As usual there will be 2 Glow Meets of Tuesday 2:00pm and 4:15pm
https://meet.glowscotland.org.uk/bootcamp
The powerpoint files and recording will be added to this post after the event.
2pm Meet – watch again | 4:15 Meet – watch again
This weeks Tasks:
- Technical: We are focusing on media. Using Photo Galleries, Audio and Video
- Discussions: Why would you use different media in blog posts, what are the advantages and disadvantages of text, images, audio and video?
- Challenges: Photoblitz Create a photo Gallery in response to at least 5 of 10 ideas listed below.
Technical
We will look at Galleries in a bit more detail, captioning images and using featured images on posts. We will also look at how featured content works in the twentyfourteen theme.
Adding an image gallery – Glow Blog Help
Adding an Image Gallery MS docx
Adding an Image Gallery PDF
From the Glow Blog help, Adding Media: Download: Audio and Video MS docx | Audio and Video PDF
Discussion
Why and when would you use text, images, audio and video? What are the good and bad points of each, both from a creator and consumers point of view?
Challenges
1. Photoblitz: Create a photo Gallery in response to at least 5 of the following ideas.
- Take a photo in which a mirror is a major element
- Confusion – Take a picture of confusion.
- Make a beautiful photo of something rusted or crushed.
- Let’s play with movement. Get a shot of something in motion.
- Make a photo containing stone, water and clouds.
- Take a photo that makes use of converging lines.
- Create an interesting photo that includes looking through one
- object to see another
- Make a silhouette by aiming the camera into bright light.
- Make an ordinary object look more interesting, almost
- supernatural.
- The theme is blue. Blue Monday? Blue bird? Or something else blue?
- The edge of a knife, the waters edge, or some other edge.
Try using the captions to explain your photos.
- Start thinking about using some audio or video in your blogs.
- Make 5 comments on other bootcamp posts.
