Self Portrait

Photography

ASSESSMENT GRADING KEY:

(4) Highly Effective
(17-20) / (3) Effective
(12-17) / (2) Developing
(3-11) / (1)Ineffective
(0-2)
Exceeds expectations; excellent quality / Completely addressed but did not exceed criteria / Meets minimum criteria to show understanding / Does not address the criteria; incomplete

Directions: Use the guiding questions below to reflect on each of the project categories. Give yourself a score for each of the questions asked.

Criteria / Student / Teacher / Student Evidence/Comments / Teacher
Evidence/Comments
Process:
How did you come up with ideas for your portrait ideas?
-Did you brainstorm a list of self portrait ideas?
-Describe evidence of exploring a range of emotions, activities and/or interests.
-Describe evidence of a range on environments selected.
-Describe lighting scenarios you used and why you selected them. / Total:
Content:
-Explain how the final photos are a meaningful representation of who you are.
-Do the final photos give the viewer a meaningful -understanding of you? How?
-Explain how the poses, locations and lighting demonstrate effort spent.
-What did you do to make the photos unique rather than cliché or predictable? / Total:
Composition:
-Explain how the compositions demonstrate attention to devices such as golden ratio, triangle or rule of thirds.
-Did you consider f-stop choices for compositional purposes?
-What is the focal point?
-What visual elements lead the viewer’s eye around the composition and to the focal point? / Total:
Technique (camera/darkroom):
-Do your photos demonstrate an understanding of flash photography? Explain.
-Do your photos demonstrate the use of f-stop and shutter speed to attain appropriate lighting?
-Do your prints demonstrate an understanding of darkroom procedures? Are they focused, clean and displaying a full range of value?
-Did you need to need to explore multiple settings to arrive at the final choice? Explain. / Total:
Effort/Participation:
-Did you use each and every work day to its fullest potential (or was there time wasted)?
-Did you assist in the set up and clean up of the darkroom?
-When problems arose where you able to figure out solutions and fix along the way? Explain.
-Did you help other students by answering questions or showing them what to do? Explain.
-Did you fully participate during classroom discussions and/or critiques? / Total:
Grade:
(letter grade)