{"id":2267,"date":"2012-01-18T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T19:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2012-12-04T22:09:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T03:09:40","slug":"winter-intensive-photography-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=2267","title":{"rendered":"Winter Intensive Photography Class"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Helene<\/a>

Helene Center for the Visual Arts, Graceland University.<\/p><\/div>\n

Updated January 26.<\/em><\/p>\n

Information for participants in the Graceland University photography class.\u00c2\u00a0 If you aren’t in the class but have the text, feel free to follow along with the readings and do the assignments on your own.<\/p>\n

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Information, syllabus, and preliminary assignment are here<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 DPED = Digital Photography Exposure for Dummies<\/a><\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Revised assignments follow, along with an outline of what we did each day in class.<\/p>\n

Photos of the class and by the class are located in this gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Revised Assignment List
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Assignment 1A in class Jan 10. Helene Center – outside in sunlight, one scene with many tones. DPED: pages 49-50<\/span>. Meter blue sky, grass, red brick in the sun, white brick in the sun, red brick in the shade, and white brick in the shade. Photograph the left side of the building (including all six tones that you metered, and photograph the building six times with the 6 exposure settings.<\/p>\n

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Assignment 1B in class Jan 9. Experimenting with exposure compensation. DPED: pages 51-52.<\/span> Upload all 25 photos to your Flickr account.<\/p>\n

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Assignment 2 – Portrait Assignment in class Jan 10. Inside, soft, directional, window light portraits. Upload your three best soft, window light portraits (one of each person) to your Flickr account.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a substitute assignment for Assignment 2 in DPED pages 88 and 89. If you did the softlight portrait assignment, you don’t need to do the DPED assignment.<\/p>\n

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\nAssignment 3A, 3B, 3C, in class, Jan 10. Photographing an animal with white fur in frontlight, sidelight, and backlight. Upload your best frontlit, sidelit and backlit photo to your Flickr account.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a substitute for the DPED pages 108-113 assignment.<\/p>\n

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Assignment 3D Portraits in class\u00c2\u00a0 Jan 10. Outside portraits\u00c2\u00a0 – using backlit rim light. Upload your three best backlit, rim-light portraits (one of each person) to your Flickr account. This is a new assignment.<\/p>\n

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Assignment 4. Color temperature exercise. Do this on your own.\u00c2\u00a0 DPED:\u00c2\u00a0 page 124. Steps 1-4. (Skip step 5.) For step 6 take a photo in the early afternoon and again the middle of the afternoon. Steps 7-8.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assignment 5A in class Jan 11.\u00c2\u00a0DPED: pages 150-151 (adjusting apertures – monitor and room photos). Upload both photos to your Flickr account.
\nAssignment 5B in class Jan 11. DPED: page 175\u00c2\u00a0 (outside, 4 objects, 3 apertures at two focal lengths). Upload all 6 photos to your Flickr account.<\/p>\n

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Assignment 5C on your own.\u00c2\u00a0 Create one interesting photo with maximum depth of field and one interesting photo with minimum depth of field. Upload both photos to your Flickr account.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a new assignment.<\/p>\n

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Assignment 6 in class\u00c2\u00a0 Jan 12. Hyperfocal distance vs infinity focus. DPED: page 175<\/span><\/p>\n

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Assignment 7A on field trip Jan 10 and 13. (On Main Street, looking west between 5:40 – 6:00 pm)\u00c2\u00a0 Upload your three best “late evening street photos” to your Flickr account.<\/p>\n

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Assignment 7B in class Jan 13. Pan and blur.\u00c2\u00a0 DPED: pages 190-192<\/span><\/p>\n

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7C – Extra credit. Moonlit landscape. On field trip, Jan 10. Upload your best moonlit landscape photo to your Flickr account.<\/p>\n

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Assignment 8A. Using exposure compensation with fill flash. Meter the\u00c2\u00a0 ambient light as the main light source for the bright side of the face. Use the flash as the fill light on the shaded side of the face.\u00c2\u00a0 Set the flash exposure compensation to 0, +1, and -1.\u00c2\u00a0 To see how your flash works and determine the amount of fill flash you like to use. Experiment with different amounts of flash exposure compensation.\u00c2\u00a0 Upload three photos that show different amounts of compensation.<\/p>\n

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\nAssignment 8B. Flash and white balance.\u00c2\u00a0 Take several portraits using flash as the main light source. <\/strong>Use all of the white balance settings on your camera to change the color of the skin. Upload several examples.<\/p>\n

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9 – Extra credit. Creativity Exercise. Upload your best examples to your online portfolio.<\/p>\n

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10 – Extra credit. Painting with Light. Upload your best examples to your online portfolio.<\/p>\n

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Assignment 11
\nCreate 3 “standard” portraits for your final portfolio.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assignment 12
\nCreate 2 landscape photos for your final portfolio.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assignment 13
\nCreate 1 “event” photo for your final portfolio.<\/span><\/p>\n

.Assignment 14
\nCreate 4 additional photos in the genre of your choice (other than standard portraits) for your final portfolio.\u00c2\u00a0 Flowers, closeup, architectural, wildlife, pets, car lights on main street at night, painting with light, and sunset portraits with flash are all options.
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\nUpload your final portfolio to your online account no later than the end of the day, Tuesday January 24.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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DAILY CLASS OUTLINES
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Thursday, January 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review.
\nContinue reviews of Final Portfolios.
\nLegal and practical considerations for photography in public places.
\nDigital sensor design, camera CPUs and advanced exposure considerations.
\nISO speed and noise factors.
\nRAW vs Jpeg overexposure considerations.
\nSteps to becoming a better photographer.<\/p>\n

Art Show with the other art classes.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, January 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review.
\nReview of Final Portfolios.
\nAdvanced exposure considerations and “exposing to the right”.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, January 24<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review.
\nQ&A.
\nPost-Test.
\nPhotographing Events<\/strong>
\nEvent photography exercise in class.
\nPreliminary Portfolio Review.<\/p>\n

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Monday, January 23<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review.
\nPortraits tips.
\n“Monet and Snow” exercise in class.
\nLow Light Photography.<\/strong>
\nPanorama exercise in class.
\nLandscape Photography.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading: DPED Chapters 17 & 13.<\/p>\n

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Friday, January 20<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review.
\nFlower photography.<\/strong>
\nAssignment in class: closeup photos of flowers.
\nComposition: rule of thirds.<\/strong>
\nSports and Action photography<\/strong>: location, peak of the action, expressions.<\/p>\n

Reading: DPED Chapters 14 & 15.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, January 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review.
\nWildlife photography.<\/strong>
\nCloseup photography.<\/strong>
\nCloseup tools.
\nSingle element closeup filters for normal focal length lenses.
\nDouble element closeup filters (Canon 500D, Nikon 6T) for long focal length (telephoto) lenses.
\nExtension tubes for lenses of all focal lengths.
\nMacro lenses.
\nClose magnification.
\nEye closeup example.
\nIn class closeup exercise using closeup filters.<\/p>\n

Reading: DPED Chapters 12 & 16.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assignment: Photograph a caribou in a local cornfield (or, if you prefer, a squirrel in a local tree).
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Wednesday, January 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review.
\nMid-course test.
\nPortrait and Event photography.<\/strong>
\nIn class exercise: Painting with light (flashlight).
\nIn class exercise: Window light portrait.<\/p>\n

Reading: DPED Chapter 11.
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\nYou can see a limited selection of portrait and event photos here<\/a>, and a more extensive selection of photos here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, January 17<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review D.O.F.
\nReview Flash One.
\nFlash, Part Two. Mixing flash and ambient Light.<\/strong>
\nCreativity exercise.
\nUsing flash accessories for on and off camera flash.<\/p>\n

Reading: DPED Chapter 10<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Read this article<\/a>.
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Monday, January 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Depth of field review
\nShutter speeds, Part Two
\nLight:
\n<\/strong>Quality
\nIntensity
\nDirection
\nColor temperature
\nWorking with the light
\nChanging the light
\nFlash, Part One
\n<\/strong>Guide Numbers
\nDetermining the true GN for your flash
\nAssignment 8A in class. Using exposure compensation with fill flash.
\nAssignment 8B in class. Flash exposure and white balance.
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Reading: DPED Chapters 5 and 10
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Friday, January 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review.
\nDepth of field quiz.
\nExposure compensation, f-stops, and shutter speeds<\/strong>
\nDepth of field review: hyperfocal distance charts and infinity focus depth of field.
\nColor Temperature and White Balance.<\/strong>
\nColor temperature, time of day and degrees Kelvin.
\nWhite balance settings and color temperature.
\nUsing the camera’s “K settings” to alter the look of your photos.
\nIn class exercise: using aluminum foil for fill light in soft light and sunlight.
\nIn class exercise: using the camera’s white balance settings.
\nShutter Speeds:<\/strong>
\n“Normal” shutter speeds.
\nFreezing fast subjects that the eye cant see.
\nRecording the passage of time in a photos in a way the eye\/brain can’t record time.
\nNormal waterfalls.
\nFreeezing water.
\nBlurred water.
\nAngel hair waterfalls.
\nPanning and blurring subjects.
\nAssignment 7B in class. Blurring the subject against a sharp background.
\nSharp subjects against a blurred background.
\nSlightly blurred subjects against a very blurred background.<\/p>\n

Field Trip Tonight – 5:30 pm.<\/strong>
\nMain and Maple.
\nAssignment 7A.<\/p>\n

Reading: DPED Chapters 8.<\/p>\n

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Thursday, January 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review of Depth of Field Part One:<\/strong> Apertures, focal length, focused distance, sensor size, and print size.
\nDepth of Field, Part 2. Hyperfocal distance charts and infinity focus depth of field.<\/strong>
\nExposure “reciprocity failure” at long long shutters speeds, ultra high shutter speeds, and ultra short flash durations.
\nCreating “natural sunstars”.
\nMain street silhouette photos.
\nMixing flash and ambient light in low light conditions.
\nMoonlit landscape photos.
\nLight “fall off” with flash and ambient light sources.
\nFilters:<\/strong>
\nUV filters
\nSkylight filters
\nPolarizing filters
\nYellow\/Blue polarizing filters
\nPreferred brands
\nMulti-coated vs mono coated
\nPortrait lighting examples in “Casablanca”:<\/strong>
\nMain, fill, and hair light
\nRembrandt lighting
\nButterfly lighting
\nWeak side lighting
\nStrong side lighting
\nHigh key and low key lighting
\nLow and high contrast lighting
\nBacklighting
\nRim lighting
\nReading: DPED Chapters 7, 5 and 10
\nAssignment 6 in class:<\/strong>
\nDepth of field with a hyperfocal distance chart
\nDepth of field with infinity focus<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, January 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question and Answer
\nReview Metering Quiz
\nDepth of Field Part One: Aperture, focal length, focused distance, and sensor size.<\/strong>
\nReading: DPED Chapter 6
\nAssignment 5A in class.\u00c2\u00a0DPED: pages 150-151<\/span> (adjusting apertures – monitor and room photos). Upload both photos to your Flickr account.
\nAssignment 5B in class. DPED: page 175<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0 (outside, 4 objects, 3 apertures at two focal lengths). Upload all 6 photos to your Flickr account.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, January 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question and Answer
\nMetering Quiz
\nMetering Part Two:\u00c2\u00a0 gray card metering,\u00c2\u00a0 Basic Daylight Exposure (BDE) and exposure compensation<\/strong>
\nMetering for portraits<\/strong>
\nPortraits Tips<\/strong> (point of view, “best side”, focal length, focal point)
\nOutdoor Backlit Portraits
\nSoft, Window Light Portraits
\nMetering White Toned Animals
\nMetering for portraits
\nReading: DPED Chapters 3-4
\nAssignment 1A in class (Helene Center – metering one scene with many tones).
\nAssignment 3C in class\u00c2\u00a0 (portraits\u00c2\u00a0 – using backlight). Upload your three best backlit, rim light portraits (one of each person) to your Flickr account.
\nAssignment 3a, 3B, 3C, Wildlife Assignment in class (photographing an animal with white fur in frontlight, sidelight, and backlight). Upload your best frontlit, sidelit and backlit photo to your Flickr account.
\nPortrait Assignment in class (soft, directional, window light portraits). Upload your three best soft, window light portraits (one of each person) to your Flickr account.<\/p>\n

Field Trips Tuesday Evening, January 10:<\/strong>
\n5:30 pm\u00c2\u00a0 Main Street and Maple (street photography – assignment 7A)\u00c2\u00a0 Upload your three best “late evening street photos” to your Flickr account.
\n7:00 pm\u00c2\u00a0 Parking lot SE of the Helene Center (moonlit landscapes). Upload your best moonlit landscape photo to your Flickr account.<\/p>\n

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Monday, January 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overview
\nPre-Test
\nMetering Part One: exposure’s Big 3, using a reflected light meter, and exposure compensation<\/strong>
\nReading: DPED Chapters 1-2<\/p>\n

Assignment 1B in class (experimenting with exposure compensation). You should have 25 photos that look something like this. Upload all 25 photos to your Flickr account.<\/p>\n

\"Exposure<\/a>

Exposure Compensation Tonality Chart<\/p><\/div>\n

Post assignments to your Flickr account.
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