DAY XX1 (21)

The beginning of today's communication technology class was taken up by a short quiz on our previous presentations on the history of communication technologies. Our class was rather fortunate, as we managed to compile most of each other's questions into a study sheet for the quiz. The quiz was administered on a computer exam software, which I found quite fascinating and much more environmentally friendly.  I managed to finish the quiz rather early. The software allows for instant grading, was I was able to get my mark instantly. It turns out that I only got one question wrong on the quiz, which left me with a 96%. 

DAY 20!!!

I was absent for communication technology class today, as I had a field trip to watch "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in Stratford with my English class. 

Day NINETEEN

Our fifth period communication technology class was spent for the third day, on our self-portrait assignments. I have decided to transform my photo into an alien-esque version of myself. This will make great use of the liquify filter, and blending modes. Mr. Tammik had decided to give us a lot of time for the project (until Friday), which I find id very helpful. The last bit of the class was preoccupied with my next few group projects. We were to put ourselves in groups of four or five, in order to rotate through three communication media projects (audio, video, and graphics). We were able to make our groups by the end of class, and were able to have a brief look at the project outline and schedule. 

Day eighteen :)

Today's communication technology class was the second work period for our self-protrait projects. We started the class off with a few more tutorials on some techniques that were useful on Photoshop CS3. The first two were the burn and blur tool. which allowed an image to be darkened and lightened respectively. I found these quite useful, as many parts of an image could use adjustments in brightness. The tool I found the most interesting was the Liquify filter, which allowed for the image to be distorted according to the persons preferences. These distortions include bloating, puckering, and forward warp. I feel that this tool will be very useful in making my after photo more interesting. 

Day 17!!!

Today's communication technology class was the third day to work on our self-portrait assignments. Most of the class had taken a few pictures already, which they uploaded to their USB's. Because of this, our teacher decided to start showing us how to use Adobe Photoshop CS3. Most of the beginning of this tutorial was common sense, but as the lesson progressed, I learnt a few valueble tips on editing a picture ( for example, fxing blemishes ). The rest of the class after the lesson, was spent on taking more pictures, and experimenting with Photoshop. I am eager to start learning more editing techniques in tomorrow's class.

Day 16:P

The second day of October in Communication technology class was mostly spent on the Self-Portrait assignment that had been assigned yesterday. I spent most of the class experimenting with the light board, and the different angles and zooms on the digital camera. Mr. Tammik took part of the class time explaining some lighting techniques, as well as some photography tips in order to enhance our photo. I found it extremely useful how the photographer would use telephoto zoom instead of wide angle, in order to decrease discomfort of the subject, and to reduce the disproportions that occur with wide angle capture. AT the end of class today, we found out our marks for the History of Communication technology projects. My friend and I did quite well in my opinion, and I think our mark reflected that :).

Day 15:)

Communication technology class on the first day of October signalled the official beginning of a new (and more exciting) project to begin in class. The second project this semestre was a self-portrait assignment, in which one took a digital photo of oneself, and used Adobe Photoshop to alter the image until the person in the image was unrecognizable. I found the entire project to be really interesting. I had always been looking to start honing my skills on Photoshop, although I never got the chance to. I had also been hoping to experiment with lighting in a rather professional studio. I am eager to get a good start on my project.