Professor Michals
Working with a light or lights, draw an image over time in the frame. Experiment with thin and thick lines, abstraction, words, and images.
Using a speedlite, add a person to your shot. The more the subject and the light painting interact, the more successful your photos will be.
Upload a minimum of 20 images to Flickr. Send your best two to the class group.
2. Blur motion
In a series of long exposure photographs, use motion blur to tell a story, a ghost story if you will. Contrast something sharp, still and in focus with motion blur to create a narrative or show an inner state or emotion. Shoot at least 10 versions and put them in an album on Flickr.
2. Use the timer so that you do not shake the camera.
3. Use a long exposure such as 10″ with ISO 100 and a narrow aperture such as f11. This should give you enough time to create the blur you want.
Photograph flowers with continuous lights.
Floodlight– light is diffused and wraps around the subject hitting it from many angles. shadows are soft.
Spotlight – light is direct and hits the subject from one angle. Shadows are hard.
In-class Flower Shoot Camera Settings:
Every shot has a flower in it as the main subject.
Shot list 1:
A. Front light: reduces detail, low contrast
Make the light a floodlight by diffusing the light with a soft box. Place it close to the camera position and subject.
B. Side Light floodlight with diffusion: brings out texture.
C. Side Light spotlight: brings out texture, high contrast
To get the background to fall off to black, increase the distance between the subject and the backdrop and angle the light so that it falls on the subject not the background.
D. Extreme close-up for texture-use extension tube
E. Back Light (white background): high contrast, reduces subject detail
Light the background only. Increase the distance between the background and the subject to increase the difference in the lighting ratio and to achieve a silhouette.
Shot list 2:
Photograph the same flower for the following uses:
Put your best 20 in an album on Flickr. You must include at least one for each category. Please label your images accordingly so know what you intended. Send your best three, one for each of the items on shot list 2, to the class group.
2 pts. Take as many photos as you need to to create one visually engaging photo for each of the following compositional principles:
Put your 8 final photos in an album on Flickr. Label each file with the category above.
Working with your group:
Sign up for milanote. Create one mood board and add the members of your group to the board as editors. Everyone should then add their examples of each category of compositional principle.
Each group will select the best photo for each category. The final mood board should have 8 photos each labeled with the compositional principle and the photographer’s name. Make sure to include at least one photograph by every member of the group.
Send the secret link with me by email: rmichals@nastassiam so I can share the boards with the class.
Create a photograph for the lead article for each of these two websites.
The title of the article is, “7 tips for cooking with the onion family”
For each, make a photo that brings out the shapes and textures of the onions and garlic and looks visually engaging and appetizing.
Choose your subjects carefully. Note that odd numbers generally create more appealing compositions. Keep it simple but build in some visual interest.
Think carefully about the background.
Decide if you prefer side or back light.
Arrange your subjects using the basic rules of composition:
Post 20 photos to Flickr showing your process. Send your best for each website to the class group.
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