Assignment 7

New photographs must be taken - all photos must be taken with a digital camera. Students will upload the project photos to Picasa, create a Progression of Cameras page on their Digital Portfolio sites, and embed the project photos on the Progression of Cameras page. Excellent quality work is expected.

Progression of Cameras: Take a still life photo of old cameras and new cameras in an original arrangement with original lighting. Demonstrate the progression of the advancement of technology of cameras in your photo. Do remember to pay attention to your depth of field and focus when composing your images. Do not have any people recognizable in the image and remember to pay special attention to the lighting and background.

Be creative and have fun. Students will have until the end of class on May 17, 2011 to complete this assignment – No Lates!!!

Scoring for each photo is as follows:

1. Creativity: 10 points (Original idea. Full credit given to concepts where thought has been given to details.)

2. Sharpness: 20 points (Subject is sharp and detailed. The Depth of Field is appropriate for that subject)

3. Arrangement: 10 points (Thought is given to the arrangement of both the subject and the lighting.)

4. Lighting: 20 points (Lighting is appropriate to the mood of the subjects.

5. Photoshopping: 20 points (touchups including levels, etc.)

6. Notes: 20 points (Aperture, Shutter Speed, Date, explanation of series with intentions, and Title of Photo) *required

This project is worth a total of 100 points. All photos for this project must be new photos and must be taken with a digital camera.