WEEK 1 - DAY 1 - Course Overview

WEEK 1 - DAY 1

Course Title: Visual Arts – Digital Photography

Course Code: AWQ3M
Credit Value: 1.00
Teacher: Jill Charbonneau

Date: March 2015 – June 2015

Course Description: This course introduces students to the principles of digital photography through the exploration of the creative process and the elements and principles that government photo composition, colour theory and elements of design.

Course BLOG:  hwdsbdigital.blogspot.ca

Course Outline: The following units will be covered in this course:
• Digital Course Basics – Google Drive, Google Docs
• Examining the Creative Process through Left and Right Brain Function
• Capturing light using digital tools
• Digital Image Overload – A Picture Paints a Thousand Words
• Elements of Design
• Colour Model – Hue, Value, Chroma
• Light spectrum, human vs digital eye
• Light Value, light vs. dark
• Basic Photographic Composition
• PEOPLE: Self Portrait – Examining the digital selfie
• PEOPLE: Self Portrait – the 4 division of self
• Perspective - Line of Sight
• OBJECTS: Staging an Image – foreground, mid-ground, background
• OBJECTS: Undisturbed still life
• Images of Social Media – Disposable or Treasures
• MOVING OBJECTS: Capturing objects in motion

Course Evaluation: Ongoing Assessment and Evaluation during semester, including tests, lab work, assignments, quizzes, homework, and projects
 25% Knowledge and Understanding (knowledge of facts and terms, understanding concepts, principles, and relationships between concepts)
 15% Thinking and Inquiry (critical, inquiry, and creative thinking skills)
 10% Communication (communication of information and ideas in various forms)
 25% Application (application of concepts, skills, and procedures, use of equipment, technology)
 25% Portfolio / Project

Class format: A daily lesson will be presented and time given to research new information introduced in class, most projects will be completed in class.

A mind that is stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions (Oliver Wendell Homes Jr.)

 

ACTIVITY 1: Using the handout provided, sign into the HWDSB hub and click the Google Apps option. Make certain you can log in.

 

ACTIVITY 2

 

Watch this TED talk speaker, Erik Johansson talk about his photographic composition techniques.

http://www.ted.com/talks/erik_johansson_impossible_photography?language=en

 

Simple Photo	▲ Locate subject - Press a Button – Take a Photo
	▲ ▲ ▲     light        contrast
	▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲            colour     brightness     perspective
Complex Photo	▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ composition    capturing an idea vs a moment
Combined Reality Photos	▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲▲ ▲ ▲             Build an image from various images

Answer the following questions:
 

1. What are your first impressions of Erik's photos?

 

2. How does he describe the process he uses to create an image?

 

3. Where do you think Erik draws his inspiration from when he takes his images?

 

Answer these questions in your note book.