Basic Photo Editing Assignment

Activity 5: Basic Photo Editing Assignment Telling Stories With Photos Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that uses images in order to tell a news story.

Your assignment:

Tell a story with multiple photos. In your photos, demonstrate the basic editing techniques that we learned. You should have at least 6 photos in your story and a maximum of 12.

Think of a story – a party, a holiday, an event, a day…. it is up to you and your imagination. Before you start photographing your story consider what type of shots you might need to tell it. Basic stories will usually include the elements of introduction, plot/body and conclusion, elements of interest, etc. Please open these links and read this information on telling stories with photos. https://digital-photography-school.com/telling-stories-with-photos/

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/photo-stories-from- 2016_us_58667e23e4b0d9a5945b0369

Submit your photo story and complete the following chart of questions after you complete your photo story.

Photo Editing Picture Story Assignment

Which pictures demonstrate each of the photo editing techniques?

Editing Technique

photo #

Description of your editing process- what did you do to the photo? what effect were you trying to achieve?

cropping

enlarging/reducing

rotating

adjusting brightness/contrast

repairs

spot healing /patch techniques

filters

any other technique

Briefly tell your story in words.

Which photo editing software did you choose? Please explain why you chose that software.

What parts of this assignment did you enjoy? Why?

What parts of this assignment did you find challenging? How did you resolve any problems you had?

Rubric: Photo Editing Picture Story Assignment

Criteria Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Marks Demonstration of effective use of basic photo editing techniques

Cropping

enlarging/reducing

rotating

adjusting brightness/contrast

repairs

spot healing /patch techniques

filters

any other technique

Does not use at least 4 of the required photo editing techniques and with little effectiveness

Uses some of the required photo editing techniques with effectiveness

Uses most of the required photo editing techniques with great effectiveness

Uses all of the required photo editing techniques with great effectiveness

/16 of learning Knowledge/ Understanding 8 Application 8

Picture story is well presented, organized and logical

Pictures used are not really logical, well chosen and do not really communicate a story

Pictures used are somewhat logical, well chosen and communicate a story with a some effectiveness

Pictures used are logical, well chosen and communicate a story with effectiveness

Pictures used are logical, well chosen and communicate a story with a high degree of effectiveness

/8

of learning Application 4 Thinking 4

Description of editing techniques -explaining your process including how you overcame any problems or difficulties using technical terms -using clear English (spelling, grammar, writing)

Written Communication of the description of the process is unclear.

Written Communication of the description of the process is somewhat clear and effective

Written Communication of the description of the process is clear and effective

Written Communication of the description of the process is clear and highly effective

/8

of learning Thinking 4 Communication 4

Justification of choice of editing software

Your reasons for using the editing software

Your reasons for using the editing software

Your reasons for using the editing software

Your reasons for using the editing software

/10

you did are reasonable and your explanation is very clear

you did are reasonable and your explanation is very clear

you did are reasonable and your explanation is very clear

you did are reasonable and your explanation is very clear

of learning

Knowledge 2 Thinking 4 Communication 4

Reflection/ Meta

Reflection is not well thought out and not clearly communicated

Reflection show some thought and some level of effective communication

Reflection is thoughtful and clearly communicated

Reflection is well thought out and clearly communicated

/4

as learning

Total: /46