Upload picture slide show to Youtube

Today's assignment (1/28/2014) is to take the picture slide show you created last week and upload it to Youtube. You can chose to make it public (anyone can see it) or private so only you or someone you give the link.

You'll need to be signed into your Google account in order to be able to upload it to Youtube.

Picture collage and picture video

Your assignment to work on in class and after class is:
Create a picture collage using the 25 pictures you have on your computer from last week. You can use Picasa, another program, or an online service. Here are instructions for Picasa: https://support.google.com/picasa/answer/19539?hl=en

Create a song video with your pictures. You can also use Picasa, another program, or an online service. You'll use the mp3 song file you have saved on your computer as the background. We'll work on this in class.

Assignment is due at the beginning of class, 1/28/2015.

Picture video collage

Your assignment to work on prior to next week (due at the beginning of class 1/21/2014) is to have an MP3 file of a song you will use for your picture video. Make sure you have the mp3 file on your laptop...not somewhere on the internet. You will lose points if you don't have the mp3 file downloaded and on your laptop at the beginning of class.

Christmas Break assignment

Your assignment over Christmas break is to bring back at least 25 pictures that display some of what happened during your Christmas break. Include photos of your family celebrating, images of gifts you gave and/or received, and pictures of other events that you experienced over the holidays.

You need to have your pictures on your laptop when we return from class.

Online Photo Editing

Online Photo Editors

We’re going to have some fun with online photo editors. These online sites are a mini version of what you could do with Photoshop or other costly photo editors.

Photo editing gives you the ability to adjust photos. You can change the brightness, remove blemishes, erase or duplicate sections, remove red-eye issues that happen occasionally when using a camera flash.

Your assignment due by the end of class:

Using the five photo images you brought to class,

Take one picture and duplicate a persons head somewhere else on the photo. It could be on another person, or floating anywhere.

Convert one of of the pictures to black and white.

Create a picture collage with all five pictures becoming one image. Put some text at the top (as examples: My Family, My Pets, My Picture Collage).

Here are two of the better free online photo editors:

http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/

http://www.picmonkey.com/

Assignment is due at the end of class and will be graded today.

Get ready for next week

Download and install Picasa

http://picasa.google.com/

Next week, come with 5 personal photos. They can be family photos, pictures of your pets (no Llamas please), pictures of cars. They MUST be pictures you have taken with a camera or phone. Have them on your computer for use in class.

Opening a Photography Business

October 29, 2014

We are going to use many of the skills we’ve learned this year to complete a group project. Your group will be opening a photography studio business. You’ll create job descriptions, research various costs, complete a budget, create a business plan, design marketing material, advertise, and serve customers to become profitable.

Each group must have four people. If there are one or two people left over after groups form, I”ll place them in a group and subdivide the work. Here are the work responsibilities inside the group:

Job Descriptions / Search for emp: ____________________________________

(only one person in the group may work on this)

Create a Budget / Spreadsheet: ____________________________________

Prepare a Business Plan: ____________________________________

Create an advertisement: ____________________________________

First part of the project is to decide who is doing what portion of the project.  You’ll turn that in today.  Then you’ll have about three weeks to work on the project in and out of class, and will then present your project by having your files on your computer for me to check, and presenting the project to the class (5 minutes to present).

Here are the minimum requirements to receive a passing grade.  Go above and beyond, make it creative, and receive additional credit.  Each group member will do at least one of the following major parts of the project.  If your group is smaller, each person may need to do two.

Search for employees:  Create a one page job description for at least TWO positions inside the company (ideas here).  How many hours will the job require?  What days and times will the person work?  What will they do?  What skills are necessary to do the job?  How much will the job pay?  THEN find out what it costs to place an advertisement in the Tampa Times or on a job website like Monster.com and list that cost in your advertising budget spreadsheet. Want an exceptional grade? Complete it for FOUR employees.

Create a budget:  What will it cost to buy the equipment to start? How much income will the business bring in each month?  For the year?  What will the business cost to operate for a year?  How much is your lease for retail space?  Do you need to buy computers or other electronics?  What will utilities (water, electricity) cost?  Phone / Internet / Cell Phone?  How much will it cost to pay the TWO employees you’ve hired?  Will you have to buy products to sell?  Use a spreadsheet that will total all of these up monthly, and then also show a yearly figure for each row (multiply the monthly by 12 to get the yearly figure).  I will be checking to see if you use FORMULAS for calculations and not a calculator. (this is very important, if you don’t know what that means, please see me quickly).  This is a major part of the project and will take time to do well.  If you do not use for formulas you will lose at least 10 points on the project.  You can start with this spreadsheet I’ve created. Save it to your google drive, then add your data and formulas to make it all work.

If you're having trouble accessing the spreadsheet, try to copy and paste this link into your browser. Then 'save a copy' and start working on it:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DcJJ4Bo9i96M9o2zY1GKoq7RWDKYFavOrUOVPxVeBEQ/edit?usp=sharing

Prepare a business plan.  Start here to see a sample of a business plan.  Complete at least three sentences for each of the items; Business Plan Executive Summary [5-10 sentences that describe what you’ll be doing], Market Analysis [who are your competitors?], Company Description, Organization & Management [who is doing what inside your company?], Marketing & Sales Management [how will you advertise and get customers?], Service / Product Line [what will you be doing or selling?].  Use google docs or word or similar to create a nice looking business plan.  It should be at least two pages. Want an exceptional grade? Make it detailed and four pages.  This is also a major part of the project.

Design an advertisement.  Use whatever software you like to create an advertisement.  It could be a nice looking presentation slide (google docs or powerpoint) or a video or something else creative.  Make it interesting, creative, and clear to see what you’re selling or the service you provide.  You could also create an infographic, see http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/225095#  (try using infogr.am, piktochart or easel.ly) Want an exception grade? Complete TWO advertisements, one print, and one video.

This project is DUE Wednesday November 19, 2014 at the beginning of class.  You will be graded on progress each week.  Be prepared to show me your progress at the beginning of class each week.  Have all documents on on your computer (google docs or similar).

(on the next page, there is a turn in page to tell me what business you’re opening up, and list who is doing what on the project.)

Turn this sheet into Mr. Caldwell.  ONE per GROUP. November 2014.

Our group name: _____________________________________

Now, write in the first and last names of who will be doing what.  If your group has FOUR members, then one person would be doing two of them items.  If your group has FIVE members, TWO people can work on any of the last three items below:

Job Descriptions / Search for emp: ____________________________________

Create a Budget / Spreadsheet: ____________________________________

Prepare a Business Plan: ____________________________________

Create an advertisement: ____________________________________

By signing above, you agree you have read this entire project assignment and understand this is a large project that will require you to work a number of hours in total in the next few weeks. You are responsible for your part. Your work does not need to wait for anyone else in the group to complete their part. You will be given time to work on the project in class over the next two weeks. If there are problems inside your group, inform Mr. Caldwell quickly.

This project is DUE Wednesday November 19, 2014 at the beginning of class.  You will be graded on progress each week.  Be prepared to show me your progress at the beginning of class each week.  Have all documents on on your computer (google docs or similar).