubleshooting/demonstration via Zoom for any that want/need a little extra help. Just message me and I can set it up. There will also be an open Q&A Zoom during the first part of class. I will send a message with the link prior to your class time. No Zoom class today. There are a lot of you that are still having some technology issues. Today is our day to fix them and make sure we can all take photographs, edit them and turn them in. If you completed our first project, today just take a few more pictures and practice editing them in Lightroom. If you have not turned in last weeks project, check in with me today so we can get you back on track. Send me a message and let me know how I can help you...Computer issue, Adobe issue, etc. If I don't hear from you first thing today, you and your parents can expect communication from me. We need to get you and your equipment working.
In your classes on Thursday and Friday we will review how to create and share an album from Lightroom. Before we leave class, you should have shared your first photographs with me. This wi the way that all projects will be turned in during our distance learning phase of school. If you are editing on a computer using Lightroom Classic, then please watch the video in the link below.
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