CLO: Students will participate in the creative process (creating) by using the appropriate photo technology, listening, reading or referencing tutorials to create 5 photos using rules of composition & photo narrative around a theme. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING? I will be able to create a collection of "NARRATIVE" photos with my SLR /phone/Chromebook camera demonstrating the Rules of composition. THEME: A photo theme simply means creating a set of photographs that are related in some way, whether it be through subject, color or other repeating pattern. We will be focusing on subject. Use 5 photos of you choice to document and share your experiences during "The 2020 COVID-19 Quarantine". Your theme may be fun with family, cabin fever, sadness, joy, anger, fear, anxiety, tributes etc. HOW WILL I KNOW YOU GET IT? By creating photos with a theme or specific focus. I should get a pretty good idea about what the story is about before I read the description. The photos will tell most of the story or aid in creating a feeling or emotion. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? It helps to be able to take our own pictures for future jobs that may require us to do displays, flyers or update social media. Photos can help tell a story when the language between among viewers may differ. Theme helps us create focus on areas most important to the viewer. MATERIALS: Medium: Your SLR camera./phone/Chromebook camera Quarantine Theme to shoot Light and tripods use as needed. Write down data for each photo Software: Google slides, photoshop, Pixlar VOCABULARY: Show me how to: upload photo from your camera/phone/Chromebook and share on Google Drive folder in Classroom. Templates will be given in your Google classroom page. Know & show: Theme & Rules of composition!!!! PIXLR: Photoshop alternative for Chromebooks
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"What is the story I want to tell?" A picture is worth a thousand words, so let each say as much as it can. A photo narrative (also visual storytelling) is a story told primarily through the use of visual media. The story may be told using still photography, illustration, or video, and can be enhanced with graphics, music, voice and other audio. A narrative is an account of an event or a moment in time, which makes photography the perfect medium for constructing narratives. Why is visual storytelling so important? We can discuss the importance of visual storytelling all day, but what do the facts show? Studies have revealed some pretty alarming statistics about the true impact of visual content:
In the midst of a culture so saturated with images and videos, if you’re not up-to-date on visual storytelling, you’re already several steps behind competing designers looking to make some headway in the industry. RULES TO KEEP IN MIND Tell the whole story: Beginning Middle & end Remember Visual Hierarchy To make a long story short (hah!) the most important items should be closest to the top of the screen and, generally, they should also be the biggest items that the user can see. Use Light to Your Advantage No matter the color palette that a scene might be in, people are keyed into the idea that darkness conveys mystery and danger. Brightness, on the other hand, offers both safety and a sense of importance. As you present the conflict or bully, use shadows or muted colors. Think about Color Psychology Colors offer tremendous expressive opportunities. The best visual storytelling comes when you plot out each “shot,” like a director: Part of that thought process should be the right color for the right emotion. Check the Power of color meanings here. Use Visual Metaphors to Make Meaning For example, a clock represents the passage of time, while dark clouds demonstrate that stormy times are ahead. Close with Your Strongest Image While a great first impression is essential, the final image someone sees will make or break a visualized story. When you save your biggest moment to the very end, users are more likely to act on your content. Check out this artist: Kate WoodmanCONVEYING MOTION While some might see still photography as restricting, many instead see this as liberating, because still capture enables nearly full control over how motion is conveyed. For instance, should the subject be rendered as an unrecognizable streak, or as a more defined blur? Or should the subject remain sharp, with everything else blurred? These and other choices are all under your control. One can also use a slow shutter speed to emphasize a stationary subject amongst movement, such as a person standing still amongst a bustling crowd. Similarly, unique portraits can be achieved using moving trains as a background when the shutter speed is as slow as about 1/10 to 1/2 a second: Photos on left and right by nathanhayag and moriza, respectively. MOVING WITH THE SUBJECT & PANNING Instead of blurring the subject, one could instead render everything else blurred. This requires the camera to either be located on the moving subject itself, or aimed in such a way that the image frame moves with the subject (called "panning").
FREEZING FAST ACTION & HIGH-SPEED MOTION High speed photography is capable of new and exciting representations of subjects in motion, in part because we are incapable of seeing and processing movements which are much faster than a running person. Examples include water droplets, birds in flight and moments in sports, amongst many others. Shutter speed is the length of time your camera shutter is open, exposing light onto the camera sensor. Essentially, it’s how long your camera spends taking a photo. What is a Camera Shutter? Shutter speed exists because of something known as your camera shutter – which, simply put, is a curtain in front of the camera sensor that stays closed until the camera fires. When the camera fires, the shutter opens and fully exposes the camera sensor to the light that has passed through your lens. After the sensor is done collecting the light, the shutter closes immediately, stopping the light from hitting the sensor. The button that fires the camera is also called “shutter” or “shutter button,” because it triggers the shutter to open and close. What is Shutter Speed? Shutter speed is the length of time your camera shutter is open, exposing light onto the camera sensor. Essentially, it’s how long your camera spends taking a photo. This has a few important effects in how your images will appear. When you use a long shutter speed, you end up exposing your sensor for a significant period of time. The first big effect of shutter speed is motion blur. If your shutter speed is long, moving subjects in your photo will appear blurred along the direction of motion. This effect is used quite often in advertisements of cars and motorbikes, where a sense of speed and motion is communicated to the viewer by intentionally blurring the moving wheels. On the other hand, shutter speed can also be used to do just the opposite – freeze motion. If you use an especially fast shutter speed, you can eliminate motion even from fast-moving objects, like birds in flight, or cars driving past. If you use a fast shutter speed while taking pictures of a water, each droplet will hang in the air completely sharp, which might not even be visible to our own eyes.
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Do a Google Image search for "creative reflections" to get inspiration for your own work. Look at natural textures, light, shadows, reflective surfaces & patterns that are created. Don't forget to use DOF settings. Create at least 5 different photographs utilizing VERY creative reflections of different kinds and in different reflective surfaces. You might, for example, use different mirrors, windows, glasses, spoons, cell phones, tv screens, puddles, water fountains, surveillance cameras, lenses, etc. You may also use Photoshop to create a few of your reflections in an imaginative way rather than shooting a reflective surface. Photos must be yours in Photoshop. When creating your work consider the following questions...
You have today & next class to shoot, Friday to Photoshop and Trello, and we will see the completed presentations & critique during class next Monday & Tuesday.
What is Depth of Field (DoF)? Depth of field is the distance between the closest and farthest objects in a photo that appears acceptably sharp. Depth of field is one of the most important concepts in photography. Understanding what DoF is, and knowing what factors affect it, are things all photographers should master. Many photographers know that you can control DoF by adjusting aperture. Depth-of-Field Tips 1. Small apertures provide more depth of field, wide apertures less 2. Shorter focal lengths provide more depth of field, longer focal lengths less 3. Greater shooting distances provide more depth of field, shorter distances less What is Aperture?APERTURE (F-STOP) is the opening in your lens that lets light pass through to the sensor. Think of it as a pupil for your lens. It dilates to let more light in, and contracts to restrict light when it is bright. Aperture is probably the first thing most photographers think of when they want to adjust the depth of field. Large apertures, which correlate to small f-stop numbers, produce a very shallow depth of field. On the other hand, small apertures, or large f-stop numbers, produce images with a large depth of field. WHAT IS SHUTTER SPEED?Shutter speed is the length of time your camera shutter is open, exposing light onto the camera sensor. Essentially, it’s how long your camera spends taking a photo.
What is Shutter Speed? Shutter speed is the length of time your camera shutter is open, exposing light onto the camera sensor. Essentially, it’s how long your camera spends taking a photo. This has a few important effects in how your images will appear. When you use a long shutter speed, you end up exposing your sensor for a significant period of time. The first big effect of shutter speed is motion blur. If your shutter speed is long, moving subjects in your photo will appear blurred along the direction of motion. This effect is used quite often in advertisements of cars and motorbikes, where a sense of speed and motion is communicated to the viewer by intentionally blurring the moving wheels. Black & White Adjustments
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DODGE & BURN (Fixing shadows & contrast)What is Dodging & Burning? A descendant of film photography, dodging and burning is the practice of targeting areas of a photo to brighten and darken. By brightening certain highlights and darkening certain shadows, you can add beautiful shape and dimension to what would otherwise be a flat-looking image. Best of all, dodging and burning can be applied quickly and easily with one tool in Photoshop; Curves Adjustment Layers!
CLO: Demonstrate understanding of basic compositional camera angles (rules) in photography, through use of proper tools and technology and fooling the viewer in believing in the scene of the miniature. ASSIGNMENT: You will be capturing a series of 3 photographs where you should show the use of point of view, in making us believe your miniature object is size appropriate to your background. REQUIREMENTS: Size: 8.5x11 Medium: cell phone, IPad or SLR camera 3 final artworks (do not have to be the same theme) High craftsmanship (finished, edited pieces) Each piece showing multiple rules of composition VOCABULARY: How to brainstorm and set up the scene. The rules of Composition: Depth, Point of View, Close up, Filling the Frame. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING? I am learning the importance of point of view and how to brainstorm and sketch out ideas to take a photo. How to plan out my shot using the design cycle. HOW WILL I KNOW YOU GET IT? I will build upon the rules of composition to create a believable miniature photo. Using the design cycle to brainstorm, I will talk about my decisions with peers to revise my design and set it up to shoot. Three final photographs will interpret a new point of view. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? It is a skill in the industry to be able to create a strong photo using the rules of composition. It makes the viewer see your subject in a specific way and leads the view to look here. Changing your point of view is key!
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