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Digital Photography

2 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 1.1, 1.2, 4.1, and 4.2

Content:

Recognize common errors in photographs, including focus, framing, and lighting errors.

Determine differences between digital and film cameras.

Identify basic parts of a digital camera

Plan participation in Technology Student Association events.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Demonstration and quiz

Suggested Resources:

Example photographs and various digital cameras

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Viewpoint

2 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 2.1

Content:

Framing, composition, bird’s eye, worm’s eye, resolution

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Photograph objects from up, down, straight angles

Print photos using 300 dpi

Suggested Resources:

Various cameras, textbook, example photographs

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Color and Light

2 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 2.2 and 3.2

Content:

Warm, cool, complimentary and analogous colors, lighting, special effects.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Photo essays exhibiting color variations, accent, patterns, mood, and emotions

Suggested Resources:

Various cameras, textbook, example photographs

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Shape, Pattern and Texture

2 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 4.3

Content:

Recognize shapes, patterns, and textures in everyday objects

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Take photos emphasizing shape pattern, texture of subjects

Suggested Resources:

Example photographs

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Special Effects

2 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 2.1, 2.3, 4.4, and 5.1

Content:

Advantages of layers, use of cropping and erasing tools

Introduction to Photoshop

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Create panoramic photo

 Alter digital photographs in Photoshop

Suggested Resources:

Photoshop Now Textbook

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Culminating Project

2 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 2.1, 3.1, and 4.4

Content:

Photo montage, double exposure

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Combine previously learned skills to express a chosen theme in a photo montage.

Create a CD cover

Suggested Resources:

Internet, Textbook, example photographs, and cameras

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Portfolio

4 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 4.5

Content:

Creation of portfolio for job interview

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Save photos in jpeg format

Create portfolio folder to use in mock job interview.

Suggested Resources:

Internet, Textbook, example portfolios, photographs

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Basics of Graphic Design

2 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 2.1

Content:

Qualities that give lines visual weight.  Use of color, shape, and balance in visual works. Definition of saturation, hue, value, and contrast.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Trace an image using layers and opacity, appropriate brush and fill tools.

Create unique color combinations in Photoshop.

Suggested Resources:

Photoshop Now Textbook

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Patterns and Textures in Photoshop

3 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 2.1

Content:

Photoshop options in creating patterns and textures.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Create a pattern tile using layers, colors and brushes, and save as a bitmap. Create a tile with texture using the chalk brush and a light color. Transform a tile to a desktop background.

Suggested Resources:

Photoshop Now Textbook

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Typography

2 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 2.1 and 2.2

Content:

Define topography and variations in fonts. Explore their visual implications. Explore careers in graphic design.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Create a personal logo integrating font, negative space, color and size.

Suggested Resources:

Photoshop Now Textbook

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Photo Editing - TSA Competition

3 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 1.3, 2.1, and 4.5

Content:

Demonstrate color correcting and cropping, applying filters to images to create special effects, applying master channel and filter to portion of image.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Create a photo montage postcard combining techniques learned so far.

Suggested Resources:

Photoshop Now

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Design and Layout – TSA competitive events.

4 weeks

Standard & Benchmarks:

Photography II 1.3, 2.1, 4.2, and 4.3

Content:

Define most important factors for good layout and effective use of text in graphic design.

Suggested Student Performance/Product:

Create report or book cover integrating practical information, color and font in an effective layout.

Create CD cover integrating techniques learned so far including photo cropping and filters, layers, opacity mask channels and scale.

Create a parody of an ad for a name-brand product creatively integrating techniques learned so far.

Suggested Resources:

More Photoshop Now

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