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Digital Photo Composition Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is for students to become familiar with the photo composition rules and how to apply the rules to create visually stimulating photos

Rubric Code: KX2BA4X

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Subject: Journalism

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Photo Assignment. Composition.
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
Creativity of the photo	Excellent All photos were very creative, well beyond standard shots of this subject-matter. Powerful pictures. Moments or a subjects captured well. Pictures create interest for the viewer.Each photo fully meets or exceeds requirements.	Good This was a good photo collection. Photos show good creativity and effort above and beyond the norm with little room for improvement.Photos mostly meet requirements	Fair Photos could have been planned better and improved. Basic, standard shots of given subjects.Photos show SOME evidence of some requirements.	Poor Photos demonstrated little to no creativity or were not student’s own work.These pictures lacked emotion. They were one dimensional, uninteresting.Photos shows no evidence or minimal evidence of requirements
Composition rules applied to photos	Excellent All Seven composition rules were correctly applied to numerous photos. No one composition rule was used in excess.	Good Five or more composition rules were correctly applied to mostly all photos and no one rules was used in excess.	Fair Only four or fewer composition rules were correctly applied to most of the photos.	Poor Either two or fewer composition rules were evident or the composition rules some composition rules were used in excess while avoiding the use of others.
Number of Photos	Excellent All 26 photos are in the presentation, are visually interesting, have been explained in presentation and all 26 photos have all elements of the treatment present.	Good 25 - 20 photos are presented, are all visually interesting, have been explained in the presentation and have all the elements of the treatment.	Fair 19- 15 photos are present, most photos are visually interesting, most of the photos have been explain and have most of the elements of the treatment	Poor 15 photos or fewer are present in the presentation and discussed, some of the elements of the treatment are present.
Creativity of the caption	Excellent Captions are very creative and assist in the overall quality of the photo. Caption includes a pun or is thought provoking as well as evokes an emotional response.	Good Caption is good, it assist with the overall quality of the photo, the caption adds meaning to the photo.	Fair The caption is mediocre, shows little to no effort, the caption does not assist in the overall quality of the photo. The caption does not evoke thought or emotion. It is a space filler	Poor There is no caption in most of the photos
Overall Presentation	Excellent Each group member was able to thoroughly explain the elements of the treatment when presenting, eye contact was consistent during presentation, the over all visual effects were interesting and pleasing to the eye.	Good Group members did a good job explaining photos, most elements of the treatment were presented, eye contact was mostly made during presentation, there was an apparent strive for creativity and effort.	Fair Not all group members presented, some eye contact was made during presentation, The project was completed but could have used more effort, photos were average, elements of the treatment were average, project showed lack of creativity and effort.	Poor The group was ill prepared, the presentation was not completed on time, the presentation was not visually interesting, lots of elements of the treatment were missing, the group was not confident and did not maintain eye contact. All photos were not present.

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Digital Photography Elements of Photo Composition

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