Advanced Students Second Assignment

You have three things to do today.

1. Follow this blog. I need to be able to see you in the list of followers by the end of the day today.
2. Set up your profile. Add a photo from your self portrait project so that your followers will know who you are and write something about your self and your photography.
3. Arrange your page. Move your profile to the top of your sidebar so your visitors can see who's blog they are reading and add a text gadget to the bottom that says "all images copyright your name 2010".
4. Write your second post. I would like for you to post your white on white photos from last week's project. To post: change the resolution of your photos to 72 dpi and add a watermark to deter people from taking your photos off your blog and reposting them on theirs. Then when you write your post just add the image and tell me about it. What was your inspiration or what do you like about the finished image? Did you do anything special in photoshop? You don't have to answer all the questions, but you do need to write something about you images to keep your readers interested in your blog.

I will be grading your blogs during my conference period today and here is what I will be looking for:

• you have a blog
• it is easy to read
• your profile is at the top of the sidebar column and has a photo
• you have copyrighted your photos at the bottom of the page
• you have two posts. One welcoming your readers and the other with photos from the last project
• you have a watermark on your photos
• you are following this blog

Everyone's First Assignment

Your first assignment is to set up your blog. You have some freedom but there are a few requirements.

1. The title of your blog must be based on your name so that your classmates, parents and I can find it. I recommend that you first check the availability of your first and last name. If that is not available, first initial and last name, first name and last initial, etc. If you have a question - ask me.
2. You may choose any template you like but I ask that you make it easy to read. Try light writing on a dark background or dark writing on a light background. Do not put a pattern under your text. You want people to read your blog, make it easy for them.
3. Set up your comments with word verification ON. This will reduce spam.
4. Set up your blog to invited readers only and invite your classmates, your parents and me.
5. Write your first post welcoming your readers to your blog. 

Easy enough. You are almost done for today. Go check your e-mail and accept the invitations of your classmates and then go to each of their blogs and "follow" them you also need to "follow" this blog so that you can get your assignments and examples. You are also more than welcome to "follow" your photographers friends who are in my other classes. The more photos you look at, the more you will learn.

The Summit Photo Blog

Welcome! Last year I wrote a Mansfield Education Foundation Grant called Blog at the Bell and I won. The purpose of the grant is for my photography students to learn how to safely use blogs on the internet to share their photographs and to reduce the use of paper in my classroom. All my students will be posting the photos they take for class on their photo blogs and they will all be commenting on the photos taken by other students. This will help them grow as photographers by analyzing the work of other artists and comparing it to their own. We would love for you to join us on our journey to learn more and become better photographers by offering constructive criticism, thoughtful comments and most especially praise when you like a photograph. You can even join us on our journey and become a better photographer yourself as the assignments will be posted here and you can follow along. We would love for you to come along for the ride!

The first assignments will be coming soon.