Artistic Review - Photographer's Website

Students had the option to review a student website or a teacher website. The students chose to review their teacher's photography website. Below is the description of the assignment with the rubric. (Earlier, students reviewed the new camera's before receiving a rubric.)

Website- Artistic Review- Bryan Farley dot com

PROMPT: Analyze the website of teacher Bryan Farley before he changes to new theme?

Requirements:

• 3-4 Paragraphs
• Posted to blog

Must include

• Intro with background information
• Thesis Statement
• Topic sentences
• Examples from site
• Commentary that supports the examples with live links

Objective	Standard	Below Expectations	Progressing	Proficient	Exemplary	Score
Student will include relevant and sufficient evidence.	CCSS W1	Student includes no background information on piece being reviewed	Student includes minimal background information on piece being reviewed	Student includes basic background information on piece being reviewed	Student provides detailed background on the piece.  This background includes historical cultural connections and/or artist information beyond name.
Student will use valid reasoning in order to choose sufficient evidence in order to support claims	CCSS W1	Student includes no examples from piece.	Student includes minimal examples from piece. These examples may not be relevant.	Student includes specific, relevant examples from piece.	Student includes many specific, relevant examples from the pieces, artfully weaving these examples into the review.
Student will use relevant evidence in order to support claims concerning interpretation of text and analysis of textual parts as they create meaning.	CCSSW1, CCSS R4, R5	Student does not address the specific choices within the piece and their effect on the piece as a whole	Student addresses the specific artistic choices seen in the piece and attempts to discuss how these elements provide meaning within the piece as a whole.	Student discusses the specific artistic choices seen in the piece and the meaning of these choices within the context of the whole.	Student uses the specific examples in order to discuss the choices made by the artist. This discussion includes the way in which these choices give meaning,
Student is able to produce clear, coherent writing which uses a style appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.	CCSS W4	The writer's opinion is unclear and/or unsupported. The writer does not write for a specific audience.	The writer's opinion is stated, but is not supported. The audience for the review may be unclear or the tone inappropriate	The writer's opinion is clearly stated and supported. The review is written for the desired audience and maintains an appropriate tone throughout.	The writer's opinion is artfully stated and supported. The review flows smoothly from one idea to another. The intended audience and purpose are clear.
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Go to www.bryanfarley.com

Cropping for Better Composition - Advanced Photo

Cropping

If you are my Advanced Photo students, you have my permission to copy these photos for this assignment. In your blog post, publish the original and the cropped photo. Name your blog post the same as my blog post.

Explain how the new post follows the rule of composition. If you wish, use the sentence stem at the bottom of the post.

If you want to change the exposure, you may, but you must crop and explain your choices.



The cropped photo illustrates the ___________ rule of composition , because ______________ .

Here is my photo gallery from Day 1 of the Treasure Island Music Festival.
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Should Have Seen It In Color

This month we have studied black and white photography. On October 1st, we studied Ansel Adams (2) and other early 20th century nature photographers. We have also studied 19th century photography art forms this month (example 1 and example 2) during our daily reading of Lens.

In class we are taking "family photos" in color so that students can learn more about the history of photography. Families from the late 1800's appear depressed, even in the 1890's (Gay 90's). There wasw a time when subjects were required to sit still; facial expressions were limited. People could not move (or blink).

I wonder when the first smile appeared in a photo? Was it fake?

Students will be able to use the color "family photos" taken at school and covert them to black and white or other styles. For the assignment, students will post the original photo and the edited versions. Students should also explain something about the history of photography.

Yosemite and Photography

On this day in 1890 Yosemite opened as a national park. (Coincidentally, Yosemite is closed today, because the national government has shut down.)

Ansel Adams created the best known images of Yosemite. However, he is not the only well known photographer to make pictures of Yosemite.

Pop Laval, a Central Valley photographer, started photographing Yosemite nearly 100 years ago. How did he make money? Did Yosemite pay him?

Who makes the most interesting photographs of Yosemite now? How are the images created? Are photographers paid to photograph Yosemite? If you were photographing Yosemite, what would you do? What would you want to do?