Link to the Basics of Photography

Please check out this link to the basics of Photography. This link focuses on equipment, composition, a link to how to do a Photostory slideshow and a number of other great tips.

The Basics of Photography

Thursday Feb 21: Assignments to date

The following are your assignments to date

Head shots: 4 shots total: 2 original, 2 edited
Still Life: 2 moon shell, 2 flowers, 4 others
Circles: 10 Get creative and use your knowledge of backgrounds, and angles to get some good shots.
Conceptual: 3 (See assignment description below)

Glacier shots: 2 ( I realiz the weather has not been good...keep trying to get a great shot...you still have lots of time.

NEW Conceptual shots: 3 photos of a conceptual word. In this assignment, you are working as a conceptual photographer taking a word and then transforming it into a photo. For example if the word is joy, then you would try to come up with a photo which represents this idea. 

Go to getty images or Evolve images in Google and type in a conceptual word and get some ideas by viewing what kind of photos are connected to this word. (marks 15)

All three photos do not have to be of the same conceptual word. You need to write the name of the word under the photo and a brief description as to why  you chose it.Here are some samples word ideas: joy, love, surprise, death, end, beauty, peace, balance, creativity, fun, excitement, weathered, old, decay, freedom etc. You are not expected to complete all of these shots today....but you might start the research part of this assignment...trying to figure out what concept you want to go with to get the shot.

Isolation: The concept for this photo might be isolation because the flower is all by itself with the rocks.

New Assignments: Thurs. Feb 14/2013

I am away today, and I expect solid on task behaviour from all students especially while you are out taking photos around the school. All students should be back at least 15 minutes prior to the end of class. You should be giving yourselves enough time to upload and organize photos on your L drive. The only shots that should be loaded onto Flickr are your head shots.

Assignments:

• Head shots:  2 shots that you have taken of someone, these are both head and shoulder shots. The shots can be of two different people. These shots should be flattering shots of the individual. Try to capture an essence of the individual in the shots. You are to save the originals on your L Drive under Photography in a sub folder entitled head shots. Next you will use the photo editor Pixlr of which I will include a link after this post to edit each head shot ( use a frame and an effect...do not go crazy in your efforts) Then you should post all 4 shots...your 2 originals and your 2 edited shots in a set on Flickr. Make sure your originals are between 50kb and 2 mb. Marks for this assignment 10

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ALL PURCHASE YOUR 2GB sd cards this weekend. It is essential that you have your own card for class. There will not be access to sd cards after next week. Also a reminder that you MUST use your real name on Flickr (this means you Roy!) and include w2013 afterwards in brackets. Please make sure you have connected with me as a contact on Flickr.

• Still Life: 8 photos in total all compiled into one set on Flickr. Photos should consist of the following:

• 2 Moon snail shell shots, photos edited into black and white
• 2 Flower shots, edited for spot colour
• 4 other still life shots (student choice) Marks 20

Try to mix up your angles and make sure you are getting clear photos and using the compositional elements you have learned so far.

Circles: 10 shots of objects that  are circles or have part of the shot has a circle in it ( you do want your circle to be the focal point.) 

Criteria: clean backgrounds, focal point is the circle, think creatively so photos reflect this, in focus, a variety of shots, keep in mind all of the compositional elements we have learned so far. You may do some editing, but do not overdo with filters, I want to be able to see that you know how to shoot a good photo. Marks 20

Glacier shots 2 shots Marks 10

Link to Pixlr http://pixlr.com

Welcome to Intro Photo Semester 2

Welcome back to a fun filled year of photography. For some of you, this will be your second time through, and for others this is your first experience working with me. This will be a great year...in fact I am dubbing it "the year of photography." This site is the place for you to keep track of all of the assignments. Many sample assignments will be posted as well as links to other sites.

Requirements:
If you have access to a camera, even if it is only on weekends this would be helpful. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR OWN 2gb photo sd card.

1. You need to sign up on Flickr and your user name should be your real name followed by (w2013).
You should look for me lisa chase (Courtenay) under contact search and then make me a contact.

2. Under your L:drive in documents, could you please create a folder entitled Photography. Do not save your work in my pictures. Keep all of your photos organized in folders.

3. Rule of thirds: Could you google this rule and then read about it. We will discuss this concept near the end of class.

Photo Slideshows due Friday Jan 25

All slideshows need to be saved on my black drive and ready for presentation before Friday's class. We have limited time to view the slideshows in class. Any assignmnets not viewed in class will have 5 marks deducted. Mon. 3:30 is the last possible day to have any work done to be marked. There is a tight deadline for marks. All work needs to be on Flickr in the appropriate sets and the correct number of photos should be in each set.

Term 2 Photos

The following is listing of the assignments which are due  at the end of the term.

1. Fall shots: (4 shots) Students are to capture the essence of fall in these shots, pay attention to angles, composition and lighting. Please post on Flickr. (10 marks)

2. Head/body switch (1 shot) Using Photoshop, switch the head of a shot you have taken with a crazy body from the internet. Example: I took Mr. Aylward's head and attached it to Picasso's body. Post on Flickr. (10 marks)

3.Christmas Shoot ( 10 shots) Students will take at least 10 Christmas inspired photos. Feel free to actually take these at Christmas if you have your own camera. Play with the materials and see what kind of compositions you can come up with. ( 20 marks)

4. Final Slideshow; Students who have taken Photography in grade 9 will complete a slideshow based around a theme, otherwise students will be comprising a slideshow based on their best 50 photos. You are to then choose a song and convert to an Mp3 on You Tube. Take some time with the transitions and makes sure things are fitting together nicely. ASK FOR HELP IF  YOU NEED IT. This  assignment is worth 50 marks so please do a good job on it. Make sure the format you use is able to be screened at school. (50 marks)

Photostory at school works well but takes a long time to customize the photos.

Moviemaker at school works well, but is less user friendly.

On a Mac, use  i Movie which will allow you to bring in your iTunes library, your I Photo library and is quite user friendly. When you share the movie it should be uploaded to You Tube or Vimeo for viewing. Render or Export at 720.

5. Circles: 5 shots Circles are everywhere in nature...get creative and find various shots which showcase circles in a variety of ways. ( 10 marks)

Welcome to Term 2

In term 2 Photography, we will begin to learn more about Photoshop. Students will continue to take photos and we will learn how to edit our photos.

The following assignments have been given for term #2 so far.

1. Head /body switch in Photoshop...to be put onto Flickr : 1 shot

2. Christmas shoot: 10 shots

3. Slideshow: Minimum 50 shots ....more details to come.

4. Fall shots (4 shots)