Assignment:     Document a class activity, club, event, or something of useful importance and layout the photos as a page layout you might find for a magazine or yearbook.

Goals:              Give you as a photographer the opportunity to work a series of photos together to tell a story. This will help simulate the experience of a working press photographer covering an event.

Tools:               Digital camera, Photoshop   

 

Instruction:    

1. Coordinate with a teacher, staff member or other person of authority to plan for a photo story. We will be shooting pictures during class...and it would be best if you could shoot during that designated time. However, if you are willing to take photos on your own time, you are welcome to do so. However, all photos must be taken on or before the class shooting date so that you can start the project with the rest of the class. NOTE: You might want to have the teacher announce to the class that you will be there during class so the STUDENTS can be prepared (they might want to dress up, or wear something special for your photo story). Also note that the story MUST be of an official activity of people doing things.

2. Photograph a class/activity on the designated day. Be sure to take notes while shooting, including getting the name of anybody who appears in your photo.

3. Using Photoshop, create a photo story layout. Technically the size of a two page magazine spread would be 17x11. But, for the purpose of this assignment, please set up your document to be an 11 x 8.5 x 200 dpi (resolution). ******Design program note: For simplicity, due to the lack of time, you may CHOOSE to use MS Word, to create your Photostory in the same style of your Portrait, 3 Views and Motion Poster. If your photos are YELLOW from shooting with the wrong white balance (i.e. no flash indoors and you left it on AWB) then you really need to use Photoshop where I can help you adjust the color of the photographs.

4. Create captions for the photos to tell a story. To keep it simple, you can make one caption like the layout below, or, more like a yearbook page with a caption for each photo. Be sure to give yourself credit on the page with a "By Line" such as "Photos and Layout by YOUR NAME". Bold the first portion as an attention getter: "What's that? Tyrone Johnson, Crockett freshman, inspects a Golden Orb Web Weaver's web in the walkway outside Engineering II Building. These spiders are non-poisonous. Their diet consists of mosquitoes and other insects. A locust is caught in the spiders web. Photo by Drew Loker"

Notes:

• Your Photo Story needs to be positive. No SLAMS against a class or the the campus. This is a serious activity and will need be delivered to the teacher/program director. Please get a delivery receipt for your final 20 points of this grade.

• Your Original Co-op teacher does not HAVE to be the subject of your photostory...although it can be. It may not be possible for your original staff member to be able to help you with your photostory. They may not have a well defined activity (see list below).

• Maximum Grade for Photo Stories that are NOT coordinated with a staff member and delivered to that staff member is a 75.

Photo Story Activity Ideas:

    Your original cooperating teacher/staff member may not make a good candidate for this activity. They may not have a class suitable for shooting during YOUR photography class with me. Or, the activity you want to cover may be over for the year or outside of school time. It is really best that you shoot something during your assigned class. But, if you are willing to make an extra effort and cover something outside of your normal class time, then you may. If you do not have an activity, here are some ideas to consider to try to find something during your class:

• Cafeteria Workers

• Woodshop project making

• Science projects

• Special activities

Why do a story?

• Insight

• Reaction

• Steps - like "How to"

• Time

• Details

• Know your subject

 

Shooting day reminders:

- Take 20-30 pictures of the event

- Take notes and names - have a note pad or scratch paper. You are reporter and photographer.

- Must have an activity to shoot. Stay behind if you don't and I will assign you a room.

- Control your ISO, WB and Flash with the Function (Fn) button.

 

Samples:

This first sample is a 6 page Magazine Article Spread. You will only need to do on horizontal 11x8.5...simulating the two facing pages of a magazine.

 

 

The following is a good example of a photo collage from a yearbook. Note: your samples should include text describing each photo. Also, not how each caption has an attention getter that has a different style as the rest of the caption.

WB Student Sample:

 

A note of thanks...and even a request for another one to be done. This is indeed a very popular activity.

 

Activities to shoot on Photo story Shooting Day:

    It is best to come up with your own AHEAD of time...but in case you don't, or you haven't shot for it, below is a list of activities I will be assigning you to.

Only ONE person per activity - periods listed after room number then lunch if applicable. Report back for reassignment if your activity is canceled or otherwise not available:

Generally available every year

Cookie Day Crew (through 5th period) - be sure to get pictures of the actual students of the Crew...not so much the teachers.

SAC - P20, all day - you just have to wait for the story to develop. (this is a joke)

Cafe - 5th only. A good idea, but they declined to have their picture taken 2011-05-12

Journalism Room - Yearbook and Newspaper activities, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7. 3-5 would be the best. 2nd lunch...but might still have people working in the room)

Library - tell a story (with pictures) about the workers and the resources available to students, etc. All day.

Woodshop - all but 3rd. 3rd lunch.

ROTC

 

May be available

Blood Drive - gym - all day? (was on Wednesday in 2011)

 

 

Teachers who previously responded to an email expressing an interest to have a student visit them

 

2011

Jumper - Model Building - G1  - All but 4th

Schwarzlose - J8 - Interviews - 5th (b) and 6

Irving - J11 - Daily work - 2nd half of class

Chastain - S? - Lab work - all but 2nd and 7th, 1st half of class

Dehart - 305 - Lab - 2, 5, 6, 7

Lack

Duell - Orchestra - 2nd and 7th

 

2010

Dissection - pig

    Vowell - 309 - Possibly all but 5th.

    Lack - 306 - Possibly all but 5th.

    Traylor - 307 - 1, 3, 4, 6, 7.

Softball - Softball field - 7th period only

Hawkins - Jeopardy?? - C15. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 2nd lunch.

Schwarzlose - Speech...job interview rehearsals. J8, 1-6. 2nd lunch.

Tucker - Math Labs recording height vs. arm span with graphic results, N7. All but 4th.1st lunch.

Millard - tie dye shirts are hanging up to dry...might be able to reset people working on them, etc. V2. All but 5th.

 

 

 

Don't forget to control your white balance if you turn your flash off.

 

 

 

 

 

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