Final project: Motion and shutter speed in photography

-----First, Look at everyone's triptychs and diptychs and Comment on 5. Talk about what they did well and if you have any suggestions for future photos.

We are learning about shutter speed. Look at these camera simulators and experiment with different shutter speeds.
http://camerasim.com/apps/dslr-explained/
http://camerasim.com/apps/camera-simulator/

Choose one of the following assignments to complete for your final 1st quarter assignment.

Option 1. Shoot for motion blur and practice with the three techniques discussed in the following link: panning, lens zooming and long exposures. Post 6 motion blur photos to your blog and a sentence under each photo describing how you achieved the desired results. Post the shutter speed you used while taking the photos.
http://digital-photography-school.com/3-tips-creating-dramatic-images-using-motion/
    


Option 2.   Jumping
Look at the work of Phillipe  Halsman and his jumping series photos.
 http://philippehalsman.com/?image=jumps
Also, check out this jumping series: http://yowayowacamera.com/
Photograph people jumping and create a series of six to post together in some way.
Post the shutter speed you used while taking the photo.

Due Tuesday  March 24

Grading: 20 pts total
4pts 1. Is the photo in focus when it needs to be and blurry where it needs to be.
4pts 2. Creative?
4pts 3. Effort. did you learn something new while making you photo?
4pts 4. Composition of photo. Rule of thirds, leading lines, balance?
4pts 5. Did you follow the instructions of the prompt?

saving to Google drive

Today. Learn how to save to google drive. I don't want you to save to the computer. They will get messy and slow with all the files students save to them. Use Your google drive from now on.

PHOTO 1
Read this article
http://www.diyphotography.net/25-ways-to-jump-start-photography-inspiration/
how might these ideas help make your photographs better? List 5 ways. be specific. Post answer to your blog.

PHOTO 2
Read through these links and compare and contrast the difference between raw and jpeg capture. 

http://digital-photography-school.com/raw-vs-jpeg

http://www.slrlounge.com/school/raw-vs-jpeg-jpg-the-ultimate-visual-guide

List 5 pros and 5 cons of shooting RAW on your blog. Learn how to change your camera settings to RAW. 

Diptych and Triptych assignment

1. look at your classmates color photos and comment on 6 of them about their use of color and how they composed the picture.

2. Finish any assignments you are missing

3. 30 Photos that changed the world
Read this link about the 30 Photos that changed the world and write a two paragraph reflection about 3 of the photos. Include what the photo is about and your opinion of it.:

http://www.photographyschoolsonline.net/blog/2010/30-photos-that-changed-the-world/

4. In class practice triptych.
 •Take 3 photos or use three photos from your blog which go together visually to make a triptych. Edit your photos in Photoshop. Make a new document and size it to be a 9×16 or 16×9 at 200 resolution
•Go back to your edited three photos and crop each to 3×5 or 5×3 at 200 resolution.
•Move each image into your triptych and re-size if necessary.
•Layout your images any way your like to make an interesting triptych
•Add a subtle low key background under the three photos. Find the background on google. Make sure it has a large resolution size.
•Merge layers and save as a jpg.
•Post your triptych photo to your blog Label it practice

5. Homework: shoot photos for your
-diptych -polar opposites and
-triptych- theme of three photos that go together
You will have time in class to put them together on photo shop.
Post your final diptych and triptych to your blog and title them creatively.

All of these assignments are due  Wednesday march 18th.



GRADING RUBRIC
What you will be graded on with your final diptych(15pts)  and triptych(15pts)...

2pts 1. Did you edit your photos?
2pts 2. Does your triptych have a theme? does your diptych follow the polar opposites prompt?
2pts 3. Does your back ground add to the photo arrangement? How much attention did you pay to detail? Did you just throw your photos on a rectangle and call it a triptych?
3pts 4. How creative is the design of the diptych, triptych and photos?
2pts 5. Did you use skills we have learned so far in taking your photos?
2pts 6. Effort, how much?
2pts 7. Did you title and write an artist statement next to each final diptych and triptych? An Artist statement describes your image and why you did what you did. Did you have a deeper meaning?

March 6 2015

Today in class
Review color, look at a few more color example photographs
-Make a collage from magazine cutouts using one of the color contrasts(complementary, analogous, monochromatic, warm vs cool, bright vs dull)  .  Due at the end of class.

-Take a portrait photo projecting an image onto a person. Using the color contrasts.  This one is monochromatic

Color and Photography

Homework Assignment DUE Tuesday March 10:  Post 3 photos that you you take emphasizing the color relationships which we discussed in class. Label each photo with 2 things...

1. the first being what color scheme you have used (monochromatic, analogous, complementary, warm vs cool, bright vs dull.

2, And the second label should be what element of design did you use(shape, line, texture, value, pattern, juxtaposition, proportion, balance)

Example

This photo uses 1.  warm vs cool and analogous colors 2.  line, shape and pattern,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW_UbrkBEw&index=6&list=PLiOil1qP-cMURN_8baOr3QWfySmIjqKIj

Photo Shop basics

Edit a photo  (one you took) using each of these adjustments

Post each edit to your blog 1. Levels 2. Curves  3. color balance  4. Brightness and Contrast
5. Black and White  6. Channel mixer  7. Gradient map   8. Photo filter   9. Posterize

This is a tutorial explaining each different adjustment

http://designreviver.com/tutorials/photoshop-101-adjustment-layers/
Due by the end of class


When you finish each of the adjustments start on this basic selection tool tutorial.

Post the finished product to your blog. You can change the object you select and the words you write. Read and follow each step of the tutorial.
https://atelierdigital.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/a-super-basic-photoshop-collage-tutorial/

Portrait Critique and Basic Editing on photoshop

Today in class we will look at everyone's photos
Fill out the critique form for at least 6 other peoples photos
Use what we have learned so far in class to help you critique a photo. Critiques can be comments about things the photographer is doing well, things they need to improve, or ideas that could improve the creativity of the photo.

If time we can start editing in class
Use the critiques you get in class to help you decide what to edit in photoshop
-look at cropping
-lighting
-contrast
-saturation

Make edits on each of the portrait photos on photoshop, save as a jpeg and post the edited photo's to your blog.


PHOTO 2 Homework Assignment
9 photos total all posted and labeled to your blog
5 photos of the same subject with different exposures. This is called bracketing.
2 photos demonstrating dept of field. One background blurred, one background and foreground in focus
1 photo of motion that is frozen and crisp
1 photo of blurred motion (panning, or long exposure)