Midterm review

Here are the notes for the midterm review. Sorry for not getting them up sooner.

The midterm is 6 p.m. Tuesday night.

Midtermreview

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Last semester's videos

Here's a look at the movies turned in by last semester's class...

Illegal Movie Pirating:




A Journey to the Capitol:




What College Students Do Instead of Studying:




Why We Like Drake:




Drunken Dance Off:




The Good Side of Recycling:




Amusement Park:




Why I Suck At Soccer:




My Dog Ben:




Drove to Chicago:




The Trail of the Como Zoo:




Streets of Des Moines:




Two County Dusters:




Spring Break 08:




Fade Away 2:




Please Preserve Paper:




Drake's Dining Services:

Semester-long project

Here's a look at what each of you picked for your semester-long project.

• Kelsey - Walk through Gray's Lake
  
• Luke - ???
• Caitlin - Des Moines Zoo
• Mary - Iowa Bakery Cafe
  
• Stephanie - Water Works Park
  
• Norah - Sorority house
  
• Ben - Botanical Center
  
• Lindsay - Capitol Building
  
• Allison G. - Des Moines Zoo
  
• Morgan - Des Moines Zoo
  
• Tara - Jordan Creek Town Center
  
• Allison M. - Des Moines architecture
  
• Rachel - Black Cat Cafe
• Sarah - Saylorville Lake
  
• Frank -Drake football team
  
• Heidi - Gray's Lake
  
• Erin - Botanical Center
  
• Matty - Best Buy
  
• Lucca - Downtown train station
  

A couple of you are planning to take photos at the Botanical Center, but I don't think that's a problem at all.

If you have yet to tell me the subject of your project, now would be a good time to do so.

Class 2: Taking better photos

We spent Class 2 talking about composing photographs, not just taking photos.

Here are some links from class:

• Kodak's top 10 photo tips
• Video: 10 photo tips
• Digital photo basics from shortcourses.com

Here's the presentation from class:

5 tips for great photos

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Digital photography basics

Here's the digital photography basics presentation from class on Tuesday night.

Digital Photography basics

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Don't forget that your self-portrait should be uploaded to our Flickr group (DrakeJ59_Fall08) before the start of our next class.

Class syllabus

Here's the syllabus for the class this fall (it might take a few seconds to load). Just click on the arrow in the upper right corner to see it bigger:

Welcome to J59

I recently noticed a giant inflatable Bulldog on campus, which can only mean one thing: It's almost time for the fall semester to begin.

I'll be teaching Introduction to Visual Communication again this semester. We'll explore the ever-exciting world of photography, video, print design and web design.

A couple notes to get us started:

• There is no book for this class.
• You will need to buy some sort of USB or Firewire drive for this class. Something like this is perfect (and only $19).
• You'll need a digital camera that can shoot photos and video. Ideally, your camera will allow you to adjust things like shutter speed and aperture. If you already own a camera, we'll make it work.
  If you plan to buy a photo, the Canon PowerShot A590IS is a great choice for less than $150.