Photography Basic Competencies

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Photography - How A Camera Works

This week we are going to be looking at a film camera and discovering how cameras work. First we will learn how to use it, learn the different pieces and their functions, and then there will be a quiz on labeling and describing camera parts. After this you will go through the process of taking photographs with these cameras and then using chemicals to develop your pictures. You will only be allowed to go through this process if all of the rest of your work is submitted. Below is a list of the terminology you will be responsible for. The link for the Camera Simulator will allow you to play around with the settings on a camera to see how it affects your final image.

Camera Simulator

Camera Parts and Functions

A Short Vocabulary List

Lens - It draws the light into the camera and focuses it on the film plane.

Focus Ring - A ring on the lens of a camera that can be rotated to all users to manually focus the camera.

Shutter - It open and closes to control the length of time light strikes the film.

Shutter Release - The button that releases or "trips" the shutter mechanism.

Film Advance Lever or Knob - It transports the film from one frame to the next on the roll of film.

Aperture - It dilates and contracts to control the diameter of the hole that the light passes though, to let in more or less light. It is controlled by the f-stop ring.

F-Stop Ring - Ring on the lens that controls the diameter of the aperture.

Viewfinder - The "window" through which you look to frame your picture.

Film Rewind Knob - This knob rewinds the film back into the film canister.

Flash Shoe/Foot - This is the point at which the flash or flash cube is mounted or attached.

Shutter Speed Control - This know controls the length of time the shutter remains open. Typical shutter speeds are measured in fractions of a second, such as: 1/30 1/60 and 1/125 of a second.

ASA/ISO or Film Speed - Describes how fast the film can capture an image when exposed to minimal light. Film that is less than 200 is considered slow film.

Photography - Photo Scavenger Hunt and Collage

You must collect photos that match the scavenger hunt criteria listed below. When taking the pictures ensure you are thinking about all of the composition rules that we talked about in class (framing, focal point, camera placement, vertical or horizontal camera direction watch the background, rule of thirds, formal and informal balance, etc.). In the end you will have to display your images in a collage. For each photo, it must be clear what the focus is, it must be in focus, and it must also be clear what composition rule/rules were being used. We want you to have fun with the collage. Be creative!  Posted below are some examples, you can use pictures in the collage multiple times if you wish.

Scavenger Hunt

1 – Something old

2 – Something black and white

3 – Food

4 – An interesting texture

5 – Something rusty

6 – School logo

7 – Fitness Equipment

8 – Close-up shot

9 – Books

10 – Tree or plant

11 – An administrator

12 – Picture of a picture

13 – Someone moving quickly

14 – An exit or emergency sign

Marking

Photographs are clear, in focus and show what is required     /14

Considerations are made for effective photographs (ie. rule of thirds, design principles, etc.)      /14

Photos and collage are creative and original     /7

Total     /35

Photography - Photoshop examples

how to blur the background of an image

1. use the quick selection tool to select the part of the image you DO NOT want blurred

2. on the top toolbar select SELECT, then INVERSE. this will reverse your selection

3. right click on the selected area and click LAYER VIA COPY

4. click FILTER on the top toll bar go to BLUR and select either Lens blur or Gaussian Blur. 

5. change the intensity of your blur by changing the radius

Colour Selection

1. select your whole image using the marquee tool.

2. using the keyboard cut your image (CTRL X)

2. then paste your image twice (CTRL V)

4. this will create 2 new layers of your image

5. Select LAYER from the top toolbar, then NEW ADJUSTMENT LAYER, then GRADIENT MAP

6. your image should turn black and white. if it does not click on the bar on the right hand tool bar and select black and white 

7. select the eraser tool and start colouring the part of your image you want to be colour

here is what the image could look like

Lighting

1. Select FILTER from the top toolbar, then RENDER, then LIGHTING EFFECTS

2. in here you can change the lighting style

Photography - Composition Rules - Focus, Rule of Thirds, Balance

Photography - Composition Rules - Vert/Hor, Framing, Level, Backgrounds, Patterns, Lines

Photography - Assessment - Multiplicity

Multiplicity

Your assignment is to take multiple pictures of yourself in different poses and add them to a single image. Make sure when you are taking pictures you get yourself on a solid background (helps with the removal of the background!). Be creative. You must have 15 different photos total. If you want some other inspiration search "multiplicity" in Google image search. Take care that you are completely removing unwanted parts of the picture. You can include your name like below but do not have to.

Photography - Touch-up and Red-Eye Removal

Red Eye Reduction In Photoshop

On the toolbar on the left hand side, click and hold the Healing Brush Tool (icon looks like a band-aid).

Select the Red Eye Tool.

Click on the red area of the pupil and watch it disappear!

Healing Brush Tool 

This tool is very amazing. It works similarly to the Clone Stamp tool that we used in Fireworks. The biggest difference is that instead of completely coping and replacing a section of the photo it blends the destination and the source area together. It works very well at removing blemishes in a photo. Below, I have used the tool to make some changes to Morgan Freeman's face. We will do this together. Please copy the "before" picture and paste it into Photoshop. After we are done, take one of the two pictures below and see what you can do with the tool. On top of this, you must take a photo of yourself and then adjust that picture using the tools.

              

  

                                                    

Photography - Photo Composition Part 1

Photography - Emotion Assignment and Role of Photography

Role of Photography

Photograph an EMOTION

Come and see me to select an emotion, then go out within the school with your digital camera and take at least two different pictures of the emotion you have chosen. Be sure the emotion is communicated clearly, and no explanation is required.  One photo can include a person, the other photo may not include a person.

Once you have finished taking your photos, download them onto the computer, crop and fix your photos, then save them as a JPEG or GIF image. Upload the finished pictures to your blog.