In camera ghosts (all photo sections)
due: tuesday 11/2 (20 points)
As we edge near the end of spooky season, it feels right that we close October with some in camera ghosts! For this photoshoot you will be be working in groups of four using our class cameras and tripods while using your knowledge of the manual camera settings. By manipulating your shutter speed, aperture and ISO you will be able to create some lingering “spirits” in your images. THE GOAL is to create a transparent ghost using your camera. On our block days this week you will have the full period to use the given props and class equipment to create one composition each that you will edit once back in the computer lab.
The creative inspiration is from meshing the Sheet ghost trend with long exposure ghosts! Let’s see what we can make!
steps
find a shady spot to photography your subject. Do not photograph in direct sunlight
set up your camera, shutter release and tripod
determine what settings you need to PRIORITIZE to get a transparent figure in your image
set your camera settings
(if you are the photographer) instruct your subject what you would like them to do in the photograph
take your image using the long exposure shutter release
look at your photograph, assess what happened or what you need to change
take another photograph!
each member of the group should have a minimum of 6 images
what you will turn in:
one fully edited image of your spooky spirit
your provided props
if you would like to bring in a prop or two from home you are welcome to! however, it must be school appropriate!
these are the two ideas we are mashing together!
Aperture Contact Sheet
due: tuesday 10/26 (20 points)
Using Bridge you will create a contact sheet of ALL of your in class aperture images. In Bridge, you will be using the filter feature, batch rename and Output workspace to create your contact sheet. The goal of this contact sheet is to create an aperture scale with the images you created last week. Using the features in Bridge you will separate out each individual f stop and rename them with their value. You finished product will have images ranging from the widest aperture to the smallest aperture setting. In addition to your contact sheet, you will be turning in two fully edited images from your shoot (basic and stylized edits). Please follow the step by step instructions below.
Step by Step!
Open up Bridge
Navigate to your aperture images on your desktop
Use the filter feature on the left side of the Essentials or Film Strip workspace
Open up the Aperture Value filter and start by selecting the widest aperture (f4.5 or f5 ish)
This will filter out all other images that where shot at a different aperture
Once you have filtered out the other aperture values you will need to rename all the images with the same aperture value. Highlight all of the images you need rename
Go up to the top menu and select Tools > Batch Rename
You will rename your files to the f stop, your initials, sequence number and file extension.
EX: f4.5_KL_01.jpg
REMINDER: You will need to add a section for the file extension. once you have that drop down menu, you will need to type in jpg
Repeat steps 3-6 until you rename each F stop setting
Once all of your images are renamed Highlight all of your images and switch to the Output workspace
Drag your selected images into the grid document on the Output workspace
On the right side in the output settings, you can change the look of your contact by changing the background, text color and font.
Next in the Grid and Margins drop down, you can change the number of rows and columns
Change your settings so you can fit 10 images per page
Export your contact sheet as a PDF
Use the button “Export to PDF” at the bottom of the Out put Settings panel
Rename: ApertureContactSheet_YourInitials.PDF
Your Contact sheet is finished!
What You Will Turn In:
Two Edited images of your choice from your aperture images
- Rename: ApertureEdits_yourinitials-1.jpg and ApertureEdits_yourinitials-2.jpg
Your finished Contact Sheet
falloween
due: friday 10/22 (50 points)
falloween check in due: monday 10/11
Your assignment is to create a Fall or Halloween inspired project. You are the creative voice of this project. I will only give you the BROAD topic and number of finished images, the rest is up to you! This photoshoot will take you through the entire process of creating a meaningful project: Planning, post-production set up, photographing, post production editing and finally critique.
Your photoshoot can either be a photo series (A series of photos is a set of images that are presented together on the same theme, edited in the same style, with the images linking.) or photo story (a 'photo essay' or 'photo story' is a way for a photographer to narrate a story with a series of photographs.).
This is your chance to let your creative side run free! You can choose between photographing a photo series or a photo story. In class you will have time to create a detailed plan of your concept, models, costumes and props. Now you have until October 19 to execute your idea. To start things off, here is some inspiration. Take a look at these projects and inspo from past students and some of my personal favorite Pinterest inspo pics. For your project, you will need to have a minimum of 10 edited images along with a QR code to your unedited images.
What you will turn in:
10 fully edited jpg images
QR code to ALL of your unedited images