| Period | Digital Photography I | |||||||||||
| A | 2008 - 09 First Semester | |||||||||||
| August 2008 thru January 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Schedule & Due Dates | ||||||||||||
| Reading Assignments | Photographic Projects | Final Project | ||||||||||
| Reading Assignments | ||||||||||||
| Assignment | Description | Due | Date | |||||||||
| Lesson #1 | Getting and Organizing Photos | Fri, | Sep 12 | |||||||||
| Lesson #2 | Quick Fix | Tue, | Sep 23 | |||||||||
| Lesson #3 | Correcting Colors | Fri, | Oct 03 | |||||||||
| Lesson #4 | Making Selections | Thu, | Oct 16 | |||||||||
| Lesson #5 | Crop, Straighten, and Resize | Fri, | Oct 24 | |||||||||
| Lesson #6 | Paint, Edit, and Heal | Wed, | Nov 12 | |||||||||
| Lesson #7 | Filters and Distortions | Wed, | Nov 19 | |||||||||
| Lesson #8 | Building Layered Compositions | Fri, | Dec 05 | |||||||||
| Lesson #9 | Text and Shapes | § | ||||||||||
| Lesson #10 | Styles and Adjustment Layers | Tue, | Dec 16 | |||||||||
| Lesson #11 | Sharing Your Photographs | § | ||||||||||
| Lesson #12 | Slide Shows and Other Creations | Tue, | Jan 06 | |||||||||
| Photographic Projects ¥ | ||||||||||||
| Photographic Project | Theme | Due | Date | |||||||||
| Photo Project #1 | Open | Mon, | Sep 15 | |||||||||
| Photo Project #2 | Our Four Legged Friends | Mon, | Sep 29 | |||||||||
| Photo Project #3 | People in Action | Mon, | Oct 13 | |||||||||
| Photo Project #4 | Nature - Flowers, Plants, Trees | Mon, | Oct 20 | |||||||||
| Photo Project #5 | Homecoming | Mon, | Oct 27 | |||||||||
| Photo Project #6 | Candyland | Thu, | Nov 10 | |||||||||
| Photo Project #7 | Fall foilage | Tue, | Nov 18 | |||||||||
| Photo Project #8 | Thanksgiving | Mon, | Dec 01 | |||||||||
| Photo Project #9 | Sunrise/Sunset | or | Bridges | Mon, | Dec 08 | |||||||
| Photo Project #10 | Around Charter | Thu, | Dec 18 | |||||||||
| Photo Project #11 | Open | . | ||||||||||
| Photo Project #12 | . | . | ||||||||||
| Final Project | ||||||||||||
| Milestone | Description | Due | Date | |||||||||
| Theme Selection | Submit possible themes for approval | Fri, | Oct 24 | |||||||||
| Outline | Present & discuss outline with Teacher | Mon, | Nov 17 | |||||||||
| Draft | Show Teacher almost completed project | Mon, | Dec 15 | |||||||||
| Final Project | Submit presentation, paper, and all files | Mon, | Jan 05 | |||||||||
| Other Information | ||||||||||||
| ¥ | Textbook is: "Photoshop Elements 4 ~ One-on-One" by Deke McClelland | |||||||||||
| § | Lessons #9 and #11 will not be covered in class. | |||||||||||
| ‡ | The due date or theme will be announced later. | |||||||||||
| All due dates and themes are subject to change. | ||||||||||||
| A conscientious attempt will be made to keep this schedule up-to-date. | ||||||||||||
| Students' assignment, project, and quiz scores are enumerated on: | ||||||||||||
| K12 Planet | and on the | Teacher's Website | ||||||||||
| Questions may be emailed to: Dr. Dave Schonbach | Updated: | 7-Oct-08 | ||||||||||