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Assignment 3: Photography Research & Practice
L/O: to learn about photography basics and basic photo editing to make your presentation (for evidence of the processes and
technology)
A) PhotographyB) Photo editing
For this task you will need….
• iphoto on your ipad! (its free now)
• There are other great photo editing programs too
Photography basics
Photography basics (production)• Lighting (various things) break up into parts• Shutter speed• Shallow focus / deep focus• Transferring photo’s to computer (file and iphoto)• Composition break up into parts
– rule of thirds– Powerpoints– changing angle/perspective– framing– leading lines
Dividing the work
• After watching the slides you will have to think carefully of how you are dividing the work
• Lighting is MASSIVE, Composition is BIG
• It is group, but you have to have understanding of all of these things!
Lighting
• Overexposure• Underexposure• Key (high key, low key)• Fill • Using flash• Reflecting/reflectors• Diffusing/diffusers
• When using iPad, rely on good daylight and cheap lighting (flood lights) and DIY reflectors
Flood lights
• Cheap and easy to get (hardware stores)• From 10-30 pounds
underexposure
overexposure
Good exposure
underexposed
Just right
overexposed
Over under
Setting up lighting
Called: 3 point lighting system
High key lighting: flooded with all light
Low key lighting: strong contrasts
Fill
Using flash
• Can’t rely on this alone• Too harsh of light (direct)• Often causes over/under exposure
Using direct flash
Linking filling and flash
• Using flash (or other light) can be a way to FILL
• (meaning filling in the shadows)
Diffuse
• Diffuse = disseminate, reduce, make less
• Because direct flash is so strong, you can DIFFUSE it to make it more soft
• There are many tools and techniques to do this
More professional diffusers
DIYdiffusers
Natural diffuse
• The leaves areDiffusing the light of the sun
Reflect
• Reflecting is another way to diffuse light • Basically light is reflected or bounced off another surface
(therefore making it less harsh)• The more light bounces, the less harsh it is• Different surfaces/textures/colours will reflect light differently
(shiny, opaque, translucent)
• .
Reflect (therefore diffuse)
Shutter speed
• How fast shutter opens• Slow = likely to blur• Fast = like to be more crisp• Motion blur– Motion blur type 1 (background is blurry)– Motion blur type 2 (object is blurry)
• Exposure– Long exposure– Paint lighting
• Shutter is like eyeAnd eye lids of a camera
It is like how a camera blinks
FAST SHUTTER SPEED
• Capturing split second
Very fast shutter speed!
Motion blur
• When something blurs because it is in motion
• This means it is going too fast for the shutter speed
• (object is faster than shutter)
• Type 1• Type 2
Type 1
• The objects are crisp, background blurry
• (moving camera)
Type 2: objects blurry
What does this create in photos?
Exposure
• Time of exposure = how long the camera is exposed to light
• Faster shutter speed = less light (and more likely to be darker)
• Slower shutter speed = more light gets in faster (more likely to be lighter)
Shutter speed and light
Long exposure at night (using tripod)
Light painting
Long exposure with light/flash
Shallow focus
• When have something in focus, the rest blurry• Limited on automatic cameras• When taking photos, tap for focus square……
or try with close ups• You can do this in editing (is limited tho) (blur
tools)
Deep Focus
• Everything in focus (automatic cameras)
Transfer photos from camera to computer
• How do you do this?• SD card – SD card reader• Cables• Bluetooth• Electronic transfers – email, sharing, social media etc• Cloud
• Uploading/opening them
• Think of the technologies involved in this process
Composition: rule of thirds
• Review rule• To make better photographs (nicer/more
pleasing to look at)
Composition: powerpoints
• In combination with rule of thirds; the AXIS points of horizontal/vertical lines.
• 4 available (where horiz/vert lines meet)• -theory argues things placed in powerpoints
make the best composition
Composition: angles/perspectives
• Try to photograph objects/places/people using different angles and perspectives
• The world becomes a different place!• The life on an ant vs life of a bird• This goes great with establishing
shots/montage editing for your introductions
Normal photography/shots
Try different angles!
• Get low!!!
Composition: framing
• How you frame objects/people• Frame using unique angles• Positive space• Negative space• Is the space around objects appropriate and
comfortable for audience?• Does it show off the objects/characters
appropriately?
Yikes!
Good framing
Composition: leading lines
• Lines that lead your eye• Usually lines to lead your eye to an object• (sort of like a journey)• Create movement in a composition
• Don’t have to bestraight lines…
Photography apps
• iPhoto photo editing• Snapseed photo editing• Slow Shutter changing shutter speed• Colour Effects manipulating colour• Guardian eyewitness?
• Any others???
Assignment 31
• Printed booklet
• A = due wed• B = due fri
• Divide the work…..
• Make your powerpoint template….
Photo editingBasic photo editing in iphoto (post-production)• opening a photo• undo (arrow) (bottom corner star - remove effect)• revert to original (page icon beside edit)• crop & rotate• changing colour• changing exposure (lightness/darkness)• brushes (repair, red eye, saturate, desaturate, lighten, darken, sharpen, soften)• effects (b&w, vintage, duotone etc)• auto enhance• rotate• naming, tagging• sharing: email, journal, camera roll, itunes, facebook, imovie, etc.
• If using snapseed or other programs = what tools/techniques can you used?
Open app
• Open and play with iphoto
• Remember = SCREEN GRABS!