Yesterday morning my cousin Brent passed away. He was more like a brother to me than a cousin, and we were always close growing up despite an 8 1/2 year age difference. I am gathering strength from my students today. This will be a difficult week and I appreciate your support.
"Do not ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman
Monday, April 27, 2015
Friday, April 24, 2015
8L photo editing highlights
Here are some photo editing highlights from 8L on the first few assignments (Selective colouring, selective boost, and nature quote are featured here). Enjoy!
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| Andra - Selective Colouring |
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| Gina - Nature Quote |
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| Sydney - Selective Boost |
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| Sydney - Selective Boost |
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| Julianne - Selective Boost |
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| Tessa - Selective Boost |
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| Tessa - Selective Colouring |
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| Tessa - Selective Colouring |
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| Habiba - Selective Boost |
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| Amanda - Nature Quote |
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| Amanda - Selective Colouring |
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| Brianna - Nature Quote |
Friday, April 17, 2015
Nature Quote
Assignment 6: NATURE QUOTE
Choose one of the following quotations:
"In summer, the song sings itself."
- William Carlos Williams
"My profession is to always find God in nature."
- Henry David Thoreau
"All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within."
- Horace Friess
"Sounds of the wind or sounds of the sea
Make me happy just to be."
- June Polis
"Each moment of the year has its own beauty . . . a picture which was never before and shall never be seen again."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If one daffodil is worth a thousand pleasures, then one is too few."
- William Wordsworth
"The earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The ocean . . . cold and wild the surf, rushing in to overwhelm the beach, the wind, stinging my cheeks, enveloping me in total freedom."
Choose one of the following quotations:
"In summer, the song sings itself."
- William Carlos Williams
"My profession is to always find God in nature."
- Henry David Thoreau
"All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within."
- Horace Friess
"Sounds of the wind or sounds of the sea
Make me happy just to be."
- June Polis
"Each moment of the year has its own beauty . . . a picture which was never before and shall never be seen again."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If one daffodil is worth a thousand pleasures, then one is too few."
- William Wordsworth
"The earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The ocean . . . cold and wild the surf, rushing in to overwhelm the beach, the wind, stinging my cheeks, enveloping me in total freedom."
- Scott Holman
Choose a nature photo from Google Image Search that will complement the quotation you have chosen. Please be sure that the resolution of the photo you choose is high enough that you will be able to edit it with accuracy and that it won't be too "crowded" once you add your effects to it. You can choose the effects you add to the photo. Remember that sometimes less is more. Some suggestions:
- selective colouring (turn the photo to black and white or sepia and paint back on some original colour)
- selective boosting (turn down the saturation of the photo, boost the picture, click "reverse effect" and then paint back on some boosted colour)
- text emphasis (pick out an important word or phrase in your quotation and change its font, colour, and/or size)
- soften
- colour filters
- any other effect(s) that you deem appropriate
When you are finished, save your file as "Lastname, nature quote" and hand it in to the Computers 8M or 8C folder (depending on what class you're in of course). Happy editing, you creative beings, you!
Choose a nature photo from Google Image Search that will complement the quotation you have chosen. Please be sure that the resolution of the photo you choose is high enough that you will be able to edit it with accuracy and that it won't be too "crowded" once you add your effects to it. You can choose the effects you add to the photo. Remember that sometimes less is more. Some suggestions:
- selective colouring (turn the photo to black and white or sepia and paint back on some original colour)
- selective boosting (turn down the saturation of the photo, boost the picture, click "reverse effect" and then paint back on some boosted colour)
- text emphasis (pick out an important word or phrase in your quotation and change its font, colour, and/or size)
- soften
- colour filters
- any other effect(s) that you deem appropriate
When you are finished, save your file as "Lastname, nature quote" and hand it in to the Computers 8M or 8C folder (depending on what class you're in of course). Happy editing, you creative beings, you!
Computers 8 - Shadows and Sunshine assignment
The next edit in our photo editing unit is called "Shadows and Sunshine." 8M started the project yesterday and 8L started today. The focus on this assignment is finding a suitable photo to edit (high resolution, high quality photo that fits artistically and appropriately with the theme of the assignment), and including the quote "Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine." with emphasis on the words "shadows" and "sunshine." We create the emphasis by changing the font, the font colour, and the size of the important words while finding an appropriate (less dramatic) font for the rest of the text. You want to make sure that the supporting words are not written in an invasive or overly flashy font, as they can take away from the emphasis of the more important words.
Here are a few examples from the lessons with 8M and 8L for your reference. Happy editing!
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
8M Selective Boost highlights
8M Selective Colouring highlights
It's time for our first photo editing feature! Here are some of my favourite 8M photo editing assignments from the Selective Colouring assignment. Well done everyone!
Alphabet photography collage
Here's a collage I created from photos I took in Mexico last week. We may try this today in IP 10 as several people are missing their group partners for our new assignment!
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