Curriculum for Photo
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Objectives
Activities
Get to know students
"My Life"
Learn the basics of Photoshop
Photoshop Intro
Establish Web pages for digital display. Post "Sky and Water" and one other
image on webpage
Complete basics of Photoshop
Find magazine images for Rule of
Intro Elements of Composition
thirds and simplicity - put on class
In Depth study of Rule of Thirds,
posters
Simplicity, and Interesting Angles.
Find online images for Rule of Thirds
(human subject) and simplicity (apple) put on shared google document
Take, edit, upload Rule of thirds and
simplicity images on webpage.
Review Interesting Angle
Find magazine and online images for
Learn about file size, resolution, image interesting angle, leading line, and
size. Use dodge and burn tools. Study framing. Put.
leading line and framing elements of
Take, edit (required to use dodge and
composition.
burn), post images which show
Intro to reflection.
interesting angle (car part), leading line
(manmade), and framing (animal).
Self reflection, unique reflection
Take, edit, and post a reflection, self
perspective
reflection, perspective, and forced
texture/repetition
perspective image.
vignetting with photoshop
Macro week - Texture, mystery photo, Take edit, and post texture image,
series of 5 collage
macro, and mystery photo with clue.
Repetition, Balance, Opposition
Take, edit, and post repetition, balance,
and opposition images.
Light and shadow, S-curve, COLORS ake, edit, and post light and shadow,
s-curve images. Draw 2 colors, take 5
of each color, combine into collage
Finish colors, using layers (eagle)
begin final digital projects.
I Spy OR Spot the Differences
AND
Theme Project
Self or other portrait (use eye tricks,
skin smoothing, spot healing,
vignetting),
OR multiplicity OR panorama.
Work on final digital projects
Add eagle layer into one existing
image.
Print 5x7 (I spy) or 2 4x6 (Spot the
differences). Make display with title,
name, instructions.
View tutorials and prepare one of the
three choices. Post on webpage.
Choose theme, 5-7 images, title,
name, on blackboard presentation.
Sunprints, intro to darkroom (make
Make, press, and mat one sunprint
similar image as sunprints under
image (to be displayed on bulletin
enlarger with 8x10 paper), pinhole
board).
cameras through making the negative Make and submit 4x6 darkroom contact
print.
Prepare pinhole cameras. Make and
develop negative image in darkroom.
Make pinhole positive. Use existing
Submit pinhole negative and positive
film frames to make a test print and
(on black presentation board or
3x5 image.
construction paper - title, name, label
negative & positive images)
First roll assignment - Shapes
Submit two small images and their test
prints.
Second roll assignment - Nature and Submit one nature and one
architectural. Make 8x10
architectural image with test prints.
enlargements.
Submit one 8x10 with test strip.
Assign theme project for black and
To be graded - blackboard theme
white. (each student choose a theme, presentation and test prints/strips for
take and develop one roll of images
each image.
related to that theme, choose 2 to
make 8x10, choose 4 to make 3x5,
make blackboard presentation with
title, name, and captions for each
photo)
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Complete black and white theme
project, submit for grading.