Portraits and Self-Portrait Turn in and Magazine Cover Preview. Assigned 3/10, due 3/12 - Portraits/selfports = MAJOR, magazine cover preview Minor (last grade of the 3rd 9 weeks)

FIRST 

Please create a new Google Site subpage and call it Portrait and Self-Portrait and share your favorites. I need a total of TWO PHOTOS. One must be a portrait, the other must be self-portrait. Make sure you size them so they are bigger so I can see them. You do that by holding the shift & command key and grab the lower right corner and dragging it. This is a MAJOR GRADE, so make sure you do it NOW!!

Magazine Cover Preview

This assignment consists of three parts. Please do them on ONE GOOGLE SITE SUBPAGE called magazine cover preview.

Part 1 - Magazine tips

After you shoot your portrait and self-portrait, you will use them as the central element of a mock magazine cover design that will occupy a page of an InDesign document.

To get this process started, you need to learn a little about magazine cover design.

Go to the link below:

https://blog.flipsnack.com/how-to-design-professional-magazine-covers/

1.  On your google site tell me 5 things you should be thinking about when you design your magazine cover.

Part 2 - Best magazine covers 2018

Next, go here and look at some great designs:

https://www.canva.com/learn/magazine-cover-design/

Look at and read about ALL 50 designs. Make a new text box on you subpage and do the following:

Some of these magazines do not have portraits on the cover. But many do. 

2. Pick your 3 favorite covers with a PORTRAIT on it, take a screenshot and share them with me on your Google Site.

3. Copy and paste the description under the cover on the website.

4. Write a 75-125 word critique of the portrait on the cover. Write about what is communicated about the people in the portrait and how this is communicated. You may consider composition, lighting, exposure etc.

Part 3 - Magazines Part II

You also need to know a little more information about the types of magazine covers that have been used through the years. Here are the most common types:

Cover types

1. Image Based
2. Illustration Based
3. Type Based
4. Concept Based

Here is the description and some examples of these types of magazine covers:

5. On your Google Site, write a short (50-150 word) explanation of what the main attributes of each of the four types are. Use your own words, and DO NOT copy and paste.

6. Finally, answer this question: what is the relationship between words and photos on magazine covers and why is this important?

Portrait and self-portrait shoot. Assigned 3/6, due 3/10 - MAJOR

Today you will partner up with a few people to go out of the classroom to take a few pictures. You will need to come back to class with TWO IMAGES that you like. 

One MUST BE a portrait of someone else. This can be formal or informal. You can pose them, or just take a photo of them. Make sure they are IN FOCUS and that you shoot VERTICALLY. Leave some room/space above their heads if possible.

The other MUST BE a self-portrait. You will have a tripod and I will show you how to use the timer. You MUST push the button yourself, and then run and get into the photo. Make sure this photo is IN FOCUS and that you shoot VERTICALLY. Leave some room/space above your head if possible. YOUR FRIENDS CANNOT TAKE THIS PHOTO!!

For both of these, be creative if you can. Find good places to take photos, especially if you plan to pose your model. 

Think about the BACKGROUND - what's behind you? Do you want that stuff in the photo?

Think about the POSE - do you want it to be more formal? Or would you like something fun and playful?

Make sure there is good LIGHT so that we can see you.

You will be in small groups and you will have 45 minutes or so to get these photos taken. 

Remember you must have ONE PHOTO that you took of another person and ONE PHOTO that you took of yourself. NO CHEATING!!!

I will show you a trick to know who took what photos.

Portraits and self-portraits preview. Assigned 3/5, due 3/6 - Minor

 Self Portrait and Portraits Preview

As we get ready to take photos soon on our new assignment, self-portrait and portrait photography. I thought you might want to look at some ideas and get something more than just looking at some photos. With that in mind - go take a look at these FOUR websites.

http://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-to-take-stunning-portraits

and

http://digital-photography-school.com/tips-portrait-photography

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/portrait-photography-tips/

http://shutterbug.com/refreshercourse/portrait_tips/197/

After looking at these, find what you think are the best 2 or 3 tips and copy and paste them into a new post on your Google Site on a new subpage called Portraits and Self-portraits preview. (I don’t need 2-3 tips from each site, but 2-3 total, but please look at all four sites).

When you go out to shoot these types of photos, there are three main types of portraits, the environmental portrait, a self-portrait and a casual portrait. Let's go find some examples of these types of images. On your Google Site subpage called Portraits and Self-portraits preview please do the following: 

Google image search “Environmental portrait” and pick out 2 that you really like and post them on your Google Site. Tell me what you liked about the photo and why you picked it in a sentence or two.

Google image search “photography self portrait” and pick out 2 that you really like and post them on your Google Site. Tell me what you liked about the photo and why you picked it in a sentence or two.

Google image search “casual portrait” and pick out 2 that you really like and post them on your Google Site. Tell me what you liked about the photo and why you picked it in a sentence or two.

Next class you will have a camera in your possession and a partner to go out and take some photos with. You will be required to take a portrait of your partner, and then you will each take a self-portrait (THIS MEANS YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON AND GO GET IN THE PHOTO ALL ON YOUR OWN, your partner cannot push the button for you!!).

Contemporary Graphic Designers. Assigned 3/3, due 3/5 - Minor

Last class you learned about some of the pioneers of Graphic Design. You will now spend time learning about the work of some contemporary designers. 

Read this learn about some current Designers you should know: 

https://www.canva.com/learn/graphic-design-inspiration-50-designers-you-should-know/

Review the examples of the work of all 50 designers. Having read about all of the Designers choose your top-5 based on whose work you liked the most.

Create a new Google Site subpage called Contemporary Graphic Designers.

Please complete the following for ALL 5 of your favorite pioneers:

1. Give their name.

2. Share one image they created that you like.

3. What is this designer best known for?

4. Share an interesting fact you learned from the article about this designer.

5. Explain why you liked their work in specific terms - it can be the style, the colors, the subject matter, it's your preference, please explain it to me. 

6. Have you seen their work in real life, if so where?