Posting your 1st photos AND The Camera. Assigned 9/2, due 9/4 - MAJOR/Minor

The first day of school, you got to go take some photos. Now is the time to access those photos and share them with me. If you were not in my class the first day, you will be excused from this assignment!

Now it's time to turn those photos in. Here are the instructions on how to do that:

1. On your Desktop please make a new folder called Digital Media. To do this, all you need to do is RIGHT click on the desktop and select MAKE NEW FOLDER. You should be able to name it immediately. If not, RIGHT click on the folder and select RENAME. I will make sure to help you with this step if you need it.

2. Click on the appropriate link below to access your photos. 

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3. Find your name. Click on your name. At the top, find the download button. Click the download button.

It will create a ZIP file and it will put that ZIP file into your download folder. Find your download folder and MOVE that ZIP file to your Folder on the Desktop. Once you have the ZIP file into your personal folder, you can double click the ZIP file and it will open all your photos.

Now open the photo folder and look at your photos. You can use the Gallery Mode to see them bigger. I will show you how to do that.

4. Move your favorites to your AISD Google Drive. You might make a folder in your Google Drive and call it Digital Design - Reeves.

5. Once you have selected your favorite images, make a new subpage on your Google Site, title it First Photos. Insert at least THREE IMAGES and not more than FIVE IMAGES onto that new subpage. Make sure at least ONE is of a person.

6. Once you have the images uploaded from your Drive - insert a text box and write a paragraph explaining to me your photography experiences. Have you used a camera like that before? How did you like using that kind of camera. Have you used any other kind of camera besides your phone? Where and When?

Make sure to hit PUBLISH (you have to do this twice!!) so I can see your work. 

I WILL BE SHOWING YOU HOW TO DO THESE THINGS ON THE SCREEN!!

When you are finished sharing your best photos, please begin the following assignment:

 The Camera - 

Overview: To take good photos, it is necessary to understand the parts of a camera and how they work to take photos. To learn more about cameras click on the following link and then answer the questions that go with that link.

Assignment: Click on the link and answer questions in a new subpage titled The Camera on your Google Site. Make sure you do the following:

Under the words Publish on the top right side, create a new page by clicking the THREE DOTS next to the HOME page and select Make Subpage. Name it "The Camera". If you use the + sign, you will then need to make it a subpage of your home page, by clicking and holding on the page titled the camera, and dragging it into your home page. When you have done this, make sure to go up and hit the publish button. You will have to hit Publish twice. The first time will open the Publish page and show you the changes you made, the second actually publishes it so I can see it. Although Google sites has an auto save function, I cannot see your work until you hit Publish. You should get in the habit of doing this when you make a new page at the beginning of every class period, AND most importantly at the end of every class period before you log off. 

On that new subpage, called The Camera you will answer the following questions. Please read the questions and then click the link to appropriate website for those questions. There are multiple places I an sending you today to learn more about the camera, the history of photography and what all the buttons and screens on the back of the camera mean. We will go into greater depth on all those functions later, but these are the important ones for now.

First, lets take a look at the History of the camera:

https://photographylife.com/what-is-photography

1. Who is credited with taking the first "permanent" photograph?
2. What specific materials did Louis Daguerre use to create the first "commercial photographic material"?
3. What type of images is Ansel Adams famous for?
4. What are the three fundamental settings you need to understand to be an excellent photographer?

Now let's shift to Metering briefly:

https://photographylife.com/understanding-metering-modes

5. What are the three types of metering modes?
6. When does the article suggest you use "Center-weight" metering?
7. What is one very specific subject does the article suggest would be great for "Spot" metering?

Next, Camera Modes:

https://photographylife.com/understanding-digital-camera-modes

8. What are the four Camera Modes?
9. What is the difference between the Aperture and Shutter priority modes?

Take a peek at Focus next:

https://photographylife.com/understanding-focus-in-photography

10. What is the difference between Manual and AutoFocus?
11. Which do you think is best for most circumstances (make sure to answer why you think this)?

How about using a Flash:

https://photographylife.com/when-to-use-flash

12. When should you use a flash indoors?
13. When should you use a flash outdoors?

Let's take a short look at Video:

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-shoot-better-hd-dslr-video/

14. Why is using a tripod a good decision?
15. Should you use auto focus when shooing video (why or why not)?
16. What are the percentages according to the article when deciding to shoot wide, medium and close up (or even extreme close up)?

Finally, lets finish off this assignment with a look at the Histogram:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/how-read-your-cameras-histogram

17. What is a histogram?
18. What will a "low key" histogram look like?
19. What will a "high key" histogram look like?
20. What is clipping?

Now click Publish in the upper right corner. Remember you have to hit the Publish button TWICE. Google Sites will show you a preview of the changes. ALWAYS HIT PUBLISH TWICE or I cannot see it.

When you finish these 20 questions and have published, you are most likely done. I will let you know if you need to do anything else. Some of you may still have some minor issues with your Google Site. Others might still need to finish the "This is Me!" slide. This is your time to finish those two assignments.

NOTE: I will be grading this weekend, so make sure you are caught up. Everyone should have a 100 when we check grades next week