Photo Assignments Term 2

Food shots: You should  get up close and make your food look interesting. Make sure you shoot from an interesting angle and your shots are well composed. (shots 5...marks 10)

Texture shots: Choose interesting background textures like jeans, lace, burlap, stone, etc. Take a good in focus picture of each of these textures. (shots 5...marks 10)

Overlay in Photoshop:  This technique can also be done in Pixlr. You are going to take a photograph and overlay a texture over top of the photo. You will then reduce the opacity to mesh the layers toether.Both photos should be your own. shots 1...10 marks)

Circles: In nature or man made...you are LOOKING to photograph the circle...get creative. I bet you will start to see circles everywhere. ( shots 10...marks 20)

Christmas shoot: Have fun taking artistic Christmas /decoration shots. Use different angles and interesting compositions. Have fun and play! (shots 10...marks 20)

Gel transfer: You are to create at least two photo layers and one word layer in photoshop. You cannot use your overlay from textures. TIP: WHEN YOU PUT YOUR WORD /QUOTE ON THE PAGE MAKE SURE IT IS REVERSED. You will print to the colour printer ( have Ms. Chase make sure it is set up properly) then using gel medium, transfer onto a canvas board. (shots 1...marks 15)

Album/CD cover: You are to choose a cover and duplicate the look of the cover shot. Make sure you pay careful attention to detail. shots 1...marks 20)

Photo Slideshow: Due Tues Dec. 18 in class. Must be in format ready to present. (shots 60 or more...marks 50)

Annie Lebowitz Questions : (3  questions marks 15)

Creative/Trick Photography shot: Please see details for this assignment above, if you are unsure as to what will work for the assignment please ask Ms. Chase. (shots 1....marks 20)

Ad/Magazine cover: You are to complete a photoshoot whereby 5 of your shots will be put into a Flicker set entitled Fashion/Magazine/Ad Photoshoot. From these shots, you will produce a magazine ad or cover of a magazine. (shots 1...marks 20)

Reminder storyboards due tomorrow

This is the video I did several weeks back in about an hour on my Mac. I am expecting your shots to have more focus and be thoughtfully clipped together. Be conscious of your beginning and ending shots. I will be giving a higher grade to those of you who have given consideration to a theme of some kind. Stay tuned for further detailed criteria. This assignment is due on Tues Dec. 18 and we will be viewing all of the slideshows in class during that week.


I will be marking your storyboards tomorrow without exception. If you do not get them in you will not receive the full grade. Continue to work hard to begin the term 2 photo assignments which are listed below.

Term 2 Assignments

Food shots: 5 shots
(up close, use of angles, get creative, make the food look good.

Texture: 5 shots
( jean, dirt, fabric, brick etc, anything with texture)

Photo to do your texture overlay on: 1 photo
( This is to be done in Phtoshop)

Circles: 10 shots
( any circles in nature...or set up your circle shots )

Album/cd cover: 1 shot
( to recreate an album/cd cover including cover text)

The following is a fantastic photo by Kody which showcases the creative component of photography.

Update of Assignments for Term 1

TERM 1 ends Thurs. Nov. 8, all assignments for this course are due Friday Nov. 9. The following is a condensed list of all of the assignments due for term 1. This means from the end of this week you have 4 weeks until the end of term.

On Flickr: Buddy icon, contact with Ms. Chase, 3 photos posted to the group site Mark Isfeld Photography. (marks 10)

Skatepark shoot: 6 shots, 3 of people, 3 of objects (marks 10)

Macros: 5 black and white, 10 colour (marks 25)

Spot colour: 5 shots (marks10)

Animoto video on macros, was presented in class.

Portraits: 10 for people who have never been in a photo class before, 20 for people who have been in one of my classes before. (marks 20)

Duplicity: minimum 4 shots within the one edited piece. In this assignment you are taking a photo of one person in 4 different poses in the same background. You then edit them in Photoshop into the same photo. Shots should be in focus and edited to look like they are meant to be there (marks 10)

Conceptual word piece: 5 shots of conceptual word and brief description. In this assignment, you are working as a conceptual photographer taking a word and then transforming it into a photo. For example  if the word is joy, then you would try to come up with a photo which represents this idea. Go to getty images, Evolve images and type in a conceptual word and get some ideas by viewing what kind of photos are connected to this word. (marks 15)

Head/body switch: This is an edited piece done in Photoshop, using the same technique as in the Duplicity shot ( the free transform tool) Basically you are removing a head from one of your photos and putting it on another body. The head should be your own photo, but the body can be an internet image.
(marks10)

Finished everything? Continue working on the Beauty in a Second video assignment. Remember this is due before Christmas. If you are new to photography you are shooting 60 still shots, and if you are experienced, you are shooting 60 moving video shots. All photos are put into a video and put to the same song, which can be purchased from iTunes for Mac users or copied from you tube for people using Moviemaker.

Portraits Assignment

In this assignment students are going to be taking pictures of 1-2 different models. The focus is to really get to know the model and have their personality shine through in the photos you take of them. The things that need to be considered when shooting portraits includes:

• be aware of your background, it should not overpower your model and it should not be cluttered.
• you may want to have your model choose a certain style of clothing for the shoot
• you may want to bring props such as a hat, scarf, skateboard, balloons or umbrella
• choose a location or a variety of locations to shoot your subject
• encourage your model to feel comfortable and do what comes natural to them
• DO NOT SHOW YOUR MODEL EACH SHOT..this wastes time, tell them they can have a look when the shoot has been completed
• get a variety of shots using different distance ranges
• use natural light, avoid harsh sun

Assignment: Advanced photographers who have done this assignment before 20 shots

New photographers: 10 shots

Criteria: in focus, use of compositional elements, unique background, capturing of an essence or spirit of your model

Portrait backgrounds

Shooting portraits

Video on shooting portraits

An interview with a portrait photographer

Aslo check out Fickr by doing a search under Portrait Photographers.

Check out these videos or others on you tube

video1

video2

Isfeld Runs for Cancer

My favourite day of the year...when the whole school gets out of class to run in support of Terry Fox and in support of finding a cure for cancer.

Portraits

We are moving into photographing people portraits. Here are a couple of links to check out.
Portrait techniques