Photojournalism Scope & Sequence 18 Week Class
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Resources: Short Course: Digital Photography Using The Camera, Short Course: Photographic Workflow, One Minute Tip: Photoshop Wednesday (CS), Teacher Training Videos Photoshop, The Digital Photography School (dps), Jodie Coston Lessons Morguefile,
Notes: All PhotoShop 7 Lessons are compatible with PhotoShop CS, CS2 & CS3
Week 1:
Course Introduction/Equipment Use Agreement
Lesson 1: What is a Photograph/Who is a Photographer?
Week 2:
Lesson 2A: What is a Camera? Development of Cameras
Lesson 2B: Timeline of Photography/Photojournalism
Lesson 3: Camera Safety
Lesson 4: Privacy Laws & Rules
Week 3:
Lesson 5: Camera Operation White Balance, Into To White Balance (dps)
Lesson 6: Camera Operation ISO
Lesson 7: Camera Operation Menus & Icons, Digital Camera Modes (dps), Battery Life (Photofocus)
Week 4:
Lesson 8: Camera Operation Holding The Camera, How To Reduce Camera Shake (dps), How To Hold A Camera (dps), Shutter Release Technique (dps)
UNIT 1 TEST: Lesson 1-8
Assignment 1: White Balance & ISO
Week 5:
Lesson 9: Photoshop (PS) Basics: The Toolbar (Photoshop Toolbar Reference)
Teacher Training Videos Photoshop
(Tools Videos in Quicktime .mp4 files: PhotoShop Wednesday Tips #1: Reset Tools, #2 Tool Shortcuts, #4 Zoom, #13 Clone Stamp Tool, #14 Pattern Stamp Tool, #16 Move Tool, #21 Eraser Tool, #26 Gradient Tool, #27 Blur, Sharpen, Smudge, #29 Eyedropper, Etc., #30 Shape Tool, #31 Pen Tool)
Lesson 10: PS Basics Levels for Photo Toning, Understanding Histogams (dps)
Lesson 11: Saving Digital Photo File (Megapixel Chart)
Week 6:
Lesson 12: Basic Photo Composition, The Golden Mean, Rule of Thirds (dps), Fill The Frame (dps), Rule of Thirds Grid (PC/IE) (Mac/Firefox), Jodie Coston Lesson 1,
Present Assignment 7 (Sign Ups)
Assignment 2: Angles & Rule of Thirds
Lesson 13: PS Basics: Cropping
(Tools Videos in Quicktime .mp4 files: PhotoShop Wednesday Tips #5 Selections 1, #6 Selections 2, #7 Selections 3, #8 Selections 4, #15 Cropping, #41 History)
Week 7:
Lesson 14: Exposure: Shutter, Aperture, ISO, The Exposure Triangle (dps), Aperture (Photography 101.5), Exposure (Photography 101.5), Jodie Coston Lesson 2, Jodie Coston Lesson 4,
Shutter & Aperture Simulator, Film Speed Simulator, Camera Shake Simulator, CAMERASINTERACTIVE: Virtual Camera, Aperture & Shutter Priority (dps) Photo 101 Lesson 6: Shutter,
Lesson 15: Lighting & Flash, Shooting With In-Camera Flash (dps)
Lesson 16: Color Systems in PS7
(Tools Videos in Quicktime .mp4 files: PhotoShop Wednesday Tips #11 Color Selection, #12 Color )
Week 8:
UNIT 2 TEST Lessons 9-16
Assignment 3: Using Light
Lesson 17: Photo Faking: Do Photos Lie
Resources: YouTube Photoshop Makeover, YouTube Dove Real Beauty, InStyle Virtual Hair Makeover,
Week 9:
Lesson 18: Shooting Candids
Lesson 19: Photos That Changed The World
Project 1: Famous Photojournalist PPT
How To Create A Power Point (Microsoft), How To Create A Power Point With A Mac (Microsoft), How To Create A Power Point (Video),
Week 10:
Assignment 4: Candid Walkabout
Lesson 20: Rules For Writing Captions
Lesson 21: How To Write A Caption
Caption Writing Exercises: Caption Interviewing Ex. 1, Ex. 2 Caption Writing Ex. 1, Ex. 2, Ex. 3, Ex. 4, Ex. 5
Week 11:
Lesson 22: How To Crop People
Cropping Exercise Instructions, Photo A, B, C, D
Project 2: Cropping Candid Photos (.zip file)
UNIT 3 TEST Lessons 17-22
Week 12:
Assignment 5: Personality Profile
Lesson 23: Photo Illustrations (Letter Cutouts in PS)
(Tools Videos in Quicktime .mp4 files: PhotoShop Wednesday Tips #17 Text Tool 1, #18 Text Tool 2, #19 Text Tool 3, #20 Text Tool 4)
Lesson 24: Depth of Field, How To Take Sharp Photos (dps), How To Get Shallow DOF (dps), Jodie Coston Lesson 3,
Tutorial from Tutorial 9 about DOF,
Week 13:
Lesson 25: PhotoShop 7 Basics Cut Out Backgrounds (2 periods) (zip file) (Photoshop Lasso Tool PDF)
Lesson 26: Shooting Sports & Stopping Action, Jodie Coston Lesson 5,
Week 14:
Lesson 27: How To Shoot Sports (Football, Volleyball, Cross Country, Basketball, Soccer (Futbol), Tennis, Track, Golf, Swimming, Baseball & Softball), dPS The Art of Panning,
Lesson 28: Using Layers
Assignment 6: Shooting Action/Sports
Week 15:
Lesson 29: Using Layers in PS
(Tools Videos in Quicktime .mp4 files: PhotoShop Wednesday Tips #34 Layers Pallette 1, #35 Layers Pallette 2, #36 Transforming Layers 1, #37 Transforming Layers 2, #38 Transforming Layers 3, #39 Layer Masks)
Lesson 30: How To Keep Your Camera Clean, Dirty Sensors (dps), Cleaning A Lens (dps)
TEST: Lesson 23-30
Week 16:
Assignment 7: Out of Class Shoot Due
(Alternate Assignment: Portrait Photos: Portrait Guide (Photo.net), 10 Ways To Stunning Portraits (dps),
Week 17:
Fun With Photoshop (Outlines, Collages, Animated GIFs)
Week 18:
Review
FINAL EXAM Lessons 1-31
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Thank you so much for sharing your lesson plans with your fellow photojournalism teachers. It is so helpful to know that 1) I’m going about digital photoj the same as others and 2) to get ideas for better ways to teach and new ideas for lessons.
Thank you,
Rachel Pellegrino
Yearbook & Photojournalism Adviser
Coppell High School
Coppell, TX
Exelente entrada, aguante el futbol !!!
I am a yearbook teacher with no photography class. This site is giving me at least a little confidence that I could get one started. What kind of equipment do you reccommend for the kids and do you plan to post the rest of your units and lessons?
I’m glad that I can help. I’m not holding out some of my lessons, but the ones that are not posted are not there because the materials are usually ones that I haven’t created or put into some kind of useful form for others. I do plan on posting more materials and lesson ideas, but that is usually a summer project. But keep me in your RSS reader. I promise to post in my main feed anytime I do a major update to my lesson materials.