TUE-THU: Introduction to Photography

Warm-up:Reading+ 

• 1 reading
• typing.com when you finish

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: 

Start Bringing Fully Charged Cell Phones with free memory space so that you can SEIZE opportunities 

Agenda: [160]

• Reading + [20]
• Reviewing some test shots [20]
• Every photo from last night - did you forget?
• LECTURE w/ guided note-taking: [65+/- Multi-day]
• BLANK note-taking sheet available here
• You will need to SAVE and USE these notes for this unit
• Basic Camera Phone Tips
• More on IMAGE QUALITY and PICTURE SIZE in megapixels 
• Watch your LIGHTING
• LOOK for LIGHT
• Use a FILL FLASH
• Look for REFLECTIONS
• Make SMALL changes
• Don't Shake
• Watch your battery and storage levels
• If you have a VIEWFINDER you can 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
• Use unusual angles
• Get CLOSE
• Use REAL zoom - Optical ONLY!
• Use REAL zoom - Optical ONLY!
• Use BURST MODE when shooting 'action'
• The RULE OF THIRDS
• more GOLDEN RULES of photography
• Golden Ratio 1:1.6
• Golden Spiral


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• Balance
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• Fill the frame


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• Leave Space


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• Leading Lines


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• Rule of Odds


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• Simplify


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• LEARN & USE CAMERA MODES if you have them
• Basic MODES
• Basic MODES
• Advanced MODES
• Learning from a master [30]
• Henri Cartier-Bresson_ The Decisive Moment  
• "[Photography] is an immediate sketch, done with intuition and you can't [really] correct it..." Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Photography is an ART - there is no "right or wrong" unless you have a client
• There are "rules" that help you SEE and MAKE good images
• Looking at more of John's Photos
• What RULES do I use?

• Setting up Google Photos on your phone [20]
• Automatic backup (selective)
• Saves storage space on your phone
• Easy to create and share albums of your work
• Cleaning up our Old Computer: [10]
• Open Period Drive
• Create a NEW FOLDER
• Name the new folder OLD WORK
• Move all of your old work into the new folder
• Do NOT move the MOVIES folder if it exists
• Log out of your browser
• New Seats [05]
• Complain in private or not at all