Tues Feb 21

Reminder this Friday:

• 5 videos showing movement
• Selfie shot
• Quiz on Composition

New Assignment: Selfie that speaks to who you are. 1 shot. Either shoot you in a way that defines who you are or use photoshop to create who you are. 10 marks

Criteria: Use of photography or photoshop to showcase an aspect of your personality.

New Assignment Macros part #1: 10 Macro/Up clase shots looking at objects from a different perspective. Camera phones with macro phone lenses should work well for this assignment.

Criteria: Shots should have a defined focal point and be edited effectively for lighting and cropping. Looking for clear, well focused shots.

Mon Feb 13

REMINDERS: All cameras should be back the following morning after the night before sign out. 

 1. Photoshop Lesson

• bringing photos in to edit 2 ways
• bringing in a photo from google
• image sizing for printing
• move/crop/select/transform for size

2. Organizing Photos

Folders: Assign #1Low Angle

Scavenger Hunt

Uploads

Edits

Final Good

Video clips

3. Composition

Compositional techniques

4. Continue working on Scavenger Hunt

Thurs Feb 9

  Peter Mckinnon on Compostion: Watch Video

Continue working on Scavenger Hunt Assignment: Due next Thursday

Reminder of Criteria

• shots are all in focus
• well composed free of background clutter
• edited for lighting and cropping
• shots are not just DONE, but creatively done
• NO photos of other art or photography
• All shots are labeled by the content

Cameras/Cards should be signed out and returned at the end of class. Students should return 15 min before the end of class.

Wed Feb 8

 

Link to Composition: Composition

Bringing a Photo into Photoshop: Crop and Lighten

Reminders of using the digital SLR cameras

Photos you will need for upcoming assignments:

• portrait ( needing a portrait model)
• a selfie
• object for an ad
• close up/macro shots
• subject for magazine cover ( verticle shot)
• high contrast black and white photos
• 60 one sec video clips for Beauty in a Minute video SHOOT HORIZONTAL ONLY!!
• 20 shots on a theme of your choice

Tues Feb 7

 

Mon Feb 6

 Reminders:

• Do not take photos of art or other photographs
• When you borrow an item or use something from the art room put it back
• use your time wisely, leave enough time for uploading and editing
• All images must be in focus unless a blur is intended
• Sitch up vertical and horizontal orientations when shooting.

1. Review of Compositional Elements :Composition

Focal Point: The subject or object you want the viewer to focus on, Every good photo should have a focal point. The focal point will lood better and stand out when you have a decluttered or clean background.

Rule of thirds:The rule of thirds is a composition guideline that places your subject in the left or right third of an image, leaving the other two thirds more open. While there are other forms of composition, the rule of thirds generally leads to compelling and well-composed shots.

Centered Composition: Centre composition: The most powerful way to draw attention to your main subject. As the name suggests, in the centre composition, the main subject is placed smack in the middle of the image frame. Use when you have a symetrical shot or a reflection shot. DO NOT OVERUSE

 First Assignment: Scavenger Hunt: 20 marks

• shoot through somethingor framing the shot
• use of a mirror
• headshot on a clean background
• fill the frame
• a water shot
• a reflection shot
• something red
• a piece of fruit
• a close -up/macro shot
• duck/flamingo/or isfeld bear shot
• photo of a person taking a photo
• a shadow shot
• grafitti shot
• low angle shot
• food or drink shot
• BONUS: your choice CREATIVE Shot
• Challenge: the concept of freedom

If you have done this assignment before, you will complete the colour assignment.

You are to go out and shoot subjects and objects within a colour choice. You may choose 2 colours and complete 10 shots for each colour

Please do not reuse any old shots from before this class, or photos of art

Criteria:

• Keep in mind all of the elements of composition, especially focal point. 
• This is not a simply go out and get the shot then check it off your list. I want you to think about how you can make these shots different from each other and artistic.Try to look at this assignment from a creative point of view. You are the photographer, you compose the shots
• Assessment will be based on: =clarity of shots, composition,cropping for focal point, and creativity of  the shots

Fri Feb 3

 Composition Continued:composition#1

1. Review of Composition

PRACTICE ASSIGNMENTS: worth 10 marks

2. A: Seeing differently 5 shots on Mdrive      B: Low angle persective: 5 shots on Mdrive

Thurs Feb 2

Create an M Drive folder

Composition Continued :10 Questions

First Practice Assignment: Look at things differently: 5 Phone photos

Practice Upload

Introduction to Composition

Partner Interviews

Rule of Thirds: 2 photos that show rule of thirds

Composition is the strongest way of seeing. —Edward Weston

A good photograph is knowing where to stand. —Ansel Adams

Composition noun com·po·si·tion : the way in which something is put together or arranged : the combination of parts or elements that make up something.

Welcome to the wonderful world of photographic composition. In its most general terms, photographic composition is the art of composing an image through framing. And there exists the problem. How is it that one thing that almost everyone agrees is critical to the success of a photograph is completely subjective—an art unto itself? Composition is in the eye of the artist, however we know there are many techniques to help with good composition.

You Create Composition

There are three basic ingredients to a good photographer: knowledge of camera, an eye for composition, and artistic vision.

Today’s cameras have such amazing technology that they can do everything but make a great photograph for you. That “but” refers to composition. Composition is the aspect of the medium that is 100% dependent on your efforts as the photographer. It is the one part of photography that the camera cannot do on its own. Therefore, good composition is not something that can be achieved by expensive photography gear alone. Along the same lines, you may have the most astute eye on the planet, but, without the aptitude to effectively use your camera, you may lack the ability to make the photograph that you perceive in your mind’s eye. Photography is a technically based art form. Even the world’s best composition can be ruined because the image is out of focus, badly over- or underexposed, or the victim of some poorly chosen camera settings.