Photography Assignment

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Photography Assignment
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Photography is more than a medium for factual
communication of ideas. It is a creative
art.Ansel Adams
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A good photograph is knowing where to
stand.Ansel Adams
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You don't take a photograph, you make
it.Ansel Adams
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A mad, keen photographer needs to get out into
the world and work and make mistakes.Sam
Abell
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Photography, alone of the arts, seems
perfected to servethe desire humans havefor a
moment - this very moment - to stay.Sam Abell
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What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment
in which the photographer has a significant
spiritual stake... spiritually driven work
constitutes the core of a photographer's
contribution to culture.William Albert Allard
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You've got topush yourself harder. You've got
to start looking for pictures nobody else could
take.William Albert Allard
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Now its time to talk about your
assignment.Refer to your Yearbook Staff Manual
for more details.You have seven days to
complete this assignment.Be sure to bring the
camera with you every day to class. This will be
a daily grade.The final photographs will be
printed, labeled, and graded as your first major
assignment.
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The following types of photos will be required
for your portfolio of work for the week
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1. Large group (up close of up to 10 people)
Photos from kodak.com
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2. Small group (up to 4 people)
Photos and hints from kodak.com
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3. Overall shot (a stand-back shot of a large
group)
Blend in You want to be as invisible as possible
when youre taking photos in a crowd, which means
being aware of your surroundings. If its an
event, everyones probably trying to see the same
thing, so be considerate of other peoples views
and move locations if youre blocking
them. Photos and text from kodak.com
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4. Close-up of an individual
Place your subject off-center Placing your
subject to one side of the frame can make the
composition more interesting and dynamic. But if
your camera is an auto-focus model, the picture
may turn out blurry because those cameras focus
on whatever is in the center of the viewfinder.
Usually you can fix this by pressing the shutter
button halfway down and then recomposing the
picture while still holding the button halfway
down. Photos and hints from kodak.com
Get close Fill the camera's viewfinder or LCD
display with your subject to create pictures with
greater impact. Step in close or use your
camera's zoom to emphasize what is important and
exclude the rest. Check the manual for your
camera's closest focusing distance.
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5. Strong dominant element (must have something
very powerful in it to catch the attention on the
page, an action/reaction shot or emotion-filled
shot works well for this one)
Photos and hints from kodak.com
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6. Birds eye view (above the subject)
A birds eye view can be just as effective in
producing unusual images. Climb up on a chair,
the roof of a building, or even a hill. Taking
the high ground can be visually rewarding. Shoot
down on the umbrellas, the restaurant tables, or
the heads in a crowd. This technique often
results in great pattern shots.
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7. Worms eye view (below the subject, shooting
up)
Most photographs are made at eye level, so images
of the same location often look the same. A fresh
approach often yields completely different
pictures. So, get down on your stomach, and see
how the world looks from there!
"Get down on your belly, instructed my artist
wife, Allison, "...and shoot up the lines of the
bridge!". So I did as instructed, as a good
husband should, and used this worm's eye view to
photograph the Marshal Point Light on the coast
of Maine. The horizon is broken, there's no
shortage of leading lines, and the great depth of
field of a 24mm lens made it all sharp! Michael
Goldstein
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7. Worms eye view (below the subject, shooting
up)
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8. Vertical shot
Photos and hints from kodak.com
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9. Horizontal shot
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Candid emotion (the subject is not looking at
the camera and is otherwise engaged in another
activity and shows an emotional reaction to it)
Have fun! Don't work too hard to position your
subject. The goal is for him or her to relax and
fall into a natural pose. Try shooting in your
subject's favorite place or at least a
comfortable place. Meaningful props, like a
trophy, a musical instrument, or even a fish, can
add interest. Photos and hints from kodak.com
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Dont forget that you can use a series of photos
to tell a story.
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Dont forget to discuss this assignment in
advance with your teachers.Learn how to turn
off the automatic flash.Turn off the date
feature and leave it off.Learn how to use the
camera. For example, how far do you need to stand
away from a person to fill the frame?If people
in your classes get used to you having the
camera, they are more likely to act naturally
around you and the camera.
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Good luck!You can do this!