Course Outline:
Welcome to Photography 9!
In this course you will learn the fundamentals of photography and how to apply your own vision to your pictures. The course will progress through the following units:
Assessment:
As this is a visual, creative medium you will showcase your work in a webpage that will be updated continually throughout the course. As projects are assigned, you will create new pages and curate your best work for display. All assignments are found below in chronological order from top to bottom, with a description and requirements clearly listed. You will be assessed periodically throughout the course at regular intervals and your work will be viewed holistically (as a complete portfolio) as well as individually based on completion and the criteria for the specific shot. The overall assessment tool will be co-created with the class and will be posted on this website below this description, the criteria for each individual assignment will be listed in the project descriptions below.
The breakdown for marks is as follows:
Individual assignment marks: /60%
Overall Portfolio marks: /40%
You can access all of the presentations in file explorer here:
In this course you will learn the fundamentals of photography and how to apply your own vision to your pictures. The course will progress through the following units:
- Fundamentals - Camera settings, exposure theory, file storage and management, simple editing and options for display
- Framing - Emphasizing elements in the picture, exaggeration, guiding the viewers eye.
- Styles - From landscape to portrait photography, macro to architecture, product to fine art and all points in-between.
- Available Light - Use of natural or artificial light to highlight subjects in the frame. Use of simple modifiers to highlight.
- Set Dressing/posing - How to prepare your subject for best presentation photographically.
Assessment:
As this is a visual, creative medium you will showcase your work in a webpage that will be updated continually throughout the course. As projects are assigned, you will create new pages and curate your best work for display. All assignments are found below in chronological order from top to bottom, with a description and requirements clearly listed. You will be assessed periodically throughout the course at regular intervals and your work will be viewed holistically (as a complete portfolio) as well as individually based on completion and the criteria for the specific shot. The overall assessment tool will be co-created with the class and will be posted on this website below this description, the criteria for each individual assignment will be listed in the project descriptions below.
The breakdown for marks is as follows:
Individual assignment marks: /60%
Overall Portfolio marks: /40%
You can access all of the presentations in file explorer here:
Assignments:
01 - Set-Up Webpage:
You will create your own website to showcase your portfolio. Using Weebly: weebly.com you will sign-up with a personal email (do not use a school email as this will be de-activated when you graduate), and create a blank site. Once your site is created, you will create a title of your name. Next, you will take a picture within the class to set as your header picture(don't worry, we will change this one eventually). You will create the following page with button to navigate to them:
•Low Angle
•High Angle
•Eye Level
•Birdseye
•Dutch Angle
•Shoulder Level
•Ensure that you have some shots from extreme close up to extreme long shot
Make sure that you include the exif data with EVERY image:
You will need to do this for EVERY IMAGE THAT YOU POST IN THIS COURSE!
Once you have completed this, copy the url of your website and email it to: [email protected] with your name in the subject line of the email.
You will create your own website to showcase your portfolio. Using Weebly: weebly.com you will sign-up with a personal email (do not use a school email as this will be de-activated when you graduate), and create a blank site. Once your site is created, you will create a title of your name. Next, you will take a picture within the class to set as your header picture(don't worry, we will change this one eventually). You will create the following page with button to navigate to them:
- Framing
•Low Angle
•High Angle
•Eye Level
•Birdseye
•Dutch Angle
•Shoulder Level
•Ensure that you have some shots from extreme close up to extreme long shot
Make sure that you include the exif data with EVERY image:
You will need to do this for EVERY IMAGE THAT YOU POST IN THIS COURSE!
- Camera model
- Focal Length
- Shutter Speed
- ISO
- Aperture
Once you have completed this, copy the url of your website and email it to: [email protected] with your name in the subject line of the email.
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02 - Detail Shots:
As this course is backed on a band course, your second challenge is going to be to take detail shots of your instruments. You will need to bring your instrument to class (If you play piano, I have you covered with a keyboard, if you play the drums, you are going to have to bring sheet music and work with a partner who has a more portable instrument). For this assignment we are going to try to take close up detail shots of your musical instrument to highlight the interesting details. Here are the shots that I am looking for, and what to keep in mind while shooting:
When complete, upload your images to your computer, edit to 1:1 and save as normal. You will need to add a new page to your portfolio which will be titled Music. Create a document that includes all of the exif data but DO NOT load your images to your website. We will use them in the next lesson to learn how to do basic adjustments in photoshop.
As this course is backed on a band course, your second challenge is going to be to take detail shots of your instruments. You will need to bring your instrument to class (If you play piano, I have you covered with a keyboard, if you play the drums, you are going to have to bring sheet music and work with a partner who has a more portable instrument). For this assignment we are going to try to take close up detail shots of your musical instrument to highlight the interesting details. Here are the shots that I am looking for, and what to keep in mind while shooting:
- Full length
- Intricate detail (think, keys, levers, tuning heads etc.) X 3 at least
- Shape and form (low light, try to show the curvature of the musical instrument)
- If possible, take a picture in the case with the fabric as a backdrop
- Get a partner and have them hold the instrument as a model. Take close-ups of the hands as this is the greatest area of interest
- A shot down the length of the musical instrument (ie. if a guitar, either from the bridge looking up towards the headstock or vice versa)
- Shots of sheet music (consider how you can frame them, what to focus on and if you can have them curved compared to flat
- Fill the frame, don't include unnecessary elements in your composition
- Consider the highlights and shadows, place the object to accentuate those. This will give your images depth
- Work with a partner to add extra light using their flashlight, see what happens when you move in close: do you get reflections? Sun stars?
- Try moving to the window for the extra light, or away from the window and use the flashlight. What changes in your composition?
- What happens if you disassemble the instrument? (this is only for those that are meant to be disassembled) Is it easier to get details? What do the connecting points look like? Are they interesting or compelling?
When complete, upload your images to your computer, edit to 1:1 and save as normal. You will need to add a new page to your portfolio which will be titled Music. Create a document that includes all of the exif data but DO NOT load your images to your website. We will use them in the next lesson to learn how to do basic adjustments in photoshop.
03 - Architecture:
At OKM we have the benefit of learning in a building that has been renovated and added on to multiple times. Due to these renovations, each section of the school has it's own unique look and texture. Your photography assignment is to document the school from different angles, capturing the texture and feel of the hallways and exterior. You should be looking for the following shots:
When complete, upload your images to your computer, edit to 1:1 and save as normal. You will need to add a new page to your portfolio which will be titled Architecture. Make edits in photoshop and then upload your photos with the exif data to your website.
At OKM we have the benefit of learning in a building that has been renovated and added on to multiple times. Due to these renovations, each section of the school has it's own unique look and texture. Your photography assignment is to document the school from different angles, capturing the texture and feel of the hallways and exterior. You should be looking for the following shots:
- Long shot of hallway
- Exterior of entrance or gymnasium
- Modular section exterior
- New construction for the daycare (stay outside of the fence, use the fence for framing or shoot through an opening)
- Find an area that looks neglected, has detritus around. Can you frame that to look interesting or highlight the sense of neglect?
- Interior social space (dress the set: organize tables and chairs and frame the shot in a way to make the area seem inviting and ready to be used)
- Repetitive details (see if you can create abstract images using repetitive materials in the building)
- Staircases
- People walking in the hallway (make sure that no faces are visible).
- Fill the frame, don't include unnecessary elements in your composition
- How do you frame the shot? Straight on and flat or can you move on an angle to create diagonals?
- How will the viewer's eye be drawn in to your image?
- Pretend that you have been given a contract by the school to take images for a brochure to encourage parents to send their students to OKM. What shots will give an idea about what the school has to offer, and what shots show the school to be a desirable place to go to school?
- For the neglected areas, pretend you are taking images for a newspaper that is doing a story on lack of funding in the school system. What images would project the idea that the school is neglected?
When complete, upload your images to your computer, edit to 1:1 and save as normal. You will need to add a new page to your portfolio which will be titled Architecture. Make edits in photoshop and then upload your photos with the exif data to your website.
04 - Portraiture:
For this challenge, you will need to work with a partner and go outside of the school near the field and the forest. You will each take turns being the subject and the photographer. You should be looking for the following shots:
When complete, upload your images to your computer, edit to 1:1 and save as normal. You will need to add a new page to your portfolio which will be titled Portraiture. Make edits in photoshop and then upload your photos with the exif data to your website.
For this challenge, you will need to work with a partner and go outside of the school near the field and the forest. You will each take turns being the subject and the photographer. You should be looking for the following shots:
- In full sun, front lit:
- Headshot(fill the frame)
- Profile
- 1/4 shot
- Full shot
- Headshot(fill the frame)
- In full sun, side lit:
- Headshot(fill the frame)
- Profile (into the sun and away)
- 1/4 shot
- Full shot
- Headshot using a bounce board (piece of white paper) to add light to the shadowy side of the face
- In full sun, back lit:
- Headshot(fill the frame)
- Headshot(fill the frame) using a bounce board (piece of white paper) to add light to the face
- Full shot with model's head eclipsing the sun, use a bounce board to add light to the face
- In diffuse light (the trees)
- Headshot(fill the frame)
- Profile
- 1/4 shot
- Full shot
When complete, upload your images to your computer, edit to 1:1 and save as normal. You will need to add a new page to your portfolio which will be titled Portraiture. Make edits in photoshop and then upload your photos with the exif data to your website.