Category: Homework (Page 2 of 4)

Due April 10, 12 pm, Noon. 4 pts.

Create a series of 30 portraits of at least 3 different subjects using window light or outdoor diffused light.

For each subject, shoot some in front view, some in three quarter view and some in profile.

Use the window as front light, side light and back light. When you are working with a window, you can’t move the light source so you and the subject must move.

You should be near or next to a window during the day. 

The window can be in the photo or you can just use the light from the window.

Pay attention what is in the frame and make sure the background adds to the photo and is not distracting.

Your photos should use light and expression to be expressive. No props. If you have curtains or venetian blinds, you may use them as elements in the photos.

Experiment with different expressions and gestures and different framing (how much of your subject is in the frame.)

Upload the 30 photos to OpenLab and put them in an album. Send your best 3 – the best of each subject- to the class group.

Examples from previous semesters

Due April 3, 12 noon. 4 pts. 30 frames.

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.

Due March 27, 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.  Upload to an album on Flickr. Send your best two to the class group.

Reflections example by Edward Burtynsky:

Portrait of a place-Select a street, subway stop, 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 20th. 10 pts.

1. 40 photos in an album labeled Shoot 1 on Flickr due March 13th 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 20th at 12 noon.

3. 8 final photos adjusted in Lightroom in an album labeled Midterm on Flickr due March 20th at 12 noon.

4. A brief presentation- 3 to 5 minutes – to the class of your project on March 20th.

Rubric

Examples:

Enson Zhou

Ifetayo Forrest

4 pts. Due March 6, 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.