PHOTO CLASS; "The Photoreporters"

If you want to see a bunch of examples of 20th Century Photo Journalists that we've just been studying- especially if you want to fill out a photo-analysis (aesthetic scan) sheet or an art history sheet for EXTRA CREDIT- check out my board on Pinterest. I've pinned a ton of photos for you.

http://pinterest.com/tedmallory/photo-yearbook

Welcome to Digital Photography

Welcome to Boyer Valley's Digital Photography Class with Mr. Mallory.

Over the course of the semester I may email you assignments or reminders of due dates. Much of our class is available online (thus "digital"), if you don't have ready access to the internet at home, you can always use the Yearbook Lab adjacent to the Art Room, or other computers on campus. Once a student even took the entire class, quizzes and all, on their iPhone!

Below are some important links you may need. Robert Willis, who's taking the class Independent Study should be the only one who will need access to the notes slideshow. Everyone else will get those notes on Wed or Thur, Jan 9 or 10.

• Here is the link to the History of Photography notes:
  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PxIQy_h72SIjdI6fWaDZM2j-vOGm_hWACPUKZzWJB_c/present#slide=id.i0
  
• Once you've got the notes, by or before this Friday (1/11) you'll want to go to http://digphoto.wikispaces.com/00+History+of+Photography and click on the link to take the History Quiz. Make sure to include your name & MY email address so that your results get sent to me. For future reference, our entire class is, links, assignments, etc. can always be found at http://digphoto.wikispaces.com
  
• Remember to register for a free account at http://www.flickr.com then search for "Mal Dog" to become contacts with me, then ask to become a member of our class group at http://www.flickr.com/groups/bvdigphoto  By posting your assignments here, I will be able to grade them and we'll all be able to give you feedback on them. Please try to get registered by or before January 18, thanks.
  
• If you're interested in looking at my images, you can visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmallory/collections
  
• Remember that you can always see the list of Portfolio assignments by checking
  http://digphoto.wikispaces.com/Portfolios
  
• You must join Flickr for the class, but the following links are strictly optional- they may be interesting o helpful, but aren't really necessary:
  
• http://www.replayit.com is a way that you can upload your pictures directly to our yearbook! Fast, fun and FREE.
  
• http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23493941870 is our class group on facebook. Find a cool app or link? Share it. Impatient for people to see your picture on flickr? Post it here first. Sorry, blocked at school (as it probably should be).
  
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/bvdigphoto On Pinterest? Its like facebook only much more visual and pretty much NO DRAMA. This link is a pin-board with tons of great examples as well as links to tutorials and resources if you're really serious about learning on your own.

Happy Shooting!

"Mal-Dog"

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Ted Mallory

Boyer Valley Community Schools

Challenging all students to meet their full potential Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

malloryt@boyer-valley.k12.ia.us

http://www.boyer-valley.k12.ia.us

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249

Cell- 712-269-5853

Photo Videos

Here are a couple of great video clips on historic photography:

The technology used by guys like Matthew Brady and Timothy O'Sullivan
Extreme Photography: Images of the Civil War. Video Clip (4:46) (2010). The History Channel website. Retrieved 9:59, May 21, 2010, from http://www.history.com/videos/extreme-photography-images-of-the-civil-war.

The iconic images of Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother Photo. Video Clip (3:06) (2010). The History Channel website. Retrieved 10:05, May 21, 2010, from http://www.history.com/videos/migrant-mother-photo.

Photo History part III; the world goes digital

The first still digital camera using a CCD was invented by Steven Sasson at Eastman Kodak in 1975

I. Digital beginnings

1. 1951 first video tape recorder captures live images from television cameras by converting the information into electrical impulses (digital) and saving the information onto magnetic tape (developed by Bing Crosby Laboratories from technology stolen from the NAZIs in the 1930's)

• Charged Couples Device (CCD) sense light and color intensity

2. 1960's NASA uses digital signals on space probes to map lunar surface

• Spy satellites utilize digital technology

3. Texas Instruments patents first film-less camera, 1972 actually freeze-frames video
4. Sony Mavica, 1981- first commercial version, still freeze-framing video. Saved images onto floppy drive- connected to TV and/or printer
5. Kodak scientists create first 1.4 Megapixel camera1986- actual digital still image camera
6. Kodak releases first Digital Camera System (CDS) for professional photojournalists- Nikon F-3 with 1.3 Megapixel Kodak sensor
7. 1994-95 Apple QuickTake 100 Camera and Kodak DC40 available for general consumers, Casio and Sony quickly follow with their own digital cameras