Photography 2 - Intermediate Photography : Flex Class

In this 5 week flex class, we will work on multiple photography projects, critiques, discussion and more. 

*-Please note that this is a flex class which means that there will not be any zoom meetings-*

On Mondays, New information, assignments, and instruction videos will be posted in the classroom by the teacher. There will be a handout with an outline of the project and reminders of the information from the videos I submit for students to view.

*Please note* since we will not have any live classes, we will use the Outschool classroom to post, reply directly, share videos, respond with messages, questions, answers, and critiques. As with any Outschool classroom, this will be heavily moderated by the teacher. 

Student and teacher interaction: Throughout the 5 week class we will use Outschool Classroom to share our photos (Weeks 1-4 will each have a new and fun project using the topics and techniques introduced). Each student will turn in their photos by uploading their photos directly for everyone to see. Students will also have questions to answer in their projects and this can be done by posting in the classroom or by submitting a video to the class. (These question prompts will be outlined in the videos given out by Tamea each Monday). If at any point a student is struggling with their project, they are more than welcome to message Tamea, but they are also encouraged to post in the classroom via a message or a video. It is my goal to cultivate a community feel in the classroom. Students can gain experience by viewing other learner's work as well as learn from the answers given by the teacher. Students will be encouraged to turn in their projects throughout the week and I also ask that students to share their process, techniques, and possible struggles they had in making their photos. 

*Each Monday, Tamea will post a handout to help them with their project, a video introducing and explaining the new terms and techniques for the week (including tutorials, examples, bloopers, and some photo inspiration), a video explaining and outlining the week's project with a sample of a completed project in the video. 

Students will be encouraged to turn in their projects throughout the week and I also encourage students to share their process, techniques, and possible struggles they had in making their photos. We will each answer questions like "What was a challenge you faced in making your photos?" "How did you overcome those challenges?" Students turning in their photos can upload them to the classroom and answer their questions there. We will also be working as a community to answer questions for each other before we jump into critiques. 

Week 1:  
*I will send out an introductory lesson. This will be a great refresher for students already familiar with photography, its techniques, equipment possibilities, and general photography terms. 
*We will also work a bit on our cameras. Since we will all be using cameras a bit more complicated than a smart phone, I will answer any questions about the controls and manual settings of the cameras specific to each student.  
*I will also send out project one. This project will not only be a great challenge for the learners, but it will also help me to better understand their level of skill in photography. (This will be sent out via video lesson and a video project outline. It will of course also be accompanied by the weekly handout)

Week 2: 
*Each student will receive feedback from their week 1 project.
*We will work on self portraits in project 2 (outlined in videos and handouts). 
*Their introduction to this project will be examples, some guidelines, and the different kinds of photos and techniques to use for the assignment. 
*We will of course get feedback and comments form learners and Tamea throughout the week.

Week 3: 
*Each student will receive feedback from their week 2 project.
*The lesson videos as well as project video and hand out will be posted on Monday.
*We will work on local nature photography in our project. 
*In their videos, I will give them some tips, pointers, mistakes to avoid, and samples to work from. We will be encouraged to work in our yards, a park, any outdoor location we have access to. 

Week 4: 
*Each student will receive feedback from their week 3 project.
*Learners will have an exciting grab bag of options! 
*Will be given a list of possible project ideas and each student will pick their project and move forward with taking their photos. The week's videos and handout will outline these options and how to proceed. 
*They will have feedback from the other students as well as Tamea and they will be able to use their new knowledge of photography to have a bit of a freestyle photo project. 

Week 5: 
*Each student will receive feedback from their week 4 project.
*Week 5 videos will be a bit different! Instead of introducing a new photography project we will be introduced to in depth critiques and how to move forward with constructive criticism specific to higher level art classes. 
*We will share and critique our projects in peer to peer critiques.  
*We will share challenges we may have faced, how we overcame those challenges, we will answer questions from the teacher, and receive a final assessment on the work.  

Each week's project will expand on the previously learned material, so this will be considered our final project.