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.

Tues Sept 16

 New students only: 5 Headhsots

Photo Assignment 1: Headshot Criteria: 5 shots

• background clean
• good eye contact with camera
• edited head and shoulders
• pleasing to the eye
• in focus
• speaks to subject's personality
• all headshots should be consistent and cropped

Thurs Sept 10

1. Review of how to use the digital SLR camera/check settings and format card

2. Intro to Photoshop: crop and lighten

3. How to upload photos and move to mdrive

4. Today's assignment: new students Scavenger Hunt

5. Experienced students: Big head little Body: Take a photo of a blank background. Then you are to take 4 photos of people from the same distance and cut off their head, photo from the neck down. Then take 4 photos of the the heads only. You will photoshop the bodies into the blank background  and then mix up the heads by putting them on different bodies. You will also use the transform tool to make the heads bigger, like a bobble head.

Assignment 1: Scavenger Hunt:

1. Something that moves in the wind

2. A texture that looks or feels soft

3. A circle that is in nature

4. A shadow/fire hydrant

5.  An object shot top down

6. A selfie with another person

7. A photo of a sunflower

8. Something that fills the frame of your camera

9. Something orange

10. An Isfeld logo or emblem

Tues Sept 9

1. To set your Apple devices to take photos in JPEG/JPG instead of HEIC:

1. Go to Settings
2. Tap Camera
3. Tap Formats
4. Tap Most Compatible

2.  Rule of Thirds

What is the rule of thirds? The rule of thirds is a composition guideline that places your subject in the left or right third of an image, leaving the other two thirds more open. While there are other forms of composition, the rule of thirds generally leads to compelling and well-composed shots. But, once you know this rule and practice it a bit, you can break the rule.

3. Questions to ask yourself before taking a photo: 10 QUESTIONS

 

Assignment 1: Scavenger Hunt:

1. Something that moves in the wind

2. A texture that looks or feels soft

3. A circle that is in nature

4. A shadow/fire hydrant

5.  An object shot top down

6. A selfie with another person

7. A photo of a sunflower

8. Something that fills the frame of your camera

9. Something orange

10. An Isfeld logo or emblem