Island Life

Welcome to Photography 2014! I can’t believe were entering our 4th year of photography at NCS. The first three years have been amazingly successful and I can’t wait to see what you will come up with this year. I am so excited for what we have scheduled for this year. Our theme for the year is Island Life. I hope to be able encourage you to discover the world around you, connect with the elements of God’s creation and….Do something about it! Our goal is to use our photography for the power of good and in some way leave a positive impact on our Island. We will be working on fundamentals as well as pushing you to experiment and try new things. We have a number of exceptionally talented people coming in to share their knowledge and excitement; and of course inspire you. We will also be taking part in in the third annual ‘Future Famous’ which will give you an opportunity to showcase you work, as well as the silent auction. I am also very excited to have Matt Lineker, yes that Matt that sits beside you in class as the assistant teacher for this course. He’ll be sharing his knowledge and experience with you, helping plan the day to day lessons and work one on one to improve your photography. This is a great opportunity for everyone. We’ve got tentative list of dates for the field trips ahead. Some may be rescheduled based on weather or unforseen circumstance but for the most part we’ll try and stick to this.

Be sure to bring your camera EVERY DAY, even the first day!

You will also be responsible for working on your photographer research projects. For complete info and a list of photographers download the link Photo essay project 2014

Online Photography course.

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CALENDAR 2014:

Week 1 Feb 4: Introduction/Basic Composition and School Wide Scavenger Hunt

Week 2 Feb 11: No School, Professional Development Day

Week 3 Feb 18: Field Trip: Colliery Dam. Focus on composition, lighting and perspective.DOWNLOAD THE PERMISSION SLIP HERE: Photography Feb 18 Consent form

Week 4 Feb 25: In class day. Discussion of Colliery Dam images, basics of photo editing, discussion of blogging.

Free photo editing software: After a little research, I’m suggesting IPiccy as a functional free photo editing software. Check it out here! IPiccy

Week 5 March 4: Field Trip: Downtown: Focus on Architecture, Lines, Composition and Portraits.DOWNLOAD THE PERMISSION SLIP HERE:Photography March April Consent form

A brief intro Download the Architecture Powerpoint and into Urban Photography,

Week 6 March 11: In Class day: Sharing Downtown images, revisit editing, inspiration portfolio, Photo essay project

Week 7 April 1: Jack Point Park. Focus on Texture, Landscapes, Perspectives and Light.

Photo essay projectWeek 8 April 8th: In Class day: Work block on Inspirational Photographer Project: Also mini-shoot on Abstract photography.

Week 9 April 16th: Waterfront Nanaimo:

Week 10 April 23: In Class day: Matt-inspiration, planning, and props.

Week 11 April 30: Cathedral Grove/Little Qualicum Falls: Hopefully with Guest Photographer.

Week 12 May 6: In Class day: Editing by Matt

Requirements for May 6^th class:

Self Portrait flattering yourself, well edited.
One Self portrait, which using a past editing trend: Floating head, glow/bloom, colour isolation, HDR, Vintage, lens flare.
One cloned image of yourself
One heavily edited surreal image
One well edited landscape image using curves

Matt’s Presentation can be found here: Sooooon.

Week 13 May 13: Neck Point: Download handout for: Neck Point Photo Shoot

Download permission slip Photography-May-13-Consent-form

Week 14 May 20: In Class day: Students bring in work for photo editing and portfolio development.

Lightroom Tutorial

Week 15 May 27: Kinsol Trestle: Permission Slip Kinsol Trestle. suggestions for portrait photography

Week 16 June 3: In class Day. Final Portfolios being worked on. Requirements here: Photo 11-12 LP final project 2014

Week 17 June 10: Photography Workshop for Middle School.