Mr. Olejarz Digital Imaging

"I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster."
Ansel Adams

Lasting Images
Student Digital Images Printed on Ceramic Tiles and Installed in School

Colorizing an Image - Students are introduced to the fundamentals of manipulating an image when they colorize a black and white image.	Mona Lisa - The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world's most famous paintings. Many artists have made copies of it. For this project students digitally transform the Mona Lisa.
The Scream - The Scream by Edvard Munch is a well kown painting that has been interperted by many artists. For this project students will digitally transform The Scream.	American Gothic - Grant Wood worked in a realistic style. His painting, American Gothic, shows two people in front of a house with a gabled window and tracery, in the Gothic style. The window inspired the painting's title. The models were the painter's sister and their dentist.
Straight Photography - Students are introduced to basic photography concepts and use digital cameras to complete Straight Photography Assignments. Straight Photography Assignment Handout	Digital Post-Impressionist Painting - Students select one of their photographs and paint over it in an Impressionist Style.
Magazine Cover - Students design a magazine cover and include pictures of themselves, their friends and/or their teachers. Magazine Cover Handout	Manipulated Photography - Students use computer software to manipulate their pictures. Manipulated Photography Assignment Handout
Photo Collaborations A Gulf Coast/East Coast Digital Art Collaboration The purpose of this blog is to exchange images for manipulation to generate Digital Art between middle school students at Raul Yzaguirre School For Success [RYSS] [Houston, Texas] and Eisenhower Middle School [Wyckoff, New Jersey]. Click here to visit this blog. New Jersey/Texas LTP Collaboration A collaboration between three USA schools ... Eisenhower Middle School (Wyckoff, NJ), Raul Yzaguirre School For Success (Houston, TX) and Southmore Intermediate School (Pasadena, TX) ... to help students achieve better communication skills through the FotoFest Literacy Through Photography (LTP) program. To visit the photo blog click here - http://houstonwyckoff.blogspot.com/
Digital Portfolio - At the end of the cycle students create digital portfolios. All of their images are "burned" on a CD. Each student designs a CD jewel case cover and back for the jewel case that will house his or her digital portfolio. CD Jewel Case Cover Handout	Animations - Students manipulate pictures they have taken to create web animations.
Reinventing a Masterpiece - Students are introduced to the fundamentals of computer imaging when they create large-scale reproductions of a painting or print. This is a group project in which each student reproduces a part of a great work of art using computer paint tools.
ETV Logo Design Project	Digital Imaging Internet Class Links
Hoax Photo Test Test your pop culture literacy and digital imaging knowledge by determining which are the hoax photos (i.e. those that have been manipulated in some way) and which are real. Click here to take the test.	Digital Imaging Software The GIMP - a free, open source imaging program. Photoshop Elements - Education Pricing.

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