Turn in your Panning shots

Edit your panning photographs by cropping and adjusting the levels.

It does not matter how you name these, but you will run a 2 column, 3 row contact sheet.

Name your contact sheet Lastname_Firstname_Panning.jpg

Drop your completed contact sheet in the folder :)

Hey everyone,
Garret Massey is entered in Representative Jeff Denham's congressional art contest. If you have a Facebook, you can vote for his photo here:
https://www.facebook.com/RepJeffDenham/photos/a.1020386258027573.1073741861.133714040028137/1021903431209189/?type=3&theater

OR Open Facebook on your phone and search "Representative Jeff Denham" Click on the art contest post, and scroll to Garret's pic (seen below).

Let's show them THS Photography is the BEST and win this!

PANNING CHALLENGE

1. Spinning selfie inside

2. Spinning selfie outside

3. Car or golf cart

4. Partner jumping

5. Someone running or biking

6. Spinning object

REMEMBER:
Set your aperture to 8 and ISO to 64 to get maximum shutter speed outside
Start moving with your target BEFORE you press the shutter button, and follow through with the action

Good morning!

Today you will to open a new a Microsoft Word document and number it 1-12.
We will be analyzing some manual mode photographs, stating what is wrong with them, and how we could fix them.

Then we will experiment with a technique called Panning:

Good morning!
You should finish editing your macro shots and complete your contact sheet by the end of the period. Tomorrow we will be moving on to new things, so you need to get your macro work finished today.

If you finish early, you may:
-work on a tutorial or side project for extra credit
-do work for another class
-try out http://www.graffiticreator.net (save your creation for extra credit!!)

-Pick your 12 best macro shots
-For each shot you will ask yourself if it needs to be cropped, always adjust the levels, and ask yourself if it could benefit from a little boost to the saturation.
-It really doesn't matter how you name these.

-Run the edited photos into a contact sheet that is 3 columns by 4 rows.

Keep searching & snapping!

Make sure  you have 12 nice photos suitable for editing.
Today you will take even more macro photos. Remember, just keep snapping away! Change your lighting a little bit, snap, try a different angle, snap, move your pieces, snap. Do not be afraid to collect a LOT of images. Then you have choices later! On the macaw feathers alone I took 10 different images, 6 of which turned out usable (not blurry):

Macro Photography.... Continued

Remember, MANUAL mode is not the same as MACRO mode. 

You need to turn your top dial to "M" for Manual mode,

but you also need to turn your keypad by the LCD screen to the little flower for MACRO mode.

                                                          Each partner will shoot their own 10 images.

You will shoot in manual mode (M). With your camera set to MACRO (the little flower).

Copy this list of challenges. Be creative!! Use rule of thirds.

1. Cutlery. Knives, forks and spoons can make great macro subjects. Arrange like pieces together to create lines and patterns. (Since we don’t have any, we will have to try scissors)

2. Feathers. Feathers are beautiful close up. The central shaft creates a strong line which may be curved or straight, while the rest of the feather provides a soft texture.

3. Human Textures. Try capturing the texture of hair, skin, nails, etc. Think about the wrinkles on our hands or close-ups of eyes or teeth.

4. Glass. Close up photos of fine crystal glassware can yield wonderful abstracts filled with curved lines and reflections. For added fun, place glasses side by side, or one behind the other to create lines where they overlap. You can fill the glasses with colored items for even more creative images.

5. Reflections- Photograph shiny things. Look for jewelry, foil, nails, machinery, even ice.

6. Fruit and vegetables. They’re not just good for your diet! Fruit and vegetables make great macro photography subjects. Try kernels of corn on the cob, citrus slices, or go for more exotic fare like dragon fruit. You can also photograph the fruit or vegetables on plates in complementary colors. (We can use any food we can find)

7. Rust and peeling paint. Fascinating rust patterns can be found on an old car, or even a metal garbage can in the park. Peeling paint graces old fences and walls. (Look for dumpsters, old cars, old fences.) Most people pass by such items without a second glance. Just beware of harsh shadows if you are photographing in bright sunlight.

8. Car details. The sleek lines of shiny chrome and trim on a polished car can provide hours of photographic entertainment. You can photograph your own car, but don’t be shy about taking your camera to an antique car show. Car owners are usually proud of their vehicles, and won’t mind your photographing the details.

9. Water droplets. This one is a classic, but be creative, and find your water on unusual surfaces like a wire fence, a cobweb, or a rear-view mirror. Early morning dew makes almost any subject magical. In the Spring or Fall, your can look for frost instead of dew.(Drinking fountains, puddles, bottles) Put a few drops on some flowers!

10. Tissues & paper. For some high key abstracts, and a really unusual subject, try photographing a tissue or a crumpled piece of printer paper. With a little imagination, the lines and shadows formed by the soft folds can create some intriguing images.

Turn in your painting with light contact sheet

Complete the shutter speed study questions from yesterday (listed below)

Check your Aeries to make sure your grade is correct, so you do not mistakenly get a progress report.

Study for our big test tomorrow using the Aperture/ISO quiz and yesterday's shutter speed questions.

Shutter speed test questions

1.       What happens  to the light levels in your photo as your shutter speeds got longer?

2.       What happened to the amount of motion blur as your shutter speeds got longer?

3.       What shutter speed would  work  best outside?

4.       What does the aperture do when the shutter is REALLY fast, like 1/2000 of a second?

5.       What does the aperture do as the shutter gets slower and the camera lets in more light?

6.       review question! What is the problem if my images are coming out grainy?

7.       1. When we are talking about cameras, what is a “shutter”?

8.       2. What is an example of a fast shutter speed?

9.       In what type of conditions would you use a fast shutter speed?

10.    What is an example of a very slow shutter speed?

11.   In what type of conditions would you use a very slow shutter speed?

12.    If your subject is playing sports outside in bright sunlight, what kind of shutter speed would I use?

13.   Do I use fast or slow shutter speeds if I want my subject to be blurry?

14.    Do I use fast or slow shutter speeds if I want my subject to be frozen in motion, not blurry at all?

15.   9. The BIG PICTURE: What are the 2 main things we control in our pictures using shutter speed?

Today you will edit your 12 shots.
Crop any excess darkness out of the image. Then adjust the levels for color if you want. Here is an example of a before and after:

Before 

After

You can name the photos as follows:
design1.jpg design2.jpg design3.jpg
writing1.jpg writing2.jpg writing3.jpg
silhouette1.jpg silhouette2.jpg silhouette3.jpg
portrait1.jpg portrait2.jpg portrait3.jpg

Run a 3 column, 4 row contact sheet and name it lastname_firstname_light.jpg

By the end of Friday, make sure you have your OWN set of:

3 drawing/writing
3 interesting designs
3 silhouettes
3 portraits

On Monday we will crop out the excess black from our images and adjust the color if needed. But Monday the lights will be on, so make sure you get all your images shot now!

Silhouettes/portraits

Today you will finish getting 3 silhouettes from yesterday, and begin to get 3 portraits. Portraits are done by standing EXTREMELY still and lighting your own face (or having a partner light you). You can get multiples of yourself by turning the light off, repositioning yourself, and lighting again.

Today's goal: 3 Silhouettes

Today you will try to get 3 SILHOUETTES. A silhouette is a photograph where the subject is back lit so harshly that only a shadow remains.

Today's goal was to have 3 successful attempts at writing, and 3 successful attempts at interesting, artistic designs EACH.

Writing/Drawing

Interesting design/pattern/art


 

PAINTING WITH LIGHT!

Time to start one of my favorite projects!

This project requires you to use creativity, teamwork, perseverance, and technique. 

We will turn the lights off and use an 8 second shutter speed along with glow sticks, cell phone flashlights, apps, etc. to write, draw, and design. 

Today we will see examples and begin playing with designs and writing/drawing.