Photography week 2 - the Landscape

The landscape project.

The master - Ansel Adams

Our Tuesday Tutorial links:
http://digital-photography-school.com/11-surefire-tips-for-improving-your-landscape-photography
http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2010/09/09/10-quick-landscape-photography-tips/
http://www.photographytips.com/page.cfm/77

Some professional sites:
http://www.charliewaite.com/
http://www.anseladams.com/

And the obligatory youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMzO_2s0tUY
http://www.nature.org/photosmultimedia/markgodfreyselects/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j3hCVUKLS0

Portrait Photography

Photography 1, your first assignment is one portrait due Friday, August 16.  Dive in.

These are some really cool links - some a little edgy.
http://ginva.com/2012/03/99-beautiful-female-portrait-photography-examples-that-will-inspire-you/
 http://www.thephotoargus.com/inspiration/16-striking-examples-of-portrait-photography/
http://www.cuded.com/2013/01/portrait-photography-by-jochen-dreess/
http://www.coolstuffdirectory.com/2012/12/portrait-photography-by-twig-capra-30.html
http://designyoutrust.com/2011/04/absolutely-beautiful-bokeh-inspired-portrait-photography/

Now for some Tuesday Tutorials -

http://digital-photography-school.com/6-tips-for-perfect-composition-in-portrait-photography
http://digital-photography-school.com/getting-your-portrait-photography-to-the-next-level-–-part-i
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tin5q2-yPew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b--wTQIVTAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzXbSH98C3k

Follow your ant - contour line hand drawings / "blind" contour

Rule of Thirds

Today we'll learn about one of the most important rule of photographic composition.  It's called the "Rule of Thirds" -

http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds
http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/rule-of-thirds

Watch and listen -
http://vimeo.com/14315821
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHKjb8ltAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceyWgCFy7d8

Advanced Art Studio - Window project

Here's the pics of the windows that I was describing in class today.  Went and picked up 15 more old windows to add to the stack that's already in the studio. 

Advanced art students - you should be sketching and researching ideas.  Yours are going to be amazing!

Mobile experiment

If I can do it

Blogging and drawing on the right side of the brain.

First lets look at these fun illustrations of the two hemispheres of the brain.  While not exclusively, we will "draw" heavily on the right side.  Do you know why?

Get used to looking at this guy.  A staple in art classes around the world, it's Pablo Picasso's drawing of Igor Stravinski.

Now we'll check out some other art and photography blogs.  What purpose do you think they serve?  What makes them so good?

http://www.fhsphoto.com/
http://sphsdigital2.blogspot.com/
http://vizbasix.blogspot.com/
http://apexhsart.blogspot.com/
http://www.westonschools.org/index.cfm?pid=12412
http://www.artshhs.blogspot.com/
http://barbsstudents.blogspot.com/


And some inspiration for other projects.  Gotta love Pinterest.
http://pinterest.com/freya/inspiration-for-art-projects-in-high-school/

Day 1

Welcome to the Thomas Nelson High School Art Dept.

August 7th, 2013 - let's get started.

• Attendance
• Artstarts
• EQ's
• Expectations
• Grading
• Projects
• Syllabi:  Photography  -   Art