Congratulations!

Congratulations to everyone for a fantastic run of "Where the Lilies Bloom" - what a great experience!  You did an amazing job, and the responsive audiences that we had all weekend echoed my sentiments. Thank you all for your hard work, dedication, and excellent attitude throughout the entire process.  Another great show for the record books!

Now, enjoy those free weekday evenings! :o)

List of Comp 8 photo assignments 2013

Selective Colouring:

1. Fish
2. Own Choice
3. Accessor(ies)
4. Lips
5. Eyes

Selective Boosting:

1. Own Choice

Photo edits whilst home sick with bronchitis!

Computers 8 students - You can have fun with selective colouring edits on your own photos if you find a picture where your eyes are clearly visible.  Turn your photo to black and white, apply it, then choose the "Tint" feature.  Click the "Reverse Effect" tab, paint your eyes back on, and then slide the colour selector all over the colour palette to find some neat effects!  (The one on the left reminds me of Kacie's crazy red contacts!)  Have fun!

(PS - This isn't a required assignment; I just thought it might be fun if you are finished your assigned edits today or in future classes.)

Thursday, Feb. 7th

Notes for Miss Tilford:

P1 - Comp 8L
P2 - Level 3 Music Theory
P3 - Prep
P4 - Comp 8M
P5 - Level 4 Music Theory
P6 - Comp 8L

(See below for Comp 8 assignments.  Level 3/4 theory is online at www.canadianband.ca/moodle2/moodle - they know how to get there.  Shelby uses a binder for theory and she knows where to find it!  Have a great day!)

Selective Colouring Assignments

Hi ladies!  Here are your next two assignments for your Computers 8 photo editing portfolio.  They are using the "selective colouring" technique that I taught you in the last couple classes.  If you have forgotten how to do it, please talk to the friends around you (remember the fish edit?).  :o)

The assignments for today (and maybe one more period if needed) are to do the following:

#1) Sunglasses or another bold fashion accessory:

What a cool lady!

#2) Lips - bold and coloured

I used the Cinema Scope feature after painting the lips on from black and white

#3) Eyes only

Selective colouring + Boost feature

No really.... I swear they're natural.... haha.  Try the tint feature and reverse effect painting!

Here are the originals along with the edits so you can better see the changes I made:

Happy editing!  Save your projects, as always, with your last name first, and the file names "accessory colouring", "lip colouring," and "eye colouring".  Please hand them in to the drop box - I can't wait to see what your creative minds come up with!  Remember that interesting photography always makes for more interesting edits.  Be sure to choose images with high resolution from Google or your own collection (around 900 pixels or higher if possible).

Where the Lilies Bloom pictures

We had an excellent dress rehearsal today, and the cast did a great job of ignoring me as I shamelessly climbed on stage, stood up in the audience, laid on the stairs, etc. and snapped 1,194 photos of the rehearsal (eek!).  I spent a couple hours tonight going through them all, and I was able to get the bunch down to 378 photos total.  Here are a few from today's rehearsal.  Let's have a great opening show tomorrow everyone!  AND DON'T SAY AIN'T.... SAY ISN'T!!!! :o)

Romey and Mary Call Luther bury their father Roy Luther

Devola, Ima Dean, Romey, and Mary Call give Kiser Pease an onion bath

Romey, Mary Call, Devola, and Ima Dean check out their ma's book on wildcrafting

Ima Dean tries to sneak away from Mrs. Connell at the General Store

Ima Dean follows her big sister's lead when talking to Kiser

Miss Breathitt takes attendance on the first day of school

Mary Call gives Kiser a piece of her mind

School children on their first day back after summer vacation

Mary Call visits Kiser in the hospital

Kiser and Devola get married

Wedding musicians play a few tunes at Kiser and Devola's wedding

Mary Call stops Romey from giving away their secret in front of Mr. Connell

The wedding guests dance to the music

(Please excuse the out-of-order nature of some of these photos... I'm not sure what happened but can't be bothered to put the offending pictures back in the correct chronological order!)

"Lilies" Weekend Updates

Hi folks!  Here's everything you need to know about your "Where the Lilies Bloom" schedule:

Saturday, Feb. 2nd: 12-4pm - Tech Rehearsal
Sunday, Feb. 3rd: 12-5pm - Dress Rehearsal (hair & make-up starts at 12pm) - I will be taking photos for the yearbook and show program at this rehearsal

Show times:

Mon. Feb. 4th: 9:30am (hair and make-up call @ 8:00am for leads, 8:30am for extras)
Fri. Feb. 8th: 7:00pm (hair and make-up call @ 5:30pm for leads, 6:00pm for extras)
Sat. Feb. 9th: 7:00pm (calls same as Fri. night show) - cast and crew party @ BP's following show
Sun. Feb. 10th: 2:00pm (hair and make-up call @ 12:30pm for leads, 1:00pm for extras)

Let's do this!