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You will apply the composition & technique principles and take photos. Make sure you bring your CA Book with you when you shoot so you can refer to your notes. You really have to know these and apply them otherwise you will get low scores.
It will be graded on how you applied the photography concepts that you learned (rubric). All of your photos must follow focal point rule of thirds or focal point on symmetry. In addition, one photo of your final 9 has to have FP ROT/symmetry and vertical rule of thirds combined and one has to have FP ROT/symmetry and horizontal rule of thirds combined.
Remember lighting is the most important factor in your photograph and they all must use natural sun light outside but two photos can be taken inside or at night with good artificial lighting. You may not take photos at YISS or of friends and parents.
Important: Keep in mind the square directions when taking your photos.
Equipment
You do not have to use an expensive DSLR camera; you can use a normal point-and-shoot camera or camera phone although depending on which type of camera you choose will determine how easy or hard it will be to take the photos. Plan ahead and borrow one if needed; ask the teacher days in advance if you want to borrow one. When you take photos, you must have the Google Photo app installed on your phone (if you are using your phone to take photos) and enable auto upload so it will transfer your photos.
Nine Topics
Look through each of the category folders of the examples from last year.
Your objective is to take a photo that clearly shows each of the seven primary topics below:
Primary
The topics below are listed from easiest (Space) to hardest (Leading the Eye). Remember to avoid posing subjects or making the photo look too fake/staged.
- Space (negative)
- -Use at least 75% negative space in the photograph. Be creative and avoid take photos of branches or simple things on the ground that are not creative or do not have good light
- Lines
- Shadows
- Framing
- Movement examples
- Lens Flare
- Leading the Eye ("bounce" the view at least twice)
- Aperture (make the subject in focus and the background is blurry)
- If you are using a point-and-shoot camera (press the photo button half way to focus on the subject) or a phone camera (touch the subject to focus like this example).
- Self Portrait (remember to clearly show your face and the camera)
You may not do the following:
- take photos of other students or parents
- pose a photo so it does not look natural
- shoot human eye level
Variation
When taking photos don't just take one photo of each; take at least three angle variations of each of the topics while varying the size of the subject like the example below.
When finished with the final, there should be 3 different photos of each of the nine primary topics above with a proof shot for each, which equals a total of 36 photos (example).
Validity
After you take a photo you think you will use for an assignment, immediately (if you forget you cannot go back to that location to take it; has to be taken at the same time) hold the camera out and take a rough photograph of yourself with the same camera showing the same area and subject you used to photograph. Without a proof photo you will not be able to use and get credit for the photo and will have to take it again.
Upload
Organization (example above)After you have your photos cropped and edited on your phone, upload them all to a new Google Photos album. Also include two unedited variation photos you did not use with your proof shot from each category (e.g. lines, leading the eye) and call the album Project Photos by Your Name.
To organize your photos after you upload them, click on More Options (three small dots' icon at the top left) and choose Edit Album. Reorganize them and add text titles above each category to separate each of the categories like the (example) but make sure to upload them in the category order list above.
The first photo of each category should be your edited and best photo that you plan to submit. Then your second and third best photos (unedited) in that category should be next and finally your proof shot.
So do not stress about taking perfect photos or nervous if you misunderstood the directions. I will give you full credit for this checkpoint for just taking 28 photos and by completing the directions. If your photos didn't turn out well, I will give you feedback on your photos so if you think you took "bad" photos and want to improve them before getting a grade on the quality of them, you will have the opportunity.
Do not do:
Then feel free to make minor edits to enhance the photo (e.g. sharpen, auto fix, color, vibrance) but do not make the photo look too different from the original and do not add any stickers, effects, or borders at this time.
After you have taken all of your photos, follow the organization upload directions.graded
Do not do:
Watch the landscape video shoot to get you informed and motivated for your photo shoot!
or focal points not on the rule of thirds, go to Photoshop or http://apps.pixlr.com/express/ and upload your best photo of each of the categories (e.g. pattern, lines) and click on the crop button. Before you start cropping, watch this video to learn how to better crop your photos for rule of thirds. For this assignment, all photos must have the focal point on a rule of third point.
When you are finished, go to the top of the site and click "Save" and name the file your classID and the category (e.g. lines) and save it as maximum quality. After it is saved, make sure that it is at least 1mb in size otherwise it will be pixelated and won't print clearly.
Composition
Composition Elements
When taking your photos it is important to have the following list of composition elements below written down and refer to it often to make sure you include them in your photograph because they are required. When taking a few photo variations of each Primary topic, vary these seven elements so you have a slightly different look and feel to the photo but it is the same subject.
For example, if you are taking your photographs for pattern, it needs to follow each of the seven elements. Let's say you are trying to take the pattern photo. It should show an obvious pattern and you must have a main focal point in each photo which is usually located on a rule of thirds point if it is not symmetry or balance. If the photograph does not have a specific FP on the rule of third point or in the middle of the photograph to follow symmetry, then it will not pass. In addition, you must use horizontal or vertical rule of thirds when there are areas like sky, buildings, roads, water, etc covering your photograph.
So you could have one photo be low angle/wide shot/balance, the next is eye level/closeup/balance, and maybe another high angle/wide shot/rule of thirds and they all show movement.
- FP: indicate the main focal point that your eye is drawn to first; every photo has to have one; be specific when needed, write dog's nose, don't just write dog and you can't have a focal point of a group of items like "trees" since a focal point is a point, not an area)
- RULE: the FP of all photos must be on the RoT Point (on one of the four cross-hair points or Symmetry)
- RoT: in addition to FP RoT, most photos should follow Horizontal, Vertical, or Both
- ANGLE: low, high, eye, aerial, dutch
- SHOT: wide, medium, tight, closeup of the main subject
- LIGHT: side, back, rim, diffused, hard, golden
- DEPTH: shallow, mid, or deep
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