you have to see this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tp182UdSYw

almost to the finish line...

...but a number of you still owe me journals, observations, or research assignments. Get them to me before it's too late! The deadline for work posted to the blog is Tuesday 5/26 at 5 pm.

Research

Most of you who did the research assignment #1 did well. Some of you just needed to pay a bit more attention to the guidelines. Those of you who have not done it yet: get on the ball.

A number of students did very nice work. If you're looking for an example, check out Abby's, Nat's, Emma's, or those of a number of your other classmates who excelled on this first one.

Remember that your second is due a week from today.

Project Proposals

Please start thinking about your final project topic, which should relate in some way to time. You will be posting a written project proposal that explains your idea and how you plan to go about executing it. This really only needs to be about a paragraph long, but I would like to see some good specifics. These must be posted by the beginning of class on Monday, 4/13 (C & Y blocks) or Tuesday, 4/14 (Z block). Please feel free to come to me with ideas beforehand...

Photographer Research assignments

Three times this term you will be required to post an assignment about a photographer of your choice. I only ask that you research someone you've not done before, and not someone you are very familiar with.

The requirements:

• 5-8 sentences about your subject's life, influences, etc.
• 8-12 sentences about your subject's photographic work... what they photographed, why they photographed it, and your thoughtful response to the work you have seen
• 5 of your subject's images, with 2-3 sentences of your evaluation of/response to each one.

For the first one we will start with books from our library. For the other three you can find your subjects on the web, if you prefer. I will post some resources for finding interesting photographic artists later on.

You must complete 3 of the following 4...
The due dates for posting:
#1 - Friday 4/3 by 8:00 am
#2 - Friday 4/17 by 8:00 am
#3 - Friday 5/1 by 8:00 am
#4 - Friday 5/15 by 8:00 am

check this out...

http://www.balloonhat.com

You can do it.

Welcome welcome welcome back! This is going to be a great term. A couple of you have posted already and we are ready to roll. Let's do some work this term that we'll all be proud of.