9 Shutter Assignment

What is Shutter Speed?
Shutter speed is ‘the amount of time that the shutter is open’.







The Assignment- Click Here: Shutter Speed Project Criteria You are to take a series of photographs where you capture movement with your camera by controlling the shutter. You are to try 6 different shutter speed techniques:

1. Blur movement.
2. Freeze frame movement.
3. Panning fast- blur background, clear movement.
4. Panning slow- blur background, blur movement.
5. Subject Clear, blur movement
6. Experiment

Make a contact sheet of 25 shutter photos (try several shots for each experiment) and label them. Post your best shutter images (one from each experiment) and label then and add to your blog.

For more information about shutter speeds, visit the Digital Photography School site.

2nd Place Composition Assignment

Alfred Eisenstadt

Next you are to take their own images in a place that your feel most at home/comfortable

• Photo 9 Using the 5 emphasis techniques to draw attention to the main idea in the composition. 
• Photo10 incorporating minimum of 5 breaking the rules of composition techniques to make your images more visually striking and eye catching.
• Focus on one technique per photo.
• Try at least 3 different frames per technique for a total of a minimum of 15 frames. 
• We will put all of the images together in a contact sheet. (9s I will show you how).
• Post your top five best (one of each technique) to your blog, identify the technique.

By Eisensta

Downloading Photos

Today we are going to download the photos that we took on our first class.

• You will need the camera, a USB cord, or card reader and then connect the camera to the computer.
• When it is connecting, the computer will communicate that it is connecting  with the camera. Don't have it import all photos on the camera. We are going to open the camera file and import only the photos that you took.
• Save them/drag them into your folder.
• Rename your photos of you and then give the camera to your team.
• Select your 1 favourite photo and save it to the share folder.
• Post your favourite to your blog.
• Comment why you chose this space and it is your favourite photo.

Photoshop Cartoon Vector Effect Steps

1. Open your image (CTRL + O)
2. Double click on the lock, to unlock the layer
3. Rename it to “Original”. Click OK
4. Duplicate original layer (right click)
5. Double click on the text “Original copy” then rename it to “sketch”
6. Click the eye icon next to “Original” layer to make it invisible
7. Click on paint palette, change foreground to black. Click OK
8. FILTER > SKETCH > STAMP
9. Zoom out to get a better view using (+) (-) icons on bottom left
10. Adjust light/dark balance and smoothness until you are satisfied with the amount of detail and sharpness in your image. Click OK

*NOW YOU HAVE A SKETCHED BLACK & WHITE VERSION OF YOUR PHOTO*
NEXT STEP IS TO COLOUR YOUR IMAGE
11. Highlight “Original” layer, click eye icon to make visible
12. Make “Sketch” layer invisible by clicking eye icon next to it
13. Select eye dropper tool CTRL + I
14. Click on skin to sample colour
15. Reverse visible layers by clicking the eye icons so that the original is invisible and the sketch layer is visible
16. Select brush tool CTRL + B
17. Create new layer, should be above “sketch” layer.

*SHOULD BE PAINTING ON THE NEW LAYER*

18. Click and hold to brush, all over face, ears, neck. Avoid lips Eyes. Don’t worry about mistakes, excess can be easily erased later
19. Change blending mode to MULTIPLY under layers tab
20. Select eraser tool, select hard brush, erase excess parts of airbrush
21. When finished, right click on layer we just airbrushed and click “Merge Down” (this will merge it into sketch layer below it)

NOW YOU HAVE A SKIN COLOURED VERSION OF YOUR CARTOON

NEXT STEPS ARE TO COLOUR IN LIPS AND EYES
22. Reverse visible layers again using eye icon to make original photo visible and everything else invisible
23. Select eyedropper tool and select colour from lips.
24. Select brush tool: CTRL +B
25. Reverse visible layers using eye icons
26. Create new layer, should be above “sketch” layer.

YOU SHOULD BE PAINTING ON THE NEW LAYER

27. Paint over lips
28. Change blend mode to MULTIPLY in layers palette
29. Right click on layer 1 and merge down
REPEAT ABOVE STEPS FOR EYE COLOUR

Source: Tutorial

This Year in Photos 2013

It's a tradition. Each year, when we return from Winter Break, we welcome the New Year with a reflection of photos from the past year.
Pick your top 3 favorite photos from MSNBC and/or Reuters, one from each of the following:

• your favorite news story (serious)
• a fun one,
• a strong composition.

Describe the event/story (in your own words), and explain why you chose it. Post the image with each response to your blog.

Photo 9- BW Film/ Natural Portrait Project

BW film assignment

(Photos by Greg Swales, LFAS grad)
Shane Oosterhoff

Take a series of photographs of someone you know to show off many sides of them. The background is as significant as the subject and should be well planned. Compose 5 different portraits in surroundings that describe the person in the photo. Try 5 different shots of each scenario: Close-up, Medium, Long Shot, and two Different Angles.  Also consider your expressions, costumes, props and lighting.
Plan it out in advance. Find 5 + images of people in interesting backgrounds with natural lighting. Find examples of close-up, medium and long shots.

Photograph the series. Find backgrounds that will be descriptive of your person. Make sure you take at least five different photos of each set-up so that you can have a selection to choose from. The more pictures you take, the better chance for successful compositions. Be as clear as possible with your idea so that you can clearly communicate to your subjects.

Evaluation-
Find 5+ examples of portraits photographed with natural lighting post to your blog.
Develop your BW film and print a contact sheet and select your favourite.
Enlarge three 3.5 x 5 prints of your portraits using an elarger in the darkroom. Make sure each image is technically sound: is in focus, has good exposure, and contrast.

9s Shutter Speed Vocabulary

Define the following (in your own words) and post to your blog

1. Shutter-
2. Shutter Speeds (write out each speed and identify faster and slower speeds)-
3. Shutter Priority-
4. Aperture-
5. ISO/ASA-
6. Exposure Triangle-
7. "B" or Bulb-
8. Cable Release-
9. Tripod-
10. Bracketing-

Find image examples of the following for your journal:

• Slow Shutter Speed,
• Fast Shutter Speed,
• Panning,
• Painting with Light,
• Multiple Exposures/Experiment

Some Shutter Speed Vocabulary make sure to write in your own words.

Project Criteria
Check out Sterling Lorence Photography for some cool shutter speed examples...