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Thursday, January 27, 2011

You GOTTA see this!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmallory/galleries/72157625917484162
Here's another gallery on flickr, this is one of just pretty amazing pictures. Are there some amazing pictures you've seen that you can't forget? What about them was so striking?


Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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Try This!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tmallory/galleries/72157625792066443
Follow the link above to a gallery of pictures with some ideas you might want to try.


Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

digphoto - Photo Evaluations

http://digphoto.wikispaces.com/Photo+Evaluations

Go to the page above and print out an evaluation sheet for each of the shooting assignments we've had so far. 
(Once you get them added to http://www.flickr.com/groups/bvdigphoto)
Choose one image for each assignment to critique. Fill out the corresponding form for each assignment and return it to me by no later than Monday, January 31.

Thanks!


Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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Show your Bulldog Pride;
Buy a Yearbook TODAY!

It’s part of having school spirit, school pride, and a a sense of inclusion, identity and community. Let’s raise a purple tide of bulldog pride. Let’s start by making yearbooks a “given” again, a ubiquitous part of our school culture. Maybe next we can bring back letterman jackets and pennants! Why not?


Click here to order a yearbook online now

Click here to print an order form that you can return to the school office

If you have pictures you think we could use in the yearbook, please click here
Remember to use the username: "400056366" and the password: "dogs"
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

PHOTO: Shooting Assignments

Shooting Assignment 1.  |  (overdue- upload the 3-5 best to our new Flickr group ASAP!)
Pay particular attention to pages 6-11, then shoot a variety of different pictures this week. Take some pictures with close subjects and some further away, indoors and out, in the shade and in the sun. Shoot a variety of subjects, portrait, landscape, and action scenes. Page 9 will have some ideas. Take at least 5-10 pictures. In some ways these pictures will serve as another pre-test, to gauge your skill levels.

Shooting Assignment 2.  Due. Monday. Jan 25 (upload to your new Flikr stream, then add the best 2-3 to our Class Flickr Group)
WHO ARE YOU? You are the cheapest model you'll ever hire! Everybody's always taking pictures of themselves on facebook. Can you do it without having your arm in the picture? Could you use a mirror? How about the self-timer on you camera?  Take a series of pictures of yourself, but try to be original and creative and try to express something about yourself. Take between 5 and 20, delete the worst ones, upload the best 3-10 to your new Flickr stream and then take the best 2-3 and add them to our Class Group- I already have mine there (you can see them at http://www.flickr.com/groups/bvdigphoto ).

Shooting Assignment 3.  |  Due. Wed. Jan. 26 (upload to Flikr, then add the best 2-3 to our Class Flickr Group)
Take some pictures of winter! Snow, ice, radiators- whatever you think of as representing January. I took all of mine outside (you can see them at http://www.flickr.com/groups/bvdigphoto ). Maddie had a great one a couple of weeks ago that she shared with me on facebook.

Next week I will have Picture Self-Evaluation Rubrics on the wiki and will have you fill one out for each of your best shots for each of these 3 assignments. Once you all join the Flickr group, you'll be able to leave comments on each other's work too. Remember to Click here to take the Camera Parts Quiz online and be studying pp. 20-27 in the book. Next week's quiz will be a lot tougher than either of the 2 quizzes this week. You may want to use the practice quizzes on the online textbook's website- go to chapter one, and then to "multiple choice." What you want to study is using aperture and shutter speed together to control exposure. This is the most technical/scientific part of photography. After this we'll focus more on composition and expression.
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Friday, January 21, 2011

PHOTO: Shooting assignments

Shooting Assignment 1.  |  (overdue- upload the 3-5 best to our new Flickr group ASAP!)
Pay particular attention to pages 6-11, then shoot a variety of different pictures this week. Take some pictures with close subjects and some further away, indoors and out, in the shade and in the sun. Shoot a variety of subjects, portrait, landscape, and action scenes. Page 9 will have some ideas. Take at least 5-10 pictures. In some ways these pictures will serve as another pre-test, to gauge your skill levels.

Shooting Assignment 2.  Due. Monday. Jan 25 (upload to your new Flikr stream, then add the best 2-3 to our Class Flickr Group)
WHO ARE YOU? You are the cheapest model you'll ever hire! Everybody's always taking pictures of themselves on facebook. Can you do it without having your arm in the picture? Could you use a mirror? How about the self-timer on you camera?  Take a series of pictures of yourself, but try to be original and creative and try to express something about yourself. Take between 5 and 20, delete the worst ones, upload the best 3-10 to your new Flickr stream and then take the best 2-3 and add them to our Class Group- I already have mine there (you can see them at http://www.flickr.com/groups/bvdigphoto ).

Shooting Assignment 3.  |  Due. Wed. Jan. 26 (upload to Flikr, then add the best 2-3 to our Class Flickr Group)
Take some pictures of winter! Snow, ice, radiators- whatever you think of as representing January. I took all of mine outside (you can see them at http://www.flickr.com/groups/bvdigphoto ). Maddie had a great one a couple of weeks ago that she shared with me on facebook.


Next week I will have Picture Self-Evaluation Rubrics on the wiki and will have you fill one out for each of your best shots for each of these 3 assignments. Once you all join the Flickr group, you'll be able to leave comments on each other's work too. Remember to Click here to take the Camera Parts Quiz online and be studying pp. 20-27 in the book. Next week's quiz will be a lot tougher than either of the 2 quizzes this week. You may want to use the practice quizzes on the online textbook's website- go to chapter one, and then to "multiple choice." What you want to study is using aperture and shutter speed together to control exposure. This is the most technical/scientific part of photography. After this we'll focus more on composition and expression.




Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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Friday, January 14, 2011

PHOTO: Reminder

Quizzes

Plan on a quiz over pp. 1-17 on Wednesday January 19. (see also vocab list at http://digphoto.wikispaces.com/01+Camera)
Then, the parts of the camera (p.19) quiz will be Friday, Jan. 21
There will be a full Chapter 1 quiz (including pp. 20-27) on Friday, Jan. 28


Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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YEARBOOK: Money Grade

Ad Sales Goal = $5,000.00    Sold = $5,143.00!!!!
Great Job Staff!

Book Order Sales Goal = 110    Sold = 12
Time to get your butts in gear, Staff!!!

Seriously guys- we can't afford to be lazy or make excuses anymore.
>This quarter- everyone had to sell just 5 pre-orders. 5=A+, 4=A-, 3=B, 2=C, 1=D, 0=F
>The first staff member to sell 10 gets a free yearbook themselves, with personalization!
>Second staffer to sell 10 gets free personalization!
  • Target K-12
  • If you think you're friends won't want to buy one, go over their heads- ask their parents.
  • Use your resources, text, email, facebook, whatever it takes!
  • I've had it in the school newsletter and on the school website, we've had posters- the only thing that will work best is direct contact- so get out there
  • Got any ideas? Posters? Announcements? Contests?


Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

PHOTO: Online Resources

Bet you're sick of hearing from me by now. I'll back off for a few days, but first- I wanted to make sure you had this latest wiki page, 

This is a list of links. 
  • Some of them are online photo/image editors (like Photoshop, only Web-based). 
  • Some of them are websites that let you store your photos online (very convenient). 
  • And a few of them are places where you can have your digital pictures made into prints (I know, you're probably satisfied with facebook and your phone, but your Grandma might want a good old fashioned 4x6 she can put on her mantle- not to mention that portfolio due at the end of the semester, or maybe a nice 4H project next summer!).
Try exploring and experimenting with some of them in the next week or two. Later on, I'll have you fill-out a review sheet on at least one of them for a grade- but more importantly, consider using some of them for real.

I've thought about having all 4 of us use one of the storage sites, like Flicker, Photobucket or Picassa instead of even messing with the school's server- but I'm undecided as to which we should use. Perhaps... (thinking while typing) each of you should be assigned one to review for the rest of us. How would you feel about that as an assignment? Then we'd all vote on the best one. Don't worry about having to do this yet- but tell me if you think it's a good idea.

Meanwhile, keep reading through pp. 1-19 and I'll talk you again on Monday.

Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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Yearbook Update

Everyone- I finally got around to assigning names to pages on the ladder. You should be able to pull down the filter on the left hand side and yearbookavenue will show you only your pages, if you want. http://yearbookavenue.jostens.com/yba/flash/ladder.do

Austin- Mrs. Hanigan put a bunch more Senior portraits on the server for me. I will throw them on our server folder for you- remember they need to be 300dpi when you upload them to yearbookavenue. \\Server3\students\Archive\SR_PICS
I will process and upload as many as I can if/when I can, but I'm pretty swamped- not that you're not with 9 classes!



Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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PHOTO: List of important photographers

Sorry to bother you 3 again so soon, but I wanted to share this page with you too-

This is a list of people who have influenced either photo-technology, photojournalism, or the art of photography. I gave Maddie a hard copy of an older one that I used a few years ago this morning.

You may want to copy and paste some of these names into Wikipedia, Mark Harden's Artchive, Google, or Google image search. 

You will receive notes about some of them later on and may/may not be asked to study one of them for a formal writing assignment. 

If nothing else, exploring their works may give you some ideas for experimenting with your own picture taking! I figured it was a lot more interesting than pp. 1-19 of chapter 1- if/when you actually have time to look up pictures.

Have a great week!


Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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Spring Play Auditions

Auditions for
'Just Another High School Play'
Jan. 17th   3:30 PM -5:00 PM
Jan. 19th   3:30 PM -5:00 PM
Jan. 20th 7:30 AM- 8:15 AM
Mrs. Behrendt's Room
*If those times do not work... see me!!!
** Check out a script in Mrs. Behrendt's room.
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PHOTO: Portfolios

http://digphoto.wikispaces.com/Portfolios

Please read and print out a copy of this page- the portfolios will be our running assignment all semester. I gave Maddie a hard-copy this morning, although I've made some changes to it.

What I plan to do is to assign a deadline for each of the 18 projects in the coming weeks. I'd also like to give you links to examples of each kind of shot to help you understand what we're looking for. 

In the mean time, feel free to get started trying to shoot any of the 18 kinds of pictures you like- experimenting/playing even before you read about any of them in the text book.

As soon as you can, start saving pictures in the following folder at school:
\\Server3\students\photography

Eventually, I will have assignments for you to do in PhotoShop there. If you don't know how to download pictures from your camera to the computer or from your home computer to a flash drive and from a flash drive to this folder on the school server, come see me and I'll show you how. You can also email pictures to me for me to place in the folder. Madie tagged me in one on facebook- you can share them with me on facebook rather than tagging me- although if I were to try to save them from facebook, they may not have a resolution high enough to print well for your portfolios. You'll learn more about that later. For now, have fun taking notes for yourself on pp. 1-19 and/or starting on these portfolios!

Thanks for your patience with me you guys. This is the first time I've taught this independent-study. It may feel like it's all on you, but I think that in the past I taught it with too much book and lecture and not enough student work, so... having to set this up for you will help me do a better job whichever way I teach it from now on.

Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Cancellations/Late Starts

Information Available Online, on TV, and Radio

This weekend a ton of kids were asking me on facebook if we had school on Monday & Tuesday.  I generally find out first with a text from snowcap, then I'll get a call from our staff phone-tree. By that time it's usually already on the bottom of the screen on TV.

In case of inclement weather- late starts, early outs, or no school, announcements can be heard on the following stations:
Or call 643-2251 Ext. 263 for the BVS school recorder, or 674-3248 Ext. 2 BVN. 
We will do our best to post notices here, on the school's website whenever possible. 

You can also get the latest updates on all school closings, cancellations and postponements sent to your cell phone or computer.  Visit the SNOWCAP website and sign up to have individual alerts sent via text message or email whenever there is a weather or emergency situation requiring a change in normal school hours.  You will know what’s going on immediately.  Anyone can sign up and the best part is that it’s free.  
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Rescheduled at BV

  • The Mon. Jan. 10 basketball game v. AHST has NOT been rescheduled yet
  • The Tues. Jan. 11 basketball game v. COU has been rescheduled to Thursday, Jan. 13
  • The previously scheduled Freshman basketball game v. Logan on Thurs. Jan. 13 has been cancelled
  • The Mon. Jan. 10 Middle School basketball game v. Shelby County Catholic has been rescheduled to Mon. Jan. 17
  • The School Board Meeting previously scheduled that Monday, Jan. 17 will now be held on Wednesday, Jan. 19.
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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Photo Wiki

http://digphoto.wikispaces.com

Check out our class Wiki- if you join, you'll be able to post your own pictures in your gallery and leave comments on each other's pictures. Even if you don't join, you can find lots of useful links and resources, and keep up on any assignments you might miss when you're sick (or on the Washington DC trip).



Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Please add to sub plans

Please remind Ceramics class to copy down their vocab term of the day
from the board into their notes. Thank you.
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Mallory Sub Lessons Wed Jan 5

  1. Planning Period-
  2. Digital Photography- KWL Worksheet (on counter)
    When finished, students can look through Popular Photography magazines.
    Please have them return magazines/clean-up at end of hour.
    Independent Study (IND) Ceramics- Rosario (during 1st &/or 2nd hr) will work independently
  3. Ceramics- PreTest (on counter)
  4. MS Art- DEAR time (silent reading) 11:29-11:49
    PreTest (on counter), may free-draw or use time for quiet study hall when finished.
    IND Drawing II- Nick (during 4th) continue working on basketball drawing
  5. Yearbook- Work on layouts in graphics lab
    IND Photo- Lucas (5th) please have Lucas do the same as 2nd Hr Digital Photo
  6. Drawing- Continue working on skull drawings
    IND WebDesign II- Caitlin (5th) continue working on Tutorial 7 in graphics lab
    IND Painting- Melissa (5th) may either research painters in graphics lab, or begin first tempera painting. Paper in middle cabinet above counter on South wall.
    IND Drawing III- Kaitlyn (5th) Begin an exercise in her sketchbook chosen from the first column (Chef de Cuisine) choice-board sheet.
  7. MS Cheer- No practice today, 7th graders should go to study hall


Ted Mallory
Boyer Valley Community Schools
Challenging all students to meet their full potential 
Art | Yearbook | Cheerleading | Newsletter | Web Coordinator

School- 712-643-2258 Ext. 249
Cell- 712-269-5853
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