Movie #2

Today we watched the second part of THIS:

...and did an accompanying 10 point worksheet.

Yeah TUESDAY!!!!!

COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES ASSIGNMENT

There are NUMEROUS ways to think of and categorize the different WAYS TO TAKE a photo.
We will be concentrating primarily on the PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN.

Do you remember the ELEMENTS OF DESIGN from your Intro To Art class? (line, shape, form, space, color, value, texture)

Your assignment is to FIND EXAMPLES OF PHOTOS online that DEMONSTRATE each on of the compositional considerations below.

You will be creating MULTIPLE BLOG POSTS to post your findings... A separate post per image, TITLED with the NAME OF THE TECHNIQUE / PRINCIPLE stated below in bold/caps.... That means you will have _______21_________ total new posts created JUST for this assignment.

This is DUE, on your blog, by ...APRIL 9th...... and worth 20 points.
EVEN IF you work with a partner (to understand concepts and find images) EACH PERSON NEEDS TO POST THEIR OWN IMAGES ON THEIR OWN BLOG!!!

1)MOVEMENT - LEADING LINES- use lines within the composition to 'move' a viewer's eye through the photo, either towards an object or across the frame.

2) MOVEMENT- FROZEN MOTION- find a photo where the action is frozen as it takes place. This should be a photo that IMPLIES MOTION- a frozen picture of a race car could just be a static picture of a non-moving car, so that would NOT work for this...

3)MOVEMENT- BLUR FOR EFFECT- a photograph where the motion is evidenced by the INTENTIONAL use of blurring (background OR subject)

4)PATTERN- an image that features a repetition of the the SAME visual element throughout the image.

5)RHYTHM- an image that features the repetition of A SIMILAR visual element throughout the image.

6)BALANCE- FORMAL BALANCE- this is also called symmetry. Both the left and right 'sides' of the photograph are compositionally similar, if split down the middle - (this can also work from top to bottom).

7)BALANCE- INFORMAL BALANCE- also called asymmetrical balance. This is where the information Left to Right is NOT THE SAME, but carries the same visual 'weight'...

8)CONTRAST- HIGH KEY- Bright and light values, intense, vibrant, little to no shadows.

9)CONTRAST- LOW KEY- Dark values, moody, lots of shadows.

10)CONTRAST- BACK LIGHTING- The light in the picture is coming from BEHIND the subject, this can be subtle or drastic enough to create a silhouette.

11)CONTRAST- SHARP CONTRAST- Dark values next to light values- not alot of midtones- just the extremes, think complimentary colors or stark black and white.

12)EMPHASIS- SELECTIVE FOCUS- The photograph is in crisp focus on the subject matter, but blurred elsewhere- drawing the viewer's eye primarily to the focused area.

13)EMPHASIS- FRAMING- The photograph's subject is 'framed' within the context of the photograph, either blatantly (like a photo taken through a window or an open door) or more naturally (branches in the background surround the subject, the shadow of an alleyway isolates a specific car).

14)EMPHASIS- RULE OF THIRDS- You'll have to research this one... Do a GOOGLE search on RULE OF THIRDS- read a bit... There is no way for me to succinctly sum this up here...

15)UNITY- locate and image where the background is visually linked to the subject matter.

16)CAMERA PLACEMENT- ANGLE UP- The camera's placement is below the subject matter- looking up at it, this is often referred to as a 'bug's eye view' photograph.

17)CAMERA PLACEMENT- ANGLE DOWN- The camera's placement is above the subject matter- looking down on it, this is often called a 'bird's eye view' photograph.

18)CAMERA PLACEMENT- ANGLE STRAIGHT ON- The camera's placement is dead-on / eye-level with the subject matter.

19)CAMERA PLACEMENT- DISTANCE TO SUBJECT -CLOSE- The placement of the camera is in very close proximity to the subject matter, these can be referred to as 'close-up' shots, or MACRO shots.

20)CAMERA PLACEMENT- DISTANCE TO SUBJECT -MIDRANGE- The camera's proximity to the subject allows the viewer to see that there are items of interest IN FRONT OF and BEHIND the photograph's intended subject.

21)CAMERA PLACEMENT- DISTANCE TO SUBJECT -FAR- the subject of the photograph is very far away from the camera, however, despite this long distance it is still undeniably the photographer's intended subject.

2-3 good photos

Your job today is to go out, walk the campus, and come back with 2-3
GOOD
interesting
Well-Taken
photographs.
When we return on March 30th, we will be looking at all of these, as a class, and discussing
'What makes a good photograph?'


Return to class at 8:45.

Delete all of the 'non-good' photos from the camera.

Please observe these very few behavioral guidelines:

No taking pictures in the bathrooms or the locker rooms.
DO NOT DISTURB any other ongoing classes/classrooms.
No loitering in the halls - (you should be walking, looking, working)
STAY ON THE OCHS CAMPUS.

Movie #1

Today, March 18-19TH, we watched the first part of this DVD.

There will be 2 more parts in the weeks to come.

It is about the HISTORY of PHOTOGRAPHY in AMERICA.

There was also a 10 point note/worksheet that accompanied it.


FURTHERMORE, we created the photography HALL PASSES that we'll be using to roam the halls on assignments for the rest of the trimester...
WHEEEEE!!!

DAY ONE

Hello Slideshow!

Today we saw a series of images related to DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

Mr. Liebrecht also handed out the SYLLABUS.

It is DUE, returned, SIGNED by your PARENTS and YOU,
by Friday- for 5 points!!!