Tuesday: DP - Intro to Cell Phone Photography (w/Teacher Exemplars) [Digital Photography]

"[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition, and you can't [really] correct it..." 

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Do Now:  

• Look at the following photos and choose your favorite
• Decide WHY it is your favorite
• Discuss it with your seatmates

Unit Learning Target(s):  

• How can we take good pictures no matter what kind of camera we have at the moment? 
• How can we use our critical thinking skills to MAKE a good picture happen?

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I can LEARN the Best Practices of Digital Photography by viewing exemplars and taking notes on the techniques used to achieve them.

Announcements: 

Photo Walk Weds & Thurs 

Bring Fully Charged Cell Phones and Cameras 

Hella Healthy meets in the THEATER with a SUB this Friday

Agenda: 

• Do Now & Discussion: [10]
• LECTURE w/ guided note-taking: [30]
• Introduction to Digital Photography [linked examples adapted from http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/atips/category/tips/]
• You will need to SAVE and USE these notes NEXT CLASS
• Basic Camera Phone Tips
• More on IMAGE QUALITY and PICTURE SIZE in megapixels 
• Make SMALL changes
• The RULE OF THIRDS
• more GOLDEN RULES of photography
• Use unusual angles
• Get CLOSE
• Use REAL zoom - Optical ONLY!
• Watch your LIGHTING
• LOOK for LIGHT
• Use a FILL FLASH
• Look for REFLECTIONS
• Use BURST MODE when shooting 'action'
• If you have a VIEWFINDER check your images on the LCD screen - but WATCH YOUR BATTERY
• Viewfinders on non-SLR (single lens reflex) cameras do NOT show you exactly what you are shooting
• LEARN & USE CAMERA MODES if you have them
• Basic MODES
• Advanced MODES
• More of John's Photos:

• If time - Learning from a master:
• Henri Cartier-Bresson_ The Decisive Moment   [20]