2 Days until Break

 Well done on your slideshows yesterday...there may be a couple more to see today.

Top priority is portraits and magazine cover.

If finished this, you can work on light photography or creative shots.

Today will be a full work period, but you will lose about a half hour from class tomorrow, so plan for that.

What Camera Settings Are Best for Light Painting?

1. Mode: Manual or bulb.
2. Shutter speed: 10-30 seconds.
3. F-stop or aperture: 8 or 10.
4. ISO: 100.

Yearbook cover choice

 

1. vote on the yearbook cover

2. Flickr top 25 photos of 2020

3. Flickr top photos of the decade

4. Flickr Moment video

5. Blk and White Slideshows

6. Work on magazine cover/Other work that needs to get done

This week at a glance

 Composition Test

In order of priority due by Friday:

• Black and White Slideshow (20 shots)
• Portraits (15 shots)
• Magazine Cover: on Flickr and printed out
• Fog/Rain/Snow shots, can be a combination of 5 shots
• Creative Hack shots 5 shots

Work Coming Due

Assignments coming due ( Before the Holidays)

1. Portraits 15 shots edited and on Flickr in an album due Friday Dec 11

2. Test on composition Mon Dec.14

3. Black and White  20 shot slideshow: presentation Wed. Dec 16

4. Magazine Cover 1 shot good quality photo due Fri Dec 18

After the holidays...

1. Fog/rain/snow shots: 5 shots

2. Creative/Photo Hack shots:  5 shots

3. Light Photography: 10 shots

4. Christmas/Holiday: 5 shots

Please Note:

• photos should not be of art
• you should not be reusing photos from another assignment ex. if used in black and white assignment should not be used in portraits.
• you should not be using photos taken before Sept. of this year...and technically not before this class
• this is a senior class, you are expected to take photos outside of class time and have photos that are of superior quality
• You must meet the criteria for an assignment, ex. do not put realistic photos in an abstract album
• Attempt to meet the deadlines otherwise I cannot get my marking done.

Mon Dec. 8

1. Review of Elements of Composition: for test on Wed. be able to describe the different elements of composition, but also be able to identify them in photographs.

Review of Composition  Read through with the class.

2. Cool hacks to try 2 short videos

NEW ASSIGNMENT: 5 Creative Experimental Shots/Photo Hacks

There are lots of sites on You Tube so check out more Photo Hack Videos. A lot of the ideas are very simple. No dangerous or fire related hacks at school please.

Try: covering your lens with saran wrap, or cutting a shape out of a piece of pare and shooting through the shape. Do a little research on your own to come up with some interesting ideas.

3. Spend time working on your Black and White shots, edit photos ( play with saturation and lighting) and then place photos into the slideshow program.

4. Begin researching an idea for a magazine cover.

5. Finish up portraits for the end of the week.

6. Can show this video at the end of the class if time. End video at 7min. 

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Thurs Dec 3

 Priority today is the following:

Out to shoot 4 more fog shots, put in an album: marks 10

• Fix up anything we discussed yesterday and complete work that was overdue
• complete the abstract shots 20 which are due tomorrow
• work on product shots and ads which are due tomorrow
• continue to work on Portraits 15 : due date changed to next week, your portraits should be all taken of only one person, edited and then posted to Flickr in an album
• Black and white photography 20 shots set to a slideshow with music end of next week: use slideshow program Photo Story
• Magazine cover due next week

     Magazine Cover How to:

1. Find the magazine you want to use ( sport, food, fashion, etc.) Get a good handle on the style you need to shoot
2. Shoot the cover photo VERTICAL
3. Then bring into Photoshop and add the Header ( Vogue, Biker, Foodie) try to use a similar font or the exact font that the real magazine uses.
4. Ad text that would simulate articles that are inside the magazine.
5. ad a bar code
6.  Save as a Photoshop file and a jpeg 
7. Save to M drive Chase 2021 file: magazine cover

Wed Dec. 2

 Review of Work Due on Friday

• 20 Abstract Photos
• Product Shoot ( 10 shots) and 2 Ads
• Portraits 15 ( teacher review)

Today: half the class out shooting/other half conferencing with teacher working in the class

New assignment : 1 really cool fog shot ( 5 marks)

Reminder you have black and white shots to shoot as well.

NEWSFLASH: 

• Tehya and Todd Presentations on Friday
• Test for all students next WED
• test will be on elements of composition, manual mode on the camera, how to shoot good portraits

Working in Manual Mode: an overview

working in manual mode

Manual Chart Link: Cheat sheet for beginners

When shooting portraits, it's best to set a wide aperture (around f/2.8-f/5.6) to capture a shallow depth of field, so the background behind your subject is nicely blurred, making them stand out better.