A Review of Angles

Hand in today: Composition Assignment:  Find 5 Photos Online that you consider to be well composed photos, using the link to composition, explain what element(s) of composition are being displayed in each photo. Please try to use 5 different elements if possible.

LINK to COMPOSITION: composition

I Phone Camera Settings

Setting up your Shots/How to Edit on Your Phone

Peter McKinnon's Photo App Suggestions from this video to try out.

Snapseed App

Lens Distortions App

Link to Article on different angles: Angles 

NEW Assignment: Angle Shots: 5 Shots 

Head up to the skate park with a group of 2 or 3 and take 5 photos from different angles. Use the bars, rails and stairs, the bowl or use a model and the cool, graffiti backgrounds. Or find an interesting object to use as the focus of this shoot. Criteria: creative in focus shots, 5 different angle shots, vary the distance that you are taking the shots from, make sure you have clean backgrounds. Edit you shots before putting them in an album on Flickr. 10 marks

Week ending Sept 17, 2020

 Assignment #1: Flickr organization: Create a Flickr account, make Ms. Chase a contact, create 2-3 other contacts, create a buddy icon ( photo of you), change your background photo on Flickr, grade 9 photo students from last year put old photos into a separate folder. 

Make sure you have the Flickr App on your phone for fast and easy uploads. Join the Mark Isfeld Photo group. Make sure when you upload photos all your photos are public and your display name is your real name. Also make sure you have downloaded TEAMS and know how to use it. Marks: 10

Assignment #2: Head shots: You are to take 5 shots:  Students should be taking and editing 5 head shots of 5 different people, then posting to Flickr in an album called head shots. Criteria: shots should be head and shoulders, a desirable photo of the individuals, clearly focused and cropped tight with  a clean background. Marks 10

Assignment #3: Round, Red, your initials in objects, ridiculous. This assignment is set up to challenge your creativity. Criteria: Clean backgrounds, well composed shots using the elements of composition, in focus. Marks 10

Assignment #4: Photoshop Assignment #1: Full body shot on new background. Marks 10

Example:

 Step 1: Take a photo of someone  or have them take a photo of you save or upload to your L drive.

Step  2: Find a large size background on Google

Step 3:  Bring in to Photoshop. You may want to make your photo a little smaller

Step 4:  Use the quick selection tool (4th tool down in Photoshop) go around  the outside of your photo, then go to EDIT CUT, open up background, then go to EDIT PASTE, EDIT TRANSFORM will help you scale your image and the first tool will help you move the image around.

 

Today's Assignments/Link to Composition

 

10 Questions

Elements of Compostion

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?
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Welcome Back Fall 2020

Overview Photo10: In this class you will learn much about how to see from a different perspective, how to improve your ability to take photos and how to edit photos in Photoshop. There is much to know in the field of Photography and I am a learner as much as a teacher. In fact, we can learn much from each other. This class will allow a fair bit of freedom, but with this freedom comes responsibility. 

This year will be a bit different from years past. Students are encouraged to use their phones for taking photos due to Covid. Only a few cameras will be available for student use, and cameras will not be able to be signed out to take home. Techniques on how to use your phones will be taught in class. Students should download the Flickr App on their phones, but should also carry their phone charge cords with them as well. Students will be expected to disinfect all school camera equipment used.

We will be using the TEAMS App for assign tracking, the Flickr App for posting and organizing photos and students will be encouraged to find a photo phone app that will work for them. Assignments, link, videos etc will also be posted on this blog regularly which can be accessed  from home. 

Requirements for success in this course:

• a positive attitude and a willingness to learn and push beyond the level you are at
• your own cell phone and charger cables 
• to use your class time effectively and respect the freedom you have in this class
• be a good model for your peers

Photo by Marielle