1. Show variety of photos, must include: PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE, MACRO, STREET

2. Proper EXPOSURE (not under or over exposed)

3. Use MANUAL, APERTURE or SHUTTER PRIORITY mode

4. ISO: Indoors (>800) and Outdoors (<400)

5. Quality: FINE      Size: Large

6. Usage of Elements and Principles (E'S & P'S) of Art & Design in your photos

7. Caption photo with a short explanation, include your E's & P's.

8. Get creative; GO BEYOND the lockers, fences, hallways, backfield, and front of school photos. 

9. Edit your photographs and submit to Google Classroom

10. Then upload and display your works on your photo Google Site. 

TIPS & ADVICE:

• Find good lighting, don't take photos in low and dim-lit areas

• Good contrast- distinct separation between highlight areas and shadows

• Spend time finding a subject that would make for an engaging and interesting TEXTURE

• Make an intentional and purposeful choice for your subject matter

• Use a Tripod or stabilize the camera if your shutter speed is slower than 1/60

• This challenge might require you to shoot close-ups (MACRO) to capture the details.

1. Proper EXPOSURE (not under or over exposed)

2. Caption photo with a short explanation of your photo choice, in connection with the photo challenge

3. Sharp focus

4. Edit to achieve a good range of shadows to highlights.

5. Photos contrast should not look flat and bland.

6. All 5 photos will be of 3 different subjects (and should exhibit a range of various texture. i.e.- soft, hard, sharp, rough)

7. Usage of 3 Elements and Principles of Art & Design

8. Caption photo with a short explanation, include your E's & P's

TIPS & ADVICE:

• Find good lighting, don't take photos in low and dim-lit areas

• Good contrast- distinct separation between highlight areas and shadows

• Spend time finding a subject that would make for an engaging and interesting TEXTURE

• Make an intentional and purposeful choice for your subject matter

• Use a Tripod or stabilize the camera if your shutter speed is slower than 1/60

• This challenge might require you to shoot close-ups (MACRO) to capture the details.

• Professional Examples

Want a way to make your photo pop? Color isolation is one of the most effective techniques to bring out the subject of your photo and make it stand out.  So, you took a picture, but that one part of it that you really wanted to stand out... doesn't? Maybe the rest of the scene is too cluttered, maybe it's simply too big. Maybe you just want something that makes a striking impact, or maybe you want to further differentiate and alienate your subject from the surrounding scene. In any of these situations, color isolation can be a powerful tool, and certainly one worth experimenting with.

Also, be aware that color isolation makes an image feel very conspicuously processed, which some people find displeasing when compared with more natural-seeming photography. This by no means invalidates color isolation as a technique. Experiment and see what suits you.

ASSIGNMENT:

• Usage of 3 Elements and Principles of Art & Design

• Proper EXPOSURE (not under or over-exposed)

• Compositional rules (rule of thirds)

• REFLECTION of the photo with a short explanation, including your E's & P's.

• An intentional photo, with rationale behind your chosen subject.

• Ask yourself..."WHY AM CHOOSING TO ISOLATE THAT SPECIFIC SUBJECT?"

TIPS:

• Plan ahead. Don't hope for the best.

• Make an intentional and purposeful choice for your subject matter.

• Think about COLOR as the subject

​Minimalist Photography refers to the process of creating an image with a very simplistic composition. The photo is carefully framed to remove all distracting elements. When extra parts are abstracted away, resulting in a photo capturing shape or form rather than a specific subject. 

OUR ARTIST INSPIRATION: MICHAEL KENNA 

TIPS LINK 1

TIPS LINK 2

TIPS & ADVICE

You can make use of depth of field to help create a clean image. By using a shallow depth of field (large aperture e.g. f/2.8), you can blur out the background, getting rid of any distracting elements.

ASSIGNMENT:

• Usage of 3 Elements and Principles of Art & Design

• Proper EXPOSURE (not under or over-exposed)

• Compositional rules (rule of thirds)

• REFLECTION of the photo with a short explanation, including your E's & P's.

• An intentional photo, with rationale behind your chosen subject.

• Ask yourself..."WHY AM CHOOSING TO ISOLATE THAT SPECIFIC SUBJECT?"

TIPS:

• Plan ahead. Don't hope for the best.

• Make an intentional and purposeful choice for your subject matter.

• Think about COLOR as the subject

Street Photography - 

The crucial aspect of street photography is timing. You have to be ready. Check your camera settings and take some test shots to get a sense of how you want to frame shots, and to make sure the lighting works. While your are trying to capture a moment in time, you still have to pay attention to the technical aspects of the shot.

As photographers, our job is to record an authentic moment in time. A skillful street photographer makes quick decisions and is able to remove distracting elements from the frame by moving in closer and positioning themselves correctly, before pressing the shutter. Most of us would not resort to using post-processing tools to remove objects. There are times when bright colorful elements such as stop signs, trash cans, or cars are inevitable, and will draw the attention away from the subject. By removing the color, you are able to bring the attention back to the human element.

Be spontaneous and random. Many times the subject may not know they are being photographed, other times they may be looking right at you. Regardless, be respectful. Getting a good shot isn’t worth making a new enemy. Shooting in public is perfectly legal in the CANADA, but laws vary around the world.

• Subject Matter: Photographs capturing the everyday (street level)

• Proper EXPOSURE (not under or over exposed)

• Caption photo with a short explanation. Story behind the photographs you captured.

• No photos from Delview school grounds. Go out and find interesting subjects!

• Caption- Explaining usage of Elements and Principles of Art & Design

• Edit to achieve a good range of shadows to highlights.

• Photos contrast should not look flat and bland.

14th Amendment 

PHOTOGRAPHY IN PUBLIC PLACE

When you look up, what do you see?

This is what you want to think about when you’re taking photos. All too often we just look at what’s around us, without ever looking up or down.

Sometimes just placing your camera on the ground and snapping away is good enough for a low-angle shot. The idea is that you’re either close to the ground and looking up, or you remove the ground (and the horizon) from the equation altogether and look at something much taller than yourself.

When you remove the horizon from the photo, it disrupts the balance of the photo and make the angle feel rather precarious. This can be a very powerful tool when it comes to composition as you can make the viewer feel uneasy, without them necessarily understanding why.

ASSIGNMENT:

• 5 Low Angle Photographs

• Subject Matter: Photographs captured should show a variety of subjects

• Some ideas: Architecture, street level, people, worm's eye view, nature, etc...

• Proper EXPOSURE (not under or over-exposed)

• Caption the photos with a short explanation. WHAT is the story behind the photographs you captured?

• Photos from PHSN school grounds are okay but not great. 

• Go out and find interesting subjects! You'll get a better assessment in the end. 

• Caption- Explaining usage of Elements and Principles of Art & Design

• Edit to achieve a good range of shadows to highlights.

• Photos contrast should not look flat and bland.

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A Panorama photograph is a picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point. Panoramic photography is a technique of photography, using specialized equipment or software, that captures images with elongated fields of view. It is sometimes known as wide format photography. 

ASSIGNMENT:

2 PANORAMA Photographs

• 1st photo- Urban landscape

• 2nd photo- Nature landscape

• 3rd - people with buildings in the back

• Proper EXPOSURE (not under or over-exposed)

• Caption photo with a short explanation. Your decision behind choice of landscape.

• No panoramas on Delview school grounds. Go out and find interesting subjects!

• Caption photo with a short explanation of your photo choice, in connection with the photo challenge. Explaining usage of Elements and Principles of Art & Design

• Edit to achieve a good range of shadows to highlights.

• Photos contrast should not look flat and bland.

TIPS

• Need for larger depth of field. Aperture between f/8 and f/12.0

• Choose a reference point about 20-30% away from the right edge of the viewfinder.

• You are overlapping 20%-30% of the previous photo. 

• Swivel camera to the right until the reference point is at left edge of viewfinder.

• Take the picture.

• Repeat until you have taken photos that cover the entire area you wish to capture in your panorama.

LINKS:

• - TO CREATE THE PANORAMA CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS

• - SUPPLEMENTARY TUTORIAL

• - VIDEO TUTORIAL

• - 40 Inspiring Panoramic Photographs

When the triptych art form is applied to photography or fine art, there are no steadfast rules to a triptych display. One method consists of three mounted artworks in a frame, the 3 images are closely associated in subject matter and are displayed near each other.

ASSIGNMENT:

• Usage of 3 Elements and Principles of Art & Design

• Proper EXPOSURE (not under or over exposed)

• Start a 7.5" x 10.5" canvas in Canva or Adobe Express

• Create 3 frames for your photographs

• Edit to achieve a good range of shadows to highlights.

• Photos contrast should not look flat and bland.

Add a reflection to the photo with a short explanation, include your E's & P's

TIPS:

• Plan ahead. Don't hope for the best.

• Make an intentional and purposeful choice for your subject matter

• Canva or Adobe Express frames should have equal spacing

Typology is the study of types, and a photographic typology is a collection of images or related forms, shot in a consistent, repetitive manner. Sometimes it helps to have a theme to keep our mind and interest engaged with our photos. It gives us purpose and a reason to look differently at things that we might have already photographed. Be specific in your theme so that it is obvious that the photo series was taken with particular intent.

A theme might include: color, the same type of object, things in your neighbourhood, shapes, architecture… The list can go on and on. The idea is that your theme is specific but still gives you enough latitude to take interesting photographs.

TIPS

• Need for larger depth of field. Aperture between f/8 and f/12.0

• Choose a reference point about 20-30% away from the right edge of the viewfinder.

• You are overlapping 20%-30% of the previous photo. 

• Swivel camera to the right until the reference point is at left edge of viewfinder.

• Take the picture.

• Repeat until you have taken photos that cover the entire area you wish to capture in your panorama.

LINKS:

• 328 Photography theme ideas (A List)

ASSIGNMENT

6 Photos for 6 Sides

• Plan ahead and look at examples of themed photography.

• Pick your theme before starting. Go out with meaningful and deliberate intentions.

• Your photos need to obviously display the theme.

• Usage of Elements and Principles of Art & Design

• Proper EXPOSURE

• Short artist write up describing what your theme is.

• Write about your ideas and the images you captured.

• Create your work in InDesign (LETTER SIZE) use template provided.

TIPS

Develop a theme for a collection of 6 photographs. The 6 photographs your choose will be cropped 1x1. There is an InDesign file available for you to download. Use the 6 frames to layout your 6 photographs. 

The theme you decide on needs to be apparent when looking at the completed and constructed cube. We will be printing your design templates on LETTER SIZE PAPER

With the use of X-Acto knives, rulers, and glue, you should be able to create a cube. 

HOW TO SAVE:

• FILE>EXPORT     FILE NAME: CUBE_YOURNAME.pdf

• FORMAT> ADOBE PDF PRINT

• PRESET>HIGH QUALITY PRINT

DOWNLOAD CUBE FILE 

Basic How To:

To make cyanotypes, you can follow these steps:

1. Mix two chemicals separately in water: potassium ferricyanide and ferric ammonium citrate.

2. Blend the two solutions in equal parts.

3. Coat paper with the chemicals.

4. Let the paper dry in a dark place.

5. Place an object or negative on the paper.

6. Expose the paper to sunlight or a UV lamp.

7. Wash in very cold water for long enough to develop blues.

8. Let the print air dry.

9. The print will reach its true blue as it dries. 

10. This IS a science lab of sorts. Follow directions! 

You can use Google Doc or Photopea or other apps to convert any photo you take to B/W and then to a negative.
Photopea How to:

• Choose one of your photos from this class to create a cyanotype.

• Upload your photo to Photopea.

• Select Image.

• Select Adjustments.

• Select Black and white.

• Press enter/return.

• Select Image again.

• Select Adjustments.

• Select Invert.

• Press Enter/return.

• Select File.

• Select Export As.

• Select JPEG.

• Rename your photo with your name-cyanotype negative.

• Email your images to the teacher to print negatives for your cyanotype.