Assignment: Portfolio Photography "Bag of Tricks"

Assignment: Portfolio Photography "Bag of Tricks"

This assignment could be done between seventeen to twenty two photographs.

 

Someone would have to be very good to do this work well with less images.

 

Labeling is important to insure to both you, others and myself you understand

 

the different aspects toward the mastery of craft in camera operation.

 

Some images may carry several values-for example, one image may represent

 

Overall and High Angle photographs.  This is a  thinking and doing exercise.

 

DEADLINE: Friday Feb. 21, 2014.  All images with caption/labels posted to your blog.

 

Labeling and or captioning is VERY important, so we both know what the image represents to the following material.

 

Here is a listing of  the images via grouping or purpose; the number of images expected and a brief description of the image purpose in context of learning composition.

 

1.  Overall, medium and close up.  Try for images from the same location or event.

 

Three photos: A sense of place, a "conversation" distance, and a detail image.

 

2. Macro lens: if you got one, show me your closest shot of something.

 

3. High angle and low angle.  Two images.  "bird's eye view, ant eye view".  One could combine an overall image with a high angle view, if it is a very nice photo.

 

4. Patterns, repetitions and lines.  One VERY GOOD image or three images created through the camera lens and camera position;  line work usually means catching something on the edge of the image and have it move through the composition.

 

Remember the rules of thirds in the world, fore ground, middle ground (focus) and background.  Lines move through these grounds.

 

5. Silhouette.  Think of the rule of thirds in the world.  Five stops of light "volume" between the focus area or middle ground and the background.  This could also be applied to the fore ground to frame the middle ground.

 

6.Comparison/ contrast.  Two photos showing change.  Usually best done with an image of the same subject matter, but showing some change. (Day and night, before and after.)

 

7.Environmental Portrait.  Usually eye contact with the photographer and a "telling" photo-we learn something about the subject through props, clothing and background.

 

8.Observational detail.  A "telling" detail.  Maybe a macro lens image could have both of these values if it thoughtful.

 

9. "How to" pictures.  At least three images up to eight images- show us how something is done or how something works.

 

These three images represent an understanding of light and camera stability and movement:

 

10.  Freeze action (fast shutter);
11.   Blur (slow shutter, camera still and subject moving); and
12.  Panning (slow shutter, camera moving with moving subject.)

These last two images can be accomplished with cameras with shutter and F-stop controls.

 

 Maximum and minimum depth of field.  Two images.  Works best when the only difference between the two images is ONLY the change in F-stops and shutter speeds.