Digital Photography School - great resource!

Check out this digital photo site - subscribe to the RSS feed for weekly updates! Lots of great information and opportunity to submit work for feedback. http://digital-photography-school.com/

Looking for a new idea?

As we get ready to put our brains back into academic action, we need to focus our vision too! Need one last inspiration to photograph to get you in the mood? Pick a quote and illustrate it. There are lots of places to go for ideas - try online quote sites, a book you are reading, a post from your twitter or facebook, a quote you choose to live by, or just grab a book off the shelf and turn to a page. Drop your finger to the text and you are set!

I was looking through the current Memory Makers magazine and found this one -
"When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden." - Minnie Aumonier

I took my camera out front and got some great shots of my garden. Today's surprise are the surprise lilies that come up from nothing. They already produced leaves - didn't think they would come back as flowers until next year. Surprise! Keep your eyes open - there are surprises all around you!

Share your end of summer inspiration images. Post the quote and the image in a comment - or link us to your flickr account!

Great Article on the Exposure Triangle

Check out this info on exposure - works for both film and digital!

Online Photo Editor Programs Compared

Here is a great article comparing online photo editor programs. Lists free or cost as well. Check it out!

Resources for Digital Slide Shows

Animoto
Animoto for Educators
Picasa 3
Photostory 3

New links - Using cell phones in class!

Check these sites out - wikifidi.com, pollanywhere.com and chacha.com

LIfe Magazine

www.life.com - see Life Magazines top shots - Your world in pictures!

Submit a Kodak Memory!

Kodak invites photographers to submit a Kodak memory shot. Send your best shot to them and see what you get!

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/kodakmoment/submission.jhtml

Tech Tip - Batch processing in Photoshop

Open file from the folder you are pulling images from to batch
Select - Windows - Actions
Click the folder at the bottom of the small window to create a New Set
Click Record
Click New Actions
Add the actions you would like implemented on your set of images
File - Save As
Make a new folder for the fixed images
Save
Select file size - Save
Once save is in the list
File Close
Click Stop Recording

File - Automate - Batch
Select folder to pull from
Select folder to put in - destination
Click OK

Watch while the computer does the work!

Tech Tip - Google Calendar

Set up a google calendar to see what is happening at Senior, in the district and with your activity!

Log on to www.google.com
Select gmail
Select Create an Account and follow the steps

If... you already have a gmail account - start here!
Select "Calendar"
Click on "Add" to pull in the appropriate school calendars
From the drop down box, select, "Add a Public Calendar"
Type the letters DCSD into "Search Public Calendars" Enter
Scroll and click on the calendars that you would like to add
To view your calendar, click on back to calendar
To view the calendars, in "My Calendars" click and highlight the ones you would like to view

*** Note - I live by google calendar! It is great - I have the guard, school, mine and my husbands all in one place! Make your life easier - give it a try!

Interesting Information on Podcasting

Check out this website. http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=57612 Interesting use of the podcast in a lecture situation.

Benefits of Blogging

Hey, webteam! Welcome to my Photo Hot Spot Blog! Now that you have gone out and looked at blogs that relate to the pages you are responsible for on the website, it is time for a question! How do you feel blogging would help the coaches and sponsors of some of our activities? Should they consider starting their own blog? What would you recommend they put in their blog? What benefits are there to blogging vs having you update their website? Were there certain sites that you liked the blog template or program better than others? I use blogger because it is hooked to the gmail suite - which adds some nice options - but I know there are other programs out there!

Please respond - start your response with your first name so we know who is talking and then add your thoughts by answering the questions above!

Welcome to blogging!

Alphabet - #8

Alphabet - #8
Originally uploaded by sking1230

We are currently continuing to work on the Alphabet Assignment - only missing a handful of letters!

Pinohole Photos Coming Soon

Keep your eyes open for slide show of the great pinhole stuff from Photo 1.

Showcase of the Stars

Congratulations to Mike and Serica for donating work to the Showcase of the Stars Auction. I donated as well! The money from the auction and event will be used to remodel the library here at school!
This is Mrs. King's work.

This is Mike's panorama of the city.

This is one of Serica's Dubuque landmark photos.

DSHS Photography Hot Spot

I am finding loads of resources and information that might be helpful - since I can't access the school website from home, this looks to be the best way to share! Hopefully you will find something interesting. Please feel free to share your great finds as well and I will post them!