1st Week Homework

We wrapped up the week discussing where to find cameras. Online ordering seems to be the best option if you can't readily find one used. Suggestions of ebay and Amazon as well as a link to Freestyle Photo are on the webpage.
www.duncanville.tx.k12.us/chensley/

For homework finish the "I am..." self expression poster. (An instruction page is also on the chensley webpage.)
Make a pinhole camera using a box and bring it to class on Tuesday. We will make pictures with it then.
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/pinholeCamera
Due on Thursday is your first photo assignment. Take at least 24 (but not 200) pictures with a digital camera. The topic is basically a free shoot, meaning anything that is suitable for school but is not all self-portraits.
For this assignment only, if you have no other camera than in your phone, then use your phone. You may bring the pictures on cd, flash drive or on your card or camera if you have a sync cord. I have some cords, but possibly not to fit yours.

Day 2

I'm not posting the day 2 questions because they require the use of a book. If you missed class, we learned a little about the progression from the beginning of photography to current usage. We will be continuing this line of study for a couple of weeks. The "I am" page is due Friday for 8th, Tuesday for everyone else.

Welcome to Photo Class

The first day we:

filled out a questionaire

got the information paper about needing a camera and a supply fee

got a business card with contact info

did an "I am..." cut and paste (the instruction page is in the photo class work link on the website

looked at Mrs. Hensley's example page (above)

Don't let the computer eat all your pictures

We begin this year discussing the history of photography. We look at photos taken more than 100 years ago. I encourage students to visit the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth with one of the best historical photographic exhibits in the country. The museum is even free to visit.

Students however always want to jump into digital. It's new and exciting and yes, it is cool I shoot completely digital myself. However I am trying not to fall into the digital pit where I have no hard copy pictures, just pictures online. I have known so many people to have lost pictures on their computers forever. Unlike a printed photo which you will eventually stumble upon again or that you have hanging on a wall or in an album to look at years later.

I've attached a link about just that. A friend just had an out of town wedding shot and got a dvd. She showed me the pictures, and I recommended places to get prints made. Months after the wedding, they still have no prints.

Digital has replaced film even though film is not dead (another site-another discussion). But I encourage people to print their digital pictures as well.

http://virtualphotographystudio.com/photographyblog/2009/08/11/photographers-the-history-killers/

Why you should bookmark the photo class blog

1. This is the place you will come for assignments if you have been absent.
2. There will be notes and examples if you forget an assignment.
3. Some of the best examples from assignments will be posted here, so you might be famous for 15 minutes.
4. Interesting photo links will be added that enhance our studies.
5. Bonus points will be available at random times thoughout the year.