Great Locations for Taking Photos

Awesome Shooting Locations in Vancouver:

•  Gas town
• Yale town & The Round House
• Vancouver Art Gallery
• Vancouver Library on Homer & Robson
• Law Courts
• Bottom of Homer Street (alley between Cordova & Hastings has great graffiti and transformers)
• Coal Harbour
• Stanley Park (ESPECIALLY under the light house!!!)

Eastside Art Crawl

About the Eastside Culture Crawl

The Eastside Culture Crawl officially began in 1997 with 45 visual artists and was attended by a few hundred people. Since then, The Crawl has grown to include over 400 artists, craftspeople and designers, and attracts an audience of more than twenty thousand. The organization itself has evolved into a cultural event that is richly experimental, providing visitors with an in-depth glimpse into the heart of the East Van creative community. It's worth checking out!

*Bonus participation marks for anyone that provides evidence of attending the Eastside Art Crawl (photographs, notes and/or business cards in your process journal.....etc. Get creative!)

Class Critique

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Help Me, Help YOU!

Jerry McGuire Video

Alright guys....this is kinda how I feel sometimes when I'm trying to relay important information to you (like your assignments, for example).  I post it on this blog, I write it on the board and I explain it to you verbally.....and some of you still tell me you didn't know what to do! Help me, help you.

For participation marks, PLEASE answer this question in the box below:
"What do you need to happen in order to absorb & remember important information?"

#7 Simplicity

#6 Juxtaposition

Grade 9 Photo Majors.......

You need to complete the following by Friday, December 12th

1. 1 digital contact sheet with AT LEAST 10 Juxtaposition photos, glued into your process journal, and handed in to Ms. Echols.
2. Your single best Juxtaposition photo posted in your blog. 
3. There will be a class critique (Participation Marks)

I will be marking on the following criterea:

• Image satisfies compositional requirements

• Interesting subject matter

• Originality

• No distracting elements to draw the viewer's eye away from the main subject matter

• Main subject is in focus

• Photographer utilized natural light (daylight)

• Correct exposure & contrast

• Straight horizon lines (or intentionally angled horizons)

#5 Leading Lines & S-Curves

Grade 9 Photo Majors.......

You need to complete the following by Friday, November 28th

1. 1 digital contact sheet with AT LEAST 10 examples of s-curves and/or leading lines, glued into your process journal, and handed in to Ms. Echols.
2. Your single BEST s-curve or leading lines photo posted in your blog. 
3. There will also be a class critique (Participation Marks)

S-Curves

Leading Lines

I will be marking on the following criterea:

• Image satisfies compositional requirements

• Interesting subject matter

• Originality

• No distracting elements to draw the viewer's eye away from the main subject matter

• Main subject is in focus

• Photographer utilized natural light (daylight)

• Correct exposure & contrast

• Straight horizon lines (or intentionally angled horizons)

#4 Rule of Thirds

Grade 9 Photo Majors.......

You need to complete the following by Wednesday, November 19th

1. 1 digital contact sheet with AT LEAST 10 Rule of Thirds photos, glued into your process journal, and handed in to Ms. Echols.
2. Your single BEST Rule of Thirds photo posted in your blog. 
3. There will be a class critique on the 20th (Participation Marks)

I will be marking on the following criterea:

• Image satisfies compositional requirements

• Interesting subject matter

• Originality

• No distracting elements to draw the viewer's eye away from the main subject matter

• Main subject is in focus

• Photographer utilized natural light (daylight)

• Correct exposure & contrast

• Straight horizon line

Process Journal Examples

Some examples of students' process journal covers:

Some good examples of process journal contents:

Some examples of the planning process: