Beginning Digital Photography Instructor: Mr' Moore

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Beginning Digital PhotographyInstructorMr.
Moore

• Going from start to finish in one trimester

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Course Layout/Syllabus

• Outline/Syllabus

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Course Description

• Based on previous basic photography knowledge
• Project based course
• Group oriented
• In-class oriented/out-of-class
• Real life applications

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Course Grade Breakdown
Quizzes 15 Class Participation
15 Projects 48 Final Exam/Final Project
22 Bonuses - 1..3 (opportunities given
throughout the course)
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Photograph Types

• Web Photographs
• Scanned Photographs
• Digital Photographs

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Potential Projects

• Multi-photo
• Multi-photo with Graphic Text
• Photo Calendar
• Logo Design
• Business Card Design
• Brochure/Pamphlet Design
• Flyer

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Project 1 3 Digital Types

• Adjust and correct 2 photos provided by
  instructor correct errors, brightness,
  cropping, color, file size, contrast, etc.
• Take 1 digital image with digital camera good
  subject quality and placement must contain at
  least 2 graphics and some text!
• Scan at least 2 photos to create 1 image (ex.
  Faces, animals, flowers, clouds, athletes,
  night/day, ocean/mts./beach/fields). You must
  present scanned sources as well.
• ALL images must look professional!
• ALL images will be printed!

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Project 2 Poster/Flyer Design

• Identify one Teacher or Staff here at Cary
  Academy, or a group, to design a poster / flyer
  for
• Must be something the person or people requested
• Can be fictitious but approved by me
• Must provide digital photos, lines of text and a
  couple of graphics
• Must be an informative advertisement
• Must make use of entire 8.5 x 11 area or greater
  (but you supply larger paper)
• Color Scheme, layout and design are very
  important
• Keep in mind scanned artistic work counts
• Examples of clients a teacher, a department, a
  club, a sport, an event, school leader/director
  (student/staff/faculty) and so on
• Ideas with rough sketches must be presented to me
  no later than 1 class day after date assigned
  for approval to assure you have plenty of time
• Project ideas without the above step will not be
  recognized, so get my approval 1st by email or
  in class (you can scan your ideas to mail them to
  me if you choose this route)
• This project must be more elaborate than the
  first, making good use of your own digital
  photography

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Project 2 Option 2 Magazine Design

• Option two for Project 2
• Using the same requirements, design a cover page
  and 2 additional pages (one article layout and
  one advertisement page) for your very own
  magazine. You are the publisher/editor-in-chief/wr
  iter/creator of the magazine. Obviously, a bit
  more work is involved, so youll have to come up
  with a few more images and photos and text. Your
  ideas must get approval by the same time as the
  first option.

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Project 3 Brochure/Pamphlet
Your Company Digital Rtists / Digital R-tists /
Digital ARTists, etc be creative here! Type of
Company Digital Specialist / Artistic
Photography / Photo Restoration / Digital
Exhibition Group Design a Brochure/Pamphlet You
MUST do the following Create a sketch to turn
in by next class period Create Logo MUST be
100 Your Own Work! Photograph Oriented
Obviously! Most, but not all, of the photos must
be your own work! Include Information of your
Services / Potential Clients Include what you are
and what you do Include who your clients
are Include where you are (local? Regional?
Global?) Include when you are open/hours and
days Include why you are (what got you
started/your reason) Include how you are (company
history/growth/beginning) Include examples of
your own digital photo work!
CHOOSE ONE Brochure - paper use max 2
sheets - minimum folds required 1 fold
Pamphlet - paper use max 1 sheet - minimum
fold required 2 folds Think about how the folds
will affect your work. All sections resulting
from your folds must have a considerable amount
of your own art/artistic text/text on it EXCEPT
for blind spots. If you need to examples
again, just ask.
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Final Project Class Presentation
Final Exam Part A

• What must be included in each Item
• Company Logo
• Manipulated, Original Digital Photos
• Consistent theme logo throughout
• ltsimilar info must be the samegt

• Everyone MUST participate in
• the initial brainstorm of
• ideas ideas will be put
• on paper and handed in
• for approval
• Everyone MUST participate
• Everyone MUST do presentation
• Items to Produce
• What you company is and does (what type)
• - totally up to the group
• Poster/Flyer
• Brochure/Pamphlet
• Business Cards
• One for each members title
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Soft copy
• Hard copy (booklet)
• Company Document
• - 1 to 2 page business history report

See Class Group Project PPT
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About the Quiz
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Review
Questions?
List 10 things that I said since the start of the
course that were important enough for you to
remember
eric_moore_at_caryacademy.org