LEARNING TARGETS:
- I can use the 5 active choices photographers make to frame my photos
- I can use composition tools to make good photos
- I can explain the difference between a photograph and a snapshot
- I can evaluate what makes a quality photo to decide which photos to share.
5 Active Choices Photographers Make
Vocab/Notes
- Focal Length
- Distance
- Angles
- Orientation
- Space (background, midground, foreground)
Photo skills
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Shooting assignment 1
Think about what it means for a photo to be “good”. Then take 2 good photos of ANYTHING using a digital camera.
Composition
Vocab/Notes
Read the 10 Rules of Photo Compostion. Add info about each one to your photo notes.
Photo skills
Shooting assignment 2
Use auto mode to selectively take photos that follow the rules of composition. You may take as many photos as you like, but you will choose one for each rule (10) to share during photo critique.
Critique and evaluation
Vocab/Notes
Photo skills
Shooting assignment
Lenses and focal length
Vocab/Notes
What does a wide angle but close portrait look like?
What does a zoomed in but standing farther away portrait look like?
ACTIVITY: use your camera and both lenses to test this out. Start out wide but close to the person, then zoom out more and more as you stand farther and farther away.
What does a zoomed in but standing farther away portrait look like?
ACTIVITY: use your camera and both lenses to test this out. Start out wide but close to the person, then zoom out more and more as you stand farther and farther away.
Photo skills
Shooting assignment
Photograph the same subject/object using different focal lengths. Upload one that worked and one that didn't to SeeSaw. Label the focal length of each photo. Remember to use your composition and framing techniques to take a quality photo.