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AP Photo: Capturing Motion

3/29/2016

Good morning, students. Please check out this link to the National Geographic photography page regarding freezing motion. For this week's photography assignment, you will need to submit two photos of water flowing: one with the camera set on AUTOmatic, and one with the camera set on Tv (shutter priority) and the ISO set to 1/400. Ms. Gallagher or Ms. Huneycutt will show you how to change the ISO settings with the front-of-camera ISO dial.

These two photos are due Tuesday, 3-29-16 for first period and Wednesday, 3-30-16 for seventh period.

AP Photo Research Project, Part I, due Monday, 3-28-16

3/28/2016

Use your research capability to answer the following questions on a Word document you will upload into your One Drive account.
1. Give a technological definition of a camera.
2. What is an SLR camera? Say more than what SLR stands for.
3. What is a pixel?
4. List the steps that the camera goes through once you press the button to take a picture.
5. How does an image get on the photocell?

AP Photo: Pattern Assignment #2 (Gallagher) Due Thursday, March 17, 2016

3/13/2016

Good morning, students. Please copy the questions below into a One Drive Word document and answer them. Also complete the weekly photo assignment and make sure Concentration photos 1-6 are uploaded into your AP Digital Submission site.
1. What is visual flow in art?

2. What is the difference between a geometric pattern and an organic pattern in art?

3. Explain what tessellations are.

4. Research M.C. Escher and name one work of art and the year it was created that best captures his use of
pattern.

AP Photo: High Scoring Concentrations and Rationales

3/8/2016

AP Photo: Pattern Assignment #1 (Gallagher) Due Thursday, 3-9-16

3/6/2016

Good morning, students. Please copy the questions below into a One Drive Word document and answer them. Also complete the weekly photo assignment and make sure Concentration photos 1-5 are uploaded into your AP Digital Submission site.
1. Define pattern.

2. What two main functions do you think pattern has in art and design?

3. Define motif.

4. What is the difference between a pattern and a motif?

AP Drawing: Art and Maps (Gallagher)

3/2/2016

AP Drawing students, use a map as background for an ink, watercolor, or pencil artwork. Take advantage of and exploit shapes you find in the map to make your drawing interesting.