Skill Application:
PART ONE:
PONDER
1. What is the subject of your photograph?
What do you want the viewer to look at? Whatever it is, make sure it is in SHARP FOCUS! Achieving sharp focus in your photographs is one of the most important skills you will need as a photographer
2. FIND A UNIQUE WAY TO "LOOK" AT YOUR SUBJECT- BE CREATIVE!
No matter how dull or ordinary your subject matter may be, you have the power to show us that object in a whole new way, from a new perspective; you can make them interesting and inspiring!
Over the next 3 days you'll interpret 10 of these prompts in any way that makes sense to you. Challenge yourself to be creative both with your photography (lighting, angles, colors, etc.) but also with the thought behind each photo.
PONDER
1. What is the subject of your photograph?
What do you want the viewer to look at? Whatever it is, make sure it is in SHARP FOCUS! Achieving sharp focus in your photographs is one of the most important skills you will need as a photographer
2. FIND A UNIQUE WAY TO "LOOK" AT YOUR SUBJECT- BE CREATIVE!
No matter how dull or ordinary your subject matter may be, you have the power to show us that object in a whole new way, from a new perspective; you can make them interesting and inspiring!
Over the next 3 days you'll interpret 10 of these prompts in any way that makes sense to you. Challenge yourself to be creative both with your photography (lighting, angles, colors, etc.) but also with the thought behind each photo.
- Abstract
- Yellow
- Tools
- Textured
- Literature
- Crooked
- In the distance
- The letter F
- Your view
- Reflections
- Beautiful
- Yours
- Makes you dance
- Faces
- Open
- Look Down
- Look Up
- Where I'm going
- In my bag
- Upside down
- Motion
- Rough
- Get down
- Full
- Powerful
- Shadows
- Cobwebs
- Tangled
- Hands and Feet
- A view through
- Laughing
- Garbage
- Numbers
PART TWO
Thinking and hunting for a good shot.
To be a good photographer you need to think. Take your time and find something you think is interesting. Take one photograph and look at it. Then think, how can I make this photograph better? Now take more photographs from different angles, different distances, different compositions.
20 photographs - Create a folder on your desktop for these photographs. We will use them on Monday.
1. One photograph with an interesting composition that was taken at a high aperture. This should be clear foreground and background. Aperture setting of F22 or higher.
2. One photograph with a interesting composition that was taken at a low aperture. This photo should have a blurry background with aperture setting of F 4 or lower.
Thinking and hunting for a good shot.
To be a good photographer you need to think. Take your time and find something you think is interesting. Take one photograph and look at it. Then think, how can I make this photograph better? Now take more photographs from different angles, different distances, different compositions.
- Close up photos.
- Shooting through photos
- Leading Lines
- Rule of thirds
- Abstract
- Back lighting through the colored leaves.
- Action photos
- Different angles
20 photographs - Create a folder on your desktop for these photographs. We will use them on Monday.
- 10 of the photographs should have the lowest Aperture on your camera.
- 10 of the photographs should have the highest Aperture on your camera.
1. One photograph with an interesting composition that was taken at a high aperture. This should be clear foreground and background. Aperture setting of F22 or higher.
2. One photograph with a interesting composition that was taken at a low aperture. This photo should have a blurry background with aperture setting of F 4 or lower.