We have been catching up and will continue today.
I will be checking blogs for completion.
ALL assignments must be updated by TOMORROW (Tuesday)
I will  miss you all :)

Photo of the week: EMOTION

The photo of the week this week is EMOTION.
We will spend this week and next simply on catch up. We will omit the last HDR from the list just so everyone can catch up. Grads will be away Thurs and Friday for some of the class. Please make sure you CHECK YOUR BLOG and the list on the chalk board.

EMOTION

 

Photo of the week: EXTREME LIGHT

Good morning, only 15 more classes, reminder to GET YOUR WORK POSTED!!!!
Please remember to post your PORTRAITS and movement images this week. Next week we will be looking at HDR photography.

Reminder *Photo of the week: camera Tricks

Camera Tricks

Wow, Thursday already!

Yesterday I handed out slips that listed what you are missing. It is VERY important that you keep up to date and continue to post your photography. I have a camera available with camera functions for changing shutter speed. You will need this in order to capture some blurred movement for the 'movement' assignment.

Here are some tips:

Slow Down Your Shutter SpeedThe reason for movement blur is simply that the amount of time that the shutter of a camera is open is long enough to allow your camera’s image sensor to ’see’ the movement of your subject.
So the number one tip in capturing movement in an image is to select a longer shutter speed.
If your shutter speed is fast (eg 1/4000th of a second) it’s not going to see much movement (unless the the subject is moving mighty fast) while if you select a longer shutter speed (eg 5 seconds) you don’t need your subject to move very much at all before you start to see blur.

Secure Your CameraThere are two ways to get a feeling of movement in your images – have your subject move or have your camera move (or both). In the majority of cases that we featured in last week’s post it was the subject that was moving.

In this type of shot you need to do everything that you can to keep your camera perfectly still or in addition to the blur from the subject you’ll find that the whole frame looks like it’s moving as a result of using a longer shutter speed. Whether it be by using a tripod or have your camera sitting on some other still object (consider a shutter release mechanism or using the self timer) you’ll want to ensure that camera is perfectly still.

Shutter Priority ModeOne of the most important settings in photographing an image which emphasizes movement is the shutter speed (as outlined above). Even small changes in shutter speed will have a big impact upon your shot – so you want to shoot in a mode that gives you full control over it.

This means either switching your camera into full Manual Mode or Shutter Priority Mode. Shutter Priority Mode is a mode that allows you to set your shutter speed and where the camera chooses other settings (like Aperture) to ensure the shot is well exposed. It’s a very handy mode to play with as it ensures you get the movement effect that you’re after but also generally well exposed shots.

The other option is to go with Manual mode if you feel more confident in getting the aperture/shutterspeed balance right.

Small AperturesSo how do you cut down the amount of light that gets into your camera to help compensate for a longer shutter speed? How about changing the size of the hole that the light comes in through. This is called adjusting your camera’s Aperture.

If you shoot in shutter priority mode the camera will do this automatically for you – but if you’re in manual mode you’ll need to decrease your Aperture in a proportional amount to the amount that you lengthen the shutter speed.

Luckily this isn’t as hard as you might think because shutter speed and aperture settings are organized in ’stops’. As you decrease shutter speed by a ’stop’ you double the amount of time the shutter is open (eg – from 1/250 to 1/125). The same is true with Aperture settings – as you decrease the Aperture by one stop you decrease the size of the shutter opening by 50%. This is great because an adjustment of 1 stop in one means that you just need to adjust the other by 1 stop too and you’ll still get good exposure.

Decrease Your ISO

Photo by bikeracer

Another way to compensate for the extra light that a longer shutter speed lets into your camera is to adjust the ISO setting of your camera. ISO impacts the sensitivity of your digital camera’s image sensor. A higher number will make it more sensitive to light and a lower number will make the sensor less sensitive. Choose a low number and you’ll find yourself able to choose longer shutter speeds.

 

Good afternoon

I have a print out for you regarding ALL missing assigments and any future assignemnts. This will help you keep organized for the following few weeks :)
Pls help conserve by keeping your printout in a safe place.

Happy Tuesday

I hope everyone had a great Long Weekend! Now, we are quickly approaching the end of term. We have 13 school days until Grad and 18 days until the term ends. Literally, we have 24 days until we head into the weekend before exams.

Please keep in mind the assignments that are due. This week we will be working on MOVEMENT>
and next week HDR then we will be assembling photos into a slideshow and printing for the Fine Arts Showcase.
Here is a photographer that hosts a website with many beautiful images. The Ocean inspires him
http://www.wix.com/retromovement/dancosta#!portfolio DAN COSTA: Living the Dream

MOVEMENT
Movement in photography is most times something that you want to avoid. Other times, however, movement can be the subject of the photograph, and can provide some very interesting effects, for example a blurred background and a completely still foreground. This weeks focus is: Movement.



http://gadgetphotoreview.com/camera-shutter-speed-is-limited-movement-photography/.html

We can look at movement in different ways: Frozen action, subject in focus-movement around subject. Action Photography
http://www.cruzine.com/2010/08/09/action-photography/ <---Frozen action

Using BLUR to portray Movement

Shutter speed: 8 seconds

Composition of 3 images at shutter speeds of between 1.6 seconds and 25 seconds

Read more: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/blur-movement#ixzz1NHZXXuve

For this assignment you will post 4 MOVEMENT shots.


Interested in capturing DANCE movement? I can talk to madame Lepine's class.
see the link below
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/dance-photography-capturing-movement