ASSIGNMENT #07 FLASH USE/ALBUM COVER
(Due 10/29/12)
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.”
