Photography

This photography course covers capturing and storing digital still images. Students focus on image capture as they explore the fundamentals of color, light and composition. Students learn basic photo editing skills and prepare images for printing. The course also covers critical viewing skills through discussion and critique. ASSIGNMENTS: A. To read each chapter and answer questions at the end of each chapter. B. To take a final exam constituting 20% of the final grade.
 * Photography Course Description **

Grading Scale: 59 and below - F 60 - 69% - D  70 - 79% - C  80 - 89% - B  90 - 100% - A

ATTENDANCE POLICY For Independence High School, completed weekly assignments equates to full attendance for the week. Missing assignments will also affect grades and the amount of credits earned.

Composition: View the video clip before attempting the assignment. Using the Rule of Thirds take four photos illustrating the affect in the photography. The main subject should be placed in four different places on the photo. Decide which photo is more pleasing to the eye and state why on a separate sheet of paper. Use the checklist when taking your photos.
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Photo Composition Checklist
 * 1) Chose your subject - is there an anchor in the photo?
 * 2) Locate the element - is there a direction that leads to the subject?
 * 3) Where is the placement of the horizon line, should be in upper 3rd or lower 3rd from bottom of photo?
 * 4) Is there a positive and negative space?
 * 5) Contemplate what the image is saying to the viewer.
 * 6) Take the photo

Rule of Thirds - 5 photos of the same subject but in different locations. Low, High Horizon – 3 photos, mid horizon, high horizon, and low horizon. Scale – 2 photos Summary of Video, “ How to Take Great Photographs” and 1 photo
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Rule of Thirds media type="custom" key="24055154" View the video clip before attempting the assignment. As in the Rule of Thirds assignment, take three photographs with varying horizon line. Decide which works best and state why on a separate sheet of paper.

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The Assignment: Wright a summary of what the video was about and take one photo using his suggestions.

Photography and Poetry The primary objective of this assignment is to develop the students’ ability to convey a message of or feeling or their audience. The photograph in this assignment should be use as a tool for painting visually expressing ones’ feeling to another person. Literary writers express themselves with canvas and oils in the form of abstract art or conventional painting. The Photographer expresses himself with cameras, light and film in the form of photograph. You as the photographer will interpret this poem with subject matter that you feel best describe the poem’s theme. Let your imagination go wild!! Submit three photographs and select the photo that best captures the essence of the poem.

Tyger, Tyger, burning bright. In the forests of the night: What immoral hand of eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what dare he aspire? What hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy hearts? And when thy began to beat, What dread hand? And what dread feet?

What the hammer? What the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears And watered heaven with their tears: Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger, Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night: What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? by William Blake

Select your own poem and take one photograph that embodies your interpretation of the photo. Turn in a copy of the poem, Tyger, tiger burning bright hand written or typed along with a photo depicting your interpretation of the poem. Do the same thing for your chosen poem.

Tigre Bright poem – 1 photo, indicate where the photo was taken, time of day Poem and interpretation – 1 photo, indicate where the photo was taken, time of day

Human Interest This project is designed to sharpen the reflexes and awareness of the photographer in capturing interesting moments of senior citizens, babies, animals, ect, when they are playing and /or manifesting antics or actions. The subject should fill 50-75% of the negative. Also, close-ups of the subject are also recommended. Be sure to keep in mind composition rules such as: the rules of thirds; and horizontal or vertical format with respective subjects. Photograph three subjects. Submit your three jpeg photos and select one as the photo for grading. On a separate sheet of paper, describe what your are attempting to capture in the photograph. For more ideas about photographing Human Interest, see the Youtube video clip. Submit: Animal - 1 photo and short essay on what elements you were trying to capture in the photo. Person – 1 photo and a short paragraph on what elements (happiness, sadness, or boredom) you were trying to capture.

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Action Photography Making a still picture show movement – this is one of the problems that photographers face. There is no way to record motion exactly the way the eye and brain see it, but a photograph can be made to convey the impression of movement. In this assignment you are to produce a photograph that conveys the feeling of movement or action. The following methods may be used to convey the idea of movement in a photograph. 1. Freezing the action – a fast shutter speed can be used to stop or freeze action, with details remaining clear and sharp. 2. Blurring the movement – by using a slow shutter speed with a moving subject, the subject will be blurred and give the feeling of movement. 3. Panning with the action – by panning with a moving subject and using a slow shutter speed (1/60th) the background becomes blurred while the subject remains relatively sharp. 4. Moving the camera – by moving or juggling the camera and using a very slow shutter speed (under 1/25th) the feeling of action can be produced. 5. Submit one photographs from each method of creating action that will be graded. Describe how the action is being created on the photo.

Low Key Lighting The purpose of this assignment is to develop the student’s ability to perceive the presence and absence of light as it falls on the subject. The presence of light, as we know, gives the subject adequate overall detail. However, we can use the lack of light to create shape, form, and mood in a final print. Various subjects can be used such as people, still life scenes, or nature shapes.

When shooting a low key photograph, the objective is to cover 75% to 80% of the photograph with dark areas. The subject on the other hand, will be lit with just a slight amount of light. This is best achieved by using an ordinary desk lamp (75 watts) for a light source. Place the lamp at a 90 degree angle from the camera. Be sure to hold the camera very steady while taking your low key photograph. If possible use a table or tripod to hold your camera steady. Turn in a jpeg print of a low key photograph. View the YouTube for additional tips on low key lighting.

Use a lamp with the subject far away from the background. If using a cell phone camera, turn off the flash and take the picture.

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Photography II Photography II covers capturing and storing digital still images. Students will focus on image capturing as they explore the fundamentals of color, light and composition. Students will use basic photo editing skills and prepare images for printing. The course also covers critical viewing skills through discussion and critique.

First Assignment **Equivalent exposure** is a hard concept to grasp at first. To get a handle on it first let's take a look at the shutter speed and what those numbers mean. SHUTTER speed numbers like 1000 and 500 are all a fraction of a second of time for how long the shutter will let in light.

Equivalent Exposures - See the YouTube clip

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Six Lighting Lighting a subject can be accomplished by more than one method. In this assignment the student will light a subject from six different positions. Use a lamp as the light source and move the lamp around the subject. The light should be placed on the following locations around the subject: front, 3/4 with reflector, 3/4 without reflector, side (90 degrees from front), back (180 degrees from front, and indirect. Turn in six photographs illustrating each type of lighting.

Bracketing

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Faces in Things **Pareidolia** ( [|/pærᵻˈdoʊliə/]  [|//parr-i-**doh**-lee-ə//] ) is a psychological phenomenon involving a [|stimulus] (an image or a sound) wherein the mind perceives a familiar pattern of something where none actually exists. Common examples are perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations, the [|man in the moon], the [|moon rabbit] , and [|hidden messages] within recorded music played in reverse or at higher- or lower-than-normal speeds. (Wikipedia)