Ms. Echols (Examples & Assignments): March 2015

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Aperture Assignment

Make sure you bring 3 objects of personal significance to class. We are going to be photographing them around the school a bunch of different ways.

These are my 3 objects. What are yours?

Here are some student examples:

6 Photos in Total due April 20th!
3 objects & 3 locations

a) Three of them showcasing a deep depth of field (almost everything is in focus)

b) Three of them showcasing a shallow depth of field (ONLY your object is in focus).

Monday, 30 March 2015

Passionate and talented Arts' students, who's passion is clearly demonstrated by their full participation in the curriculum.

Translation: Teachers are less concerned with natural talent, and more concerned with work ethic. To have an effective creative education, students need to be "coach-able." Therefore, teachers at LFAS are looking/marking for the following qualities:

1) Resilience

Students who are able listen to feedback, and implement said feedback into their own practice
Students who take their own initiative to overcome challenges

2) Creative Thinking ("Novelty Factor"/ Generating Ideas / Developing Ideas)

Students who use their creative ideas as a form of self-expression
Students who are able to generate new ideas
Students who are able to develop a body of creative work
Students who are willing to take risks with their thinking

3) Collaboration & Participation (Relational Learning / Collaborative Relations)

Students who are engaged listeners

Students who clarify and extend questions (translation: students who strive to understand and then take it to the next level)

Students who contribute to plans

Students who solve conflicts or challenges

Students who share and connect ideas to others

Students who give and receive constructive feedback

Thinking & The Creative Process

Bloom's Taxonomy

Here's another version of the same thing....

Which one works best for you?

Assignment: Re-create Bloom's Taxonomy in your process journals. Make it make sense for you. Below are some student examples..

Friday, 13 March 2015

Spring Break Homework

Document the signs of Spring...using both shallow & deep depth of field. We will have a class slide-show of your favorite images when we get back. :)

Also... 1st day back, make sure you bring 3 objects of personal significance to class. We are going to be photographing them around the school a bunch of different ways.

These are my 3 objects. What are yours?

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Lincoln Clarke

Here is a link to a mini-documentary about an interesting Vancouver-based Photographer who is famous for photographing women on the downtown east side....

Lincoln Clarkes

Q: How did Lincoln approach is subjects/models? What was his philosophy?

A: Watch this video again in your own time and spend some time thinking about this question. Answer it in your process journals along-side your visual response.

Below are several examples of students' visual responses:
What will yours look like?