You will be working primarily on your personal photo project outside of class, although there will be class time to write up the material and organize your images into a power point or prezi.
Personal photo project details.
Part 1: select your theme and send along by midnight tonight (homework grade- 10%)
Part 2: written component of project: All due on Monday, May 22 (writing grade-50% category) directions below in section 2
Part 3: sharing out your project: (class participation- 40% times 2) directions below in section 3
Personal Photo Project is due on Monday, May 22
Of what will this consist?
Can I have more?
No.
How will these be shared?
You may have them on a Prezi or a Power Point or some other similar program.
So what are the parameters for taking these pictures?
You must have an theme, that is a clearly defined point to unify your series of photos. This is not to be a haphazard collection or arrangement of images or a visual summary of a holiday or trip, but a thoughtfully planned out goal that unites an idea and demonstrates your proficiency in using various photo techniques to convey your ideas.
Can it be from some place I already took pictures?
No, these are new images that demonstrate you have an understanding of the rules of composition, as used to express your photo objective.
What type of pictures must these be exactly?
You may organize these how you wish, but within the pictures you must demonstrate your understanding the following:
close-up
medium-range shot
establishing shot
accurate use of phi grid / rule of thirds
horizontal and vertical format
understanding of the horizon line placement
conscious use of lighting
varied perspective (tilting up or down to convey meaning)
conscious framing
PART 1
By midnight tonight, please send along your thematic choice. Once you have made a selection, you will start to see opportunities to capture the idea. As it is very important to have a focus, I am counting the receipt of your thematic selection as a homework grade. Anything not received by tonight is only worth 50 points.
Below is a possibility list:
- Beauty of simplicity
- Capitalism – effect on the individual
- Change of power – necessity
- Change versus tradition
- Chaos and order
- Character – destruction, building up
- Circle of life
- Coming of age
- Communication – verbal and nonverbal
- Companionship as salvation
- Convention and rebellion
- Dangers of ignorance
- Darkness and light
- Death – inevitable or tragedy
- Desire to escape
- Destruction of beauty
- Disillusionment and dreams
- Displacement
- Empowerment
- Emptiness of attaining false dream
- Everlasting love
- Evils of racism
- Facing darkness
- Facing reality
- Fading beauty
- Faith versus doubt
- Family – blessing or curse
- Fate and free will
- Fear of failure
- Female roles
- Fulfillment
- Good versus bad
- Greed as downfall
- Growing up – pain or pleasure
- Hazards of passing judgment
- Heartbreak of betrayal
- Heroism – real and perceived
- Hierarchy in nature
- Identity crisis
- Illusion of power
- Immortality
- Individual versus society
- Inner versus outer strength
- Injustice
- Isolation
- Isolationism – hazards
- Knowledge versus ignorance
- Loneliness as destructive force
- Losing hope
- Loss of innocence
- Lost honor
- Lost love
- Love and sacrifice
- Man against nature
- Manipulation
- Materialism as downfall
- Motherhood
- Names – power and significance
- Nationalism – complications
- Nature as beauty
- Necessity of work
- Oppression of women
- Optimism – power or folly
- Overcoming – fear, weakness, vice
- Patriotism – positive side or complications
- Power and corruption
- Power of silence
- Power of tradition
- Power of wealth
- Power of words
- Pride and downfall
- Progress – real or illusion
- Quest for discovery
- Quest for power
- Rebirth
- Reunion
- Role of men
- Role of Religion – virtue or hypocrisy
- Role of women
- Self – inner and outer
- Self-awareness
- Self-preservation
- Self-reliance
- Social mobility
- Technology in society – good or bad
- Temporary nature of physical beauty
- Temptation and destruction
- Totalitarianism
- Vanity as downfall
- Vulnerability of the meek
- Vulnerability of the strong
- War – glory, necessity, pain, tragedy
- Will to survive
- Wisdom of experience
- Working class struggles
- Youth and beauty
PART 2
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER FORMAT.
Please use the following and send along.
If you need a hard copy for your personal presentation, print one out for yourself.
Photojournalism Project written component Name____________________________________________
Photo project objective statement: What was your theme? Describe your process of taking the photos, including any pleasures, frustrations and obstacles you encountered. Reference specifically some of your images. (250 words)
For each of your images, complete the following
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be specific as to what camera technique you have employed and why?
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PART 3 I
Presentation of your work
Presentation of your work
You will have already sent in the written component of
your project.
In the manner similar to how you presented your
photojournalist, you will create a power point or prezi of
your work.
There will be a total of 11 slides
Slide 1- your photo with full name This may be formal or
informal and written out and the title of your project.
Slides 2-11: your picture and a cut line for each one.
There is to be nothing else on the slide. You will explain your images, as you have written them on the graphic organizer you have already sent me. If you need a copy of your organizer, print one for yourself.
Ten tips for taking better photos
1. Hold It Steady
A problem with many photographs is that they're blurry. Avoid 'camera shake' by holding the camera steady. Use both hands, resting your elbows on your chest, or use a wall for support. Relax: don't tense up. You're a marksman/woman holding a gun and it must be steady to shoot.
A. Develop The Right Stance.
For static shots stance is really important; Spread your legs apart, this provides great stability. Standing with your legs and feet too close together makes you unstable and your body can sway and wobble.
B. Breath Steadily
Don’t try and hold your breath throughout a shot, just breath steadily and smoothly.
C. Brace yourself!
D. Shelter from the wind.For static shots lean against a lamppost, tree, door frame or anything that you can brace your body against, use as much body weight as possible by leaning on the object. This will really help to stabilize the shot.
If you are filming outside on a windy day, if possible find a sheltered spot to shoot from, in a doorway or between buildings, anywhere that can protect you from a blustering wind.
E. Watch Horizontals and Verticals
Pay attention to keeping horizontal and vertical aspects of the frame upright and level.
With everything else going on it’s easy to let the shot drift off kilter.
2. Put The Sun Behind You
A photograph is all about light so always think of how the light is striking your subject. The best bet is to move around so that the sun is behind you and to one side. This front lighting brings out color and shades, and the slight angle (side lighting) produces some shadow to indicate texture and form.
A. Avoid having the sunlight come directly from the side
One side of the face is going to be bright and the other side is going to be in the shadow. Or the person closer to the sun will block the light and one person will be in harsh light and the other person will be in shadow. Not a good portrait.
B) Keep the sun behind you
hard for portraits, if person has to squint
Keeping the sun behind you works for landscapes or if you’re getting candid shots, or action shots where the subject isn’t necessarily looking at the camera.
Shooting in shade is fine on sunny days
Diffused light is a soft light that spreads evenly across your entire subject. This does away with any harsh shadows or highlights and has an overall flattering look. When shooting outdoors, you don’t always have the luxury of controlling the light.
Sun behind the subject, backlit
3. Get Closer
The best shots are simple so move closer and remove any clutter from the picture. If you look at most 'people' shots they don't show the whole body so you don't need to either. Move close, fill the frame with just the face, or even overflow it. Give your shot some impact. Use a zoom to crop the image tighter.
4. Choose A Format
Which way you hold the camera affects what is emphasized in your shot. For tall things (Redwoods, Half Dome) a vertical format emphasize height. Use a horizontal format to show the dramatic sweep of the mountains.
5. Include People
Photographs solely of landscape and rocks are enjoyable to take but often dull to look at. Include some of your friends, companions, family, or even people passing by, to add human interest. If there's no one around, include yourself with the self-timer.
Have you ever got your photos back only to discover that something that looked awe-inspiring at the time looks dull on paper? This is because your eye needs some reference point to judge scale. Add a person, car, or something of known size to indicate the magnitude of the scenery.
People, or even a single individual, may add mystery and adventure to your landscape, causing your viewers to wonder who, what, and why about the person in your image
Composition
Placing a person or persons in an image in negative space can add balance to your landscape. A person in the foreground, or mid-way into your scene, will help create a sense of depth in the image.
Scale of Size
Adding a human to an image is a great way to reveal the size and scale of objects in your image
Drama and Excitement
Silhouetting someone against a sunset or other backlit view, is a perfect example of how a person can help create a more dramatic image
Focal Point
A successful photo needs a focal point that gives the viewer’s eye a place to land to hold their attention, and adding people can achieve that.
6. Consider Variety
You may take the greatest shots but if they're all the same type or style, they may be dull to look at. Spice up your collection by adding variety. Include landscapes and people shots, close ups and wide angles, good weather and bad weather. Take personal shots that remember the 'being there' - friends that you meet, your hotel/campsite, transportation, street or hiking signposts.
7. Add Depth
Depth is an important quality of good photographs. We want the viewer to think that they're not looking at a flat picture, but through a window, into a three-dimensional world. Add pointers to assist the eye. If your subject is a distant mountain, add a person or a tree in the foreground. A wide angle lens can exaggerate this perspective.
8. Use Proportion
The beauty of an image is often in its proportions. A popular technique with artists is called the Rule of Thirds. Imagine the frame divided into thirds, both horizontally and vertically, like a Tic-Tac-Toe board. Now place your subject on one of the lines or intersections. Always centering your subject can get dull. Use the Rule of Thirds to add variety and interest.
9. Search For Details
It's always tempting to use a wide angle lens and 'get everything in'. However, this can be too much and you may loose the impact. Instead, zoom in with a longer lens and find some representative detail. A shot of an entire sequoia tree just looks like a tree. But a shot of just the tree's wide base, with a person for scale, is more powerful.
10. Position The Horizon
Where you place the horizon in your shot affects what is emphasized. To show the land, use a high horizon. To show the sky, use a low horizon. Be creative.
KEEP THE HORIZON STRAIGHT
How about a vertical horizon?
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