Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Finals, CTE Test, Portfolio Submission

FINAL!

You will be editing 20 images for a "Best of" presentation from your last photo shoot, due by May 29th, the last day of May, the Friday before Graduation week, the LAST Friday of your Senior year!

This is your final and worth 30% of your grade. Show me what you can do, both with the camera, and in the lab. 

We will be submitting the Finals as a Power Point Presentation, turned in to the Hand In folder, D Chandler P3.


Do’s
Don’ts
·         Your 20 best images as follows-
·         4 Candids, 4 Posed, 2 Landscapes         
      10 Camera Control- 2 from each category, w/2         
       freebies.
·         All images are edited for best quality – How much 
       or little you edit is up to you.
·         Crisp, Clean, Clear
·         Good Composition based on the image.
·         Opened with Preview for easy viewing.
·         Pixelated, blurry images
·         Template background showing, bad crop
·         Opened in scattered files/photoshop
·         Not finished/edited.
·         Pictures taken with cell phone.


WHAT ELSE?

Friday of this week, May 22nd, we will take our Certified Technology test. We will meet in Lab 419. Be sure to be on time!

Subjects to be covered:

Basic Digital Photography

- Workflow - Digital Camera Setup, image capture and transferring files to a computer.
- Evaluate image quality.
- Demonstrate use of software by editing images appropriately.
- Appropriate file size and type.
- Basic Camera Settings (Sports, Landscape, Macro, Portrait)
- Necessary equipment to download images.
- Basic camera operation and accessories (Tripod, Lighting, Flash).
- Basic composition - Rule of thirds, leading line, mirror images, simplicity, point of view.
- Digital Print for exhibition

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Final Camera Shoot

Finals!

Camera Control - As we finish the trimester, let's set the camera controls manually with the dials to create the effects we want. You will take a total of (at least) 20 pictures that will have five different settings:

4 pictures that show Frozen Motion - Setting:TV with a shutter speed of 1000+

4 pictures that show Blurred Motion - Setting:TV with a shutter speed of 60 or less

4 pictures that show Panning - Setting:TV with a shutter speed of 60 or less, must move with subject.

4 pictures that show Great Depth of Field - Setting:AV with an F-stop of 22+

4 pictures that show Shallow Depth of Field - Setting:AV with an F-stop of 5.6 or less

You will be editing these 20 images for a "Best of" presentation.

This is your final and worth 30% of your grade. Show me what you can do, both with the camera, and in the lab. Good Luck!




 






One Page Paper Written with One Page of Images

We will also be finishing up the trimester by researching the industry with a 1 page written paper on a career in photography combined with a one page printed collage of images from that field of photography. In the paper you will include the benefits of that particular field. Include wages, schedule, benefits, travel opportunities, etc.

Fields to choose from:

- Fashion Photography
- Head Shot Photography
- Glamour Photography
- Paparazzi Photography
- Candid Photography
- Landscape Photography
- Architecture Photography
- Food Photography
- Documentary Photography
- Macro Photography
- Sports Photography
- Nature Photography
- Still life Photography
- Travel Photography
- Street Photography
- Wildlife Photography
- Underwater Photography