Category: Homework (Page 2 of 3)

4 pts. Due April 2, 12 noon. 30 photos in an album on Flickr.

Shooting outside during the day at a location of your choice:

Take at least 10 DIFFERENT long shot photos that use perspective to depict deep space. This can be either converging lines or diminishing scale or both. These photos should use extensive depth of field meaning everything from near to far should be sharp. This will not work in dark indoor spaces. Shoot outside in daylight!

Take at least 20 DIFFERENT close up photos that use shallow depth of field to isolate the subject from the background. The subjects of the photo need to be at varying distances from the camera.

If you are shooting with a camera phone, you can get real shallow depth of field vs blur created by an App by getting very close to the subject and having actual space between it and the background.

Put your 30 best photos in an album on Flickr. Send your single best photo with deep space and perspective to the group as well as your best example of shallow depth of field.

Working outside in the day, freeze the motion of athletes, roller skaters, skate boarders and bike riders, dancers, jumping dogs or try a fountain. Get your friend or brother or sister to blow bubbles, jump rope, go on a swing. Try at least two different types of subjects ie soccer players and bikers, kids on swings and dancers. Capture the decisive moment. The soccer player when their leg is fully stretched out in a kick, a bike rider doing a wheelie. Don’t be shy. Fill your frame with the action.

Subjects that don’t get credit: cars, tiny birds far away, fans, water in your facet.

Use a shutter speed 1/400 sec or faster.

If using a cameraphone outside in bright light, it will automatically use a fast shutter speed. If you are working with less light, use Lightroom or other app that lets you set the shutter speed.

Post shots of at least two different activities to an album on Flickr for a total of 30 shots. Please don’t include all of the times you missed: shots out of focus, the back of receding bike riders, etc. Just your best work. Send your best two to the class group.

Due Sept 19, 12:00 noon.

Due March 19, 12 pm. 4 pts. 30 photos of reflections.

Reflection – 1. the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it.

Working outside during the day, photograph reflections to create strong compositions that include a combination of elements that are seen directly and by reflection. Reflections can be found in water, windows, and cars among other surfaces. Do not confuse reflections with shadows. Working outside during the day, take enough photographs to end up with 30 interesting photographs with reflections.

No credit will be given for improperly exposed photographs or out of focus photographs. No credit will be given for photos taken inside without sufficient light.  Tone your photos in Lightroom if they are under or overexposed.

Upload to an album on Flickr. Send your best two to the class group.

Reflections example by Sandra Tan:

Portrait of a place-Select a park or playground near you. You will take photographs in the same location two weeks in a row. Photograph your location at two different times of day or in two types of weather to capture the place and the people who use it in a series of 8 final photos.

Complete project and presentation due March 12th. 10 pts.

1. 40 photos in an album labeled Shoot 1 on Flickr due March 5th at 12 noon.

Portrait of a Place-Your shots should cover a wide range of approaches: long shots to close ups, different angles of view from a worm’s eye view to an overhead view, front lit, side lit and back lit images, people, animals and plants. Each photo should use light and composition in compelling ways. Show the full range of the techniques that we have tried in class.

2. Second set of 40 Photos in an album labeled Shoot 2 on Flickr due March 12th at 12 noon.

3. 8 final photos adjusted in Lightroom in an album labeled Midterm on Flickr due March 12th at 12 noon.

4. A brief presentation- 3 to 5 minutes – to the class of your project on March 12th.

Rubric

Examples:

Enson Zhou

Ifetayo Forrest

4 pts. Due Feb 27, 12 noon.

Photographing outside during the day in good light, take a minimum of 30 photos where there is something in the foreground and something in the background. Something interesting that is. In each shot, there should be something of interest near the camera and something of interest far away from the camera. Each photo should have a sense of space. Fill the frame! No empty skies or long stretches of ground in the foreground.

Put the 30 photos on an album in Flickr. Send your two best photos to the group.