Assignments and Projects
Assignment 3 - Camera Adjustment
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this assignment is understanding how shutter speed and aperture can affect the blurriness and the depth of field in digital photography, and how camera adjustment control shutter speed and depth of field result.
DESCRIPTION: Following the lecture and demonstration on camera adjustment, shoot the following images: 01 = Slow Shutter Speed Landscape 02 = Fast Shutter Speed Landscape 03 = Slow Shutter Speed Portrait 04 = Fast Shutter Speed Portrait 05 = Shallow Depth of Field 06 = Great Depth of Field
REQUIREMENT: Please remember to upload using the naming convention (last name first initial underscore assignment photo number) as a JPG file, no larger than 750px in the largest side: LastnameF_CS01.jpg-LastnameF_CS12.jpg
SUBMISSION:Put the images inside a folder and then create a ZIP. folder. UPLOAD ON CANVAS ONLY THE ZIP FOLDER.
GRADE: Check Rubric for Grading.
Assignment 5 - Seeeing the Light
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this assignment is learning to see the light and identify the different light sources .
DESCRIPTION: Shoot and edit 2 images using Natural Light, 2 images using Artificial Light (Fluorescent / Tungsten Light) and 2 images using Flash.
REQUIREMENT: Edit the images using Photoshop Camera Raw and save them in .jpg. Resize to 1000PX on one side.
SUBMISSION: Put your photos in a ZIP folder and name it: Lastname_SL_01- Lastname_SL_06. Upload the .ZIP folder on Canvas.
GRADE: Check Rubric for Grading
Assignment 11 - Photo Restauration
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this assignment is to learn the methods of repairing old or damaged photographs. The key in this assignment is to make a restored image look like it did when it was in a non-damaged state.
DESCRIPTION: Following the lecture and demonstration on photo restoration and retouching techniques, choose one of the given files, download it and repair it for this assignment.
REQUIREMENT: Restore an old image and make it look like when it was in a non-damaged state. Experiment with the Clone tool, brush size, and opacity. You may also have to use Patch Tool, Content-Aware Fill, Healing Brush, Spot Healing Brush, Crop Tool, and Color Balance, depending on the severity of the repair. Make sure you remove all dust/scratches.
SUBMISSION: Upload your "Before" and "After". Files should be named Lastname_Restoration_orig.jpg and Lastname_Restoration_fixed.jpg. Images should be 1000px on one side Orig should be 500px on one side (either side).
GRADE: Check Rubric for Grading
Children and Pets Project
OBJECTIVE: Children and pets are some of the most popular subjects for photography, but also the most difficult. They tend not to stay still and do what they're told to do, and it is hard to arrange lighting around a moving target. As a result, many pictures of children and pets are blurry, poorly exposed and poorly composed. The goal of this assignment is to take three pictures of children &/or pets in focus, sharp, well exposed and well composed.
DESCRIPTION:This project challenges you to take 3 pictures of children &/or pets, keeping in mind:
The posing/expression of your subject - do they look natural? are you capturing a moment? are you making a portrait?
The lighting - do I have sufficient light to take this picture quickly enough that it is not blurry? Is the lighting interesting or dramatic?
Is your picture well composed? Is the subject inside the frame, with no bits hanging off? (cat ears, tails and paws are frequently breaking the edge of the frame) Remember, you can always crop closer in later, but you can never expand a photo beyond what you have when you take the picture. IF the subject has parts hanging off, do you mean for them to be? (Cropping certain things to improve a composition is fine - losing an ear because the cat moved its head is not) If a human subject, are all face and arms inside the frame? (think of it like a roller coaster, you don't want a head or arm sticking out where it could get cut off) If you cropped the body, is it in a good place? Above or below the waist, not directly on it is an example.
REQUIREMENT:Take 1 of these three photos and adjust it in photoshop. Include the original and adjusted photo. You MAY adjust the other photos as well, but I want to see at least ONE before and ONE after (of the same shot).
SUBMISSION: So, you will be turning in four images total (750px one side):
1 -Picture 1 - LastnameF_CP01.jpg 2 - picture
2 -Picture 2 - LastnameF_CP02.jpg
3 -Picture 3 - LastnameF_CP03.jpg.
4 -Picture 4 - LastnameF_ADJ_CP0X.jpg
GRADE: Check Rubric for Grading