18-19 DD Photography Assignments

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Google Doc Handout of Photo To-Do List

1. Organizing Folders

   1. Make Photography folder in Progress folder

   2. Make sub folders for each of the assigned photos

   3. Photography Journal Google Doc – Google Classroom – move to Photography folder

2. Photo Critique

   1. Read the Tips Section of this page.

   2. DD2’s Only Watch 2 photo critique videos from this page.

   3. Choose a photo to critique from these choices 1 2 3 4 5

   4. Answer these critique questions while recording your critique using Screancast-o-Matic

      1. Put the .mp4 video in your TBG folder

3. Lightroom Lesson Videos

   1. Camera Raw vs JPG

   2. Importing/Organizing Photos - Lessons 2 - 6

   3. 7-Point System - Photo Editing - All Lessons

      1. Copy the Lesson Asset Files to your Progress/Photography folder

      2. S:\Team Drives\01 Murphy DD Common\02 Textbooks\

4. DD2’s How-to & Get to Know your Camera

   1. Read through How-To Section from this page.

   2. Shoot to get to know your camera using all dials and settings. Shoot the same scene with each setting on the dial and compare the EXIF Data in the Meta Panel in Bridge to understand the differences.

Photo Assignments
You will have 2-3 copies of every photo.
1. Original JPG   2. PSD if edited in Photoshop  3. Cropped JPG - 8x10 with 300 resolution & save 12 quality

1. Instagram
   5 photos a week using hashtag #snhsphoto

2. Group Collage - Adobe Spark

3. 2 – Life in Motion 1 2 3 4 5
   ###-name-lifeinmotion.jpg      ###-name-lifeinmotion.psd ###-name-lifeinmotion-8x10.jpg

4. 3 – Doors of…. 1
   Set of at least 3 from a theme
   ###-name-doorsof.jpg      ###-name-doorsof.psd ###-name-doorsof-8x10.jpg

5. 2 – Light Painting 1 2 3
   ###-name-lightpainting.jpg    ###-name-lightpainting.psd  ###-name-lightpainting-8x10.jpg

6. 1 – Stop Action Short Movie in Photoshop 1 2 3 4 5 6
   Look up stop motion ideas. Discuss idea/needs with Murphy. Progress/Stop Motion folder. If there are multiple “scenes” put them in separate sequence folders. File names need to be in sequential order.
   Folder named “Stop Action”  name-stopaction.psd name-stopaction.mp4

7. 1 – Panorama 1 How to   2 Lightroom Lessons 4 & 6   3   4
   ###-name-pano.jpg      ###-name-pano.psd ###-name-pano.jpg

8. 2 – Tree Silhouette 1 2 3
   ###-name-silhouette.jpg      ###-name-silhouette.psd ###-name-silhouette-8x10.jpg

9. 1 – Double Exposure Portrait 1 2 3
   ###-name-doubleexposure.jpg      ###-name-doubleexposure.psd ###-name-doubleexposure-11x14.jpg

10. 2 – Macro Flower 1 2 3 4 5 6  8 - Student Examples
    ###-name-macro.jpg      ###-name-macro.psd ###-name-macro-8x10.jpg

11. 4 – Studio Portraits 1 2 3 4
    2 Black & White, 2 Color
    ###-name-portrait.jpg    ###-name-portrait.psd ###-name-portrait-8x10.jpg

12. 2 – Colored Powder Explosion 1 2 3 4 5 - Student Examples
    Glove/ball, bat/ball, volleyball, boxing, skateboard, bicycle
    ###-name-coloredpowder.jpg    ###-name-coloredpowder.psd ###-name-coloredpowder-8x10.jpg

Photography Rubric

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