Wednesday, May 15, 2013

End of the year assessments- Walk About with Little Friend

Zack Farrar

Every year we wrap up the semester with a photo shoot on campus with verbal prompts.  The verbal prompts are to demonstrate a technique, rule, or specific problem.  The little friend adds a new twist and sets up challenges for the photographer to help their creativity.  
I am pleased with the outcome of the photo shoot- clever, creative, and stunning images.  When assessing the final photo submissions I found myself laughing at the imagery.  Here are a few and a link to the gallery of the students works.

Walk About with Verbal Prompts

Excited for next years new photographers!  They have big shoes to fill.
Anna Daerr

Ivy Cox

Anna Toepfer

Friday, May 3, 2013

Face as Canvas

This semester is coming to a close so a lesson was planned around the popular motifs discovered through the students photo shoots.
Portraits are the popular subject so a lesson was created to use a Face as a Canvas.  Students selected a portrait to use as a canvas for other textures and imagery.
Anna Daerr
Mary Hannah Madigan


Anna Toepfer

Students merged images, selected filters and opacity, arranged orientation of images, and style of coloring. The final compositions exhibit the students understanding of the Photoshop tools and their level of artistry.  Original compositions- amazing results.
  Follow link to the rest of the classes works- http://www.edcanvas.com/lessons/RXJdIwNJve_-oA/edit#play