Tues Oct 7

Macro/Close -up Assignment:  

15 of your best shots put into a slideshow for viewing. Slideshow will be done in Canva and it should be set to appropriate music. If your slideshow is not ready on the due date you will get 0 out of 10 for the slideshow presentation of the assignment. 

Marks: 40 ( 30 for macros, 10 for slideshow)

Criteria: Shots should have a defined focal point and be edited effectively for lighting and cropping. Looking for in focus shots. Also try to have many different shots. I do not want to see the same shots exactly from people working together. 

Take some phone shots, take the camera home, use the digital SLR cameras. Also try out he phone macro lenses.

Macro/Close-up  Photography Techniques

1. Use flash. While decreasing your aperture will give you the depth of field you need to get your subject in focus, it will also allow less light into your camera. If using your phone, bring in extra lighting ( another phone, makeup mirror light, lamp, external lights, use the light box
2. Try using manual focus if using the digital cameras . You can put the camera in Priority (P) mode and try using manual focus.
3. Use a tripod, or set your phone up against something for stability
4. clean up dust, hairs on subject because it will show up in the photo
5. Take plenty of shots. ...

Best Macro/Close-up Photography Settings for Manual mode

• Shutter speed: 1/125 – 1/500.
• Aperture: f/8.0, f/11.0.
• ISO: 400 or higher
• Focal length: 50mm (in 35mm format)
• Exposure mode: Manual, if automatic either shutter priority or aperture priority

Fri Oct 3

 The following are the assignments that we have completed so far.

 Update of all assignments so far

• NEW students

  • Headshots: 5 shots cropped shoulder to shoulder and down to top of head
  • Scavenger Hunt: 10 shots make sure they are edited and labeled
  • Photoshop: turn one photo to black and white, put a head onto a new background
  • Color Assignment: 10 shots of different items, one color
  • Step Downs: 5 different shots, shot on phone, edited.
  • Angle shots: 5 worm's view, 5 top down
  • Macro/Close-ups: 15 in slideshow, in progress
  
  
  EXPERIENCED students
  • Scavenger Hunt 10 shots make sure they are edited and labeled
  • Bobblehead: a variety of people minimum three photoshopped into one background, make the heads larger
  • Color Assignment: 10 shots of different items, one color
  • Step Downs: 5 different shots, shot on phone
  • Angle shots: 5 worm's view, 5 top down
  • Macro/Close-ups: 15 in slideshow, in progress

Thurs Oct 2

Routine for taking the camera out and practice using. 

• put strap around neck, have a wide base when standing, bring arms in close to chest
• check your settings/battery levels/format card
• make sure lens is clean ,spray cloth not lens
• hold down shutter to allow lens to focus, then press down shutter button fully to take a photo
• the squiggly arrow on the dial turns the flash off
• head out to take photos, return 10-15 min before end of class or sooner if teachers asks you to come back at a certain time.

 Returning the camera

• Get a card reader to upload your photos onto the computer

• Bring camera back, make sure it is turned off, return card after you have uploaded photos
• Cross off your name in the book if camera was signed out
• If the battery is less than half, switch it out for a fresh battery, and place the other battery in the charger.

Spend some time reviewing Photoshop Basics

• Bringing a photo in from the M drive to Photoshop, Lightening photos, cropping photos, selective lightening of photos, discuss the layers and how they work, eraser tool, text tool, and how to save a copy and only when fully happy with the product to save as a jpeg.

Macro/Close -up Assignment:  15 of your best shots put into a slideshow for viewing. Slideshow will be done in Canva and it should be set to appropriate music. If your slideshow is not ready on the due date you will get 0 out of 10 for the slideshow presentation of the assignment. Marks: 40 ( 30 for macros, 10 for slideshow)

Criteria: Shots should have a defined focal point and be edited effectively for lighting and cropping. Looking for in focus shots. Also try to have many different shots. I do not want to see the same shots exactly from people working together. Take some phone shots, take the camera home, use the digital SLR cameras. You can also try the phone macro lenses.

Macro/Close-up  Photography Techniques

1. Use flash. While decreasing your aperture will give you the depth of field you need to get your subject in focus, it will also allow less light into your camera. If using your phone, bring in extra lighting ( another phone, makeup mirror light, lamp, external lights, use the light box
2. Use manual focus if using the digital cameras . You can put the camera in Priority (P) mode and try using manual focus.
3. Use a tripod, or set your phone up against something for stability
4. clean up dust, hairs on subject because it will show up in the photo
5. Take plenty of shots. ...

Best Macro/Close-up Photography Settings for Manual mode

• Shutter speed: 1/125 – 1/500.
• Aperture: f/8.0, f/11.0.
• ISO: 400 or higher
• Focal length: 50mm (in 35mm format)
• Exposure mode: Manual, if automatic either shutter priority or aperture priority

Thurs Sept 25

If you have finished all of the other assignments, you should focus on angle shots. Try to see things from a different perspective. 

• 5 low angle shots: this is called “ a worm’s eye view” you should be shooting at ground level
• 5 top down photos, try to get close to your subject or object and shoot down over top of it

Put in a folder called angles

Mon Sept 23

 New Assignment: Step Down

Take 5 Step Down Phone Photos: you are to take 5 different photos using this technique. Make sure you have one or two selfie step downs. Try to use the cool cloud backgrounds, take photos from different distances. Make sure you get faces in the photos. EXPERIMENT!

10 marks. Put in folder called STEP DOWN

Fri Sept 19

 Update of all assignments so far

NEW students

• Headshots 5 shots cropped shoulder to shoulder and down to top of head
• Scavenger Hunt
• Photoshop: turn one photo to black and white, put a head onto a new background
• Colour Assignment: 10 shots of different items, one colour

EXPERIENCED students

• Scavenger Hunt
• Bobblehead
• Colour Assignment

Thurs Sept 18

 Intro to Photoshop

1. Bring in one of your photos, crop and turn to black and white

2. Bring in a background from the internet

3. Bring in a headshot or other photo and SELECT and copy/paste to the background

4. Save a copy 1 and 3, put in folder called Photoshop 1

NEW shooting assignment COLOUR ASSIGNMENT

Take 10 close up shots, crop if you need to of object that are in the same colour family.