11.19 Aperture and Short Depth of field experiment/application

Good morning, photojournalists,

Looking at the schedule I published yesterday, we're going to have to change a few things. I'm not going to have you watch the movie, etc.

I'll publish the new schedule later today.

As for your assignment for today, HALF of you'll take pictures illustrating shallow/short and deep/long depth of field using the APERTURE PRIORITY MODE. The other half of you will be in the classroom. THEN tomorrow we'll switch.

People with cameras today:
1st hour: Mckenna A, Ryan C, Triston D, Weston E, Avery Go, Audrey J, Mariah M, Sydnie N, Samantha P, Ellie P, Rachel S, Lauryn T, Megan W.

3rd hour: Brooke A, Lydia B, Caitlyn M, Kaeleigh C, Kayleigh D, Hanna E, Margaret G, Michaela K, Brennah O, Ashanti P, Mackenzie R, Meriah S, Greenly W


People with cameras tomorrow:
1st Hour: Megan B, Derek C, Cora D, Avery Gi, Jillian H, Joey M, Cody N, Haylee O, Diya P, Juliana S, Sierra V, Shaylinn Y

3rd hour: Travis A, Kolton B, Sophie C, Skylar D, Emma D, Olivia F, Bethany H, Evan L, Brinn P, Brooke R, Hadley S, Bailee T, Emily W

You'll do basically the same thing you did with your photos in shutter priority mode, but I'd like to see you employ a little more art in taking your photos.

SO, grab a camera, put it in aperture priority mode, see me for help in how to do this, and take photos in the hallway with short and long depth of field.

Need inspiration? Yes, yes you do.

Here are photos with a short depth of field:
Short Depth of Field Photos
Think of setting up pencils on a table or photos of a laptop or the statues in the LMC or anything that you think your peers would enjoy a closer view of.

Here are photos with a long depth of field:
Long Depth of Field Photos
Now, I now we don't have cliffs or anything like that here at North, but think about taking long photos down hallways or out a window or something.

You'll need to do the same thing you did with the shutter speed as far as at least one photo with a short depth of field, at least one with a long depth of field, post them on your blog WITH THE SETTINGS (see the blog from OCTOBER 17 for directions on how to find them in PhotoShop), and discuss how the setting affected the depth of field.

THIS IS DUE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND AT MIDNIGHT.

11.17 Canon Outside of Auto and Aperture

Happy Monday morning!

Let's go over, again, what the next few weeks will look like:

This week:
Monday, November 18 : This assignment
Tuesday, November 19: You're going out on your own to take aperture pictures SO BRING YOUR MEMORY CARD
Wednesday, November 20: Put the pictures from Tuesday on your blog
Thursday, November 21: Watch the video President's Photographer; if you need to download and such, do so.
Friday, November 22: Finish the video ALL OF YOUR PHOTOS FROM UP TO THIS POINT MUST BE ON THE SERVER WITH YOUR PAPER TURNED IN!

Monday, November 25: Paint with Light
Tuesday, November 26: Paint with Light
Wednesday, November 27-Friday, November 29: Thanksgiving Break

Monday, December 2: Put Paint with Light on blog
Tuesday, December 3: Make November Best of Folder
Wednesday, December 4: Go over November Best Of photos
Thursday, December 5-Tuesday, December 10: I'll be gone; Important Photojournalists project
Wednesday, December 11-Thursday, December 12: Present Project
Friday, December 13: Finish up any other presentations

Monday, December 16-Tuesday, December 17: Finish up any downloads left for semester
Wednesday, December 18: Finals for hours 2, 4, and 6
Thursday, December 19: FINALS!!

ALSO, PEOPLE! Some of you are in serious danger of not passing first semester all because you haven't gotten your events in.
Here are what's going on tomorrow. There's still room for two more people:

NOW FOR TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT:

Using the Canon Outside Of Auto website IN APERTURE PRIORITY MODE, take one photo with a short depth of field and one photo with a long depth of field.

Here's a screenshot of aperture priority mode. Make sure you've selected Aperture Priority Mode (Aperture Priority (Av)):

Screen shot each photo SHOWING THE SETTINGS and put it on your blog.

Then, for each photo, write a sentence illustrating that you understand the affect that aperture has on your depth of field. As in, "when the aperture setting is _______, that means it has a _______ aperture, which creates a _________ depth of field," etc.

WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT do any downloading you need to do, go through your photos, etc.

10.30: Aperture and Depth of Field

10.30 Aperture Article

Good morning, Photojournalists!

Today's assignment is much like the Shutter Speed Articles you did before. You'll get a paper to fill out as you work your way through this blog posting.

Let's explore the creative possibilities and limitations of exposure through Aperture.

The aperture is the size of the opening that allows light to hit the sensor. It controls the amount of light through the size of the opening.

Aperture is one of three variables that determine exposure (along with shutter speed and ISO) as illustrated in the exposure triangle (actioncamerablog.com)

Depending on how big or little your aperture is affects the depth of field in your image.

Read the following article on Aperture and then answer the questions on the shutter speed handout. 

Then

Aperture and Depth of Field on flicker and you’ll find wonderful examples of photographs that creatively play with fast and slow shutter speeds. 

FIND TWO COOL EXAMPLES OF AND PUT IT ON YOUR BLOG AND TELL ME WHY YOU THINK THEY'RE COOL.

THE QUESTIONS AND POSTINGS ARE DUE BY THE END OF THE HOUR.

10.17.19: Your experiment with shutter speed

Good morning, photojournalists,

Today is senior portrait make-ups, so we're meeting in the LMC.

You'll need to do the following assignment.

You'll need to put this on your blog.

Download the photos you took yesterday. The ones that followed this list:

What you need to do is look at each photo. Open the photo in PhotoShop (you can hold down the command key and then choose "open with PhotoShop"

Once you get them all opened, you need to look at the camera information about the photo. Go under "File" and then down to "File Info..."

 Once you get that window, select "Camera Data," and you'll get a window like this:

This tells you all sorts of information, like what brand of camera you used, what model, what lens, when the photo was taken, etc.

It also tells you what your shutter speed was and what the aperture (the number that says "f/----" is the aperture).

Record the shutter speed and aperture, then look at your photos. What do you notice about the shutter speed and aperture? What changes about the aperture when you change your shutter speed? What do the photos look like?

Put EVERY photo (once for each of the shutter speeds) on your blog. Then under EACH photo, put the shutter speed and the aperture.

THEN under each photo, write a short paragraph about what the shutter speed did to the photo.

THEN AT THE END, write a long sentence OR short paragraph discussing what happened with the aperture when you made the shutter speed shorter.

AND your final part of the assignment is to have a great day!

10.11.19: Canon Outside of Auto- Shutter Priority Mode

Happy Friday, Photojournalists!

It's finally turning chilly, and I'm loving this weather!

You have an assignment for today:

Using the Canon Outside Of Auto website IN SHUTTER PRIORITY MODE, you need to take three photos and put them on your blog.

Go to http://www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/play/

Choose Shutter Priority Mode:
Notice at the top of the screen in the middle the "Shutter Priority(Tv)" clicked.

Now you need to take these three photos:

• one photo with a shutter speed set to where the propeller almost disappears
• one photo where the middle of the propeller appears to be still and the ends are moving
• one photo where the propeller is completely frozen. 

Screen shot each photo SHOWING THE SETTINGS and put them on your blog.

For EACH photo, write a sentence illustrating that you understand the effect that shutter speed has on movement in the photo.
MAKE SURE YOU USE THIS VOCABULARY IN YOUR EXPLANATIONS:

• Long shutter speed OR slow shutter speed
• Short shutter speed OR fast shutter speed
• Frozen motion
• Capture blur

THIS IS DUE ON YOUR BLOG BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY.

VOTE:

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9.23.19 Voting Results and I'm losing my voice!

Good morning, photojournalists!

I finally got around to tabulating your voting for best leading line or framing photo challenge.

1st hour's winner is DIYA PATEL!

Comments included:

"The framing on the widows are amazing to look at in her picture. Also there are leading lines that lead you to the outdoors and the flags about the learning stairs. The lighting was also great in the picture!"

and

"Her picture has GREAT lighting and it's VERY cool to see half the room lit up, while the other half is dark. The leading lines lead the audience up the stairs, and towards the flag. Overall, the picture is GREAT and VERY compelling!"

3rd hour's winner is KAELEIGH COOPER!

Comments included:

"I really liked the way she used the fence to frame and how it was blurred out and the main subject was in focus. I liked the flag flying right in the center and it was a really cool picture to look at."

and

"I really like this picture because it is simple, but its eye-catching. And it is a perfect example of framing from the outside of the fence around the flag."

CONGRATULATIONS, ladies! You get a trip to the vending machine on me!

Today, I'm losing my voice. It's a work day for you. I'm going to go over SignUpGenius and look and see who hasn't uploaded their photos yet.

WE HAVE A YEARBOOK DEADLINE COMING UP AND NEED YOUR PICTURES!!!