presentations

Your presentation should be ~3 minutes long

• tell us about your choices topic
• tell us about each images relation to your topic (for the 4+ that do)
  
• tell us about technical aspects of each image (camera, darkroom, etc)
• tell us about your compositional plan (what was your intent to show etc)
  
• tell us anything else you think we should know about your pics
• Q&A
• Friendly applause...

2 questions:

• Have you paid your fee? $20, without it you will receive an incomplete, which turns to a F after two weeks.
• Have you returned your borrowed camera? If not you will receive a $200 fine which will hinder your registering, annual, graduation etc.

Additionally, if you have extra paper/film you do not anticipate using, it may be donated to future classes for extra credit.

Choices/Portfolio Written Work

A one-page reflection is also required. In this paper you need describe what you learned during your project.

• what did you learn about the camera? darkroom? film? composition?
  
• What came easy to you? what was difficult?
• What would you do differently if you did this project again?
• Finally, how far along do you think you have come as a photographer this semester?

Also, each image you plan to use in your portfolio should be accompanied by a 3 sentence explanation of the image, what you did compositionally, in the darkroom, on the camera, how it relates to your topic, why you like it etc.

portfolios...

For your portfolio you need:

• 4+ images from your choices topic
• 4+ other images from class and beyond (a total of 8+ images)
• 1 page reflection
• 2+ sentence blurbs for each pic (explain what you did, thought, composed, altered, why, etc)
• A professional way to present (binder, poster, rockets, etc.) as you will be delivering a 3+ minute presentation of your images to your peers.
  

Friday is the LAST day in the darkroom, work hard!

Choices/Portfolio work days

Portfolios are due on the 25th

Work Days:

• 1/15, 1/20, 1/22
  
• The darkroom will close on 1/22 at the end of the day.
  

Winter Assignment to do...

You need to process your film, make a contact sheet, and one print. This will be due on Wednesday Jan 13th.

While doing this you need to be working on your portfolio as they are due on the 25th of January... not much time!!! You will probably have to do most of your shooting for that OUT of class...

Choices Planning...

1. What is your theme for your final project?Example: My theme project is Music in Seattle.

2. Why did you choose this as your theme? Be specific. 1-2 sentences

3. What type of locations will you choose to shoot your pictures? Why? Keep in mind that you will need to leave campus and most likely leave Shoreline.

4. What type of pictures do you hope to take? Action, portrait, landscape etc? A good photo essay will have a variety.

5. What kind of composition will you focus on in your pictures? You will need at least three composition elements (not counting rule-of-thirds). Yes, I want to know what you are attempting before you shoot.

5b. How will your pictures convey emotion, either from your subject or from the viewer of the pictures?

6. How much work will be done at school and how much away from school? You will have 3 in class days to shoot for this.

7. If you don't have a car, how will you make sure you get to your locations? Can your parents help? How about public transit?

8. This project should showcase everything you have learned in Photography. How will you ensure this happens? What techniques will you use (camera and darkroom)?

9. Is there anything you are unclear about in terms of composition or shot styles and angles etc? This is the time to ask.

10. Please find 5 example pictures that you think embody your topic and paste links to them in this document.

Please Answer these questions in detail(compete sentences)and send these questions to my staff folder, period one and three.

Final Portfolio

This should be a collection of the absolute best and brightest images past, present, and future. Your portfolio should consist of 8 or more images. Below each picture you will also describe the composition elements used on each photo, what you did to adjust the picture, why it is in your portfolio and where you took the picture.

4 of these images may be pictures previously taken or printed for this class, though you are not required to reuse anything. The other 4+ must be new, fresh and fantastic and from your "Choices" assignment. Each individual photo will be graded accordingly. They should all be examples of the VERY best that you can do and will be graded more stringently than any previous assignment (both compositionally and in terms of development and printing). It is imperative you showcase your ability to shoot many angles of shots with many levels of camera composition (Review composition elements and types of shots if necessary).

A one-page reflection is also required. In this paper you need describe what you learned during your project. What did you learn about your printing, shooting, and photography in general. What was easy and difficult about your project? What would you do differently if you did it again? Which did you find more rewarding/challenging; shooting or darkroom? Finally, how far along do you think you have come as a photographer this semester?

Lastly you will need to come up with a professional way to display your portfolio; frames, mats, poster, tri fold, binder, booklets, rocket ships etc.

A link to suggestions on building a portfolio can be found here

An online portfolio of B&W prints can be found here
and here

Choices Assignment and Portfolio...

This is our last assignment before we begin to assemble our portfolios. As such it is your first assignment which is wide open. For this assignment you will be shooting a roll of film and be submitting a contact sheet and 4 prints. The topic for this assignment is entirely up to you. You can chose a specific subject, style, technique, theme, concept, etc. Examples from past semesters are: Macro photography (close ups), holga shots, portraits, animals, textures, shadows, leading lines, architecture, Seattle, nature, the 7 deadly sins, friends, sports, fire, water, love, and infinite others...

The 4 pictures you print from this roll will be included in your 8 image final portfolio. The other 4+ images are entirely up to you, they can be new images, repeats from other assignments, the only requirement is they come from this term and be representative of the BEST that you can print.