Yearbook

As you can see, I'm not here today. Whenever I'm not here, what you get accomplished for the day (judged by what you post on your blog) will count as a quiz grade. Keep your sub happy. Their feedback will also be used to evaluate how effectively you were using your time for your quiz grade. In addition, if they have any trouble with you, it'll be a detention no questions asked. Keep them happy; good feedback will make me happier which will make you happier too :)


I'll be checking the blogs again this afternoon to put in grades. Many of you are missing things. Anything that is missing this afternoon will be put in as a zero. Check skyward and previous entries on my blog to make sure you have everything you need to. Get as much as you can done today.

If you need help with something, ask the person nearest you, NOT the person on the other side of the room. Even if you're having difficulty, do the best you can and get accomplished what you can and put it on your blog. If it's not on your blog, you wont get credit for it. Use command-shift-3 if you need to to post screenshots, upload work to google docs and share it with me if your having trouble, you guys are smart and can find a way if you need to.

1) Photoshop Activity
Use this tutorial. Post your results on your blog.
This is the last 'learning' tutorial we will use. 
Even if things don't go as smoothly as you'd like, post your best effort on your blog.
Showing something is always better than showing nothing.
Future tutorials will be directly related to projects to be used for class. 

2) Photography Concepts
You've been using the photography concepts for a while now. Next class you will have a quiz over them. Can you define/explain them to me in your own words?

-Fill the Frame
-Repetition
-Symmetry
-Rule of Thirds
-Balance
-Leading Lines
-Depth of Field
-Unusual Angle
-Depth
-Framing

You will also be required to decide which pictures display which concepts. Can you match the ten photos below with which concepts best apply? (Try to choose the most dominant feature of the photo, each concept should match up to one photo). [photos from Boston Globe's Big Picture and The Atlantic's In Focus 2]




3) Developing the Theme
Now that we have a theme, we need to start developing it. Look over this article on incorporating the theme into yearbooks- Moving your Yearbook Beyond the Cover.

Think about how we could make this year's yearbook reflect the theme. On your blog, discuss your ideas on how we might implement the theme for three (3) different choices of the following:
1- endpages
2- table of contents
3- student life
4- student photos
5- club pages
6- event pages
7- other (specify)

You are welcome to use illustrations or images to help explain your idea (an image alone won't suffice, you MUST have at least a few sentences to explain the idea). 


4) QR Codes
In addition to just about everything else, QR codes are now being used in Yearbooks. With our theme, I think they are very appropriate for our book. Have any ideas how we might use them in our book?