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March 6 : All about Composition!

Due Wednesday, March 18!!!

PLEASE KEEP CELL PHONES AWAY!

Either in your backpack or the lock box!

Expectations:

C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)

H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand

A: Work on the assignment

M: Stay in your assigned seat

P: Work till assignment is completed

S: Finishing your work

Have you been adding your images to your Portfolio?

All photography images need to be added to your portfolio as you complete your assignment!

REPETITION ASSIGNMENT

Due: Wednesday, March 4

COMPOSITONAL TECHNIQUES

What are they?

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Compositional Techniques

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Compositional techniques are crucial in photography because they allow photographers to arrange elements within a frame to create a visually appealing image, guide the viewer's eye, convey a story, and evoke emotion.

HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will follow along with instruction and use what we have learned to create amazing photos!

For Part 1 of COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES...

The Assignment...

For this assignment, you will need to take photographs showing composition techniques. The goal is to capture the essential elements of the image and draw the viewer's attention to those specific details.

This assignment will be a little different...

YOU choose what you are shooting! Do NOT just copy these!

COMPOSITION TECHNIQUES:

Rule of Thirds, Leading Lines, Symmetry, Fill the Frame, Framing, Rule of Odds, Golden Ratio, Diagonals

And ones we know already...Birds Eye, Worm's Eye, Shape, Repetition

THE "SOMETHING" LIST...

Choose 10 from the following list!

Something RED
Something to EAT
Something CLEAN
Something SHARP
Something HARD
Something TINY
Something BLUE
Something NOISY
Something WET
Something ROUND
Something COLORFUL
Something that MOVES

Something PINK
Something to SOFT
Something HEAVY
Something SPECIAL
Something with HAIR
Something WHITE
Something BLACK
Something SHORT
Something GREEN
Something SMOOTH
Something with WHEELS

Something ALIVE
Something ORANGE
Something TALL
Something LIGHT
Something FLUFFY
Something PURPLE
Something DIRTY
Something SHINY
Something GLITTERY
Something TASTY
Smaller than a MOUSE
Something you LOVE

The goal is to use as many of the compositional techniques as possible!

Rule of Thirds, Leading Lines, Symmetry, Fill the Frame, Framing, Rule of Odds, Golden Ratio, Diagonals, Birds Eye, Worm's Eye, Shape, Repetition

BE CREATIVE!

NOTE! Some assignments we have completed are NOT based on Composition. Meaning they are not "compositions." For example: Texture, Depth of Field, Motion etc, are not compositions they are photographic/visual representations.

Your task is to take 10 photos from the listed "something" items!

The goal is to use as many of the compositional techniques as possible!

Rule of Thirds, Leading Lines, Symmetry, Fill the Frame, Framing, Rule of Odds, Golden Ratio, Diagonals, Birds Eye, Worm's Eye, Shape, Repetition

Remember to be creative! Look for different subjects around campus!

This task will test your knowledge and application of these techniques!

To shoot...

Set your camera to M!

You are in control of ALL settings again!

M (Manual)

Set your ISO to 100!

Click the Right Cross Key

Lets change the Drive mode to SINGLE SHOOTING

This means you click the button one shot at a time!

Add Press the Q button on the top left of the LCD screen

Auto Focus Area (top left AF button):

How much of your camera is able to see with your auto focus

Spot: only that little box will have it in focus. Good for Portraits.

Whole Area Auto Focus: Camera will determine what needs to be in focus.

Good for Landscapes

Take your time... Focus on one idea and take a few options/angles.

Don't rush!

Downloading your photos...

To Split the screens (to see them better):

Editing your photos!

Open Photoshop

Click OPEN (on the left)

Navigate to Desktop> PHOTOGRAPHY folder> COMPOSITION

Select ONE of the subjects/images you would like to work with.

Always select the best image based upon this criteria:

Does it work for your assignment?

Is it a good exposure?

Is it in focus?

Click OPEN

CHOOSE YOUR BEST IMAGES! If they don't meet the criteria, check out a camera and go shoot some more! DOES IT HAVE A SUBJECT???

SAVE (as) YOUR DOCUMENT!

Shortcut: Shift + Ctrl + S

(or File: SAVE AS)

Save as Type: PHOTOSHOP!

Then click Save to Cloud Documents

Save to CREATIVE CLOUD!

Click the Save to CREATIVE CLOUD button

Example to Name the photo:

YOUR INITIALS-"Something"-Compositional Technique

Example: TE-PINK-Rule of Thirds.psd

Example: TE-GLITTERY-BirdsEye.psd

(You get the idea...when you are done you will be turning in 10 images...each with a different composition technique!)

Click SAVE

If you have selected your best photo you can do the same process for other photos of a different compositions!

(Open through Photoshop, Save as, Save to Creative Cloud)

Editing your photos!

Adjusting using layers

Remember to use an ADJUSTMENT LAYER (in the layers panel: click the adjustment icon) so it is non-destructive

Adjust such things as:

Brightness/Contrast
Exposure
Vibrance
Hue/Saturation
Color Balance
Black & White

Make Adjustments as needed! (And they are needed!)

If the photo is dull, brighten it!

If the photo is under-exposed...use Exposure!

Make the adjustments!!!

Edits are subjective! They are what YOU feel needs to be adjusted. But YOU MUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS!

Spot healing/patch

If there is anything you want to remove:

Create a new layer and use the Spot Healing or patch tools to clean it up!

Remember to make sure Content-Aware is selected AND Sample All Layers is checked!

Remove distractions! No trash, cracks in sidewalk etc

Make the adjustments!!!

Using the masks

Remember on the mask of an adjustment layer (make sure it is selected), we can add black to conseal what we are adjusting!

White=Reveals

Black=Conseals

Make sure your adjustment layers are ON the TOP in the layers panel so that any other alterations (spot healing etc) are adjusted also!

ADD A VIGNETTE!

(Pull the scale left to make a DARK vignette!)

Remember! PULL to the left to use the Dark Vignette!!!

ADD A SIGNATURE!

(add it to the RIGHT BOTTOM CORNER!)

Remember! If your image area is dark, make your signature WHITE. If the image area is light, make your signature BLACK!

Make sure you have added the vignette AND your signature!

Each image MUST have YOUR signature on the bottom right!

EXPORTING Your FILES

Please make sure it is a JPG file!

You will export 10 images!

CRITERIA:

TEN (10) Images of YOUR choice using the composition techniques and a subject from the "something" list! (one Compositional technique with 1 subject from the list...do NOT repeat!)
You will shoot 10 different images...in different places (come up with 10 DIFFERENT IDEAS!)
Each image MUST be edited appropriately in Photoshop
Each image MUST have a signature
Each image MUST be named correctly
- Example: TE-PINK-Rule of Thirds.jpg
- Example: TE-GLITTERY-BirdsEye.jpg
File format turned in MUST be correct (jpg)

CREATIVITY IS KEY! It's not just taking a photo...be creative!

TOTAL: 100 POINTS!!!

DUE: Wednesday, March 18!

To get credit!

Go to our Classroom in TEAMS
Select Assignments
Select
- Photography: COMPOSITION SCAVENGER HUNT!
Scroll down to MY WORK
Click +ATTACH

Click UPLOAD FROM THIS DEVICE

Select DESKTOP (on the left) then the PHOTOGRAPHY Folder>COMPOSITION Folder

Find the 10 JPG files you EXPORTED and select them:

Example: TE-PINK-Rule of Thirds.jpg
Example: TE-GLITTERY-BirdsEye.jpg

Click OPEN

To select more than one image at a time, hold the CTRL button down on your keyboard then select each file!

Wait for file to upload
File will show up below under My Work
CLICK TURN IN!

NOTE: There MUST be TEN (10) JPG files (that have been adjused in Photoshop and made black & white) attached to get credit. Simply clicking TURN IN will not do!!!