I did give them out.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Trick or Treat
This is what you get when you come trick or treating to my house and you're older than 12 years.
I did give them out.
I did give them out.
Monday, October 19, 2009
EXTRA CREDIT - HaLoWeEn CeMeTeRy!
Here are the rules:
1. Purely voluntary...this is 'extra' credit mind you...
2. How much you do...again, up to you. Do a little, get a little extra credit...do a lot, get a LOT of extra credit. Don't let this take up time away from other classes or other assignments for me. It's EXTRA...as in, to be done with everything else is already done.
3. You must photograph in a cemetery.
4. You must include people in your images.
5. You must use slow shutter speeds.
6. You must print and post to your blog.
7. You must turn these in *by* Haloween.
8. You must have fun with this.
9. You must respect the dead.
1. Purely voluntary...this is 'extra' credit mind you...
2. How much you do...again, up to you. Do a little, get a little extra credit...do a lot, get a LOT of extra credit. Don't let this take up time away from other classes or other assignments for me. It's EXTRA...as in, to be done with everything else is already done.
3. You must photograph in a cemetery.
4. You must include people in your images.
5. You must use slow shutter speeds.
6. You must print and post to your blog.
7. You must turn these in *by* Haloween.
8. You must have fun with this.
9. You must respect the dead.
Grades - Some Suggestions
I am doing grades right now and there are some reasons why you guys are not doing as well as you could be. Here are some guidelines.
1. I expect that each of your assignments is titled on your blog...like this: Assignment #2 - Numbers
If I can't find your assignment on your blog, you get a 0 (zero).
2. I can't find your assignment at all on your blog. If you turned in prints, that's great, but if you didn't do the blog portion, the assignment is incomplete.
3. I am not finding required writing on your blogs. I am not seeing the essay about Irving Penn on several blogs. If I cannot find it you get a 0 (zero).
4. Notebook - if your grade was terrible on your notebook, it is your responsibility to me to show that you have improved your note-taking.
P/T Conferences are this week, let's see if I can have good things to say about you with your parents. You have to do the work to get the grade.
1. I expect that each of your assignments is titled on your blog...like this: Assignment #2 - Numbers
If I can't find your assignment on your blog, you get a 0 (zero).
2. I can't find your assignment at all on your blog. If you turned in prints, that's great, but if you didn't do the blog portion, the assignment is incomplete.
3. I am not finding required writing on your blogs. I am not seeing the essay about Irving Penn on several blogs. If I cannot find it you get a 0 (zero).
4. Notebook - if your grade was terrible on your notebook, it is your responsibility to me to show that you have improved your note-taking.
P/T Conferences are this week, let's see if I can have good things to say about you with your parents. You have to do the work to get the grade.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Bigfoot?
Too bad the photographer, David Raygoza isn't taking my class. He would get an 'A' for sure!
Click the image to make it larger. Notice the .jpg artifacting and the detail that is lost by enlarging the image from such a small pat of the image.
Click the image to make it larger. Notice the .jpg artifacting and the detail that is lost by enlarging the image from such a small pat of the image.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Assignment #4 - High Key / Low Key
Four prints from High Key and four prints from Low Key, blog post and explanation (eight images total), and your notebook due Thursday, October 21st. Put the same images you print on the blog. I want you to also show me one example of your high-key and low-key that you did NOT process and show me the difference between it and the one you retouched. Ideally we should have a hard time telling the difference.
This assignment will be similar to the bracketing assignment, in that it will teach you to find the right exposure depending on the subject matter.
This assignment is basically two assignments in one. Treat it as such and it will be easier to break down.
You will shoot high-key and low-key images. What is high-key? The majority of the image (85%+) will be tones of light gray to white. It will help you to think of shooting white objects placed on a white background. So, then the opposite of high-key is low-key right? Think of low key as gray-ish to black objects. Shoot your dark objects placed on a dark background. You might need a tripod/beanbag for these shots.
For both of your shots you will want to pay close attention to the background. Don't let stray light/objects ruin your clean shot. Also it helps to isolate the objects by getting close. Take a look at the examples below.
You will want to shoot both of your high-key and low-key shots using the bracketing technique that we learned. Go from very very VERY underexposed all the way to very very VERY overexposed for each of the shots...both high-key *and* low-key.
Using the extreme bracketing you will find that buried somewhere in those images is a nearly perfect exposure. That will be your starting point. We will take those good exposures into post-production in the studio.
Here are some examples:
HERE IS A SLIDESHOW of student work.
Yes, this is an assignment that I even give to my basic black and white college film class. Here's the proof...
Things you will definitely want to be paying attention to:
Focus - make 'em sharp!
Light - will make or break the entire assignment. Move the light around the objects if you are shooting indoors...more the objects around into different light if you are shooting outdoors.
We will lecture and show examples of this in class. This WILL BE an assignment you will want to go back and re-shoot a few times. Don't consider doing it wrong the first time a failure...consider it good practice.
This assignment will be similar to the bracketing assignment, in that it will teach you to find the right exposure depending on the subject matter.
This assignment is basically two assignments in one. Treat it as such and it will be easier to break down.
You will shoot high-key and low-key images. What is high-key? The majority of the image (85%+) will be tones of light gray to white. It will help you to think of shooting white objects placed on a white background. So, then the opposite of high-key is low-key right? Think of low key as gray-ish to black objects. Shoot your dark objects placed on a dark background. You might need a tripod/beanbag for these shots.
For both of your shots you will want to pay close attention to the background. Don't let stray light/objects ruin your clean shot. Also it helps to isolate the objects by getting close. Take a look at the examples below.
You will want to shoot both of your high-key and low-key shots using the bracketing technique that we learned. Go from very very VERY underexposed all the way to very very VERY overexposed for each of the shots...both high-key *and* low-key.
Using the extreme bracketing you will find that buried somewhere in those images is a nearly perfect exposure. That will be your starting point. We will take those good exposures into post-production in the studio.
Here are some examples:
HERE IS A SLIDESHOW of student work.
Yes, this is an assignment that I even give to my basic black and white college film class. Here's the proof...
Things you will definitely want to be paying attention to:
Focus - make 'em sharp!
Light - will make or break the entire assignment. Move the light around the objects if you are shooting indoors...more the objects around into different light if you are shooting outdoors.
We will lecture and show examples of this in class. This WILL BE an assignment you will want to go back and re-shoot a few times. Don't consider doing it wrong the first time a failure...consider it good practice.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Assignment #3 - Bracketing
This assignment will teach you that the 'right' exposure is not necessarily the 'best' exposure.
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS SLOWLY AND COMPLETELY. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO IS IN THE INSTRUCTIONS.
Here are the steps you need to follow:
1. Choose a static object that will not move (that's what static means right?) The object should be large enough to fill the frame. You will use this object for ALL of the next exposures. DO NOT RECOMPOSE. A tripod could be helpful.
2. Focus sharply. Use your manual focus. Get it sharp *before* you make any images.
3. Make a 'good' exposure. Use your histogram. Make sure you do not clip the shadows or the highlights. Your histogram for this 'good' exposure should look approximately like this:
4. Open up the lens aperture completely. Set it to it's lowest number...for some of you this will be 2.8, for some it will be 2.0.
5. DO NOT CHANGE THE SHUTTER SPEED.
6. Make an exposure.
7. Close down the aperture one stop (i.e. go from 2.8 to 3.2).
8. Make an exposure.
9. Close down the aperture one stop (i.e. go from 3.2 to 3.5).
10. Make an exposure.
11. Can you guess what comes next? Yep...close down aperture one stop.
12. Make an exposure.
13. Repeat until you have reached your smallest aperture (f/8).
14. DO NOT DELETE ANY EXPOSURES EVEN IF YOU THINK THEY LOOK BAD.
15. Choose a different static object. You will use this object for all of the remaining exposures.
16. Make a 'good' exposure with your aperture set to 5.6. Adjust the shutter speed as needed.
17. Adjust your shutter speed to 1/2000
18. Make exposure. (do not change aperture)
19. Adjust shutter to 1/1000
20. Make exposure.
21. You will continue the pattern using the following shutter speeds in this order: 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 0"5, 1", 2", 4", 8", 15". Make an exposure for EACH OF THE SHUTTER SPEEDS.
22. Choose another static object.
23. Repeat steps 2-13
24. Choose another static object.
25. Repeat steps 16-21
26. Have fun making 50 more GOOD exposures of WHATEVER YOU WANT!!!! Remember to consult your histogram. TRUST IT!
Images are due on Monday, October 5th. We will upload them in class and discuss our results. This assignment will require several things. One...pay ATTTENTION TO THE DIRECTIONS! You will mess up if you don't. You might mess up even if you do. You will probably re-shoot this assignment at least one more time. Be prepared for that. Come next week with your images and we will talk about what you did wrong...and what you did RIGHT.
Remember...keep it SIMPLE. NOT like this:
READ THE INSTRUCTIONS SLOWLY AND COMPLETELY. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO IS IN THE INSTRUCTIONS.
Here are the steps you need to follow:
1. Choose a static object that will not move (that's what static means right?) The object should be large enough to fill the frame. You will use this object for ALL of the next exposures. DO NOT RECOMPOSE. A tripod could be helpful.
2. Focus sharply. Use your manual focus. Get it sharp *before* you make any images.
3. Make a 'good' exposure. Use your histogram. Make sure you do not clip the shadows or the highlights. Your histogram for this 'good' exposure should look approximately like this:
4. Open up the lens aperture completely. Set it to it's lowest number...for some of you this will be 2.8, for some it will be 2.0.
5. DO NOT CHANGE THE SHUTTER SPEED.
6. Make an exposure.
7. Close down the aperture one stop (i.e. go from 2.8 to 3.2).
8. Make an exposure.
9. Close down the aperture one stop (i.e. go from 3.2 to 3.5).
10. Make an exposure.
11. Can you guess what comes next? Yep...close down aperture one stop.
12. Make an exposure.
13. Repeat until you have reached your smallest aperture (f/8).
14. DO NOT DELETE ANY EXPOSURES EVEN IF YOU THINK THEY LOOK BAD.
15. Choose a different static object. You will use this object for all of the remaining exposures.
16. Make a 'good' exposure with your aperture set to 5.6. Adjust the shutter speed as needed.
17. Adjust your shutter speed to 1/2000
18. Make exposure. (do not change aperture)
19. Adjust shutter to 1/1000
20. Make exposure.
21. You will continue the pattern using the following shutter speeds in this order: 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15, 1/8, 1/4, 0"5, 1", 2", 4", 8", 15". Make an exposure for EACH OF THE SHUTTER SPEEDS.
22. Choose another static object.
23. Repeat steps 2-13
24. Choose another static object.
25. Repeat steps 16-21
26. Have fun making 50 more GOOD exposures of WHATEVER YOU WANT!!!! Remember to consult your histogram. TRUST IT!
Images are due on Monday, October 5th. We will upload them in class and discuss our results. This assignment will require several things. One...pay ATTTENTION TO THE DIRECTIONS! You will mess up if you don't. You might mess up even if you do. You will probably re-shoot this assignment at least one more time. Be prepared for that. Come next week with your images and we will talk about what you did wrong...and what you did RIGHT.
Remember...keep it SIMPLE. NOT like this:
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