1 Week Left

 Hi Everyone,

As you all know, and as I promised, this class just flys by.  We have 1 week left to get your work done.

Justin Cirisoli, the registrar wrote on the first day,  " Winter Intersession begins today and will end on 1/19/2024.  For your planning purposes, final grades will be due by 10:00 a.m. on Monday., 1/22/2024."

That means I will be doing my grading on Sunday, January 21.  The absolute deadline to submit work to your Drive or to the blog will be Sunday at noon.  

What's required?  As stated before, there are 6 assignments in total, 2 each week.  Descriptions are in the syllabus.

Each assignment requires 50 pictures taken and put in a folder labeled Assignment 1, Assignment 2, etc.  Within thaose folders should be a sub folder where you put your favorite 6-10 images.  Many of the images taken with an iPhone won't need editing as the phone did that for you automatically.  I mention this because some of you are degrading the quality not improving the quality with your edits.

50/6-10 means 50 pictures shot,put is its own folder, 6-10 in a sub-folder as your favorites.

Assignment 1: Intro to composition, geometry as a compositional framework.  50/6-10

Assignment 2:  By the Sea (or lakes, streams, or any type of water you can get to). 50/6-10

Assignment 3: Shadow and Light:  Build on 1st two assignments with good composition and attention paid to subtleties of light.  50/6

Assignment 4:  "Macro" photography.  Fill the frame, get close (1 inch close) composition and light matter!  50/6-10

Assignment 5:  Window light portrait, in close, no smiley masks, light breaks across the face from directinal window light.  50/6-10

Assignment 6:  Just go shooting.  Build on your favorite mode.  50/6-10

Grading criteria:

A level:  50 images shot, 6-10 in subfolder.  Evidence of looking carefully, evidence of caring, evidence of time spent.

B level:  50 images shot, 6-10 in sub folder.  Did,'t make much effort to spend too much time shooting.  Didn't go anywhere or push your comfort zone.

C level: 10-30 images shot 1-4 images in folder.  Less time spent.  Less care.

D level:  Missing assignment automatically take 17 points off... so if you are doing A level work and are missing an assignment then the maximum points you can earn is 83 points or a B-

F level:  lack of work, missing assignments, 

Pressing the shutter 50 times on the same shot would be counted as 1 picture.

Eamil me with any questions.