Aperture

9/30

Focus: Go to this website and read about the... 

10 Top Photography Composition Rules & Background Disasters and Solutions

What is composition?

Objectives:

• Photograph Still Life 4 -CS + 4 corrected (Due 10/7)
• Still Life 3 -CS + 4 corrected
• Photo Journal 1 (Due Friday)
• Rule of Thirds - CS + 6 corrected
• Angle of View (school) CS + 4 corrected
• Image corrections (Due 10/7 - new date)

Closure: What composition rule is most evident in this photo?

9/28

  Focus: What composition style does this image use?

Objectives:

• Photograph Still Life 4 -CS + 4 corrected (Due 10/7)
• Still Life 3 -CS + 4 corrected
• Photo Journal 1 (Due Friday)
• Rule of Thirds - CS + 6 corrected
• Angle of View (school) CS + 4 corrected
• Image corrections (Due 10/7 - new date)

Closure:  Explain how rule of thirds is used in this image.

9/28

 Focus: In your own words, explain the rule of thirds.

Objectives:

• Still Life 3 CS + 4 corrected
• Photo Journal 1 (Due Friday)
• Rule of Thirds - CS + 6 corrected
• Angle of View (school) CS + 4 corrected
• Image corrections (Due 10/7 - new date)

Closure: Do the below images use the rule of thirds for its composition?

9/27

Prepare your cameras for Still Life 4. 

Focus:

What angle of view is used in the below image?

Objectives:

• Photograph Still Life 3 CS + 4 corrected
• Photo Journal 1 (Duye Friday)
• Rule of Thirds - CS + 6 corrected
• Angle of View (school) CS + 4 corrected
• Image corrections (Due 10/7 - new date)

Closure: What angle of view is used in the below image?

9/26

 Focus: What color should you add if your picture is too yellow?

Objectives:

• Download Rule of Thirds images and create contact sheets.
• Correct 6 images (print one for your journal)
• Angle of View (school) CS + 4 corrected
• Image corrections

Closure: What needs to be done to correct this photo?

9/23

  Focus: Name the angle of view.

Objectives:

• Photograph still life #2 - (10 pictures per station) - Flickr
• Still Life 2 - CS + 4 corrected
• Angle of View - School(CS +4 corrected)
• Angle of View - Home (CS +4 corrected)
• Still Life 1 - CS + 4 corrected
• Image Corrections (6)
• Reshare your flickr albums link with Mrs. Cream

Closure: Name the angle of view.

Rule of Thirds

9/22

 Prepare your cameras for Still Life #2. Use the 55-200 lens.

Focus:  If your image it too cyan, what color should you add?

Objectives:

• Photograph still life #2 - (10 pictures per station) - Flickr
• Still Life 2 - CS + 4 corrected
• Angle of View - School(CS +4 corrected)
• Angle of View - Home (CS +4 corrected)
• Still Life 1 - CS + 4 corrected
• Image Corrections (6)
• Reshare your flickr albums link with Mrs. Cream

Closure: What color do tungsten lights cast? What about daylight?

Still Life Photography

9/21

 Going outside today to photograph.  Please prepare your cameras with your zoom lens (55-200).  Make sure your SD card and battery is in your camera.  

Set your camera to auto no flash. 

9/20

 

Focus:  Name this angle of view?

Objectives: 

• Quiz today.
• Download images from "Angle of View" assignment.
• Create contact sheets.  
• Correct 4 images of any angle, correct and post to Flickr - album name "Angle of View"
• Continue to work on Still Life #1 (CS & 4 corrected) if needed
• Image corrections (6 total).

Closure: What do the black, gray, and white arrows represent when adjusting levels?

9/19

 Focus: If your image is lacking contrast, what can you to to improve this situation without using the "brightness/contrast" adjustment layer?

Objectives:

• Download images from "Angle of View" assignment.
• Create contact sheets.  
• Correct 4 images of any angle, correct and post to Flickr - album name "Angle of View"
• Continue to work on Still Life 1 Photos (CS & 4 corrected) if needed
• Image corrections (6 total).


*First quiz this tomorrow!!!!  Make sure your google doc journals are up to date.

Closure: Name this angle of view.

9/16

Focus: In your own words, explain what happens when you increase contrast in a photograph.

Objectives:

• Demo Uploading to Flickr
• Still Life 1 Photos - (Contact sheets & 4 corrected photos) in Flickr (Album & folder name -"Still Life 1")
• Continue to work on image corrections.  Upload to Flickr as you complete them.  Album name: Image Corrections 

Closure:  If your image has too much of these colors, what should you add?

Red:
Magenta:
Yellow:

9/14 & 9/15

 Focus:  What does this symbol represent?

Objectives:

• Download Still Life 1 pictures
• Create Contact Sheets
• Image Correcting 
• Uploading Corrections 

Closure:  How do you focus a picture when the lens is set on the auto-focus setting?

Angle of View

9/13

  Focus:  What does this symbol represent?

Objectives:

• Still Life #1
• Download
• Create Contact Sheets
• Image Correcting Intro 
• Uploading Corrections 

Closure:  What are the four steps to correcting an image?

9/12

Focus: How do you know if you are using a DSLR camera?

Objectives:

• Test out Google Drive File Stream
• Flickr Accounts (Be sure your URL is shared with me - Check the class website for your name)
• Image Correcting Intro (if time allows)

Closure:  What are the four steps to correcting an image?

Image Corrections Originals

 

9/10

Focus: Copy the below definitions into your journals. 

RGB stands for Red, Green and Blue and is the common color system for objects presented on a TV or computer screen. This color system uses light sources in combination to color designs by adding them together at varying intensities to create the desired hue and color called for in the design. Thus, the light source itself influences how the image is perceived by the human eye.RGB is called an additive color system because it relies on adding light sources together to produce a desired effect.RGB is employed in designs and images that will be viewed on a screen, since they require a light source to exist. RGB is the appropriate color system for designing web spaces, digital advertisements and any other image presented on a computer, tablet or smartphone screen. When you watch TV at home, you’re seeing the RGB color system at work.

CMYK is the other common color system businesses will employ in their design work. CMYK, however, is the go-to color system for designs that will be printed or presented in any physical medium.CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key. The CMYK color system works by applying blends of the four colors, in printed ink, to create the right color, shade and hue for designs when they’re printed. It’s as simple as blending the right combination of colors to create the desired result.CMYK is known as a subtractive color system, because it relies on removing white from the medium it’s printed on to influence the appearance of colors in the medium.CMYK is the desired color system for all printed applications. Postcards, brochures, fliers, signage, banners and posters all require CMYK for best results. It’s important to take any designs made in RGB and convert them to CMYK before printing.

Objectives:

• Define vocabulary
• Turn in Camera Contracts
• Begin Image Corrections

Closure: Is RGB an additive or subractive color system?

9/8

Focus:  Camera Care  Please read this website for the protection of your camera (personal or school).  Post the link into your journal for future reference.

Objectives:

• Review Camera Care
• SGO Pre-Test
• Share Flickr Link (of you haven't already)

Closure: How should you clean your lens?

9/7

Focus:  Copy the following definition into your journal.

Digital Single-lens reflex camera (DSLR)- typically uses a mirror and prism system (hence "reflex", from the mirror's reflection) that permits the photographer to view through the lens and see exactly what will be captured, contrary to viewfinder cameras where the image could be significantly different from what will be captured. 

Objectives:

• Acceptable Use Policy
• Camera Contracts
• Create Flickr accounts and share URL with me for the albums page.
• Discuss google journals
• Set up file stream
• SGO quiz
• Getting to Know Me 

Closure: What is a URL?