Mon Sept 29

TOP PRIORITY! Continue working on last week's assignments, they need to be done by Friday Oct 3 in your folders on M drive for Ms. Chase to mark. If they are not in the folder by Friday, you may be getting a call home or possibly receiving a zero.

NEW ASSIGNMENT:  50 marks This assignment is due in class on Thurs Oct 16. If you are not prepared to present you will lose your 10 marks for presentation, however your photos will still be marked.

Black and White Photography 20 photos in a slideshow set to music use Canva or another Photo Slideshow program.

Criteria

• all photos must be recently taken, no old photos
• at least 10 shots in this assignment need to use the digital SLR cameras 
• all photos must be edited in Photoshop especially paying attention to contrast
• photos should not just be "done", but should be artistic and show evidence of good compositional techniques
• some of this assignment should be shot on your own time at home

WATCH THIS 3 min video on Black and White photography

Black and White Photography Tips

•  Visualize in black and white, only pay attention to lines, shadows, and shapes. This trick is very helpful to aid photographers in pre-visualizing a black and white image even though we live in a color world.
• Look for contrast. In my experience, the best black and white photos usually have some portion of the photo that is near to pure white, and some portion of the photo that is near black.  This increased contrast adds interest to the scene.
• Find a wide range of grays. Having white and black in the image will help add interest to a picture, but if other areas do not have a wide range of varying tones of gray, the photo will most likely look dull.  You can achieve a a wider range of grays by using flash to throw highlights and shadows over certain areas of the photo.
• Watch for texture. As long as texture is not front-lit, it will show contrast in fine details, which makes it a compelling subject for black and white.  This is why black and white photos of old items such as barns or antiques are so compelling–they have a lot of weathered texture.
• Look for patterns. Patterns are interesting because of their ordered repetition.  Color merely distracts us from giving the pattern our attention.  By using black and white, images of patterns are far more compelling.  Once you start looking for patterns to shoot in black and white, you'll notice them everywhere: cars in a parking lot, the shoes of a wedding party standing in line, or a row of bushes.
• Editing is the secret sauce. The last black-and-white tip is probably the most important.  When post-processing a black and white, you absolutely MUST tweak the colors in the adjustments panel in Photoshop or Lightroom.