Report Cards & Junk

1) Report cards will be handed out tomorrow (Thursday June 25th) at 1pm in the cafeteria. 

2) Your process journals will be waiting for you in room #120. Come pick them up before or after report cards if you'd like to keep them!

3) Have a great summer!!!!!!!!

~Ms. Echols

TEST this THURSDAY

END OF THE YEAR!!!!

Our best picture from Friday's blackout:

One word to summarize the year:

gold

enjoyable

photo-tastic

picture perfect :)

Bon (good)

growing

cool

fun

exciting

satisfying 

chicken nugget :)

amazing :) 

opportunity

good

different

eventful

intense

eye opening...

presumptuous

tres mal (very bad)

slave.

If you haven't added a word, take a moment to do so now...

Monday, June 15th

1. Have a good look through the blog posting titled, 
"Term 4 To Do List"

2. Go though each item and double-check that you have handed it in! (a lot of you are missing stuff...)

3. Make sure you have evaluated yourself on the following assignments and submitted them to Ms. Echols!

• Photogram
• Still Life
• Process Journal for TERM 4

~Also....if you want any other marks re-submitted from previous terms, make sure you hand in a self-evaluation! 
(Talia, Victoria, Michelle)

4. Pick your favourite photo from the entire year and drop it in the "to print" folder inside "Echols 9/10" folder in the "Student Share" file.

DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON IT! LONG STORY....just leave it as the photo # number. Jade will lay all the images out & you can find yours and hang it on the magnetic black board in the hall. 

*IMPORTANT!* ~For Re-Submitting & Late Assignments

Ok Guys. I am implementing a new protocol for re-submitting assignments....Some of you have completed the blue forms (office paperwork), which is a good start.

The pile of re-submitted/late assignments is growing larger and larger....but to be perfectly honest, they are still at the bottom of my priority list. There are so many other things that need to get looked after first. I have noticed that I never seem to have time to get to them, so here's my solution:

You are going to mark yourselves!

You want the mark, you're gonna have to do the work. It's as simple as that. I have hung marking rubrics by the white board at the back of the room (photo to the left). There are sheets for:

• digital images
•  contact sheets
•  B&W prints 

There are also sheets by the door for marking your process journals: (make sure you grab the right one!)

• TERM #1 
• TERM #2 (Gr. 9 & Gr. 10)
• TERM #3 (Gr. 9 & Gr. 10)

Here's how you do it:

1. Get the correct form 
2. Mark your own work
3. Hand in marked work & sheet to the IN BOX 

~Ms. Echols will look over your self-assessment and make any necessary changes. She will do her best to have it entered in her books by the next day. Your job is to give gentle reminders & be patient. Got it? ;) 

Deadlines & Assignments

Look up "Term 4 To Do" posting again and pay special attention to the recent additions:

• Photogram
• Sill Life @ Home

Tough Love: Ms. Echols does not have time to chase you down over assignment deadlines any more. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE for making sure things are handed in on time....and next week it's June.  How many weekends do you have left to get it all done? It is up to you to seek help if you need it. (Ms. Echols will be around until 3:15pm this Friday and is usually happy to meet after school any time between Monday & Thursday). Ask for help if you need it. Otherwise she will assume everything is OK. 

Still Life @ Home ~ Photography Assignment

1) What makes a good still life photograph?

• It's all about the quality of light
• simplicity
• texture
• composition

Click on the link below and write down a definition of Still Life Photography

in your process journals:

Still Life Photography

To Learn more about the photographers that created these images, click on the link below:

Creative Bloq: Still Life Photography

2) Your Photography Assignment: Still Life at Home

• 1 image (digital or Pinhole Camera b&w print) 

       posted on your blog

Please note: Anyone that decides to do a pinhole photograph, will get bonus marks!

You will arrange & photograph a still life at your own home. It must say something or tell a story about you & your living space. This assignment is the accumulation of all you have learned so far this year. You will be marked on your lighting, composition, and degree of difficulty. There is a lot riding on this single, simple, image so be sure to do your best. Good luck!

3) Due (on or before) June 11th  

      Self-assessment rubric to follow...

Field Trip

We're going on a field trip today!
Location: Granville Island

Dial up the creativity and the independence.....and bring the best, most responsible version of yourself. In other words, bring your "A Game." This is for marks. Your "professional behavior" is equally as important as the images your group creates.

Start Time: 12:00pm sharp, in front of the school.

Scavenger Hunt: 

1 photo entry per group per category

....and the group with the most points wins a prize (to be announced).

o   Complimentary colors (2 points)

o   A group member posed with legs crossed in a “closed circle” (2 points)

o   Interesting shadows (1 point)

o   Framing (1 point)

o   Photograph a group member’s eyes close up (1 point)

o   Photograph of a group member’s hands

o   Leading lines (1 point)

o   A reflection (1 point)

o   A shot from a high angle “bird’s eye view” (2 points)

o   Isolate an object with a shallow d.o.f. (2 points)

o   An example of s-curves

o   A still life

o   Rule of thirds (1 point)

o   Pattern (1 point)

o   Freeze movement mid-action (2 points)

o   Showcase pattern & texture with a deep d.o.f. (2 points)

o   A shot from a low angle “bug’s eye view” (2 points)

o   An example of levitation photography (2 points)

o   A group member authentically pulling off the “hand steeple” (2 points)

o   Leading lines actually leading to one of the group members (2 points)

o   Blurred movement from a slow shutter (2 points)

o   Close-up portrait of a group member using a shallow depth of field

 & a long focal length (3 points)

o   A group member authentically pulling off  the 40’s/50’s chic “elbow pop” (2 points)

o   A group member authentically doing the “the Steve Jobs chin-hold” aka “The Thinker” The Thinker ~ Famous Sculpture (2 points)

o   People in Perspective (think: Leaning Tower of Pisa ~3 points)

Group #1 ~ Photo Entries

Group #2 ~ Photo Entries

 

Complimentary colors

 

Eyes

 

Pattern, framing device, and shadow

 

hands

 

Portrait

 

Reflection

 

Rule of thirds, hand steeple, Steve Jobs chin hold,and leg cross

Group #3 ~ Photo Entries

Group #4 ~ Photo Entries

Group #5 ~ Photo Entries

Group #6 ~ Photo Entries
  Group #7 ~ Photo Entries