This week Jan. 13-17

 To work on this week

• 5 candy macros. 5 object macros: 20 mks
• 5 lego shots: 10 marks
• 10 portrait shots: 20 marks
• Beauty in a minute video: 40-60 sec: 35 marks. 40 one second clips of slice of life moments clipped together in a video...make sure your video has a beg/middle/end and the music works with your clips DUE:WED JAN 22 presented in class
• Photo recreation: 10 marks
• Top 10 photos of the year (must have been taken during this class your choice 10 marks)

ALL WORK DUE FRI JAN 24  NO EXCEPTIONS

Portraits

Portraits Due:

Working with a model of your choice, you should plan to set up a portrait shoot. You will need10 different shots of one model. Plan to shoot a variety of different shots including but not limited to: a couple of head shots, several full body shots, creative shots using the lcd projector/costumes/props etc. Study other portrait photographer's work and learn how to effectively pose your model.

This assignment is worth 20 marks. 

Tips:

• plan your shots/shoot
• be aware of where the light is ( best times to shoot dawn and dusk)
• choose a good background
• use a prop ( umbrella, hat, scarf, pumpkin etc)
• shoot people in their element ( skateboarder with a skateboard at the skatepark)
• create a rapport with your model and direct the shoot, which means tell the model what you want them to do.

So maybe you can research posing and plan your model and location. If you have done your shoot, you should spend some good quality time editing. If you are doing your portraits at school, find someone to photograph and get busy. There are lots of places to shoot around the school. ( skate park, woods, garage door near the soccer clubhouse, metal storage containers on the soccer fields. ) 

TIPS for taking Portraits
Portrait tips

Mistakes to avoid when taking portraits

3 weeks until end of term

 To work on this week

• 5 candy macros. 5 object macros: 20 mks
• 5 lego shots: 10 marks
• 10 portrait shots: 20 marks
• Beauty in a minute video:40-60 sec: 35 marks. 40 one second clips of slice of life moments clipped together in a video...make sure your video has a beg/middle/end and the music works with your clips DUE:
• Photo recreation: 10 marks

• Macro shots: The macro shots are not traditional macros but rather close-ups. I want you to try to look at ordinary everyday objects in an extraordinary way. Play with camera angles, be very aware of your backgrounds. This might be a good time to try using manual focus on your camera slowing down the process of taking pictures just a little. Take an object, compose the shot, make sure you bring in lots of light or use the light tent, edit and put into a folder on your m drive.

Close up Photos

Lego Photos: link Lego Photography

 Photo Re-creation: You are to find an old photo of yourself between the ages of 3-7 years of age. You are then going to take a photo of the photo on your phone. Next you are to recreate the photo to the best of your ability. I am looking for a solid rendition. You may have to get someone to help with taking the photo if you are in the photo. 

Cool videos with great cinematography

 

Beauty in a Minute

 

Open up one of your fall photos into Photoshop from the mdrive.

Resize to as close to 8x10 inches as possible

Bring in a photo of a clown from google, make sure it is a larger photo.

Resize as close to 8x10 inches as possible

Turn that photo into black and white.

Select only the image of the clown not the background and put it into your first photo.

Move the clown to the bottom right hand corner

Make sure it is slightly tilted in the corner ( hint you need to use transform rotate)

Now change the opacity to between 60-80 percent, make sure we can still see the clown image

Type the word clown onto the clown image

Save it as a jpeg on the mdrive under TEST

Practice Quiz

Open up one of your photos into Photoshop from the mdrive.

Resize to 8x10 inches

Turn that photo into black and white.

Bring in a photo from google.

Resize to 8x10 inches

Select the photo and put it into your first photo.

Transform it so the image is smaller and inside your first image

Type a word onto the image

Save it as a jpeg on the mdrive under practice test.

 Photo Assignments due Before Christmas

• Black and White slideshow

• Fall Shots

• Donut ad

• Product shots and 2 ads

• How to Video including storyboard

• 2 Dream photos including write ups

• 10 Light photos in a slideshow : Thurs Dec 19

• Photoshop Quiz : Practice Quiz Thursday Dec 12 Quiz on Friday

• Von Wong photographer question sheet

If you are finished everything, you can also begin working on Beauty in a minute video 45-60 sec or a choice video project.

• Also if finished you could work on macro candy shots 5 shots nicely composed and edited, and 5 lego shots. The idea is to put the lego characters into a scene and make it look real.