Final extra credit opportunity: Ms. Laduca’s yearbook
(5 extra credit points)
Over the summer I have given myself the project to create a Photography yearbook of all of your photoshoots from the year! This year has been a particularly challenging year for us, yet all of you found your artistic voice to create beautiful images. I am beyond proud of the work that you all put into this class, and so should you! If you would like, I would be so grateful if you would write a quick message that I can include in my personal Photography yearbook!
In a Google Doc, please type out a short message for me. If can be about your favorite project, what you learned, or what ever you would like! Additionally, please include a favorite image (does NOT need to be from one of our projects this year) and a self portrait. You do not need to create a new self portrait if you have one that you already like!
How to turn in your message
Please submit a Google Doc or PDF of your typed up message
Submit your images as SEPARATE .jpg files
Thank you all for a wonderful year of photography!
FINAL EXAM PROJECT: PORTFOLIO WEBSITE
DUE tuesday, may 25 (80 POINTS)
20 possible extra credit points
Your final for this year will be to create a digital portfolio of all of the photoshoots we did completed this year. I can provide support with of these two FREE professional platforms:
however, you may use a different platform if you woud like. ADDITIONALLY YOU MAY ADD YOUR photography PORTFOLIO TO AN EXISTING PORTFOLIO IF YOU WISH.
Once your website is completed YOU WILL NEED TO PUBLISH! Since we are still mostly remote you will need to submit your portfolio website as a hyper link on a Google Doc. Once you have finished creating your portfolio, Wix will give you a free domain to use, and that will be the link you provide for me. This account will be linked to your school email and just like Google, it saves your progress automatically. During your allotted photography final time if you are in person, I will come around and walk through your completed website during class. For your final you will need to have the following items:
The title of you web page must be your first and last name ‘s portfolio with the sub title of Photography 2020-2021
EX: Kristi LaDuca’s Portfolio: Photography 2020-2021
While creating your portfolio, the arrangement, pages, and navigation are all up to you. BUt you must include the following sections
A picture of yourself next to your artist statement (10 points)
If you need a little extra help writing an artist statement, Check out THIS helpful article.
EXTRA CREDIT: IN ADDITION TO YOUR ARTIST STATEMENT INCLUDE 10 BULLET POINTS OF UNIQUE FACTS ABOUT YOU. (10 EXTRA CREDIT POINTS)
here is a good example: https://www.kristiladucaphotography.com/aboutkl
Your favorite picture from the semester (5 points)
Three key concepts you learned during this year in Photography (5 points), each key concept must have a minimum of two sentences describing the topic.
Goals for yourself as an artist going forward: minimum of two goals (5 points)
A gallery for each photo shoot completed this year (3 images minimum per gallery), You must title each gallery and include a short summary of the project. Minimum of three sentences.
Faceless (5 points)
Elements of Art (5 points)
Falloween (5 points)
Compositional Elements (5 points)
One Word Story (5 points)
Light and Shadow (5 points)
Jazz Series (5 points)
5 Poses (5 points) Please use your individual jpg images along with your Document of found and recreated images
Paper Cut Outs (5 points) This gallery only needs your two edited images
Treasure Hunts #1-#3 (5 points)
Instagram Product Shoot (5 points)
extra credit (10 points): any images you took from august 2020-May 2021 that you took outside of class
photo 2 galleries
Faceless (5 points)
Elements of Art (5 points)
Falloween (5 points)
Levitation (5 points) Only one image needed in this gallery
One Word Story (5 points)
Edges (5 points)
Jazz Series (5 points)
Mirrors (5 points)
Paper Cut Out (5 points) This gallery only needs your two edited images
Treasure Hunt #1-#3 (5 points)
Product Photoshoot (5 points)
extra credit (10 points): any images you took from august 2020-May 2021 that you took outside of class
an excused photoshoot or an alternative assignment will not count against your grade on your final!
If you are missing any of these photoshoots, you have the opportunity to reshoot and display 3 new images in your portfolio. Class time may be used to reshoot your images.
SPOT HEALING BRUSH AND CLONE TOOL ASSIGNMENT
3º due: thursday 5/6, 4º due: friday 5/7
(10 POINTS)
The Spot Healing Brush allows you to fix the dust, scratches and schmoo marks on your photo. This tool paints matching texture, lighting, transparency, and shading to the pixels being healed. Unlike the clone stamp tool, it doesn’t require you to specify a sample spot — it automatically samples from around the retouched area. This tool is easier, but less precise in small or tricky areas of your image.
The Clone Tool also allows you to fix the dust, scratches and schmoo marks on your photos. It allows you to copy texture, lighting and tonal values from one area of your image onto another area of your image. With the clone tool, you pick the sample spot that you want to copy, then paste it into another area of your image.
Do these tools work on every “issue” on every photo, every time? Of course not. Does it work often enough to save you hours of work? Yes!
Here’s the assignment, designed to help you learn to use these tools.
Step #1 Scroll down to the bottom of this page and watch the brief videos that demonstrate how to use the spot healing brush tool.
Step #2 Use a photo that you’ve shot -one that has flaws, such as scratches, dust or dreaded schmoo marks… or USE THIS LINK or THIS LINK to download a photo to use for this exercise.
Step #3 Using either the healing brush tool, clone tool, or a combination both, repair all the blemishes on your image.
Step #4 Give your repaired image a new name.
Step #5 Place both “before” and “after” images onto one Photoshop or Pixlr background. The sample on this assignment is a 4x9 inch document
•color the background of the document.
•write “Before” and “After” above or on each image.
Step #6 Write your name, Healing Brush and period # at the top of the document.
Step #7 –Save your image as healing_yourinitials.jpg
Pixlr has the same tools can be found on the left side tool bar. They work the same but are titled differently.
