LEARNING TARGETS:
- I can learn to look at light and shadow in a new way
- I can shoot digital photos to explore the ways in which light & shadow are important elements
- I can turn a color image into a black&white image in Photoshop.
- I can adjust the LEVELS and CURVES of images in Photoshop.
Vocab/Notes
Exposure
Contrast
Levels
Curves
What does an image need to have proper exposure?
What happens when you just have middle gray tones?
What happens when you just have bright whites and dark black tones?
What are the ways that light/shadow act in photos?
Contrast
Levels
Curves
What does an image need to have proper exposure?
What happens when you just have middle gray tones?
What happens when you just have bright whites and dark black tones?
What are the ways that light/shadow act in photos?
camera skills
photoshop skills
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Shooting assignment
Take photos that focus on light and shadows.
You may edit the photos in photoshop, but remember that editing doesn't make a bad photo good. It can make a good photo better.
TURN IN: 2 black and white photos where shadow and light are important.
- Make choices to create visually strong compositions with camera angles, orientation, distance, fore/mid/background
- Make sure to use WHITE BALANCE and EXPOSURE COMPENSATION if needed. Also make sure that photo is in focus
- Think about every single object you are including in the frame. Are you sure you want it to be there? Pay attention to things in the background.
- Is there clutter in your photograph? Think about the "10 Commandments"
- Think about what you are trying to say with the photograph. Is it just "pretty", or are you trying to tell the viewer something about yourself or the world?
- Think about the camera angle.is it boring? Does it help to say something about the subject? Look HERE for more ideas about angles and zoom
- Think about where you point you camera to meter a scene. Is it a really dark place or a really light place? Try to meter in a neutral place, not too light or too dark.
You may edit the photos in photoshop, but remember that editing doesn't make a bad photo good. It can make a good photo better.
TURN IN: 2 black and white photos where shadow and light are important.