ASSIGNMENT #07
(Due 10/27/08)
Flash Usage (2 parts) Rock Star
Find a musician(s) to photograph, or an actor(s) to play a musician, and make an album/CD cover shots USING YOUR FLASH both indoors and outdoors.
PART1. Photograph your musician indoors using a camera flash.
Be creative, and make personality driven images, highlighted by excellent lighting. Make well-composed and expressive photos of a person using your flash. Must be taken indoors.
***You will be graded on your creativity and use of flash.***
-Flash use should be executed perfectly.
-Set proper white balance setting be sure to have correct white balance usage.
-Use bounce flash whenever possible.
-AVOID: red eye, shadows behind heads, and other forms of sloppy flash use.
Keep in mind some of the elements of good composition, avoiding; cluttered and distracting backgrounds, objects appearing behind heads, dead space, etc. Fill the frame, making interesting, personality-filled photos, that have impact. Composition, positioning, background, lighting, and lens selection should all be taken into consideration. -consider the various flash techniques, such as: bounce flash, fill-flash, diffused flash.
PART 2. Photograph your musician outdoors using a camera flash.
This should be a different set-up than the indoor images.
Can be taken during daytime, night-time, or twilight.
Be creative, and make personality driven images. Make well-composed and expressive photos of a person using your flash. Must be taken indoors.
***You will be graded on your creativity and use of flash.***
-Flash use should be executed perfectly.
-Set proper white balance setting, be sure to have correct white balance usage.
-Use bounce flash whenever possible.
-AVOID: red eye, shadows behind heads, and other forms of sloppy flash use.
Keep in mind some of the elements of good composition, avoiding; cluttered and distracting backgrounds, objects appearing behind heads, dead space, etc. Fill the frame, making interesting, personality-filled photos, that have impact. Composition, positioning, background, lighting, and lens selection should all be taken into consideration. -consider the various flash techniques, such as: bounce flash, fill-flash, diffused flash.
****Study methods discussed in class and in reading material.
Students must complete:
1. Select (1) best photo for each part. (2) total.
2. SLUG PHOTO AS FOLLOWS:
Last name_flash00.jpg
EXAMPLE: franklin_ flash01.jpg franklin_ flash02.jpg
3. Place images in the “drop folder.”
PART 3
READING:
National Geographic Field Guide
By Peter k. Burian & Robert Caputo
Read pages 76-111
Guide to Photojournalism
By Brian Horton
Read pages 79-101“Features and Portraits; Seeing the World Around Us.”
Visual Journalism
By Christopher R. Harris & Paul Martin Lester
Read pages 63-86“Technical Considerations.”
PART 4. Research assignment:
Who was Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans and what large photographic project were they part of?
PART 5. Bring your camera to class next week, ready to use.
PART 6. Bring (3) Final Project subject ideas, be prepared to discuss next week.
