Shooting assignment

Due 9/7

Get a flickr.com account (which we will use sometime soon), then...

Select a subject that is particularly inspiring to you—really go for it. This assignment is one of discovering how shooting angles and varied points of view can affect your image.

1. Set up your subject in an interesting setting or with an interesting background. Try outside in natural light, in mid-morning or late afternoon.
2. 1st shot: eye-level, horizontal.
3. Walk around the subject, crouch down, get on the floor, get high above your subject, get behind the subject. Be very active. Notice how your subject looks from these unusual points of view. Notice how the light on the subject appears differently from these different positions. Shoot from below, above, behind...make a photograph of your subject when it looks good, and shoot another and then another. Shoot first, think later.
4. Now try some variations, perhaps from the same angles, shooting verticals
5. Get closer and shoot some details
6. Get back and shoot the subject in context of the larger scene, background
7. Try some unusual things... shake the camera, shoot out-of-focus, shoot without looking it he view-finder... see what happens.

Do the same for at least one more subject. At least 24 exposures for each subject.

Shooting Exercise, Details II

Due 8/31

Pick a favorite or compelling subject. Shoot interesting details, filling the frame of your camera. Shoot outside, with natural light. The challenge is to stick to this one subject for the whole exercise, throughly exploring it, so choose something that will sustain your interest...

36-72 exposures. Shoot RAW or High Quality JPEG. If you have questions about setting the image quality on your camera, please ask for help.

Plan to have images to share with class (on-screen)

Reading and Discussion

Due 9/7

Reading: Chapter 1, 3

Quiz: Concentrates mainly on chapter 3

Discussion: pages 18-29 (from chapter 1). Choose 3 of the question/answer combinations that seems most relevant to you, or interesting. Then chose one that you don't agree with or which seems less relevant. Be prepared to defend your views.

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