ASSIGNMENT #07 FLASH USE/ALBUM COVER
(Due 3/7/11)
Flash Usage (2 parts) Rock Star
PART 1.
READING:
National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide
Read pages 25, 95-103, 103-117
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 2
History of Photojournalism;
FSA (see photographers bios or the Blog)
PART 3
SHOOTING ASSIGNMENT (2) PARTS
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. Also, add album title/artist text using Adobe photoshop. Plan your text placement before composing your images. Save image as Photoshop document
PART A
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 B
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. Add text: album title and artist name
3. Save image as Photoshop document, NOT JPG.
4. SLUG PHOTO AS FOLLOWS:
Last name_flash.jpg
EXAMPLE: franklin_ flash01.psd
franklin_ flash02.psd
5. Place images in the “drop folder.”
EXTRA WEEK TO COMPLETE!
ASSIGNMENT #06
(Due Monday 3/14/11 (three-weeks)
Live Event (Multiple Pictures)
PART 1
READING:
Guide to Photojournalism
By Brian Horton
Read pages 54-77
“News: Sensitivity, Thinking, Instinct and Curiosity”
Read pages 131-152
“Lessons; Horst Faas, J.Pat Carter, Alan Diaz”
PART 2
HISTORY OF PHOTOJOURNALISM
Please read the following DOC’s:
PART 3
Come up with a short list of subjects for consideration for your final project. Be ready to discuss in class.
PART 4
Cover a Live Event / Multiple Pictures
Select a scheduled public event and photograph all aspects of the event in the form of a photo essay. Be sure to shoot various scenes, including overalls and details, and illustrate what the event is about. Get photos of all the important people and subject matter.
Select a carefully chosen event to shoot, thus you have two weeks to plan.
Suggestions; news event, parade, protest, performance, etc.
Do not shoot a sporting event, a press conference, fair, etc. Check newspaper, campus fliers, and magazine listings for a schedule of events in your area.
Select an event that will be visual, not something static like someone standing at a podium talking. Think of some of the work reviewed in class. Your event selection is key, give it some thought and planning.
Be prepared to use your flash if necessary. 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 photographs that have impact. Composition, positioning, background, and lens selection should all be taken into consideration. Photos as a collection should illustrate what the event is about. Make the photos relevant, avoid repetition.
Last name_live event1.jpg Last name_ live event2.jpg
EXAMPLE: franklin_ live event1.jpg
franklin_ live event2.jpg
(Due 2/28/11) Light
PART 1
History of Photojournalism; Jacob Riis & Lewis Hine
PART 2
READING:
National Geographic Field Guide
Read pages 103-117
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 3Light
Lighting MUST be the key element in these photos.
DO NOT USE A FLASH!
Photo 1: A documentary photo of some aspect of college life with strong sense of ARTIFICIAL light:
1. Make well-composed and expressive photo using one of the lighting techniques discussed in class. Photo should have exceptionally strong quality of light.
2. Lighting technique should be very obvious.
3. This must be a documentary-style photo, do not manipulate the image in Photoshop.
4. Do NOT USE A CAMERA FLASH!!!!!!!!!
5. Lighting must be from an artificial light, such as a lamp or bulb. Can be indoors or outdoors, day or night.
6. 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 photos that have impact.
7. Composition, perspective, background, and lens selection should all be taken into consideration. Consider the various lighting techniques discussed in class; directional light, soft light, window light, back light, etc.
Photo 2: A documentary photo of some aspect of college life with strong sense of NATURAL light:
1. Make well-composed and expressive photo using one of the lighting techniques discussed in class. Photo should have exceptionally strong quality of light.
2. Lighting technique should be very obvious.
3. This must be a documentary-style photo, do not manipulate the image in Photoshop.
4. Do NOT USE A CAMERA FLASH!!!!!!!!!
5. Lighting must be natural; sun, or cloudy day. Can be indoors or outdoors.
6. 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 photos that have impact.
7. Composition, perspective, background, and lens selection should all be taken into consideration. Consider the various lighting techniques discussed in class; directional light, soft light, window light, back light, etc.
Review examples showed in class and Power Point Presentation.
*Students must complete:
1. Select best photo from each part, submit (2) photos.
2. SLUG PHOTO AS FOLLOWS:
Last name_natural.jpg
Last name_artificial.jpg
EXAMPLE:
franklin_natural.jpg
franklin_artificial.jpg
3. Be sure to caption photos.
4. Submit to drop folder
photo by Elliott Erwitt
(Due 2/21/11)
Composition
READING:
National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide
Read pages 82-95, 160-165
Guide to Photojournalism
By Brian Horton
Read pages 79-101“Features and Portraits; Seeing the World Around Us.”
PART 2
HISTORY OF PHOTOJOURNALISM
(1) Mathew Brady (see Photographer’s Bio’s)
PART 3
Composition (2) photos
PHOTO 1:
Make an environmental portrait of a person using “Rule of Thirds.
Subject: Make well-composed, expressive environmental portraits of a person in their place of work environment. Photo should give insight into what the person does. The environment should be obvious and explanatory. Make photos of subject in different positions, locations, with special emphasis on positioning.
Keep in mind:
YOU ARE IN CONTROL, this is a passive assignment.
There should be obvious foreground & background.
PHOTO 2:
Make well-composed action photos of a person at work in their place of work environment using one of these compositional techniques: Framing, Leading Lines, Juxtaposition, or Silhouette.
This should be a Graphic Photograph. One that is visual and emphasizes the relationship between the lines, shapes and forms produces an aesthetically pleasing visual presentation.
Graphic elements are as important as the story-telling content with this assignment.
Keep in mind:
This is NOT a passive assignment, this is an active photo, and should be documentary.
*Students must complete:
1. Select (1) best photo of each. (2) total.
2. Follow “Basic Photoshop”, use outline provided if needed.
3. Type complete caption in FILE INFO field in Photoshop, see instructions.
****CAPTION MUST STATE WHICH TECHNIQUE YOU ARE USING!
4.SLUG PHOTO AS FOLLOWS:
Last name_ composition1.jpg, Last name_ composition2.jpg
5. Place image in the “drop folder”
(remember to save a copy for yourself to you folder)
ASSIGNMENT #03
(Due 2/14/11) Selective Focus
PART 1
READING:
National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide, pages 44-82
1. Focus; 76-82
PART 2
Photographer’s Bio’s:
1. History of Photography Timeline
2. History of Photojournalism; Roger Fenton
PART 3
SELECTIVE FOCUS is a technique in which one portion of a photograph is in focus, while other elements are blurred out-of-focus. The photographer makes the choice. Remember, the viewer's eye is naturally drawn toward the part of the photo that is in sharp focus. This is achieved by careful focus and employing shallow depth of field through the use of a wide aperture. The subject is isolated from its surroundings, through focus and depth-of-field.
SHOOTING ASSIGNMENT:
Photo 1
Photograph a person holding or with their favorite object, with obvious foreground vs. background. Compose a photograph focusing on the object. Only the object should be in sharp focus. The person should not be in sharp focus. Using depth-of-field and selective focus, try to isolate the subject from its surroundings to create a clean, sharp image. Be mindful of the technical issues we’ve discussed in class; such as DOF, movement. Review examples shown in class.
Photo 2
Photograph a close-up of a person in a favorite room or place, with obvious foreground vs. background. There should be a connection between the person and place.
Compose a photograph focusing on the person. Only the person should be in sharp focus. The room or place should not be in sharp focus. Using depth-of-field and selective focus, try to isolate the subject from its surroundings to create a clean, sharp image. Be mindful of the technical issues we’ve discussed in class; such as DOF, movement. Review examples shown in class.
This is a creative and technical assignment. Make strong expressive photos!
Shoot different angles, work the subject.
*Students must complete:
1. Select (1) best photo one of each.
2. use Photoshop to edit images.
3. Be sure to include a caption, -2pts
4.SLUG PHOTO AS FOLLOWS:
EXAMPLES:
yourlastname_ focus_object.JPG,
yourlastname _ focus_person.JPG
***photos must be slugged correctly, -1pt
5. Place images in the “drop folder”
(remember to save a copy for yourself to you folder)
Self-portrait by Dan O'Leary
