Upload Garrison Springs pics with exposure information

Upload the Garrison Springs pictures with the following information.

All photographs must be in focus, well composed and properly exposed

1. Close-Up photo with Shallow Depth of Field

ISO                         ____________

Shutter Speed   ____________

Aperture             ____________

Image Number ____________

Time                      ____________

2. Close-Up photo with Deep Depth of Field

ISO                         ____________

Shutter Speed        ____________

Aperture               ____________

Image Number       ____________

Time                      

3.  Photo showing Motion Blur

ISO                         ____________

Shutter Speed   ____________

Aperture             ____________

Image Number ____________

Time                      ____________

4. Photo showing Freezing Action

ISO                         ____________

Shutter Speed   ____________

Aperture             ____________

Image Number ____________

Time                      ____________

5. Landscape photo

ISO                         ____________

Shutter Speed   ____________

Aperture             ____________

Image Number ____________

Time                      ____________

6. Photo showing natural details of nature

ISO                         ____________

Shutter Speed   ____________

Aperture             ____________

Image Number ____________

Time                      ____________

Final Portfolio

In the first section you will post 10-15 of your best images from the semester and provide a brief critique of each including 1 very strong element and 1 element you could improve upon. NOTE- Pick something from the Critique Guide.

In the second part you will provide an assessment of your portfolio and your work ethic.

1. Individual Image Critique

Post your 10-15 best images of the semester. All images must be in black and white although you may include a color version.

For each image discuss one strong point from the critique guide and one area you could improve upon.Please assess your work and level of success on this project in each of the 3 main critique areas. Use the critique guidelines to help you with terminology and comments, 

I feel I have ____ exceeded/ ____ met/ ____fallen short of the objective for this image because.....

2. Overall Portfolio-Semester work

Please answer the following questions about your overall work this semester  using the 1-4 scale: 

1=Not at all, 2=Somewhat, 3=Mostly, 4=Absolutely

I completed my assignments on time 1 2 3 4

I fulfilled all assignments 1 2 3 4

Made good use of class time 1 2 3 4

Used a creative approach 1 2 3 4

My pictures unique and original 1 2 3 4

My craftsmanship is excellent 1 2 3 4

My images are sharp and focused 1 2 3 4

My images are well composed 1 2 3 4

My images have good contrast and exposure 1 2 3 4

My photography sets a mood 1 2 3 4

Catch Up Day

Antique Store Pictures and 2 Critiques
Creative Expression using Text and Pictures
Ozark Square Pictures and 2 Critiques

Critique the Ozark Square Pictures

Today you will write two thorough critiques using the Critique Guide.

1. the first will be a critique of one of your pictures from the Ozark square. Include a copy of the picture with your critique.

2. The second will be a critique of one of your classmates pictures from the Ozark square. Include the picture.

Edit and Post the Ozark Square Pictures

Download, Edit, and Post the Ozark Square Pictures from the field trip.

De-saturate and Adjust Levels to get the best possible  image. 

Your pictures should include:

3 City Scenes
3 Architectural Details - either Close ups or Textures

Pick one of the pictures above and write a thorough critique in a new blog post

If you have good shots of any of the following then you should post them also
Shadows
reflections
People - Environmental portraits
Animals
Plants or Nature

Text and Pictures - Make 3 Images Using Your Creative Expression

Using your skills and imagination, create 3 images that shows your expressive side. You can use any photo or collage of photos that you have taken, use color or black and white, filters, layers...it's up to you.

Make your images 11x 14 inches and 150 resolution.

Use the text tool to add a quote, poetry, song lyric, or personal statement to your picture.

Imagine that your piece might be used for a magazine, card or poster.

Have fun.

Critique the Antique Store Photos

Today you will write two thorough critiques using the Critique Guide.

1. the first will be a critique of one of your pictures from the Antique store. Include a copy of the picture with your critique.

2. The second will be a critique of one of your classmates pictures from the antique store. Include the picture.

Edit and Upload Your Antique Store Pictures

Edit and Post the Antique Store Photos from the field trip.

Crop, De-saturate and adjust Levels to get the best possible  image. 

All photos must be in Black and White. You may upload color pictures, but there must also be a Black and White version.

Your uploaded pictures should include :

• 3 Still Life including at least 1 with a definite Focal Point and at least 1 that includes Repetition of the Elements
• 3  Details - either Close ups or Textures
• 3-5 additional pictures of your choice from the field trip

Pick one of the pictures above and write a thorough critique in a new blog post

Work Now Due - Catch Up Day

GreenHouse Pictures
Retouching Using the Clone-Stamp Tool
Add and Remove Object for A Photo You have taken
Create a Collage in Photoshop
Photo Ethics

Photography Ethics

Please refer to the NPPA, National Press Photographers Association to guide your decsion in the following scenarios.

Choose 2 situations to answer and and post them to your blog.

 Publish or Not to Publish 1
Keep in mind a photojournalist’s ethical duty to be fair, accurate and clear.
There is said to be a “breakfast rule” to guide publication decisions: Do not publish anything that will make people choke on their breakfast.

Situation
Parents in your community are calling and writing the local newspaper. They are angry about two recent uses of photographs in the morning newspaper:
1. Three American troops and 10 Iraqi citizens, including two children, were killed when a car bomb exploded in a shopping district. On the front page of the Tuesday paper was a photograph that clearly showed the uncovered bodies, blood and damage to cars and shops.
2. On Wednesday, on the back of the comics page, a full-page advertisement for women’s undergarments was published. Some considered the poses “seductive” and “far too revealing.” Children who read the comics might see the ad.

Question - Do you think public response should guide the decision to publish or not publish 
 more than news value? Are the subscribers right to complain?
- Is there an ethical reason to publish or not publish?
- What considerations guide your decision?
- What is your decision?

To Publish or Not to Publish 2
Keep in mind a photojournalist’s ethical duty to be fair, accurate and clear.
Not all actions are news. Editors, reporters and photographers make content decisions every day based on their news judgment, understanding of their communities and awareness of their ethical, legal and economic responsibilities.

Situation
Students at your school are performing dangerous stunts. They hope to attract television coverage and get the most hits on YouTube. The editor of the student newspaper and the student webmaster are pitching coverage. They think this story would interest students who do not usually read the school’s newspaper.

Question- Should your school’s publications cover the students with photographs and/or 
 do a videocast?
- Would this encourage these students to do more daring stunts by glorifying 
 their unsafe actions?
- Is there an ethical reason to publish or not publish?
- What considerations guide your decision?
- What is your decision?

To Publish or Not to Publish 3
Keep in mind a photojournalist’s ethical duty to be fair, accurate and clear.
Photographers are to maintain the integrity of the photographic image’s content and context. Photographers also want their best works to be published.

Situation
Your school photographer captured an awesome crowd photograph just as your girls basketball team won the state championship. All aspects of an excellent photograph — emotion, color, use of line and rule of thirds — are present. On closer examination, one sees several students with their middle fingers extended.

Question - Would you remove the offending body parts using a software program such as 
 Photoshop?
- Is there an ethical reason to publish or not publish as is?
- What considerations guide your decision?
- What is your decision?

Making Selections in Photoshop - Create a Collage Using Multiple Images in 1 Picture

Today we will practice Making Selections in Photoshop. 

You will upload 1 picture containg at least 3 different elements plus a background.

Create a File that is 8x8 inches and 150 resolution.

Add the background and 3 selections to this picture. 

The final design must be creative and all of the elements should work together. Don't just drop random images into a picture.



https://mediageekdesigns.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/collage2.jpg



https://mediageekdesigns.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/collage1.jpg

Add and Remove Something From a Picture You have Taken - Clone-Stamp Tool

In a photo that you have taken, use the clone tool to add at least one item and remove another. Include the before and after pictures.

Retouching Using the Clone-Stamp Tool

Today we will work with a couple of tools to help improve minor imperfections in our photos.
Download the 2 photos below, retouch them, and upload the before and after pictures to your blog.

Here is a video to help you...

Upload B and W and the Color version

Edit, Post, and Critique the Greenhouse Pictures

1. Today you will post 2-4 pictures from the greenhouse

2. Edit, De-saturate, and crop the pictures to get the best one possible.

2. Write a thorough critique of the best picture

2. After you have done this you will critique a classmates picture. Post the picture and critique in a new blog post. Title it - Still Life Critique. Make sure you add the classmates name in the post

Work Due TODAY - Catch Up if you need to

Burn - Dodge in Photoshop
New Photographer blog post
Exposure Pop Quiz
Cropping Photos in Photoshop
Adjustment layers in Photoshop
AP Photo Critique 1

Dodging and Burning in Photoshop

Today we will discuss the Burning and Dodging tools in photoshop.

i will give a demonstration in class but there is a great tutorial here if you need to see it written out step by step. The tutorial covers everything i will show in class.

After I show you how to use the tools you will post an example of your use of the tools. The instructions and examples are below:

Post a before and after picture demonstrating your use of the Burn and dodge tools in Photoshop.

The burn tool will darken areas of your image, and the Dodge tool will lighten areas of your image.

In a brief paragraph explain the areas that you burned and dodged.

Follow the example below:

Original Photograph

I dodged the highlights on the bananas and in the blurry chair in the backgound. I felt like the picture would be stronger if you could better see the details in the distance.
I burned the details in the glass bowl as well as in the bananas because I felt that the bowl was too grayish and i wanted more contrast. Finally I burned the wall on the right of the bowl because it was hard to see where the bowl ended and the wall began.

Looking at New Photographers

Find new photographers to be inspired by! In this class I expect you to take risks and grow as a creative person.
An important way to do this is to explore what other photographers are doing.

Look for current photographers on these websites:

Lensculture
https://www.lensculture.com/

Art-Support
http://art-support.com/photographers.htm


Today your assignment is to find 3 contemporary photographers.

• Write a brief biography about the artists and thier type of work. DONT COPY AND PASTE!!!
• Upload 3-5 photos to your blog, include the titles and dates.
• Explain why you chose them, and what you find interesting in thier work.
• Discuss how you could use thier ideas and work to inspire something new in your photography.
• Use photography vocabulary from  the Critique Guide, and Art (principles and elements of design) in your responses

Pop Quiz-Review of Exposure Basics

Today you will show me your skills. 200 Points!!!

You will take 4 pictures.

Demonstrate the following. Write down ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture for each pic

1. Freeze Action in a photo with Bugs Eye Perspective

2. Show Motion Blur in a photo from Birds eye perspective

3. Show Shallow depth of Field in a picture uisng Rule of Thirds

4. Show Deep Depth of Field with a diagonal Perspective

Post your 4 pictures to your blog with ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture for each pic.

Cropping Photos

There are many times, in fact most times, when you will want to Crop a picture you take. to crop means to cut out the areas of a picture you do not want. it is used to help create a definite focal point, or point of interest, and can also be used to adjust your picture so that it complies with the Rule of Thirds.

Tools used:

Crop Tool
Ratio
View menu

I will give a demonstration of these tools in class, and you can find a detailed tutorial at the site below:

Photoshop Essentails  - Cropping Images in Photoshop CS6

Your task today is to select 1 photo you have taken and crop them according to the Rule of Thirds. 

You may choose the Ratio, but state which Ratio you have chosen in the blog post.

Include the original version of the Photograph.

Here is an example below.

Cropping Assignment

Original Uncropped

Cropped . Original Ratio, Rule of Thirds

Photoshop Adjustment Layers - Hue/Saturation - Levels

Change a color photo to black and white
Open a photograph you have taken
Using the Hue-Saturation Adjustment layer, convert the picture to black and white.
Post the original and De-Saturated (black and White) to your blog.



Original Color



Desaturated



Adjusted Levels



Histogram

Photoshop - Using Adjustment Layers

Today I will demonstrate how to use Photoshop Adjustment Layers.

We will practice the following in class:

• Convert a picture from Color to Black and White using the Hue/Contrast Adjustment layer
• Adjust Levels using the Levels Adjustment layer

Creating adjustment layers

Do one of the following:
For Hue-Saturation (Converts to Black and White)

1. Click the New Adjustment Layer button  at the bottom of the Layers panel, and choose Hue/Saturation

2. Move the Saturation slider all the way to the left

3. Click ok

Here is a video showing how to do it.

For Levels (Adjusts Contrast in your picture)

1. Click the New Adjustment Layer button  at the bottom of the Layers panel, and choose Levels

2. Move the Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights Sliders to adjust the range of contrast in your image

3. Click ok

Here is a video showing how to do it.

This link will take you to a description of using Levels in Photoshop. The photo in the example is in color but it works the same in black and white.

We will try this for ourselves in class and post the results on our blog Friday.

AP Photo Critique

AP, or Associated Press, is "the world's largest collection of historical and contemporary photographs". 

Today you will choose a photo from AP Images to critique. Follow the example below to do your critique.

1. Copy and Paste the photo to your blog.

2. Add the link from the AP site to your blog.

3. Paste the description of the photo from the AP site to your blog.
Description: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray ahead of the Jewish New Year at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. Israelis happily welcomed the Jewish New Year late Wednesday despite uncertainty and turmoil brewing on both its northern and southern borders. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

4. Answer the following:

• Who was the photographer?
• What country and city was the photo taken in?
• What event was photographed?
• Describe the event that was photographed.
• Why is the event newsworthy? Why is it important to us?

5. Write a Critique. Use the Critique Guide in the link above.

Perspectives Blog Post Assignment

Post 2 pictures each of the Following. Label each picture:

2 Bug's Eye Perspectives

2 Bird's Eye perspectives

2 Eye Level Perspectives

2 Horizontal leading Lines

2 Vertical leading Lines

2 Diagonal leading Lines

2 Pictures that combine leading Lines and Perspectives

Perspectives

Read this! Get Up and Move Around!

Bugs Eye Perspective

Eye Level Perspective

Birds Eye Perspective

Horizontal Leading Lines

Vertical Leading Lines

Diagonal Leading Lines

Birds Eye and Horizontal



Vertical and Horizontal

Post 3 Examples of the Rule of Thirds

Post 3 pictures using the Rule of Thirds. For each photo give a brief description of how the composition follows the Rule of Thirds.

Here is an example:


This picture follows the Rule of Thirds because the student is sitting in the lower left third, where the lines would intersect, and the end of the hallway is in the upper right third.

Composing Your Photos Using the Rule of Thirds

Today you will take pictures using the Rule of Thirds. You will need to post 3-5 examples of the Rule of Thirds to your blog. For each example write an explanation of how the rule of thirds was used in each picture.

The rule of thirds is probably the most often referenced photography rule of composition.  It is all about subject placement within the frame.

Imagine that your picture space is divided into thirds both horizontally and vertically, like a tic tac toe grid.

The photography rule of thirds tells us to align our subject with one of the points where those lines cross. That means our subject is one third of the way “into” the picture space – from either the top or bottom, and from either the left or right. And that means it’s not in the middle.



Here is an example of the rule of thirds for a landscape photo. The focus is on the land area rather than the sky so the bottom two-thirds of the photograph are filled with land and the top third is sky.

Here are additional links explaining and demonstrating the Rule of thirds.
http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds
http://learnprophotography.com/rule-of-thirds
http://www.ultimate-photo-tips.com/photography-rule-of-thirds.html

http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/rule-of-thirds

Aperture - Depth of Field Excercise

Today you will experiment with capturing both shallow and deep Depth of Field.

Post your examples to your blog demonstrating both shallow and extended Depth of Field.

You should have 2 examples of both deep and shallow depth of Field.

 follow the format below for each picture:

This pic was shot at ISO 400, Shutter Speed 1/125, aperture f5.6. 
The DoF is very shallow:

This pic was shot at ISO 1600, Shutter Speed 1/60, Aperture f32. 
it has an extended Depth of Field.

Aperture - Depth of Field

Aperture is the opening in the lens that controls the AMOUNT of light that you allow to enter the camera. It is measured in a thing we call the F number.



As you decrease the size of the Aperture you increase the amount of the picture that is in focus. This is called Depth of field.

Watch the following video for a good explanation of how Aperture works. We'll began using different F Stops and doing Depth of Field exercises later in class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUbjkMm_v-A


Depth of Field is the amount of the image that is in sharp focus

Here is the a link that describes how and when to use Aperture Priority

Here's link that descibes how to take better pictures using Aperture Priority.

Use the Nikons to experiment with Depth of Field around the building. Take pictures with both Shallow and Deep Depth of Field. We'll post them next class.

Shutter Speed - Blog Assignment

In 3 correctly exposed (not underexposed or overexposed) capture an example of the following:

• Freezing Action
• Motion Blur
• Tracking 

Label each picture with the shutter speed and ISO you used. 


See the examples below.....

Freezing Action
Shutter Speed 1/1250 seconds
ISO 3200

Motion Blur
Shutter speed 1.6 seconds
ISO 100

Tracking
Shutter Speed 1/3 seconds
ISO 400

Shutter Speed

The next Fundamental of Exposure we will explore is Shutter Speed.

Shutter Speed is measured in seconds or fractions of a second.

For example:

1" = 1 second

1/2 = 1 half second

1/125 = 1 one hundred twenty-fifth of a second

A Shutter Speed of 1 second is considered SLOW, and as it moves into fractions of a second, such as 1/125, the Shutter Speed is described as FAST.

By changing shutter speeds you not only control how long light enters the camera but also how motion is captured in your image. You can Freeze the movement of your subject, Show Motion Blur, or Track your subject.

Use the Thumb dial to set the Shutter Speed. In the screen below, the Shutter Speed is set at 1/60, or one sixtieth of a second. 1/60 is basically a dividing line between slow and fast shutter speeds.

Follow this link for a description of how shutter speed works.

We will now have a hands-on practice session and I will demonstrate how to change the Shutter Speed on the Nikon DSLRs.

Next you will practice taking

Today we will use various shutter speeds to:
1. Freeze motion (fast shutter speed of 1/125 or higher)
2. Create a Motion Blur (Shutter speed around 1/15 or slower)
3. Tracking - Panning (Shutter Speed about 1/60)