Welcome Back

 Hello photography students. I will be away until the end of term. I wanted you to know that I have been very pleased with the quality of work you have produced. I have not forgotten about our photo contest...and in semester 2, I will call a meeting of the winners to collect prizes, since I have so many prizes! Please continue to work hard over the next few weeks until the end of term so you can finish strong. Your final mark in the course will be an average of your term 1 and term 2 marks.

The following assignments need to be marked and completed before the end of term. Final slideshows will be presented the last week of term in class. Check with Ms Larizza ( the TOC) to make sure you have all of your work marked.

Assignments this term:

• levitation ( 10 marks)
• overlay (10 marks)
• portrait slideshow ( I will be marking this unless you did not hand in before Christmas) (30 marks)
• Final Slideshow ( 30 photos review the criteria below) ( 50 marks)

Even if you do not have enough photos to put in your slideshow make sure you complete the assignment with something to present. Not done will get you a zero, something done/some effort might just get you a passing grade. This assignment is worth 50 marks, so it should be top priority based on how much the assignment is worth.

Criteria for assignment:

• Slideshow should include your best photos from the class. All photos should be in focus and well composed. There should be 30 shots total.
• Remember 10 shots can be from assignments or from before this class, the rest should be other shots you have taken and can include some light photos
• Include a variety of different shots. I do not want to see 30 dog shots, or 30 flower shots, or 30 ocean shots or a bunch of goofy shots of your friends. Try to include: macros, landscape, portraits, and other creative shots.

• You must include music that works well with your slideshow NO SWEARS!!!(some mp3 audio files are on the m drive under audio files)
• You must save on the m drive under your class folder. Your file name should include your first and last name (WMV file extention for Photostory Files)
• photos should have simple, non-distracting transitions, and be timed 3.5-4.5 seconds in length
• photos should be clear, well composed.
• your name should be on the first slide of the slideshow

This slideshow will be graded based on the following criteria:

• Quality of photography which includes, clarity, composition, choice of subject matter
• A variety of styles of photography, editing work etc
• Choreography which involves timing, transitions, photo order, and connection to music
• Overal impression based on the feeling created from the slideshow, artistic nature of the work, experimentation, and general wow factor
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Inspiration for your slideshow:

Check out photographing food colour and milk:
Creative Abstract Food Colouring & Milk
Tips on how to shoot your pet: Pet Photography
Candlelight Photography: Taking Candlelight Photos
Flower Photography and a good review of Composition: Flower Photography
More tips on shooting Flowers
Still Life Photography: Still Life Photography
Video on a photographer's passion : Photographing Bubbles
Black and White linen how to get better shots:Video on shooting in Black and White

You should be working on...Mon Dec 13

Assignments in order of priority:

• Portraits: 10 in slideshow set to music for 30 marks slideshow is worth 10 marks DUE DEC 14/15
• Levitation: 1 Photo: 10 marks
• Overlay: Background photo, plus one of your own put together into a new shot: 15 marks
• Light photos: 10 photos see  below 20 marks
• Final Slideshow, 30 shots of your best work 50 marks. Use your time to edit, weed through to find your best photos for your final slideshow. Put them in a folder.

Program for transferring videos from home use: https://wetransfer.com/ ( free program) to email to me at school. This way you do not lose quality.

lisa.chase@sd71.bc.ca

To download music try : Onlinevideoconverter.pro

If you are done everything, you can move onto light photography. Read instructions and watch video first.

LIGHT PHOTOS ASSIGNMENT: You are to take 5 light photos experimenting with manual settings (slow shutter speed). I would like you to try to use photoshop to edit and maybe combine a few photos together. Try different effects so that all photos do not look the same.This assignment focuses on creativity in creating and editing. Marks 10 

 Here are some helpful bits of information to help you with Light Photography. 

SETTINGS: Make sure camera and lens are on manual. Move settings to the following:

SHUTTER SPEED:10 sec- 30 sec

ISO:100

FSTOP: F8.0

USE A TRIPOD AND MANUALLY FOCUS BEFORE YOU TURN THE LIGHTS OFF

Light sources: flashlights, phone lights, finger lights, sparklers, sparkle/fairy lights.

Space: anywhere where you can get as full darkness as possible. But you could experiment in any light, even if not fully dark. The back photo room in the Art room can be used. IF USING THE DRAMA ROOM, YOU ARE ONLY IN THE CHANGE ROOM WITH PERMISSION from me or MR Smith. NO ONE SHOULD BE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE DRAMA ROOM.

Light Painting Video 

LINK: How to light paint article

light painting

Understanding Manual Modes on the camera

Manual modes for beginners 

Play with the Exposure Triangle: http://www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/play/

Manual Mode free camera apps for iPhone: free i phone apps for manual functions

Term 2 Assignments we are working on

 Here is a list of the Term 2 Assignments we are currently working on...no deadlines yet.

Levitation: One shot  10 marks

Overlay: One very creative shot using at least one photo you have taken 15 marks

Portraits: One model preferred 10 shots. Including a variety of head, and full body shots, focus on eye contact and clean backgrounds. To be put into a slideshow set to music. 30 marks

New Assignment : Overlay

Overlay Assignment to be done on Photoshop. The purpose of this assignment is to try to use Photoshop tools to create an artistic photo. The idea is to combine two or more photos together to do this. At least one photo needs to be yours.

Criteria: Make sure you use photoshop to put the two photos together. Play with the lighting tools, and opacity to get the look you want. When happy with your photo, save it as a jpeg in your student file on the Mdrive. Marks: 15

See examples below, if you missed the lesson on how to do this ask Ms Chase to show you again.

 Portraits 

Working with 1 or 2 models of your choice, you should plan to photograph portraits. You will need 10 different shots of your models. Plan to shoot a variety of different shots including but not limited to: a couple of head shots, several full body shots, creative shots using the lcd projector/costumes/props, gels covering the lights etc. Study other portrait photographer's work and learn how to effectively pose your model. This should be part of getting ready for your assignment.

This assignment is worth 30 marks. 20 marks for your portraits posted to Mdrive and 10 marks for your portraits put into a slideshow, set to music for viewing. If you do not meet the deadline for the slideshow, you will receive a zero for the presentation portion of the assignment.

Tips:

• plan your shots/shoot
• be aware of where the light is ( best times to shoot dawn and dusk)
• choose a good background
• use a prop ( umbrella, hat, scarf, pumpkin etc)
• shoot people in their element ( skateboarder with a skateboard at the skatepark)
• create a rapport with your model and direct the shoot, which means tell the model what you want them to do.
• get out and shoot when the weather is good.

You should research posing and plan your models and location. If you have done your shoot, you should spend some good quality time editing. All portrait photos should be edited for cropping and lighting. If you are doing your portraits at school, find someone to photograph and get busy. There are lots of places to shoot around the school. ( skate park, woods, garage door near the soccer clubhouse,  storage containers on the soccer fields, Ms Chase's white wall in the art room ) 

To get 10 really good photos you might need to take upwards of 40 shots of your model.

How can you make your photos extraordinary? Be inspired by Von Wong, a Vancouver based photographer.

  NEW assignment:

Levitation: You are to take a photo to look like you are flying or floating. Then you are to bring it into Photoshop and either use the select/cut/paste option or erase out the stool etc You can always choose to put it onto a new background.

Marks 10: Criteria: make it look as realistic as possible. try to be creative in your photo choices, clear focus.

levitation photos

If you missed this lesson, get Ms Chase to show you how it is done.