Thursday, August 29, 2013

The Light - First Group Project

How do you see light? What do you see? What do you ignore?



In Advanced Photography, you will study light. Some students might focus on light even when not in class. For this assignment, your group will walk into the hallway together quietly. You will walk under the first skylight closest to our classroom. Take turns walking under the light. Look at your classmates under the light and notice how the light reflects off their form.

When you return to the room, discuss what you noticed. Write a blog post about the experience. Then comment on each other's posts. Since this is Advanced Photography, I expect evidence of critical thinking. How would you use these conditions for a project? When would this lighting work for a picture? What did your group member write that inspired you?

Friday, August 23, 2013

Email Assignment and Group Project

First impressions are important. People judge quickly. Often our judgments are wrong, but we still judge quickly.

How do you want to be viewed when you send an email? It depends. When you communicate with your friends, you probably communicate differently than you communicate with your parents or teachers. You might use a different email address too. This is normal. I communicate differently with my friends too.

So that you are better prepared to communicate appropriately for college and career

1. Create an appropriate gmail account with a first and last name combination. 
2. Compose a message and send to Bryan Farley at my Pittsburg High School email account. (Yes, I know that at the time of this assignment I am not listed on the website.) 

3. Include a subject that identifies 2nd or 3rd period and the course; also mention that this is a group assignment.
4. In the body of the email, include your group members. Please list their first and last names.
5. Using the comment section, reply to everyone in your group.  
6. This is a group assignment. You are not done until everyone in your group is finished. You may help the members in your group if they have questions. 

Many of you know that you can find my personal email or photography business email through www.bryanfarley.com and at www.bryanfarleyphotography.com. Please do not contact me through those sites unless completely necessary. For all school related work, please contact me at school.

NOTE: This post was updated on September 8, 2013. My spam filter regularly blocks messages. Even if your first message was received, a later message might be blocked. I check my filter nearly every school day. 

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Welcome to Advanced Photography


This will be the blog for the Advanced Photography class for 2013-14 school year. I will post the assignments and discussions here.

You can learn more about me on this blog and my photography blog at my AboutMe site.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at my school email address. If you need a translator, we can find one.

Thank you,

bf