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FOTO 1140  

Week 1

Learning Objectives for Chapter 1Wk 1 LECTURE REVIEW SHEET

Term Flash Cards Wk 1

 

VIDEO's Wk 1

Depth of Field overview

Stops? What are they?

Aperture Values

Understanding Camera Settings

Shooting in Manual Mode


RESOURCES

Exposure Meters

 

WEEK 2  -  FOTO 1140
Learning Objectives for Chapter 2

Wk 2 LECTURE REVIEW SHEET

Term Flash Cards Wk 2
 

Basics of Exposure- The Exposure Triangle

Metering Part 1

Metering Part 2

Lens Primer part 1

Lens Primer part 2

Lens Primer part 3

 

RESOURCES
Reciprocity Review
Equivalent Exposure Notes

Reading a Historgram

 

 

WEEK 3  -  FOTO 1140
Learning Objectives for Chapter 3
Wk 3 LECTURE REVIEW SHEET

Term Flash Cards Wk 3

 

Print out your lecture review sheet for this week, practice on the ‘Term Flashcards’ to review the reading and watch the video lecture links and complete any reading assigned. 

Quiz 1 

Project 1 - FOTO 1140 Capture five images showing RULE OF 3RDS.

Be creative! The requirements for this exercise are pretty straightforward. After reviewing the material presented you should have a solid idea of Rule of 3rds. Do not put the focal point dead center in the photograph. Intentionally place the focal point of your image in a rule of 3rds position. You may need to shoot a lot of images to get 5 good, examples. Breaking rules are good too but this project is about learning the rules.

 

1) All project images must be submitted in an album labeled Project #1 to your personal Flickr account by the appropriate due date & to the Google Team Drive Jr Turn in Folder.

 

Projects need to be uploaded to the Google Team Drive Jr Turn in Folder.

File Named-->   Lastname-P1-1     Example  DiMasso-P1-1     Order P1-1 as your best & P1-5 as the one you like the least

 

2) Then upload all project images to our FOTO 1140 class Goog;e Drive Folder

 

Please check out this online gallery of some inspiration and examples on Flickr 

On each Flicker image uploaded, document the following (type it under each pic you upload)

-Camera used, Focal length, ISO Shutter speed, Aperture setting, Date the image was taken, Time of the day when the image was captured & the description of what your intent was (what were you trying to capture and why)

 

Worksheets

Equivalent Exposure Worksheet

 

Videos
Composition Tips for Beginners
Law of Reciprocity
   <---  shared link should work

 

RESOURCES

DOF

Top ten Entry Level DSLRs for 2016

 

F/Stoppers 
Strobist:     This is a great site if you like lighting and off camera flash.

Photo-Jojo 
ASMP/NPPA Release Forms 

 

 

WEEK 4  -  FOTO 1140
Learning Objectives for Chapter 5
Term Flash Cards Wk 4

 

Read the text, practice on the ‘Term Flashcards’ to review the reading and watch the video lectures/links. There is no lecture review sheet this week. Enjoy.

 

Project 2 

Capture five images showing a shallow depth of field. Which means one thing (or even part of one thing) is in focus and everything else is blurry. Use this technique wisely. Choose your subjects carefully. Close-ups help this too! Be creative! Tips: Use the longest focal length, the smallest f/stop (like f/2.8-f/4), and get as close to your subject as possible.

 

Projects need to be uploaded to the Google Team Drive Jr Turn in Folder.

File Named-->   Lastname-P2-1     Example  DiMasso-P2-1     Order P2-1 as your best & P2-5 as the one you like the least
 

TIPS:  
Choose a fast f/stop (as low a number your lens will allow from f/1.2 to f/4 - the lower the better)
Choose a long focal length if you have a zoom or a long prime lens (the longer the better)
Get close to your subject (remember the video from Week 2) - as close as possible...fill your frame
Otherwise, choose your portrait icon (even if you are not shooting a portrait) OR if you are really really close to your subject choose the flower icon which toggles any macro feature your camera may have - check your manual. Choose a long focal length if you have a zoom or a long prime lens (the longer the better) Get close to your subject (remember the video from Week 2) - as close as possible...fill your frame

 

Limitations:

You can crop, + or - exposure, white balance, and other adjustments needes EXCEPT for Sharpening & Blurring

 

Worksheets

Image File Formats

 

Videos

 

RESOURCES  - Inspiration / Examples

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=portrait%20dof
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=product%20dof
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=shallow%20depth%20of%20field
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=dof

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=close%20up%20abstract

 

WEEK 5  -  FOTO 1140
Learning Objectives for Chapter 4
Term Flash Cards Wk 5

This quiz covers some of the material in the first 3 weeks of class but mostly from weeks 4 and 5. If you completed the lecture review sheets which summarize the important points of the text reading and videos, you should earn an A on this quiz.  So if you do not get the grade that you like, retake the quiz up to 3 times. 


Videos

 

 

WEEK 6  -  FOTO 1140
Learning Objectives for Chapter 8
Term Flash Cards Wk 6 Chapter 8

Composition Terms

Lecture Review

Project Cheat Sheet

 

Project 3 - FOTO 1140 Maximum Depth of Field Capture five landscape (f/22 - everything in focus) images. Images need to be gray balanced and sharpened. Tips: Use your landscape icon or mountains icon or f/16 to f/22. Use wide-angle focal lengths. Set up a foreground, midground, and background to portray a sense of depth. 1) All project images must be submitted in an album labeled Project #3 to your personal need uploaded to Flickr & to the Google Team Drive Jr Turn in Folder by the appropriate due date.

 

Inspiration &Examples:

Landscapes

Other Landscapes

 

Week 6 Lighting Video

Lighting Ratios                    factory.com/?p=392

Properties of Light:      http://blog.snapfactory.com/?p=30

7 lighting setups:         http://blog.snapfactory.com/?p=431

Basic 3 light setup:      http://blog.snapfactory.com/?p=1635

On Location Flash:      http://blog.snapfactory.com/?p=1010

On Camera Flash Basics: http://blog.snapfactory.com/?p=1703

Using Natural Light:   http://blog.snapfactory.com/?p=1710

Traditional Lighting Setupshttp://blog.snapfactory.com/?p=1807

Small Studio Flash Tips:    http://blog.snapfactory.com/?p=1138

Using Flash in the Sun:     http://blog.snapfactory.com/?p=1817

Find the Light:                    http://blog.snapfactory.com/?p=1836

The Position of the Light:

 

Lighting 101 with Flash

This is a link to the Strobist Lighting 101 tutorial. ...great info about "off camera flash".  You will not be quizzed on this info but if you plan on being a professional or a serious hobbyist ...start going through this site.

 

Bonus Content Light Ratios for Portrait Photography    not on quiz

    BB//

WEEK 7  -  FOTO 1140
No Chapter Reading
No Term Flash Cards 

Review Project 4 

Test 1 

 

 

WEEK 8 FOTO 1140

 

Article on Abstract photography

Flickr Abstract Inspiration

Project 4 due by 11:59pm on Sunday 

Capture five abstract images. Images need to be gray balanced and sharpened. Abstract photography is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world. An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a natural scene in order to remove its inherent context from the viewer. Find interesting textures, patterns, designs, repetition, etc. They can be close up but they can be about big scenes too. Shoot as many as you need to get 5 good ones that you think are interesting. Choose your best 5 images. Emphasis Space Pattern Texture Unity Color Balance Line Movement Form Rhythm Value Contrast Shape

 

Projects need uploaded to Flickr & to the Google Team Drive Jr Turn in Folder.

How will you be graded click ---> {RUBRIC}  scroll down to Project 4 Rubric

 

WEEK 9 - FOTO 1140   Exemplifying Motion

Read the text, no ‘Term Flashcards’watch the video lectures/links.

 

Video

Freezing Motion

Panning

Rear Curtain Sync

Calculating Hyperfocal Distance

How to Use a Tilt-Shift Lens 
 

Lecture review sheet Wk 9

Project 5  due by11:59pm on Sunday   Project 5 Rubric

 

Capture five images exemplifying motion using techniques covered in the lecture vids, text and video links. Make sure you have at least one example of freezing fast objects with 1/1000 or the running man icon and subject blur (or Panning) with ¼ or slower. 

 

Make sure you have at least

1 example of freezing fast objects with 1/1000

1 example subject blur (or Panning) with ¼ or slower.  Motion Tips PDF

 

Submit Total of 5 images. Images need to be gray balanced and sharpened. 
1) All project images must be submitted in an album labeled Project #5 to your Flickr account by the appropriate due date. 

2) Then upload all project images to FOTO 1140 class Flickr page. You must post to the class Flickr page to get credit. 

 

Motion inspiration:
http://500px.com/search?q=motion  http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenniferaadams/galleries/72157622643185064


Helpful articles for Project #5:
Working with Motion:

Helpful tips for Panning

 

 

Week 10.  FOTO 1140   

Read the text, and watch the video lectures/links. There is a lecture review sheet this week. 

Quiz 3 by11:59pm on Sunday 

 

Week 11.  FOTO 1140    
Read the text, practice on the ‘Term Flashcards’ to review the reading and watch the video lectures/links. There is a lecture review sheet this week. 

Project 6 due by11:59pm on Sunday 

 

Video

 

Project 6  due by11:59pm on Sunday    Project 6 Rubric

Capture five images using a flash and the flash techniques covered in the lecture vids, text and video links. Students should submit images showing at least one example of each of the following: direct or fill flash and diffused flash. You may also try slow-sync flash, but it is not required. Students may use the built-in flash or use off camera flash if their cameras allow.

 

Flash inspiration:

http://500px.com/search?q=flash

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=strobist

How to make an easy flash diffuser

http://content.photojojo.com/diy/diy-film-container-flash-diffuser/

How to Soften Harsh Flash w/ DIY materials: http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-soften-up-harsh-flash-lighting

 

Articles to Read:

Flash

Harding

The Disappearance of the hand

 

WEEK 12  FOTO 1140

Learning Objectives

Read  text reading this week & No ‘Term Flashcards’ to review

Lecture Review Wk 12. 

 

The next step – going beyond just posing people

Chase Jarvis Work Flow

Selfie Article

Memory Card Article

 

Quiz 4 due by11:59pm on Sunday 4/17/2016

 

WEEK 13  FOTO 1140 

Learning Objectives

Review Trouble shooting pgs. 205-209 

No ‘Term Flashcards’ to review & Closely read the portrait tips pdf &watch the video lectures/links. 

 

The next step – going beyond just posing people

Chase Jarvis Work Flow

Selfie Article

Memory Card Article

 

Project 7 due by 11:59pm on Sunday 

Portrait Photography:  5 good images of different people that have a portrait feel and not a snapshot. The portraits can be casual, or formal, or staged or spontaneous. Appropriate DOF was used to isolate the subject if needed.

 

 

WEEK 14  

Review the glossary of terms. 

Video lectures/links.

Past student thematic work examples 

Order of Operations 

Dynamic Range and Sensor Size 
Hyper Focal Distance 
Auto Focus Points 
Panoramas 

Lightroom versus Photoshop 
Getting it Right in Camera 


Review These
File Week 1 Reciprocity Review.pdf   (54.9 KB)

Equivalent Exposure 
 

Quiz 5 is almost solely equivalent exposure questions.

Quiz 5 due by11:59pm on Sunday 

 

Week 15.  5/2/16 -5/8/16

Finish up Project 8 and review for the final for next week. Retake that Proficiency Quiz you took that first week. No grade. Just to see how much you have learned. It is in the Week 15 folder. Enjoy.

 

Project 8 due by11:59pm on Sunday 

This is your Theme:  5 images that represent your theme. Is it clear and did you focus on the tenants of your theme

 

Finals Week: Monday 

Go to and access your Test 2. The test is cumulative covering everything covered over the past 4 months. 

Test 2: Due by 11:59pm Monday 

TEST 1 21

Ignor these links

 

Dates & Deliverables


Projects

 

Rubrics

 

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