For FACE families

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The fall semester is just around the corner! I am looking forward to teaching two new classes as well as teaching Photo I, II, and Fun Photography for Kids. Here is some information that you might need for any of these classes:

Photo I if your student is in high school and is planning on lettering, your student may only miss one field trip. Here is the schedule for field trips, but please note it may change due to weather. Fun with Photography Class may attend these field trips, but must be accompanying by a parent.  Please note that your student will need to have an 8x10 matted print for critique every month.

Monthly Field Trips:

• September 17, 2011 South Park Colorado for fall shooting
• October 22, 2011  Downtown Denver for architecture shooting
• November 12, 2011 304 Pinyon St, Frederick, CO (my house) For portrait shooting, and lighting techniques
• January  21, 2012  Estes Park, Colorado for winter shooting
• February 18, 2012 Train Museum
• March  24, 2012  Denver Zoo
• April 14, 2012 Denver Botanical Gardens, 

Fun Photography For Kids Schedule: Parents must bring items on list except for the weeks where it is a new calender. The highlighted dates I will bring items  9-6-11, 10-4-11, 11-1-11, 1-3-12, 1-31-12, 2-28-12,3-27-11 Here is the schedule for the year. I tried to pick things that we would have around our house. Please make sure that your student brings his/her camera every week.

September

6^th                    Intro-Scavenger hunt, calendar

13^th                  Fall flowers

20                    Fall produce, apples

27^th                  Fall leaves

October

4^th                    Calendar- Scavenger Hunt My family

11^th                  Family- baby dolls, barbies, houses, little farmer

18^th                  Family Tree- family portraits

25^th                  Personal pictures personal portraits

November

1at                   Calendar, Thanksgiving-

8^th                    Picture Frames-grandparents, aunts

15^th                  Photo Ornament- Hand-print

22^nd                 Thanksgiving no classes

29^th                  Christmas Cards

January

3^th                    Calendar – Scavenger Hunt Winter

10^th                  Snow Flakes –snow or ice

17^th                  Clothes- winter

24^th                  Sports winter skiing, sledding

31st                 Calendar- Love Scavenger Hunt

February                    

7^th                    Valentines-hearts and cards Red, Pink,

14^th                  Valentines party food

21^st                  Black & White dice, checker board, cow, upc symbol

28th                 Calendar- Intro to Animals Scavenger Hunt

March            

6^th                    Animal Book

13^th                  Animal Book

20                    Animal Book

27^th                  Calendar Apil

April

10^th                  Weather 1 Scavenger Hunt making rain

17^th                  Flowers

24^th                  Class party

Photo II Requirements and links for software

Laptop with  Photoshop Elements , turning in 4x6's weekly, bringing camera last Tuesday of the month.

In this class we will look at a weekly theme and the student will bring back 4x6 images of the homework the from the following week. Students may share a laptop, but no more than two per computer. We will be exploring how to manipulate photos, create montages, and presentations.

Lightroom Class

Requirements: Links for software

: Laptop with Adobe Lightroom 3 so that the student may work with  photos three times a month. The fourth Tuesday they will need their cameras where we will look at flash photography. Students may share laptops, but no more than two to a computer please.  We will work on flash photography once a month and learn the ins and outs of lightroom.

Journalism Class 

Requirements and links for book

Must be able to finish homework assignments on time . We will assist those that create FACE's yearbook and the end of the year.

Please email me at tonyavan@gmail.com if you have any questions pertaining these classes at FACE.

I look forward to working with your children this year. Thank you all so much for all your love and support you have given our family over the last year. We would not have made it through without you!