Texture and Lighting

Pictures Due for editing: March 10th

Final Edits and Post Due: March 18th


Objective: Students will learn to enhance textures with placement of light source.

Essential Question (answer for #5 in Reflection Questions): Looking at your images, were you able to enhance the texture with location of light source? Where was your light source placed?

Texture Power Point - click to view

Requirements:

1. Take at least 30 pictures of textures using correct lighting techniques.
2. Upload your pictures to your student # drive.
3. Make a contact sheet in photoshop and save as a JPEG.  (File> automate > contact sheet)
4. Edit your 3 best pictures from the shoot on photoshop or lightroom.
5. Post 3 pictures and contact sheet to blog.  Describe the texture of each image.
6. Do artist reflection on blog post.

Bell Ringer Photo Response

Look at the photo below and write a response on what you see. Describe how this image makes you feel.  

In recent years with the emergence of the Me Too movement,  this famous image has become the topic of very controversial debate.  Is it romantic or is it assault? Explain your opinion.

Composition: Understanding Arrangement of Subjects in a Photo

PICTURES BROUGHT INTO CLASS:
A-Day = Due Monday Feb. 11th
B-Day = Due Wednesday Feb. 12th

FINAL EDITS POSTED TO BLOGS:
A-Day = Due Thursday Feb. 27th
B-Day = Due Friday Feb. 28th

What is Composition?  = Click to view Power Point

Requirements for this Project:

-Take a minimum of 30 pictures (you choose the subject) with the following composition concepts in mind:  

Before you shoot or compose, ask yourself the following questions. What am I going to do/photograph? Why am I going to make/photograph it? How am I going to make/photograph it? 

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1. 1. Simplicity: Fill the frame; eliminate dead space; eliminate distracting elements. 
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2. 2.  Good Lighting and Focus:  Always try to get the best lighting and focus. Side lighting = better texture. ALWAYS make sure your camera is in focus.  Do Not turn in completely blurry pictures.
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4. 3. Rule of Thirds: Position your main subject(s) at any of the 4 green points. It will usually result in a more interesting composition. You can hit more than 1 point and you can position diagonally as well as vertically and horizontally.  NEVER place the subject in the middle (see red x).
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5. 4. Emphasize Foreground: This is a Landscape picture (a image of land).  For this you need to  place the horizon (aka where the sky meets the ground) in the upper half of the frame. (see blue arrow pointing upward).  There should be more ground than sky.
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7. 5. Emphasize Height and Distance: This is a Landscape picture (a image of land).  For this you need to  place the horizon (aka where the sky meets the ground) in the lower half of the frame. (see blue arrow pointing downward).  There should be more sky than ground.
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6. 6.  Leading Lines: These are lines created by objects that lead the viewers eye around the page.

7. Multiple Subjects: Have more than one object/subject in the picture.  Tip: An odd number of subjects is easier to compose than even. 

When we return to class, I will be teaching you how to edit your pictures.  Create a post on your blog called “Composition" using these images. Post on Blog. Label each image correctly with each point discussed in class and write a small explanation of how that label is demonstrated the corresponding image to show your understanding. You are using 1 picture per point.   This will be graded as a project. 

Making your blogs

Create or go to a gmail account. 

Click on the square made out of 9 dots in the upper right side of the web page.

Go to the blogger icon and click it.

Hit create blog and follow the directions.

**Add your name and blog address to the comments on this post so I can add you to the class. :)

WELCOME! Your First Assignment is...

Take Pictures of shoes and bring in next class.  That is it. 😄

Final Assignment Choice

You may pick from either one of these assignments for the last project.  You may do both for extra credit.

Assignment Due by January 24th


Assignment Option #1:  Neon Black Light Photography

Objective:  Students will learn how to correctly set manual cameras to accommodate shooting portraiture under black lights with florescence.

Essential Questions: How do you set the aperture and shutter to shoot in low light?
What kind of compositions/model poses can you create to put emphasis on the florescent makeup?

Requirements:

- AT LEAST 30 pictures on a contact sheet for 80% completion on contact rubric.
- Post 2 of your best finalized well composed, edited photos
- Artist Reflection

OR

Assignment Option #2:  Double Exposure Photography

Objective: Students will learn basics of opacity and layer masks to create an composite photo.

Essential Question: How can two images blend together cohesively to make a new image?

Composite Photography: Combining 2 or more photos and blending them together to make a new image.

Opacity: How transparent a layer is.  The more Opaque the less see through.

Blend Mode: Located in the Layers panel.  It is found under the "Normal" tab.  Blends the top layer with the layer underneath. 

Layer Mask: Allows you to cut through a layer without erasing any pixels. Button is located on layers window. Looks like a square with a circle in it. 

Requirements:

-Use some of the portraits you already took from the previous projects.

-Landscape or Texture photos you took from previous projects.

-You will be submitting 2 finalized composite images.