Cropping+JJ


 * Objectives: Students will **
 * 1) define "cropping an image".
 * 2) identify the "rule of thirds" as a tool for identifying the most visual impact of a picture.
 * 3) examine how cropping changes the impact of a picture.
 * 4) use an online photo editing website ( Pixlr.com ) to crop an image.
 * 5) analyze the results of their cropped image and will explain how its connotation has changed.


 * Example: Cropping RGC **


 * Political Cropping to change the meaning **
 * Photo-Cropping Ethics
 * Reuters Admits Cropping Photo
 * Politics and Photoshop
 * Economist Cover - Obama and the Oil Spill and Economist Cover 2


 * Cropping to change the emphasis: Photos below. Cropping the photo below cut out the unknown man on the beach and shifted the focus to the sail boats ant the cruise ship in the distance. In the picture on the left, the cruise ship is in the center of the image but is not the focus. The focus is on the sail boats and the man on the beach since they are all on the bottom "rule of thirds". **
 * [[image:icsmedialiteracy/beach.jpg width="407" height="305" align="center"]] ||  ||




 * Assignment **
 * 1) **View and discuss the Top Ten Tips for good photography on the Kodak website.**
 * 2) Create a wiki page named Cropped initials
 * 3) Find a photo on Flickr Commons . Copy the URL. Create a link on your Cropped initials wiki page to the image on Flickr.
 * 4) Go back to Flickr. Double click on the photo (maybe double click again) Select the size. Then you should be on a screen that allows you to download the photo. Download it to My documents. Or. right-click and "Save Image As" to the My Documents folder.
 * 5) Go to Pixir.com and select Editor (Advanced). Select "Open image from Computer". Find the image in My Documents (or the Downloads folder)
 * 6) Crop the image. Use the grid to ensure the most important part of the image is on one of the "thirds" lines on the grid. (So not use any other effect. Just crop the picture.) Save it to My Documents on your computer. Go to your Cropped initials page. Upload the file to your wiki page.
 * 7) Explain why you cropped the image as you did. Explain how the connotation (the meaning) of the image is changed due to the cropping.

Assigment: Link to the image on Flickr - []

Before I cropped the image:

After I cropped the image:

I cropped the image so that the emphasis was focused on the people walking, instead of the little girl. The connotation is changed due to the cropping because instead of, a girl conotates to a flower, it's a family conotates to a picnic. The people are on the bottom third, so your attention draws to the people and not the trees. I cropped a family going to a picnic.