Intro to Film and Photography with Mrs. Schneid: September 2016

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Yearbook Designs

Designs should include:

Width: 17 inches
Height: 11 inches
Resolution: 300

Vermilion High School
2016-2017
A Snapshot in time (either on front or back)
New brushes
A faint brush or textured background
New font to match your theme
A unique design inspiration from other yearbooks you research

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Landscape Photography

Taking and looking at Landscape Pictures:

Tips for taking Landscape Pictures 1

Tips for taking Landscape Pictures 2

For your next assignment you are going to be taking Landscape pictures. We will be going outside and taking landscapes around the building and then you may sign out cameras to take them after school as well. For this assignment I want you to take at least 20 photo's of each of the following subjects:

1. A building in the picture

2. An object in the picture (1 thing in focus and rest blurred out)

3. Water, the Lake or River during the golden hour

4. Capture movement or lines

5. Creative perspective

http://digital-photography-school.com/11-surefire-tips-for-improving-your-landscape-photography/

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

PHOTOSHOP

Photoshop Practice

TUESDAY: 3 Color edits Due
WEDNESDAY: 2 Photoshop practices
THURSDAY: Watch my video below and make 1 edit of your own. Save it as a Photoshop Document and a JPEG. I will come around and check these on Friday. If you won't be in on Friday drop box your document with the title Thursday/last name. If you get stuck or need help please email me @ cschneid@vermilionschools.org

FRIDAY: Work on making your own new edit from scratch. It should have the following items in it. I will be in class to help you on these.

Create a New Document
Name it Design/Last name
Change the size to 12 x 12
72 Resolution
Place the Anchor into your document
Change the size and rotate the anchor to be on an angle
Change the anchor's color using one of the color changes I showed you on Monday.
Turn the Anchor's opacity to 40%
Change a new background layer using the gradient tool.
Add a border on a new layer.
Add 2 text boxes. 1 that says VERMILION and the other that says SAILORS
Go into the Effects for the Font and give both text layers the following FX's.
            *Dropshadow-CHANGE the blend mode to= normal,
Distance=50
Spread=20
                                    Size=30
            *Stroke-Change the size to 25 and the color to yellow
            *Beveled Edges-Check Contour and change:
                                    Depth=250
                                    Size=30
                                    Soften=5
Make sure both text layers have the same FX's. (copy and past the layer style from one to the other)
Last I want you to bring in a person (I have senior pictures in my handouts you can use) and cut them out and paste them onto a new layer. Then color change them and make them bigger or smaller to fit in your composition nicely.
AND LASTLY GIVE IT YOUR OWN FINAL TOUCHES