Thursday....

DUE: Independent Caption Worksheet

TODAY IN CLASS
ASN:  Chase the following link and read the twelve tips on shooting group photos.  ARTICLE

WORK ON:  DESATS

HOMEWORK:  Game Night Memories Worksheet
Due: Friday, Oct. 1st  (TOMORROW)

Desaturation

1- Open your document in Photoshop (right click > Open with Photoshop)

2- Select the Magnetic Lasso Tool and go around part of the image you want to keep. You can create a keypoint when ever you want by click. Be careful not to double click until you are all the way complete.

3- Once the bulk of the subject is selected (using the lasso in step 2), click on the Quick Mask button on the tool bar. This floods the unwanted area with a color (you can change it to best suit your image). Now you are ready to do the FINE DETAILS.

4- Use the following tools to select the portion you want to stay in color

H- the hand allows your to move about the image

B- Paint Brush allows to to paint more mask

E- Eraser allows you to free more of the subject.

L- Polygon Lasso is good for selecting larger areas. Once selected, once an area may be filled.

SHIFT+ F5- Fills the selection

5- Once the Quick Mask work is done, complete the following steps to make your desat complete and ready to upload to YEARBOOK AVENUE.

• CLICK on the Quick mask button again creating marching ants around the subject.
• SELECT>INVERT to select the background
• IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>DESATURATION to make the background black and white.

Save as a JPG document with a descriptive name. 

That might seem like a lot... because it is. But if you start playing with the lasso tool and quick masks in your spare time you can get very good at it quickly. AND PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

Work on these.... the next step is the wonderful world of CUT-OUTS!

Caption Writing 101

 Here are the basics of yearbook caption-writing.

1. Every caption needs to start with a lead-in phrase. This is your mini-headline for your caption; it is designed to grab a Joe Yearbook Reader's attention and let him understand what's going on in the photo in very brief detail. Set off your lead-in from the rest of your caption by putting it in bold.

2. After the lead-in, your caption needs to have one present-tense sentence describing the action in the photo. This is the sentence that captures that photo's moment in time.

BEWARE OF THE PARTICIPLE PHRASE FRAGMENT!!!

wrong-   Mr. Malone sitting at his desk.

correct-  Mr. Malone sits at his desk.


3. Every subsequent sentence (2-3) in your caption should be in past-tense. The reason for this is that the action in the photo has already become a thing of the past once your readers get their yearbook. You write about that action in the proper tense to maintain consistency.

4. Every caption should do a few key things:
- Describe the action taking place in the photo.
- Identify every person in the photo by name and grade, up to 5 people.

 examples: Tierney DeWitt (12) and Mallory DeJong (12)....  

or 

Senior girls Tierney DeWitt and Mallory DeJong...

- Go beyond the photo by providing additional details about the event or program the photo highlights.


Example:



Community Service
Following the heavy summer rains, Zach Howard (11) and ? (?) lend a hand in flood clean-up as part of the CERT program.  CERT stands for ?.  They are also helped fill sand bags and learned important skills to aid in times of crisis.

Thursday

Ad Sales Reports

Each group will share out how their sales went.

Checks will be turned into Mack to photocopy.

Then each group will plan tomorrow's attack plans.


Heads Up: Tuesday we have a big lesson. I will tell you more in class.

Prom Special

Tierney and Mack,

Let's work on a deal for the hair/nail/tan/dress places. We could post a list of places in our display case around prom and winter sports week.

Thoughts?

Mallory's ASN

Mallory,

ASN- Look through the Farm Safety Show photos. Pick the best. I am hoping for 10-12 good ones.

Send a copy of them to the Stacia.

Monday, Sept 20th

Thanks for all the hard work on Friday. All but five of the letters were mailed out. FANTASTIC!

FIRST-

Open GOOGLE DOCS and notice that you now have access to a new folder. This is a drop box or shared folder that everyone has access to. What a project is completely edited, it goes here.

Drop your completed first yearbook assignment in the SHARED FOLDER entitled “YEARBOOK 2011”. Get this done by NO LATER THAN Tuesday at the start of class.

We will be placing them on the pages of the virtual yearbook at YEARBOOK AVENUE.

Second-

Get into your AD SALES TEAMS. And be ready to learn about pitching the sale...

Friday, Sept 17th 2010

Today we are breaking into four or five ad team groups. We will address envelops to send to the businesses we will be visiting next week.

This HAS TO GET DONE TODAY!

Stay focused.

You will also get your field trip forms.

Sept 16th Assignment

Today we will start with a class project.

Cully Spears to the front of class.

Then we will break into a couple groups to do group projects.

We will have groups of four.

Please get your cameras to Mallory to get the images uploaded.

Group 1

Gym shooting practice. Take the three cameras.

Group 2

Sponsor Lists

Group 3

Ad sales practice

Group 4

Ad letter writing

ASN:

Add a comment to this post saying what your idea is for an Sept./Oct story.

ASN:

Make a list of the photos you need for your first story.

Tips For Shooting In The Gym

Shooting in high school gymnasiums are always tricky. But if you use a few steady rules, you can capture action and adjust the colors later.


Tip One: Change the ISO setting. The higher the ISO, the better your photo will be in a dark environment.


Tip Two: Use the Sport Setting. This will give you a faster shutter.


Tip Three: Turn the flash off. The standard flash only works up to 25 feet anyway. Using the flash is actually making your photos darker.


Tip Four: Brace yourself or use a monopod. Shaky hands make blurry photos.

Tip Five: Try using MANUAL FOCUS. Sometimes this is the best way to capture fast motion. You can focus on the lane and then capture a lay-up next time they are down that direction.

Tip Six: Shoot reactions after shots. Shoot the bench. Shoot the coaches. Shoot the cheer leaders. Shoot the time outs. Shoot before and after a big shot. These shots capture emotion. Action shots are great... but when paired with an emotional shot, stories can be told.

Tip Seven: The platform that the pep band trap set is on can be used in the second half of home ballgames. Its a great way to get a new angle.

Tip Eight: Upload shots EVERY DAY after the game and lable the folder when the game and date. This makes life way easier.

Tip Nine: Take a program from the game and keep it so we can write captions later.

Tip Ten: Write on the program what the final score is and any important details like winning shot and exciting moments.

Friday- Yearbook Challenge

Today... blow up balloons, hang streamers, make a dance space for tomorrow.

State Fair Stuff

Ceara Hudnut won a bunch of stuff at the Pow. County Fair

Maggie grandchamp market steer at Southern Iowa Fair.

MaKenzie La Rue won reserv grandchamp return bucket/bottle calf.

Blake L. won a ton of stuff.

Photography

A good yearbook is the combination or two equally important elements...

PHOTOGRAPHY

and

COPY

This week we will look at how to be a good photographer. Be prepared to watch a slideshow from Mr. Bollman on the overhead.

Mr. Bollman is a boss

Short Poll Questions

Tips:

Have your questions thought out before hand.

Bring a paper to write their answers on.

Always identify yourself as a member of yearbook staff.

"Hey, can I ask you a question for the yearbook?"

Don't interrupt classes. The best times to interview people are in Study Hall, T-Th homeroom days, at lunch, and during free times in class.

You represent the Warhawk so don't be rude or too loud.

Read answers back to students to make sure you got the details down.

Get twice as many answers as you think you need so you can select the most interesting.

Ask a wide range of students.

Type the answers in a google doc with their name and grade.

Class Introduction

Now that you have had a taste of Yearbook, let's chat...

Yearbook is a Graphic Communications (JOURNALISM) class that combines skills used in Art, Speech, English, Business and Computer Ed classes. Students should be prepared to do the following things in this class....

YOU WILL...

• Interview students and faculty members (even ones you don't know or may not always get along with)
• Take photos of major events that happen around the school
• Write stories, quick reads and articles about the above two activities
• Create layouts for above content using high tech computer software
• Cooperate with fellow staff members on projects and fundraisers including selling ads in the community and selling yearbooks

NOTE: Some students have strengths in certain areas. One student with a talent for cartoon drawing may be assigned a large amount of jobs hand drawing illustrations for the book. Another student with an interest in photography may take a high volume of photos, while another with good grammar and writing skills may elect to do more of the writing. But these are shared tasks and everyone will get involved in the work.


Let's all work together to make this addition of the Warhawk the very best ever!