TUE: Intro to Photography

Warm-Up: 

Answer in your HEAD - 

What makes a photo "Good"?

Daily Learning Target(s):  

• I will learn to take better pictures - even with a crappy camera
• I can prepare my phone for the photo unit

Homework:  

• Take photos... If you LIKE the photos you take can you explain WHY you like them more than just talking about liking the subject of the photo?

Announcements: 

• We are going out NEXT CLASS to take pictures - you MUST have or borrow a properly set-up phone By class on Wed/Thu
• We will be at The SPOT for our final lesson on Friday

Photo Unit Reminders:

• John will mock your angled pictures unless you can tell him you angled your phone
• All photos taken must be ONLINE before the next class - we do NOT upload our cell phone photos in class.

Agenda: [60]

• What Make a photo "Good"? [05]
• The Photographic Eye [35]
• Having an "eye" for photography
• "I do not believe that the photographic eye is something you are born with. I believe it is a learned way of seeing the world through a lens. Those who are out there that feel as though they do not have an artistic bone in their body – have hope. It wasn’t until someone gave me a boost of confidence(perhaps false confidence?) that I was ready to take on the challenge of photography. The photographic eye is simple. It is recognizing situations where the elements of art come together in a frame. It is opening your eyes a little wider and really paying attention to the details of the world around you."
• The "Rule of Thirds"
• "The rule of thirds is a good one for beginners to learn because it will get you ready to understand some of the more complex things you can do with composition. It’s pretty simple too. Always place your main subject in a part of the frame where the top, bottom, left, or right thirds meet. It won’t always create a photo that’s visually interesting, but it will do so more often than not."
• Volume
• This is a trick born of the digital age - it costs you nothing but time to take a LOT of pictures, and the more you take the better chance you have of getting THE ONE.  It also allows you to experiment and take three similar but different pictures.
• Editing
• Because of rule 3 you need rule 4.
• Examples from one of the greatest...
• Learning from a master [20]
• Henri Cartier-Bresson_ The Decisive Moment  [19:00]
• "[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
• Setting up Google Photos on your phone [20]
• Automatic backup (selective)
• Back-up to your personal Google account
• Saves storage space on your phone
• Easy to create and share albums of your work
• If you have NOT completed setting up Google Photos you have MANDATORY OFFICE HOURS TODAY