MP+1+Assignments

For all assignments listed below at the end of each class PLEASE save your work under the following format to the "Art Elective" folder on your desktop: first initial, last name, assignment #. For example, if I just completed Assignment #1 and my name is Geri Smath, I would save it to the "Art Elective" folder on my computer as: gsmath1. You also must always save your images as JPEG files.

2/7/14- In class assignment #1: Copy and paste the photo below into a new Photoshop file. Explore and experiment with the Healing tool, remove the cracks and blemishes from this stone statue. Be careful they you don't over-heal! You may need to reselect an area from which to copy while working. You can change the brush size of your healing brush tool as well in the top left hand corner of Photoshop. HW: BRING IN AN OLD PHOTO THAT COULD USE SOME RETOUCHING.



2/10/14- In class assignment #2: Copy and paste the photo below into a new Photoshop file. Today you will be introduced to the clone stamp tool - This tool is very similar to the Healing Tool. It takes a portion of the photo that you select and "clones" it so that you can then use it as a stamp to fill in areas of your photograph. Using the photo below, your task today is to use the clone stamp tool to remove all of the rocks from this photo and then to create a dirt path that leads back into the woods. Remember that you can change the brush size at the top left corner of photoshop. * Remember to select an area to clone, you must hold down the alt key to and then click your mouse to select.

2/12/14- In class assignment #3: In today's class, I would like for you to view the slideshow below and then visit the link titled "Rule of Thirds." Read the article at your own pace. At the End of class I would like for you to respond to the two discussion questions I have posted on the homepage. See Homework assignment below!

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Rule of Thirds Your first **Homework Assignment:** Over the vacation I would like for you to experiment with your camera. Take 10 photographs that demonstrate the rule of thirds. Select your 2 favorite examples and post them to your page. Title this assignment "Rule of Thirds" and post the images below. When we return from break, we will have our first in-class critique of each others work. Though its not required you may want to consider things like, lighting, focus, and depth. You may photograph anything you like, but you must follow the compositional rules regarding the rule of thirds. Good Luck!
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2/26/14- In class assignment #4: After viewing a demonstration on how to use the Magnetic Lasso Tool, choose one of your photos from our homework assignment that you would like to edit.  Using the lasso tool you will select a person, animal or object from you photograph and use selective coloring to either keep your object in color or have your object become black and white in a world of color. View this [|website] to refresh your memory after the in class demonstration. Good luck! I look forward to seeing your edits!



**Homework Assignment #2: " Honey I Shrunk the Kids"** In this assignment you will be required to create your own unique and creative version of the world illustrated in the movie "honey I shrunk the kids". To do this you will have to plan out your scene... Are you the size of an ant? Are you stuck in the Backyard of your house? Be Creative!!! You must take all pictures yourself that will make up this project. You will take a photo of you or a friend and take another picture of the environment that your model will be in. Use the Magnetic Lasso Tool to cut your model from one photo and add them to the background/Environment of the other. When you're not in the computer lab you may use the program in the link below to work on your project:

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Your Finished project should look something like the one below!! You must include yourself in this photograph!!!

3/3/14- Homework Assignment #3 Point of View

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 * Take //and// Post 2 photographs using the Birds Eye Point of View, and the Worms eye Point of View.See Slide Show below for examples. **=====

10/4- In class assignment : Capturing Your Community - Photo Contest for High School Students. Today we will discuss a Photo Contest opportunity that we will all be partaking in as a class. The concept revolves around representing, or capturing your communtiy with photography. How can you capture the essence of your community in a photograph? What story does your photograph tell about your neighborhood and the people who live there? Explore the link below, find 5 pictures that you think tell a story - remember the storytelling piece from our reading "What makes a good photograph". I will also introduce to you Animoto - a free Web 2.0 tool that you can create a photostory, adding music and wording.

[|South African Photographs: David Goldblatt]

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