Thursday, September 26, 2013

Class #3 - Sept 27th - Focus on Composition







-Quiz #1 on pages 18-25, 42-47, 60-71
-Quick critique of selected images from Assignment #2 images - projected
-“Rule of Thirds” explained
-Read and discuss pages 147-151 in book in class
-Shooting assignment #3 explained and given – Focus on composition


 For next week:  -BRING in camera + textbook
                          -UPLOAD images to your Tumblr from Assignment #3
                          -COMPLETE: questions on handout for Discussion Topic #1 – turn in to me
                          -REVIEW: pages 147-151 – for quiz
















Discussion Topic #1   James Nachtwey - Kabul 1996
















Shooting Assignment #3


Focus on Composition

(due posted to your Tumblr before class on 10/2)

Use the Rule of Thirds and other compositional devices that we learned in class to fulfill this assignment. Use the information we talked about in class and what you have learned from reading over pages 147-151 in your book.


For this assignment I want you to go outside.  No indoor pictures!  Walk around your neighborhood and explore with your camera.



·      Shoot images that fulfill these criteria and post SIX (6)

Image 1 - Put the main subject off to one side or one corner of the frame.  Can you balance the image so that it does not feel lopsided?  Think rule-of-thirds!

Image 2 - Use a very low angle or high angle in order to make the image more interesting.

Image 3 -  Have the main subject in the middle but include a type of framing device around the edges.  For example:  through a window, doorway, trees, a crowd of people.

Image 4 -  Include shadows or reflections in your image and make them as important as your main subject.

Image 5 -  Take an extreme close-up making the image abstract.  Make us try and figure out what it is.

Image 6 * - Photograph something in its entirety; a person, a shop-front, an animal, an overstuffed chair – whatever gets your attention.  Move in a little closer.  How will you use the frame to cut into the object?  Do you crop the object evenly all around?  More on one side than the other?  Move in even closer.  Closer. 

* Image 6 will consist of two photos of the same subject.  One is in its entirety and the other is a closer more interesting shot of the same thing.



From now on I want you to include the Image # , along with what f-stop, aperture and ISO you used for each picture when you upload your images.


The more creative the higher the grade!




Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Class #2 - Sept 20th. - Aperture & Shutter Speed



-Aperture and Depth of Field sections of book (pg. 18-25, 42-47) read and discussed
-Exposure section of book (pg. 60-71) read and discussed
-Going over tumblr posts - Assignment #1
-Shooting Assignment #2 explained and given – Focus on aperture and shutter speed + foreground/middle-ground/background  (Capturing motion)


            For next week: -BRING in camera + textbook
                                    -UPLOAD images to your Tumblr from Assignment #2
                                    -REVIEW: pages 18-25, 42-47, 60-71 – for quiz





Shooting Assignment #2

Aperture & Shutter Speed
foreground/middle-ground/background + capturing motion
REFER TO YOUR BOOK pages 13-25 for example images
(due posted to your Tumblr by 09/25)


  • Shoot images that fulfill these criteria and post FIVE (5)
Image #1 - Use a large aperture to make something in the front of the picture (foreground) in focus, the rest (middle-ground/background) out of focus.

Image #2 - Use a smaller aperture to make everything (foreground/middle-ground and background) in your picture be in crisp focus.

Image #3 - Use a fast shutter speed to stop motion.

Image #4 - Use a slow shutter speed to show motion

Image #5 - Use a slow shutter speed and pan your camera to create the feeling of motion behind a still subject
.


Things you must do:

Label your assignments as:  Assignment #1, Assignment #3, etc.  This way I can tell what batch of photos belongs to what assignment.

You must hashtag your photo updates as:  #pvpfall2013



Remember the rules:  No flash.  Always use Manual setting.  No zooming.