Week of Mon. Oct 14

All students should be finishing up the assignment on Day in the Life…it should be ready to be presented on Thurs. of this week. If students have finished, they should continue on to the macro assignment and look over the articles on manual functions on the camera.

Link #1 Macro

LInk #2 Macro

Sample macros

NEW ASSIGNMENT MACROS

You will be expected to take 20 macro shots, 10 black and white and 10 colour. You should find objects that are interesting and then get close up. These shots will then be put into a slideshow for presentation. ( marks 40) The following is a number of articles you should read…they are very short, but packed with some very good tips to help you improve your photography skills.

macro tips #1

macro tips #2 (very helpful)

Black and white #1

Black and white #2

Learning manual functions

Camera simulation

aperature

shutter speed

iso

Sept 2014 The Beginning of a new year

I apologize for such a slow start to the year…cameras were left in a mess at the end of last year and we have 5 cameras in need of repair. Assemblies have nicely interrupted the flow of having 11's and 12's in the same class. And lastly the weather has not been the best. But here we are…and we will continue to move forward.


New students should be signed up on Flickr and have made me a contact. All students should have a buddy icon and your screen name should read your name (f 2014). If you have taken photography before, you should move all of your photos into an album called old photos. Students should have a Photography 11/12 folder created with a sub folder entitled photos and one called resources. Under photos, you should have 2 sub folders, one called unedited and one called edited.

ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE THEIR OWN SD CARD BY NEXT WEEK AND BRING IT TO CLASS REGULARLY... I WILL ONLY BE LOANING CARDS OUT FOR A RENTAL FEE OF $1.

Work so far…
1. How to Connect with your subject…5 points from the article (5-10 marks)
2. texture shots: 5 shots focusing on textures…google photo textures to get some ideas (5 marks)
3. After watching the following photo shoot videos, in a paragraph explain some of the techniques/ways the photographer is able to get great shots from his models. (5-10 marks)

PHOTO SHOOT 1
PHOTO SHOOT 2
PHOTO SHOOT 3
PHOTO SHOOT 4
PHOTO SHOOT 5

NEW ASSIGNMENT: A DAY IN THE LIFE

In this assignment you should have a camera with you throughout the entire day. You should look for interesting angles and subjects to take photos of. You should have at least 30 photos and they will be put into a slideshow with music. You can use any program you like and for those new to photography, I will show you how to use the slideshow program.

Test: We will continue to review photography terminology and techniques, and after a time there will be a test on this knowledge

All work for term 2

The following is all of the assignments for term # 2:

• Portraits: 20, 10 guy shots, 10 girl shots = 20 marks
• Collage: 1 photo....9 shots = 20 marks
• Yearbook shots : 10 shots = 10 marks
• Downtown shoot: 20 shots = 20 marks
• Gel transfer: tile, 1 shot = 10 marks
• Gel transfer: canvas, 1 shot = 10marks
• Light photos 5 shots = 10 marks
• Magazine cover 1 shot = 10 marks
• Creative shot(s) 1-2 shots = 20 marks

Your video is due Tues. Jan 14 (50 marks) and should be ready on that day to be shown to the class. All other work is due by Friday Jan. 24. All of the work should be posted up onto Flickr in sets.

Total term # 2 = 180 marks

Here are some cool creative shot links to check out:
creative approaches to photography
creative art photography

Week of Dec. 16-20

I am not here today...spend your time productively! Do the things you need to do , especially the yearbook  shots since you cannot do these at home. I have included a couple of links for you to read. Remember we will have a few creative photo assignments due after the holidays so you could be researching some ideas if you have time.

Here are a few interesting articles for you to check out.

More on Light photography...a quick read

Check out these Christmas Light Painting Pics

Tues. Dec. 3

The following assignments are due before the Xmas holidays.

• Portraits: 20, 10 guy shots , 10 girl shots
• Collage: 1 photo....9 shots
• Yearbook shots : 10 shots
• Downtown shoot: 20 shots
• Gel transfer: tile, 1 shot
• Gel transfer: canvas 3 layers required in Photoshop. If you are using words do not forget to reverse them.

Your video is due the first week back after the holiday (50 marks), as is your magazine cover (10 marks) and Light Photography 5 shots (10 marks).

Light Photography: After a number of people in class have been experimenting the following might be helpful to those playing with light photography.

1. You need to have your lens and camera set into manual mode
2. Your iso should be set to low ( l00), F stop is good around F8 but this can be experimented with. You want to open your shutter for a longer period of tim in order to allow more light to come in.
3. And you can experiment with the length of time you want to keep the shutter open. On some cameras changing the setting to bulb mode will help.

You tube tutorial Light Painting

I love this guy's tutorials on you tube he is very knowledgeable and easy to understand. He has a number of creative tutorials, you should check him out.

Great link on Light Photography