Friday Oct. 30

 LINK to FLICKR HALLOWEEN: halloween pics

Instagram Response

CLICK ON LINK: Instagram Photos sell for $90,000 

Your Assignment: Read the following article, Instagram Photos sell for $90,000. You are to complete a written response to this article  typed is better but not essential which will be marked out of 10. I am looking for at least 3/4 of a page with examples to back up your opinions.

I am interested in knowing what you think about the situation...fair? unfair? illegal? immoral? unethical? crazy? does it make you angry? How would you feel if your photo was taken or if  someone changed your photo slightly and sold it as theirs for a lot of money? Were you aware of Instagram's policies? Back up your ideas with examples from the article and consider doing a little more research to boost your arguments  Below is the article and other links about copyright.

Most famous copyright cases

Instagram and Copyright

Monkey Selfie Video

Thurs. Oct 16

Von Wong story of how he became a photographer and found his passion.

 Reminder of assignments due tomorrow.

Portrait and Pet PortraitTips

Portrait Assignment: 10 photos of one person or 5 each of 2 people. Shots should show a variety of poses and a mixture of type of shots. You should pick your best 10 photos. Criteria: I will be looking for crisp in focus shots, closeness to the model, clean backgrounds and great lighting. The people you are taking the photos of are your best resource....if they do not like the photo of themselves, do not put it in your album. All photos should be in an album on Flickr. 20 marks

Tues Oct 13

1. Review of how to use lighting in Photoshop: Go to: Filter, Render, Lighting Effects

2. Video on Close -ups with your phone/fall forest shots.

3. Time to shoot/edit.

4. How to organize for your slideshow. Create a folder on your L: Drive under the folder Photo 10

Link to ideas for your slideshow

A video on how to get some interesting photos.

Sample Grade 9 "Best Photos" Slideshow

5.  Lesson: How to do an Overlay: You need to find an artistic background, crop lighten, add anything you want to it in Photoshop. Next, take an appropriate photo that will work to put onto the background photo and then play with the opacity. This assignment should be placed on Flickr and on the M:drive under chase 2021, photo10, overlay.

Part 2 of Photo 10 New Assignments and Deadlines

This is a list of all of the assignments that will be due up until the end of term.

 1. Duplicity: On Flickr in an album and in a folder on the m:drive (20 marks) due Fri. Oct 16

 2. Scavenger Hunt: 10 photos On Flickr in an album (20 marks) due Fri. Oct 16

3. Macros: 10 photos On Flickr in an album (20 marks) due Friday Oct 16

4. Pet Pics 6 photos (please include 1 pic with you with your pet) add to folder on m:drive (10 marks) due   Tues. Oct 27

5. Portraits: 10 photos, a combination of full body, head and shoulders and head shots. Two models only. On Flickr in an album (20 marks) due Tues. Oct 27

6. Overlay: in album on Flickr ( 10 marks) due Tues. Oct 27

7. Fall shots: 5 shots to be taken and put into your slideshow.

8. Instagram response: ( 10 marks) due Fri. Oct 30 hand in to Ms Chase

9. Final Slideshow 25 of your best photos in a Photo Story slideshow set to music. These should be creative and a nice variety of different shots to show your ability. You can include Photoshop work. Five shots can be from before this class or in class assignments. ( marks 35) Due Tues. Nov. 10 presented in class no exceptions

Thurs Oct. 8

NEW ASSIGNMENT: Macros/Close ups

Macros: ( 10 shots...5 colour, 5 black and white). (Marks 20) Students are to take 5 black and white macros and 5 colour macros. All of the elements of composition should be considered. The photos should be edited  and uploaded to Flickr and put into an album entitled MACROS. Make sure your backgrounds are clean, you use strong lighting and you have a strong contrast when you take your black and white photos.

 

Tues Oct 6

Video: set up your shots to take better photos, take photos from different perspectives,

 expand the way you take photos.

( Watch only until 8:05)

NEW ASSIGNMENT: Macros/Close ups

Macros: ( 10 shots...5 colour ,5 black and white). (Marks 20) Students are to take 5 black and white macros and 5 colour macros. All of the elements of composition should be considered. The photos should be edited  and uploaded to Flickr and put into an album entitled MACROS. Make sure your backgrounds are clean.( no deadline yet)

REVIEW THIS: Composition Checklist

So here is the checklist of things to look for in your composition as a starting point.

1. Is the horizon straight?
2. Is the subject strong and obvious within the image?
3. Are the edges of the frame clean? Is anything poking into the frame that distract the viewer? Are there elements of the image that lead the eye out of the frame that could be positioned better?
4. Is the background clean – are there distracting elements like a car parked in the background, or a fence or a house that doesn’t fit? Can you move or change the angle to remove that element?
5. Is the foreground tidy? Are you shooting a landscape or natural scene where there might be branches or leaves or twigs in the foreground that could be tidied away?
6. The position of people in the shot. Do they have a lamp post or a tree growing out of the top of their head? Have you chopped heads, feet, arms, or legs off?
7. Eye contact – when shooting a group of people, do we have eye contact with all your subjects?
8. Camera position – are you at the right height/angle for the best composition?
9. Point of focus – when taking photos of people/creatures/animals have you focused on the eye? Do you have a catchlight in the eye?
10. Is the Rule of Thirds being used effectively?
11. Do you have a sense of scale – particularly valid for large landscape scenes?
12. How does the eye travel around the image? Where does it go first? Where does it end up? Is that the story you want to tell the viewer?
13. Less is more – what truly needs to be in the frame? What can you leave out?
14. Is it sharp? Do you want it to be?

A Review of Composition

 A Review of Composition

Scavenger Hunt and Duplicity

 All work should be up on Flickr except the angle shots. I will be marking this weekend.

NEW Scavenger Hunt: (20 marks) (no deadline yet)

• shadow
• jump in the air
• number
• something shiny
• food item 
• crayon(s)
• a reflection into something
• a flag
• a top down photo
• the colour purple

NEW Duplicity Shot: (20 marks) (no deadline yet)

Step by Step Instructions for Duplicity Shot ( 4 shots in one)

You should be going out with a partner, a digital slr camera and a tripod. Find a location that has a clean and interesting background. Start by taking some practice shots to make sure you are not too far away from your subject. Have your subject think about doing 4 different poses. Each pose will be a different shot. ALL OF THESE PHOTOS SHOULD BE SHOT ON THE SAME DAY. Come back to the class, and using the card reader upload the photos onto your ldrive under the folder Photo10.

1. If you need to crop or edit for lighting, do this first to all photos.
2. Photos should be labelled: Original, Photo1,2,3.
3. Open Original photo in Photoshop. This is the photo you will be adding the other photos to.
4. Next open Photo 1 in a new tab, use the selection tool ( the fourth tool down on the left) to select around the photo, it does not have to be perfect since you can erase if you have to.
5. Next go to edit/cut and cut out the image you have just selected.
6. Open your original photo and edit/paste it in the the original photo. It will not be exactly where you want it...so go to edit/transform/scale, hit apply or the return button. Then using the move tool ( top on left) move the photo where you want it. If scaling it up or down, make sure to hold the shift key when scaling so you resize proportionately. ( I will be marking to make sure your photos are not warped)
7. Continue the same for photo 2 and 3
8. When finished, save a Photoshop version and a jpeg version. The jpeg version can be posted to Flickr. in an album called Duplicity. 

COULD YOU ALSO SAVE TO THE M DRIVE UNDER CHASE 2021 in the folder DUPLICITY