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Photographic Techniques

9/29/2015

 
Now that you have composition down, we are going to work on the technical aspects of photography.
Links about 'Understanding Exposure':
  • Three Basics to Understanding Exposure - Vimeo
  • Intro to Exposure
  • Camera Simulator

A. Shooting Assignment - Each technique and requirements are explained in detail in the slide presentation
  1. Aperture
  2. Shutter Speed
  3. ISO
  4. Exposure Compensation - Black on Black
  5. Exposure Compensation - White on White
  6. Silhouette
  7. Fill - Flash
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B. Develop
Using Adobe Lightroom, develop your images only to enhance them. Each photo in a set needs to be edited the same exact way. If exposures are different, adjust the exposure for the middle image and use those develop adjustment on the other photos. Read this: How to Apply Develop Adjustments to other photos to paste your adjustments on other photos.

​C. Export
Export images as low resolution JPGS to place in your Google Doc. How to Export photos in Lightroom
To export your images select all images to export and right click >  Export > Export to Email (hard drive)
Select new folder G: > Photo 1 > Photographic Tech

D. Reflect
Complete the assignment in Google Classroom.  Make sure to use your photographic vocabulary and explain the specific settings used.
  1. Aperture - Describe what happened as you changed your aperture. Select the image you like best and describe what aspects of the aperture use made this image your favorite. 
  2. Shutter Speed -  Describe what happened as you changed your shutter speed. Select the image you like best and describe what aspects of the shutter speed use made this image your favorite. 
  3. ISO - (3 Images) Select one each of ISO 200, 400, 1600. Explain which ISO was used in each photo and why it was used for the particular scenario. Remember it has to do with light sensitivity.
  4. Exposure Compensation - ‘Black/Dark’ images, Why did you have to use exposure compensation and explain which amount of exposure compensation came out the best.
  5. Exposure Compensation - ‘White/Bright’ images, Why did you have to use exposure compensation and explain which amount of exposure compensation came out the best.
  6. Silhouette - What about the lighting situation and exposure did you need to consider to create your silhouette image? How did you manipulate your settings to create your image?
  7. Fill - Flash - Explain why you would have used fill flash in this shooting situation (what would it look like without the flash) What level of fill flash (-1, 0, +1) gave you the best result and why you think that.
Once submitted to Google Classroom, you will select the image you think has the strongest technical, composition and artistic elements as your 'fine art' image. Write a paragraph reflection that describes these aspects of your image (using art & photo vocabulary) and post to your blog alongside your image.

Composition Techniques

9/15/2015

 
A. Shooting Assignment:
  1. Vertical Shots (2 images)
  2. Vantage Point (3 images -Bird’s Eye View, Ant’s Eye View, Direct Approach)
  3. Framing (3 images- Tight Framing, Wide Framing, Frame within a Frame)
  4. Rule of Thirds (2 images) 
  5. Leading Lines (1 image)
  6. Reflection (1 image)
TOTAL of 12 PHOTOGRAPHS (images may use multiple techniques, select which technique you will be using each image for, you still need a total of 12)
  • HOW TO: Import your images into Lightroom

B. Develop
Using Adobe Lightroom, develop your images only to enhance them. Later on in the year we will talk about editing to affect mood, tone or artist style, but first we need to 'learn the rules' before we can break them.
  • What is the difference between JPGS and RAW?
  • Develop module overview
  • Basic editing in Adobe Lightroom (start at 8:55 - 16:47) also see Basic editing in Lightroom
  • What is a Histogram and how do I use it to edit my images? One more explanation of the Histogram

C. Export
Export images as low resolution JPGS to place in your Google Doc. How to Export photos in Lightroom
To export your images select all images to export and right click >  Export > Export to Email (hard drive)
Select new folder G: > Photo 1 > Composition Tech

D. Reflect
In Google Classroom Open the Composition Reflection assignment. Open the template provided and place your images in the template. Next to the name of the technique insert your image and write an explanation of how the technique was used in the image to enhance the composition and the subject. Complete your reflections for all 12 images and then turn in to Google Classroom.

Reflection Example: 
1. Vertical Orientation- To photograph Will I turned the camera 90 degrees to emphasize the height of my subject. By rotating the camera I was able to fill the frame with part of the V and my subject who was standing leaning on the V wall. Additional techniques used in this image are rule of thirds and direct approach to create more movement in my composition.
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Adobe Lightroom setup

9/14/2015

 
  • What is Adobe Lightroom? 
  • Lightroom Setup Directions from Brooks Institute: PDF File (to setup at home)
  • What is Metadata in Photography?
  • Creating a Metadata Preset in Lightroom

Tutorials by Julieanne Kost on Lightroom
ADOBE TV: Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5
Article: Using Histogram in Lightroom
Understanding the Develop Module in Lightroom
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Composition Techniques

9/4/2015

 
*I am so sorry I am out again for Jury Duty, but I will be at school this evening for 'Back to School Night'! 

ASSIGNMENT #1 - Do this First
In photo imaging the first thing we will learn are techniques to take more compelling photos. For this assignment complete research on various composition techniques. You will then be taking your own photos that implement these techniques.
  1. Log into Google Classroom & Open the assignment 'Composition Techniques.
  2. Click on the Doc that is generated
  3. Read the directions and complete your research
  4. Turn into Google Classroom by end of class

DIRECTIONS: Define the Composition Techniques in your own words. Next, using the links Mrs. Olden provided, find a photograph you like that is a good example of the technique. Make sure to find the year the image was taken and the name of the photographer, (not just the date someone posted this image on their blog). 

1. Vertical Orientation
2. Bird's Eye View
3. Ant's Eye View
4. Direct Approach
5. Tight Framing
6. Wide Framing
7. Frame within a Frame
8. Rule of Thirds
9. Leading Lines
10. Reflection


ASSIGNMENT #2
In order to show others your work you must have a way to display your BEST work. You will be creating a website using Weebly or another web service of your choosing. Weebly is pretty easy to navigate and they are always adding new features. The interface is 'click and drag' so you do not need to know any coding to make a great looking site.

Your site should have the following pages:
Landing/Welcome page
Portfolio (I use the slideshow function with imaged re-sized for web)
Blog
Contact 

To get started create your account and read some of the some of the instructions on the 'Beginner's guide to Weebly' page.

HOW TO SET UP YOUR SITE:
  1. Go to weebly.com and create an account, you may want to create a new email for your site such as yournamephoto@gmail.com to use with this account
  2. Create a Google doc with your your weebly login and password so you don't lose it!
  3. Select a template (something simple- black, white, grey that won't distract from your art) If you decide later you don't like it, you can always go back and change it.
  4. Select a weebly subdomain (free option) for example yournamephoto.weebly.com
  5. You can watch the intro video and then Build Your Site
  6. Click on the Pages tab at the top of the screen to add or change pages.
  7. You should have a landing page (which might be your portfolio), a contact/about page, and a blog
  8. Rplace default images with your own, or remove them altogether for a clean simple look.
  9. For more directions check out 'Beginner's guide to Weebly' 
  10. Add your name and website address to this list- http://goo.gl/Pa5FBJ

Here are examples of professional artist's websites:
http://www.embryrucker.com/
http://jlern.com/
http://www.greggrabowy.com/
http://justingignac.com/
http://goraina.com/
http://www.limelifephoto.com/
http://jenniferdery.com/
http://www.mikeyoshida.com/
http://www.grantellisphotography.com/

Former students:
http://hannawebsterphoto.weebly.com/
http://spencertingzondesign.weebly.com/
http://austinrayhayes.weebly.com/

Getting to know a DSLR

9/2/2015

 
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Due today: Go to Google Classroom and complete the 'Getting to know a DSLR' assignment. The following links are some good resources for learning about photography and DSLR cameras but you may use other sources:

Nikon Photography Glossary
Camera Simulator - try changing setting on the camera sim to learn about what they do
Digital Photography School
KenRockwell.com - D40 Guide
Getting to know the D3300 (First 2 videos)
Nikon D3000 tutorial - sections for Release Modes & P, S, A and M modes (use headphones)
Adorama Learning Center (search for concepts in the 'search ALC' box)

If assignment is not completed in class it becomes homework due the beginning of next class.


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