Christmas Break

Alright guys and gals. I know you've all been greatly anticipating our homework assignment for break but alas, it will probably let you down. More than anything, I want you guys to enjoy every moment of the holiday season and be appreciative of all the many blessings you each have!

With that said, here's what I'd like to see.

1. Upload 25 of your best photographs throughout the course of your break. The images should document your experience(s) and help give the rest of the class and myself a good visual portrayal of what kept you busy when we get back.

2. Read through the two previous articles posted on our blog and write a separate blog post of 2-3 paragraphs in response to each article on your blog. Your paragraphs should be 4-6 sentences, so all in all you'll be writing 2 DIFFERENT posts (3 including the 25 images) with a total of 8-12 paragraphs.

As always let me know if you have any questions and have a terrifically fantastic Christmas and New Years!

Good articles to read!

This is good little article to check out for the beginning photographer. When you get a couple minutes read through it here!

And this one here for compositional tips. Note one of the last tips in the article. Where have you heard that before?!

Fun Work | Week 10

Bonjour class,

This is gonna be a good week. Guess what's coming up?! CHRISTMAS! AHHHH! My favorite time of the year. Do you like Christmas? Do you have any special traditions? Do you hate Christmas? Why? Oh boy, we could spend hours and hours talking about Christmas.. But alas we have work to do.

Here's what's on the agenda for next week.

1. Take your camera outside for at least 30-60 minutes and snap away. Take portraits, close-ups, textures/backgrounds (ones you could use for compositing images), landscapes, stars, animals, architecture. In essence, whatever you'd like. I just want you to get out and shoot!

2. Make any image adjustments on the photos you like the best and upload to your blog. You should be uploading your best 7-14 best photographs. Keep in mind though that the images you upload should only showcase your best work.

3. Go and comment on each photograph of your classmates! Be specific. Find a couple things you especially like and something you think could be improved. I know I've hounded this in, but I'll say it again. Don't say, "I really like this..." or "This is really cool...", as standalone sentences. Why do you like it? What kind of emotion did they capture? What do you think of the composition? If it's beautiful, how is it gorgeous? Articulate, articulate, articulate.

And one more thing, PLEASE pay attention to your grammar. I think you guys know how to spell and use periods and commas by this point.

4. Have fun!