Photography 3 - Advanced Photography: Flex Class

In this 6 week flex class, we will work on multiple photography projects. 

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

On Mondays, New information, projects, and instructions will be posted in the classroom via video lessons from the teacher (Tamea). There will be a handout with an outline of the project and reminders of the information from the video 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 video, 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. I also encourage constructive criticism between students. These feedback segments can be submitted via video or comment (as will messages from Tamea).

Week 1: 
*I will send out an introductory video lesson. 
*I will review a bit of the camera terms and techniques, but I will jump into our first project as this is an advanced class, we will expect that students have a working knowledge of their cameras (questions are welcomed though of course!). 
*We will be researching photographers that inspire us, and our assignment will help us to look at other photographers' work in a new way. This will be presented via written submission or video post in the Outschool platform. 

Week 2: 
*We will get feedback and answer questions about our projects after researching our chosen photographer from week 1.
*In week 2's project, we will work on how lighting impacts our photos. (The instructional video will be available to students on Monday morning)
*We will have photo examples in the instructional video, as well as the project outline video. 

Week 3:  
*We will venture into peer to peer critiques. 
*In this week's instructional video presentation, I will present my photos in the class informational video and provide a bit of a self critique and invite the students to look at their own photos with a critical eye. 
*We will each present a photo we have taken and we will invite our class members to critique the photo.  This project can be a mix of old and new work, but will focus on analytical views of our own and our peers' work.
*This project will be more about dissecting the process we have and how we can improve on our own work 

Week 4: 
*Students will receive their instructional videos, project videos, and their informational handouts on Monday. 
*We will be working on a project this week that will bring all previous lessons together. 
*As always, Tamea will be available throughout the week to answer questions, moderate student conversations and give feedback for any and all projects being turned in through the week.

Week 5: 
*We will work on editing. This will be covered in the instructional videos, and handout for week 5. There are endless options for editing a photo and many people choose to jump into extreme edits and many prefer the more natural look. 
*We will look at the options, some of the programs that are possible and why I use what I do to edit. 
*We will use this information to work on a final project that will be turned in on week 6. 

Week 6: 
*We will hand in final projects and have a critique of our projects. While there will not be a new project on this week, we will be learning from our final projects. I will release a critique and feedback for each student in the classroom via videos.