Monday April 7 Donut shoot lesson

 Donut/Product Shoot Assignment

DETAILS: You  will shoot your donut 5 different ways. I would like you to use lighting, different backgrounds and different ideas for the shoot. 10 shots. You are then going to create one ad from your best shot. Find a Tim Hortons logo and/or create a slogan for your ad. Save as a Photoshop file and a jpeg. You can use Canva or Photoshop. 

10 shots experimenting with different ideas

1 ad with a Tim Horton's logo and/or slogan

 20 marks

      

End of Term is Wed April 16

 List of Assignments to Date: Due April 16

1. Top 5

2. Best (5) label the one you like best

3. Hunt #1 5 (label each photo)

4. Headshots 5

5. Circles Squared 5 

6. 5 School videos 5

7. Glacier shot(s) 1

8. Step up 3

9. Hunt #2 10 shots 20 marks 

10. Head Swap 10 marks

11. Magazine Cover 1 shot 

12. Candy shots edited

13. Freedom 5

14. Beauty: 20 shots

15. Angle shots : 16 shots

Week of March 11-14

 NEW Assignment: 8 Angle Shots in Photography

Medium shot, close-up shot, long shot, dutch angle, low angle, high angle, extreme close up, over the shoulder shot. 2 shots of each angle.

Assignment 3: 8 Angle Shots in Photography

You will be taking 2  still photographs of each of the angle shots. See descriptions below:

Medium Shot

The medium shot may be similar to many of your typical photographs. A subject is captured from around the knees or waist to the top of the head. We can’t see their entire body, but we are close enough to establish a primary connection with the person. We can view aspects of the background that have been permitted to appear in the frame. Medium shots are the baseline of where we will begin. Not always the most interesting, but medium shots are fundamental.

Close Up

More intimate and ‘in your face’, the closeup aims at creating a stronger connection to the subject. Suddenly we can clearly see a person’s emotions and can easily connect with their humanity. If our subject is older, we may be able to see wrinkles of time, which tell a story within themselves. Close-ups are great when you want an intimate documentary style shot where the world disappears, and your subject is the clear focus.

Long Shot

Excellent for telling stories, long shots allow us to see not only our subject but also their environment. Depending on how a long shot is setup, we may find a person surrounded by their workspace, and thus we learn a bit more about their lives. Other times, a subject can be surrounded by seemingly endless isolated. Long shots help us to take photographs that establish a person’s position within the world.

Dutch Angle

Becoming increasingly criticized for its modern overuse in still photography, Dutch angles can help to tell us something about the photograph or its subject is not entirely right. Typically used to depict the world on its side, Dutch angles can be artfully utilized to tell us that something is wrong. Maybe the subject is in danger, or their state of mind isn’t properly grounded.

Low Angle

Taking a photograph from a low angle, also know as a ‘worm’s-eye view’, makes subjects appear larger than normal. The lens sees the scene from a point of humility while the subject towers over the world. A photograph taken from a low angle to help establish dominance or power.

High Angle

Looking at the exact opposite situation, the high angle can be used to make a subject appear small or vulnerable. Commonly known as the ‘bird’s-eye view’, shots like these may be used to signal that a subject is in danger or has lost dominance in their environment. Add a dutch angle and something bad is almost certainly about to happen.

The Extreme Close-Up

The most intimate of all shots, the extreme close-up, goes beyond the standard close-up by focusing on a single feature. We may see a drop of sweat drip down a subject’s check or the fear in a pair of eyes. Close-ups may be shot with macro lenses due to how close they are to a subject. However they are shot, extreme close-ups allow us to get emotionally under the skin of our subjects.

The Over the Shoulder

An over the shoulder shot can be used to show a relationship between another persona and our subject. We take a position next to the main subject getting close-up in their space and viewing the world as if we were standing with them. We may connect our model with a physical item or another individual within their space. The over the shoulder position places us within the world of the documented subject.

The medium shot may be similar to many of your typical photographs. A subject

is captured from around the knees or waist to the top of the head. We can’t see

their entire body, but we are close enough to establish a primary connection with

the person. We can view aspects of the background that have been permitted to

appear in the frame. Medium shots are the baseline of where we will begin. Not

always the most interesting, but medium shots are fundamental.

Close Up

More intimate and ‘in your face’, the closeup aims at creating a stronger

connection to the subject. Suddenly we can clearly see a person’s emotions and

can easily connect with their humanity. If our subject is older, we may be able to

see wrinkles of time, which tell a story within themselves. Close-ups are great

The medium shot may be similar to many of your typical photographs. A subject

is captured from around the knees or waist to the top of the head. We can’t see

their entire body, but we are close enough to establish a primary connection with

the person. We can view aspects of the background that have been permitted to

appear in the frame. Medium shots are the baseline of where we will begin. Not

always the most interesting, but medium shots are fundamental.

Close Up

More intimate and ‘in your face’, the closeup aims at creating a stronger

connection to the subject. Suddenly we can clearly see a person’s emotions and

can easily connect with their humanity. If our subject is older, we may be able to

see wrinkles of time, which tell a story within themselves. Close-ups are g

List of Assignments to Date

1. Top 5

2. Best (5) label the one you like best

3. Hunt #1 5 (label each photo)

4. Headshots 5

5. Circles Squared 5 

6. 5 School videos 5

7. Glacier shot(s) 1

8. Step up 3

9. Hunt #2 10 shots 20 marks 

10. Head Swap 10 marks

11. Magazine Cover 1 shot 

12. Candy shots edited

13. Freedom 5

14. Beauty: 20 shots

15. Angle shots : 16 shots

Week of March 3

 Understanding Composition in Photography

 Understanding the Importance of Backgrounds and lighting when shooting up close.

Each person composes and takes their own photos!

• DO NOT SHOOT ON THE BARE TABLES
• choose a variety of interesting backgrounds, make sure you make the background work with the colours of your candy
• edit on your phone
• use lighting to enhance the photos 
• set up the shot using elements of composition
• upload photos
• edit photos using IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS brightness/Constrast and Crop
• Reshoot again on WED.

ASSIGNMENT: 10 well executed shots

Think COLOUR, PATTERN, SYMMETRY, SIMPLICITY, RULE OF THIRDS, RULE OF ODDS,

CONTRAST

Friday Feb 21

Here are a few cool videos that show what you can do with Photography

Flickr Moments: World's Best Father

Flickr Moments: photographing Jimmy the Dog

Flickr Moments: Photographer Lands Job at Coca Cola

List of Assignments to Date

1. Top 5

2. Best (5) label the one you like best

3. Hunt #1 5 (label each photo)

4. Headshots 5

5. Circles Squared 5 

6. 5 School videos 5

7. Glacier shot(s) 1

8. Step up 3

Hunt #2 10 shots 20 marks ( due this Friday)

Head Swap 10 marks ( due this Friday)  THESE SHOULD ALL BE COMPLETED

Continue working on the following...not due yet:

Freedom 5

Magazine cover 20 marks

Beauty video 20 5 sec shots due AFTER March break March 17. Slice of life content 60 1-2 sec total ONGOING, FINAL video due in early June

Magazine Cover Assignment

 Composition Review

Today's Assignment: practice Magazine Cover using a photo from the internet.

Complete research on what magazine you are going to use as a magazine cover, take a vertical photo for the magazine cover

Criteria:

• bar code ( bring in from google)
• coordinating colours for lead ins
• clear, well composed vertical  photo
• 3 sets of text with page numbers drawing the reader in
• text size is appropriate, Font is appropriate for magazine...NO written fonts
• looks visually pleasing and is sized properly 8.5 inches X 11 inches ( these covers will also be printed out)
• looks like a real magazine cover
• NOTE: Please get Ms Chase to approve your photo before you begin working on it

 

Magazine Cover Assignment: (Marks 20) 

Sample Magazine covers from years past are on the Mdrive under Chase2024/Group photo 11and12/ Magazine cover samples

The magazine cover requires you to take a vertical photo that is at a very high quality, and using photoshop you are to create the cover of a magazine. I should be able to look at the cover of your magazine and think it is a real magazine. 

Head Swap

 HEAD SWAP: 10 marks

1. Find a photo of a person on the internet. When using google to find the image, get the largest size photo possible. ( ie superman, famous model or celebrity) no animals or cartoons. Right click COPY, open Photoshop, File NEW, edit PASTE

2. Bring in the Headshot of Yourself or a friend. Go to file OPEN and open from your file on the MDRIVE. It should automatically open in Photoshop.

3. Bring in both photos to Photoshop. Go to IMAGE, IMAGE SIZE and change the photos to both be close to the same size.Height 11 INCHES. If one is way bigger than the other it will be difficult to do the assignment.

4. While under ADJUSTMENTS, you can also change both photos to BLACK and WHITE.

5. The photos should be open in different tabs.

If you get all of this done you can continue.

6. Next go to the SELECTION TOOL,(4th tool down on the left, right click) and using the tool, move the tool around the head of one of your photos, then click on EDIT CUT and go to your next photo.

Note: It is probably more interesting to put the student head on the celebrity body, but it does not matter which head goes where. Also if you do not have a head shot that works for the swap, simply go out and take a shot of someone in a similar pose and distance away from the camera.

7. When on the next photo, click on EDIT, PASTE. This will put the head on the page. Then to resize the head, click EDIT, TRANSFORM, SCALE. This will put a box around the photo and allow you to change the size of the head, you can also slightly rotate the head if you go to ROTATE under TRANSFORM tool.

8.. Then you want to tweak the image by moving into place with the pick/move tool, or use the eraser tool to clean up the edges.

Note: SAVING the file: If you need to continue working on the head swap, save as a COPY Photoshop file so you can come back and work on the image. It is always a good idea, to save your edited photos as Photoshop files as a backup in case you need to go back and make changes. However, if you think you are done you can save as a JPEG ( which is save as copy). 

Week of Feb 10-14

List of Assignments to Date

1. Top 5

2. Best (5) label the one you like best

3. Hunt #1 5 (label each photo)

4. Headshots 5

5. Circles Squared 5 

6. 5 School videos 5

7. Glacier shot(s) 1

8. Step up 3

9. freedom 5

10. working on Beauty video 20 5 sec shots of slice of life content 60 total

11. Hunt #2 10

  

Take the camera out and practice using, if you get any good shots you can upload them. If you did not get your Glacier shot, today would be a good day for that.

HUNT#2

• shoot through something
• reflection shot
• fill the frame
• photo bomb
• photo of a person taking a photo
• the eye close up
• umbrella shot
• up close of the tip of a pencil
• shooting top down of a person
• leading lines

Routine for taking the camera out and practice using. 

• put strap around neck, have a wide base when standing, bring arms in close to chest
• hold down shutter to allow lens to focus, then press down shutter button
• the squiggly arrow on the dial turns the flash off

 Using the Digital SLR cameras:

• Get camera from bin, turn on check battery
• check lens to make sure it is on auto, make sure camera settings are on auto, and stabilization is on
• Next get a card from the front of the room, put in camera
• Sign out the camera and card in the book
• check/clean lens, reformat the card, take a test photo
• head out to take your photos

Returning the camera

• Bring camera back, make sure it is turned off, return card after you have uploaded photos
• Get a card reader to upload your photos onto the computer
• Cross off your name in the book
• If the battery is less than half, switch it out for a fresh battery, and place the other battery in the charger.

Step Down 3 Different Ways

Take 3 Step Down Photos: you are to take 3 different photos using this technique. 5 marks. Put in folder called STEP DOWN

Photo by Meredith Holser

The best part about this picture-taking tip is you can execute it by yourself. For the best outfit pics, use the .5 wide angle option on the iPhone’s back camera. Place your phone down low (can touch the ground), making sure you’re in-frame with some test shots. You will need to put the timer on, try 3-5 sec. Once you've found the best perspective, pose by kicking a leg out towards the camera, reach your hand toward it, or lean down to look at the camera lens. Capturing with the wide angle setting adds a level of distortion to your pics for added personality. 

List of Assignments to Date

1. Top 5

2. Best (5) label the one you like best

3. Hunt #1 5 (label each photo)

4. Headshots 5

5. Circles Squared 5 

6. 5 School videos 5

7. Glacier shot(s) 1

8. Step up 3

Thurs Feb 6

 Assignment #7: Conceptual Photography 5 freedom photos and one Comox glacier shot

Spend time organizing photos, editing photos and videos, and having them reviewed by the teacher.

Wed Feb 5

 Assignment #1: Top 5 photos on your phone currently...upload to computer. Call this Top 5  (5 marks)

Assignment #2 : Find one object or person to shoot outside, shoot them 5 different ways, then choose your best photo and title it BEST (5 marks)

Assignment #3 : Mini scavenger hunt...take a photo of:  HUNT#1 

(10 marks)

1. something red

2. something round

3. something that has texture

4. shoot something while laying on the ground

5. something architectural

6. snow shot

Assignment #4: Headshots 5: you are to take 5 headshots and crop them all the same for head and shoulders. put in folder and label Headshots  (10 marks)

Assignment # 5: Circles Squared, 5 shots make sure the circle is shot directly top down or head on. 5 shots (10 marks)

Assignment # 6:  5 - 5 sec videos shot horizontally connected to school. HORIZONTALLY!!!!! Videos should include movement. 

School video (10marks)

Example: opening the door to the school, opening a locker, someone taking a photo, kicking a ball, someone walking down the hall, doing a math problem, typing on the computer,  etc. Upload to the mdrive in your folder and label School video 

MAKE SURE ALL PHOTOS ARE EDITED, FOLDERS ARE LABELED PROPERLY....HAVE THE TEACHER LOOK THEM OVER AND OFFER A CRITIQUE.

Mon Feb 3

 Assignment #5: Circles Squared

You are to take 5 well composed photos of things that are round and then crop them in a square format. Try to be creative, try objects with different colours or textures.

 

           

Fri Jan 31

 Photoshop Beginner Lesson

Continue working on these Assignments (they are not due this week)

Assignment #1: Top 5 photos on your phone currently...upload to computer. Call this Top 5  (5 marks)

Assignment #2 : Find one object or person to shoot outside, shoot them 5 different ways, then choose your best photo and title it BEST (5 marks)

Assignment #3 : Mini scavenger hunt...take a photo of:  HUNT#1 

(10 marks)

1. something red

2. something round

3. something that has texture

4. shoot something while laying on the ground

5. something architectural

6. a shadow

Assignment #4: Headshots 5: you are to take 5 headshots and crop them all the same for head and shoulders. put in folder and label Headshots  (10 marks)

MAKE SURE ALL PHOTOS ARE EDITED....HAVE THE TEACHER LOOK THEM OVER AND OFFER A CRITIQUE.

Thurs. Jan 30

Photo composition is how a photographer arranges visual elements within their frame. “It's a pleasing organization of objects within your rectangle.

Understanding Rule of thirds

The rule of thirds is a composition guideline that divides an image into nine equal parts to help create a well-balanced and visually interesting image. 

• Divide the image into nine equal parts using two horizontal and two vertical lines 
• Place the subject in the left or right third of the image 
• Place important elements along the lines or at their intersections 

Why it works 

• Helps balance the subject with negative space
• Draws the viewer's eye to the main focal point
• Creates more tension, energy, and interest

How to use it

• Most cameras and phones have a rule of thirds setting 
• In landscape photography, the horizon line is often placed on a thirds line 

Example of Rule of Thirds

WATCH THIS VIDEO ON COMPOSITION

 

Continue working on these Assignments (they are not due this week)

Assignment #1: Top 5 photos on your phone currently...upload to computer. Call this Top 5  (5 marks)

Assignment #2 : Find one object or person to shoot outside, shoot them 5 different ways, then choose your best photo and title it BEST (5 marks)

Assignment #3 : Mini scavenger hunt...take a photo of:  HUNT#1 

(10 marks)

1. something red

2. something round

3. something that has texture

4. shoot something while laying on the ground

5. something architectural

6. a shadow

Assignment #4: Headshots 5: you are to take 5 headshots and crop them all the same for head and shoulders. put in folder and label Headshots  (10 marks)