F Stops and Shutter Speeds

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2nd Photo Assignments

Submit your two BEST pictures of the following topics:

1. Color Explosion (your picture shows a lot of color)

2. Food (Must Show STRONG Rule of Thirds)

3. Macro Setting Close Up

4. Tree(s) (Must show STRONG Rule Of Thirds) 

2 pictures of each = 8 digital Images

**Don’t take Pictures of pictures, Posters, Bed Spreads, Material or Artwork***

You will need to take pictures that represent the basic elements of photographic composition.

• Get Close and FILL THE FRAME!!!

Your Digital Pictures are due at the beginning of the class on

April 1st.  This means you should spend all day Monday, March 31st editing and then submit on Tuesday using Dropbox to mrsd@tricountyschools.com 
Late Pictures are not accepted.

Photos are 10 points each.

Post #6 Depth of Field

Define:Depth of field

Add 3 pictures as examples

1st Photo Assignments

Photoshop First Photo Assignments 2014

1st Photo Assignments

Composition is a MUST! Your pictures should have a focal point, uncluttered background and use lighting to add to the QUALITY of the Image.  Please use the Rule of Thirds and a variety of perspectives.

Submit Your best 2 Photos for the following topics:

1. Silhouette (use backlight to darken the subject)

2. The signs of life (literally or figuratively)

3. The people of T.C. (students, athletes, etc.)

4.  Animal(s)

5.  Inside my refrigerator

For this photography assignment and ALL photography assignments for this class:

1. YOU CANNOT be in the IMAGE!!!!!!!!!

2. The picture must be a picture that you took for this class. YOU CANNOT use pictures from earlier in your life.

3.  Blurry, underexposed or overexposed photos will need to be retaken, so please only submit quality photos.  

4. You Must have the digital image saved on your Dropbox account.

NAME THE FOLDER 1stPHOTOS & Your Name

Photoshop First Photo Assignments 2014

1st Photo Assignments

Composition is a MUST! Your pictures should have a focal point, uncluttered background and use lighting to add to the QUALITY of the Image.  Please use the Rule of Thirds and a variety of perspectives.

Submit Your best 2 Photos for the following topics:

1. The Beauty of Winter

2. Silhouette (use backlight to darken the subject)

3.  The people of T.C. (students, athletes, etc.)

4.  Animal(s)

5.  Inside my refrigerator

For this photography assignment and ALL photography assignments for this class:

1. YOU CANNOT be in the IMAGE!!!!!!!!!

2. The picture must be a picture that you took for this class. YOU CANNOT use pictures from earlier in your life.

3.  Blurry, underexposed or overexposed photos will need to be retaken, so please only submit quality photos.  

4. You Must have the digital image saved on your Dropbox account.

NAME THE FOLDER 1stPHOTOS & Your Name

Your Digital Pictures are due no later than Friday, March 14.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Last week, we started using Photoshop and students worked on Photoshop Assignment #1 and #2.  If you have not finished these, please do so today before moving on to the new work for today.

For today, we are going to turn our focus on taking photos in Winter.  One of your photo assignments for your first photo assignments is "Winter."  So today you will learn some tips to take the best Winter pictures that you can.

Taking Great Winter Photos

February 26, Warm Up

Please review what you've learned about photography by going to this link

Test Yourself

Photos 6

Sixth Photo Assignment

Take 2 pictures for each topic.

1.  Winter Wonderland snowscape--take two pictures that are landscape pictures with snow covered trees etc.  AVOID man made objects in your photo.

2.  Snow day/ Fun Day-- take 2 pictures of people enjoying/ playing in the snow.

3.  Christmas Lights--take 2 pictures that show the beauty of Christmas lights.  This will need to be no flash with correct exposure.

4.  Oh Christmas Tree--take 2 pictures of a decorated Christmas tree.  

5.  Toys for T.C.--take 2 pictures of people donating or collecting for Toys for T.C.  This happens during advisory.  

CD Cover Assignment

See some examples of last year's cd covers here.https://picasaweb.google.com/111843311962735812591/November212011?authkey=Gv1sRgCI7h7b7e4uaOnAE# 

5th Photo Assignment

Your 8 photos that you are going to take are going to be for a cd for “The Soundtrack of Your Life.” You can come up with a more creative name than that, but the cover art should reflect you and your life. You will need a front image and back image.
The Soundtrack of Your Life
For today’s assignment you will pick ten songs that will make up the soundtrack of your life. You need to have the song title and the artist name. Your song list with artist name and title will appear on the back of your cd. Fill in your song titles and artist name in a Google Document named "Soundtrack of My Life."
CD Cover Photo Shop Work
Your cd cover images will be due next week, Tuesday, December 3. For today’s work you will need to get your CD cover ready and then you will add your picture images after next week’s turn in.

• Create a new Image file that is 10 wide by 5 high, 300 resolution, background color and named cd cover.

• The 5 inches on the right will be the front of the cd cover and the 5 inches on the left will be the back of the cd cover.

• Your song titles and artist go on the back.

• Your CD name will go on the front.

• You will need an image on the front and back of your cd.

• Save your Photoshop file as psd and your finished project as a jpeg.

Your CD Images are due on Friday, December 6.

Another Idea for Collection

 

Black and White Photo Collection Example by Mrs. Dollberg

Photos #3, The Black and White Collection

The Black and White Collection

For your 3rd photo assignment you are going to do a photo collection.  This means that all of your pictures will be related in some way.  You may decide on the content of your collection and compose the pictures however you’d like (following the rules of composition).  You need to keep in mind though, that the final product will be black and white images in a collection of 4.

Here’s the step I suggest you follow:

1.    Decide what you want your collection to be about.  Think about things that are interesting to photograph that are somehow related.  For example: Different Pieces of Architecture, Natural elements (leaves, trees, stones), Kitchen Items, Geometric Shapes, Sports Equipment and athletes etc.  The possibilities are endless!

2.    Think about how you can take the picture in an interesting way and also make the blacks and whites of the photo stand out.

3.    Take the pictures!  Take more than you need so you have a lot to work with as you create your collection.

4.   Use Photoshop and convert all your images to black and white.  After you desaturate the images, make sure you use brightness and contrast to make the images dynamic black and whites.

Your color images will be due in class on November 4th.. You will need to turn in 12 images (3 sets of 4).

You will then have time in class to turn the images into Black and White.

Your finalized Black and White Collection will be due on

November 8th.

Last Week October 14-18

Last week we completed our second photo assignment.  We used pictures from that assignment and completed the T.C. Mosaic assignment and T.C. Hallway poster project.  If you have not completed any of these assignments, please look in your Google Drive for the documents that I shared with you with full details.  
Today, we will be working in Photoshop.  

Photos #2 Assignment

Below is your second photo assignment.  Today, I want you to spend time looking at other photographers work and come up with photos ideas that you would like to use as model images for your own work.  

Here are some links to help you:
Beautiful Photos from Everyday Life

National Geographic

The Real Secret to Taking Spectacular Photos


Photo Assignment 2--TWO IMAGES OF THE FOLLOWING:


1. Photo Mosaic….Your best picture to be displayed in our class mosaic. Each student will take a photo to be placed in a 5x5 space. Make it colorful, make it interesting, make it your work of art.


2. The Faces of T.C.---I want something that shows off who we are at T.C.--Think 24x36 enlargement for our hallways. Take pictures at lunch, at the game, in the hallways, in class (with permission), out for pizza, all you need is great composition, great exposure and some Tri County Vikings. You will need to be a photo director for these images. Each of your images will need to be full frame shots without cropping!

3.  Natural Light--Take a picture that shows the beauty of natural light.  This can be a beautiful sunset, light shining through flower petals, light illuminating beautiful blue eyes, you decide the content, but light should be a dominant element. 
Don't use your flash unless it is for fill flash.  


**Don’t take Pictures of pictures, Posters or Artwork***
You will need to take pictures that represent the basic elements of photographic composition.


• Get Close and FILL THE FRAME!!!


Your Digital Pictures are due at the beginning of the class on October 15 to get credit for having your images turned in on time.

Digital terms and camera modes

What do all the modes on your camera do? Check out this link:
http://www.photonhead.com/beginners/cameramodes.php

Use the links below to find definitions for your digital photography terms.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/glossary/default.mspx

http://www.all-things-photography.com/digital-dictionary.html


When you finish with this, please read the post about Photographing Pets.