Digital Photography
Month
Content
Skills
August "Introduction"
Parts and functions of a Digital Camera
Understanding the discovery of Camera Obscuras and Photography
Overview of the Principles of Design in Photography.
Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Joseph Niepce, Louis Jacques Daguerre, Camera Obscuras
Vocabulary: Aperture, Exposure, Shutter Speed, Camera Obscura, Lens, ISO, DSLR, Point-and-Shoot
Tools/Technique: Creating a Camera Obscura
Essential Questions:
What importance does the lens have in creating a photograph?
How does the shutter and aperture effect the photograph?
How has photography history changed current technology?
What are the parts of a camera? How do the parts of a camera affect the picture?
-How can I use the Principles of Designs to create a successful and aesthetically pleasing composition?
Demonstrate understanding of the major milestones with regards to the development of photography
Identify the various types of cameras
Identify and describe the major controls of a camera
Understanding what factors affect an image's exposure and how to control and manipulate them.
Understand the Principles of Design in Photography and be able to demonstrate correct use of the Rule of Thirds of composition
September Continue Introduction to Camera Parts & Function and Understanding Exposure
Introduce Photoshop and the basic Workflow used to edit a digital image.
"Abstraction" Students will use the Macro setting on their cameras to shoot objects up close and create abstract themed photographs that will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Former student examples
Vocabulary: Depth of Field, Noise, Color Balance, Levels, Histogram, JPEG, PSD file, Cropping, Exposure Compensation, Bracketing
Tools/Technique: Basic Image Workflow using Adobe Photoshop
Other Concepts/Techniques/ Introductions:
Explain depth of field and how aperture changes Depth Of Field
Explain where to find and how to change the exposure compensation on a digital camera in order to bracket exposures
Demonstrate correct use of the Rule of Thirds of composition
Explain the difference between Macro, Normal and Wide Angle lanes.
Demonstrate the ability to use Adobe Photoshop in order to enhance a digital image.
Be able to follow written directions and complete a basic Workflow.
How to import and export photographs and use a card reader
How to create a contact sheet How to edit and save images
How to change the lens and exposure settings on a digital camera
Essential Questions:
What importance does the depth of field have in a photograph?
What is Abstraction? How can I make something appear Abstract?
How can I use Photoshop in improve my images?
How do I save my images?
Why does a Workflow have to be followed in exact order?
Begin shooting Pattern Project
October "Pattern" Students will apply what they learned in the Abstract exercise to find and/or create patterns to shoot. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Former student examples. Professional Examples from www.photo.net Vocabulary: PowerPoint, Resolution Tools/Technique: Basic Image Workflow using Adobe Photoshop
Other
Concepts/Techniques/Introductions: PowerPoint
Essential Questions:
What resolutions are needed for print and web materials?
How do I import and image into PowerPoint?
"Reflection" Students will apply what they learned in the Abstract and Pattern projects to find and/or create images based on the theme of Reflection. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
"Light and Shadows" Students will apply what they learned in the previous exercises to find and/or create images with dramatic lighting/shadows. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
Refine editing and print making skills
Demonstrate knowledge of basic image Workflow
Demonstrate ability to compose an properly exposed image following the Rule of Thirds.
Demonstrate ability to prepare an image for print and screen
Demonstrate ability to create a PowerPoint of images to display photographic work
Demonstrate ability to identify a light source
November Review and take Midterm Exam
"Still Life" Students will apply what they learned in the previous exercises to find and/or create still life to shoot. This project will include an in-class group studio shoot.
Refine editing and print making skills
Demonstrate the ability to work with group members to capture a shot
Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
"Landscape" Students will apply what they learned in the previous exercises to find Landscapes to shoot. This project will include an in-class group studio shoot. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Former student examples. Michael Ray's food photography. Magazine examples of commercial Still Life shoots, Edward Weston
Vocabulary: Still Life, Narrative, Propping, Dodging, Burning
Tools/Technique: Using propping and studio lights
Using the Channel Mixer to create black and white images
Using the Dodge and Burn tools to create/enhance highlights and shadows Other
Concepts/Techniques/Introductions: Working together with a group Essential Questions:
How do I use studio lights to convey a mood in my photograph?
How can grouping different objects together create a narrative or a portrait? What have I learned so far this semester?
appealing food/commercial photographs
Ability to demonstrate correct use of Channel Mixer, Dodge and Burn tools to create a black and white image.
December "The Color Red" Students will apply what they learned in the previous exercises to shoot images that include the color red. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop and Spot Coloring will be applied to give the image a Sin City feel.
"Portraiture" Students will apply what they learned in the previous exercises to shoot Portraits and Self-Portraits. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Former student examples. Fank Miller's Sin City. Cindy Sherman, Julia Margaret Cameron, Steve McCurry, Rondney Smith Vocabulary: Spot Coloring, Layer Masking, Portraiture, Self-Portraiture, Tools/Technique: Layer Mask, Channel Mixer, Studio Lighting, Reflectors, Fill Light
Other
Concepts/Techniques/Introductions: Working together with a group
Refine editing and print making skills
Demonstrate the ability to work with group members to capture a shot
Demonstrate the ability to use studio lighting to create interesting and creative portraits
Ability to demonstrate correct use of Layer Masks in Photoshop.
Essential Questions:
How can I use studio lighting to mimic natural lighting?
Can I take a portrait of someone without ever showing the person's face?
What can I learn about a person just by looking at a photograph of their hands? How can I use spot coloring to enhance the meaning of my images?
How can I improve my pictures? What mistakes did I make and how can I correct them?
Review and take Final January "Introduction"
Parts and functions of a Digital Camera
Understanding the discovery of Camera Obscuras and Photography
Overview of the Principles of Design in Photography.
Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Joseph Niepce, Louis Jacques Daguerre, Camera Obscuras
Vocabulary: Aperture, Exposure, Shutter Speed, Camera Obscura, Lens, ISO, DSLR, Point-and-Shoot
Tools/Technique: Creating a Camera Obscura
Essential Questions:
What importance does the lens have in creating a photograph?
How does the shutter and aperture effect the photograph?
How has photography history changed current technology?
What are the parts of a camera? How do the parts of a camera affect the picture?
-How can I use the Principles of Designs to create a successful and aesthetically pleasing composition?
Demonstrate understanding of the major milestones with regards to the development of photography
Identify the various types of cameras
Identify and describe the major controls of a camera
Understanding what factors affect an image's exposure and how to control and manipulate them.
Understand the Principles of Design in Photography and be able to demonstrate correct use of the Rule of Thirds of composition
February Continue Introduction to Camera Parts & Function and Understanding
Exposure
Introduce Photoshop and the basic Workflow used to edit a digital image.
"Abstraction" Students will use the Macro setting on their cameras to shoot objects up close and create abstract themed
photographs that will then be edited in
Explain depth of field and how aperture changes Depth Of Field
Explain where to find and how to change the exposure compensation on a digital camera in order to bracket exposures
Demonstrate correct use of the Rule of Thirds of composition
Adobe Photoshop.
Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Former student examples
Vocabulary: Depth of Field, Noise, Color Balance, Levels, Histogram, JPEG, PSD file, Cropping, Exposure Compensation, Bracketing
Tools/Technique: Basic Image Workflow using Adobe Photoshop
Other
Concepts/Techniques/Introductions:
How to import and export photographs and use a card reader
How to create a contact sheet How to edit and save images How to change the lens and exposure settings on a digital camera
Essential Questions:
What importance does the depth of field have in a photograph?
What is Abstraction? How can I make something appear Abstract?
How can I use Photoshop in improve my images?
How do I save my images?
Why does a Workflow have to be followed in exact order?
Begin shooting Pattern Project
Wide Angle lanes.
Demonstrate the ability to use Adobe Photoshop in order to enhance a digital image.
Be able to follow written directions and complete a basic Workflow.
March "Pattern" Students will apply what they learned in the Abstract exercise to find and/or create patterns to shoot. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Former student examples. Professional Examples from www.photo.net Vocabulary: PowerPoint, Resolution Tools/Technique: Basic Image Workflow using Adobe Photoshop
Other
Concepts/Techniques/Introductions: PowerPoint
Essential Questions:
What resolutions are needed for print and web materials?
How do I import and image into PowerPoint?
"Reflection" Students will apply what they learned in the Abstract and Pattern projects to find and/or create images based on the theme of Reflection. Images will then be
Refine editing and print making skills
Demonstrate knowledge of basic image Workflow
Demonstrate ability to compose an properly exposed image following the Rule of Thirds.
Demonstrate ability to prepare an image for print and screen
Demonstrate ability to create a PowerPoint of images to display photographic work
Demonstrate ability to identify a light source
edited in Adobe Photoshop.
"Light and Shadows" Students will apply what they learned in the previous exercises to find and/or create images with dramatic lighting/shadows. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
April Review and take Midterm Exam
"Still Life" Students will apply what they learned in the previous exercises to find and/or create still lifes to shoot. This project will include an in-class group studio shoot. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
"Landscape" Students will apply what they learned in the previous exercises to find Landscapes to shoot. This project will include an in-class group studio shoot. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Former student examples. Michael Ray's food photography. Magazine examples of commercial Still Life shoots, Edward Weston
Vocabulary: Still Life, Narrative, Propping, Dodging, Burning
Tools/Technique: Using propping and studio lights
Using the Channel Mixer to create black and white images
Using the Dodge and Burn tools to create/enhance highlights and shadows Other
Concepts/Techniques/Introductions: Working together with a group Essential Questions:
How do I use studio lights to convey a mood in my photograph?
How can grouping different objects together create a narrative or a portrait? What have I learned so far this semester?
Refine editing and print making skills
Demonstrate the ability to work with group members to capture a shot
Demonstrate the ability to use studio lighting to create appealing food/commercial photographs
Ability to demonstrate correct use of Channel Mixer, Dodge and Burn tools to create a black and white image.
May "The Color Red" Students will apply what they learned in the previous exercises to shoot images that include the color red. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop and Spot Coloring will be applied to give the image a Sin City feel.
"Portraiture" Students will apply what they learned in the previous exercises to shoot Portraits and Self-Portraits. Images will then be edited in Adobe Photoshop.
Refine editing and print making skills
Demonstrate the ability to work with group members to capture a shot
Demonstrate the ability to use studio lighting to create interesting and creative portraits
Ability to demonstrate correct use of Layer Masks in Photoshop.
Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Former student examples. Fank Miller's Sin City. Cindy Sherman, Julia Margaret Cameron, Steve McCurry, Rondney Smith Vocabulary: Spot Coloring, Layer Masking, Portraiture, Self-Portraiture, Tools/Technique: Layer Mask, Channel Mixer, Studio Lighting, Reflectors, Fill Light
Other
Concepts/Techniques/Introductions: Working together with a group
Essential Questions:
How can I use studio lighting to mimic natural lighting?
Can I take a portrait of someone without ever showing the person's face?
What can I learn about a person just by looking at a photograph of their hands? How can I use spot coloring to enhance the meaning of my images?
How can I improve my pictures? What mistakes did I make and how can I correct them?
