MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE TO LOOK FOR: You want an app that will give you a range of slow shutter speeds (1/8", 1/4", 1/2", 1", 10", 30", 60", Bulb) In the app, the shutter speed may notlook like a fraction. It may just be a listing of the denominator of the shutter speed fractions.(ex: 250, 125, 60, 30, 15, 8, 4...).
DIRECTIONS. Observe the world around you for the next three days. Make photographs of hidden faces. Bring to next class. (10+ images = 4 points)
This is an exercise in observation and seeing.
Having just reviewed ISO (one part of the Exposure Triangle), be aware of the ISO setting on your camera.
Change the ISO so that the image you make is correctly exposed.
DIRECTIONS. Make 6+ images (digital) where your main subject matter is placed in one of the intersections of the rule of thirds grid. Simple as that. Subject matter is your choice. Bring images to next class. (6+ images = 4 points)
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THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE & THE GOLDEN MEAN
In visual art, Fibonacci numbers are sometimes used to determine the length or size of content or formal elements.
NOW, RULE OF THIRDS. The RULE OF THIRDS is a compositional rule for two-dimensional image making. An image is divided equally by two vertical and two horizontal lines. In general, the four intersections of these lines will be the most interesting places for the main subject(s).
It increases harmonious relationship between all planes of subject matter (foreground, middle ground, background). It is used by photographers, painters, film makers, television shows, etc. As one looks through the viewfinder, compositional lines are drawn (mentally) across the picture frame to divide the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. The photographer places important elements of the composition where these lines intersect.
By placing your subject in one of the intersections, you creates a dynamic composition that allows the viewers eye to be drawn to different parts of the composition in an ordered manner. The viewer is allowed to determine the relationship between 'close-up' subject matter and its relationship to the middle distance and background subject matters.
Most people will put the seagull right in the middle which is the “dead center”.
The artist places important elements of the composition where these lines intersect. By placing the subject in one of the intersections, one creates a dynamic composition that allows the viewers eye to be drawn to different parts of the compostion in an ordered manner. The viewer is allowed to determine the relationship between 'close-up' subject matter and its relationship to the middle distance and background subject matter.
DIRECTIONS. Make 8+ well-composed photographs that include a leading line that draws our eye to your subject matter. Bring photos to next class (8 photos = 4 points) -Position your person in the composition so that a "line" element draws our eye to tha person. -The "line" might be a railing, the edge of a table. a window sill, a line on a football field...really, the possibilites are endless.
Ansel Adams, The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, WY, 1942, photo, NARA, Records of the National Park Service, Washington, D.C.
“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed, and is thereby a true manifestation of what one feels about life in its entirety.” Quote of Ansel Adams (1902-1984)*
