Light Photography

light photos
Ball of Light

The best camera settings for light trails photography are:

• Use a tripod
• set the lens to manual and the dial on the camera to M. The Nikon camera can be turned to bulb mode
• Choose the lowest ISO value: 100
• Set your aperture to the sweet spot of your lens, in the f/4 to f/11 range
• Use a shutter speed of between 10-30 seconds, you may need to experiment
• Try to use different light sources: glow sticks, led lights, flashlights, sparklers etc.
• Have the person who is playing with the light try to move slightly, so they are not seen in the shot
• shoot in dark or low light

Magazine Cover

Magazine Cover Steps

1. Find a cover you want to create on the net, determine the look and feel/style of the magazine.
2. Use a vertical photo you have already taken or take a vertical shot that fits the theme of the magazine.
3. Bring in to Photoshop and size 8.5 x 11
4. Find the magazine font on the net in high resolution, place in your pic like it is on the magazine
5. Add in article headlines  in different sizes and style fonts and include a bar code ( copy from images into Photoshop and onto the magazine cover
6. Show the teacher
7. Save as a jpg. and save as a photoshop file as well
8.post to Flickr and copy to the m drive under gr 11 Magazine cover folder

Shooting video on a smartphone

Please look over these tips for Smartphone shooting of video.
REMINDER ONLY SHOOT VIDEO IN HORIZONTAL MODE

You can upload to you M:drive or google cloud, but do NOT put video footage on your L :drive

Shooting video on a smartphone

How to shoot video on your phone

more video tips

Research for Black light Photography

If you want to get started on this project, you will need to do a bit of research first.
The following are some links with pertinent info to consider before you shoot.

For this assignment, you will be using Black light and anything that you can find that will look good under black light. We have make-up, eye liner, and lipstick, plus glow in the dark tape. You could also try tonic water, or a highlighter marker. You will only need 5 good quality shots for this assignment, it is experimental.

Taking Black Light Photos

You Tube Video on Blacklight

More Black Light tips

Settings for Blacklight Photography

Science: what glows under black light

Instagram Photos sell for $90,000

ALL STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON THIS ASSIGNMENT TODAY AND SHOULD NOT BE OUT OF CLASS TAKING PHOTOS.

Read the following article Instagram Photos sell for $90,000 and discuss as a class. You are to complete a written response to this article at least a paragraph in length ( a full page would be better) which will be marked ( marks 10)

I am interested in knowing what you think about the situation...fair? unfair? illegal? immoral? unethical?crazy? angry? unaware? Back up your ideas with examples from the article or do some further research on the topic of copyright.

Instagram Photos sell for 90,000

Loophole with Instagram

Copyright law and Instagram

Know your rights

If you finish early, work on researching for Plastic World (write up is needed), Magazine cover, or planning out shots for your video or theme shoot.

New Term 2 Assignments

The following is a list of assignments you should begin working on for term 2.

Theme Shoot: 20 shots your choice based on the theme you choose. Please let the teacher know what theme you have chosen. ( 20 marks)

40 Sec video: You are to shoot and clip together to music 40 shots which capture the essence of beauty in your mind. I have discussed about grouping photos, and we will go over video in more detail.This will be shown in class. (50 marks)

Magazine Cover: 1 shot edited in Photoshop. You might already have this shot from your portraits. The shot should be vertical and should look like a typical cover of your specific magazine. Including: Cover font, bar code and pretend inside articles.  In order to begin working on this assignment you will need to research the magazine you want to reproduce first, then shoot a suitable cover photo, then edit in Photoshop. ( 20 marks)

It is a Plastic World: You need to complete a full description of what you are planning to shoot, this should include a sample photo/drawing of your vision. You need to full described understand  the concept you are hoping to shoot. You will then take the photo, edit in Photoshop and post to Flickr. Please make sure you write a description about the meaning of your photo.
(20 marks)

Light Photography: 5 shots experimenting with low light photography ( see separate entry for how to change camera modes to shoot these photos. (10 marks)

Black light Photography: 5 shots experimenting with Black light make-up and creating photos using black light. (10 marks)

Instagram Response: Fully developed opinion based on the Instagram story, posted on this site.
( half to 3/4 page typed) (10 marks)