PROJECT #10: CLONES (Photoshop Layers Awareness)

TODAY IN CLASS: (12 points)

1. Make ONE practice image with 3+ different clones of your partner. 
2. Assemble the different images into one final image.
3. Post to your BLOG.
4. Drop to shared DRIVE.

@HOME FOR NEXT CLASS: (12 points)
1. Make two different sets of photographs (family/friend/yourself).
2. Assemble TWO images with THREE+ different clones each. 
3. Each final image must be a distinctly different setting/place. 
4. Bring photos to next class to begin processing and combining. 

NOTE: Direct your subject to do something different/odd/thought provoking for each of the separate photographs you make...make it something that is interesting and unexpected for the viewer. 

EXTRA CREDIT: If your clones give us a narrative of some sort, you will earn FOUR extra credit points. 

PAST STUDENT WORK:

     

DIRECTIONS: 
1. Placing your camera in ONE spot.
2. Do not move the camera. The background of each individual photo needs to match precisely.
3. Take multiple photographs with yourself in a different spot each time. 
4. Set the timer, or have someone carefully push the shutter button for each of the photos, if you wish. It  will look similar to this symbol in/on your camera:

Once the photos are taken...
4. Stack the images in Photoshop.
5. Erase the parts that are not needed from each layer so that the final compressed image contains you and your clones.

NOTE: Do not move the camera between photos. Even minimal changes in the camera position will distort perspective and light. 

EXAMPLES

Click on images for larger view.

Here are over-the-top examples by Martin Liebscher. CLICK HERE for his site. 

Here's a guy that does cloned video. Not what we'll do, but great anyway. CLICK HERE for more.

Happy Friday the 13th.

Have a nice weekend.

PROJECT #9B: LIGHT, Part 2 (Direct Side Light Portraits)

DIRECT SIDE LIGHT:

DIRECTIONS IN CLASS - DAYLIGHT: 

*NOTE: The shadow for these portraits will likely be subtle.

1. Place your person in a such a way that ONE light source creates a distinct shadow on one side of their face. 

2. Have your person move their head/body in such a way that there are different shadows for each photograph. 

3. Make TEN+ photographs with this method.

DIRECTIONS AT HOME - AFTER SUNSET: 

*NOTE: The shadow for these portraits should be dark.

1. Same as in class, but with a person you live with. 

2. Make TEN+ photographs with this method.

GENERAL NOTES:

*An obvious and distinctly dark shadow should be visible.

**An obvious direction from where the light is emanating (FROM ONLY ONE SIDE!) should be 'arranged.'

***20 total side light portraits are due for minimum credit (1/2 in class, 1/2 home...or all at home)

Front light vs. Side light. CLICK HERE.

   

LIGHT, PART 1: SILHOUETTES (20+)

10+ in class
10+ off campus
B/W
(possibly using BURN tool)

SILHOUETTE - something is placed between (in front of) the camera & the light source.

PROJECT #9A: LIGHT, Part 1 (SILHOUETTES)

DIRECTIONS. 

1. IN CLASS: Make 10+ different and creative silhouette (back light) photographs

2. OFF CAMPUS HW: Make 10+ different and creative silhouette (back light) photographs

Bring your 10+ silhouette photos to the first class after Thanksgiving break.



SILHOUETTES.
To create the silhouette effect, you must meter the exposure for the background (the brightest part of the image) and completely underexpose the foreground subject. When first learning silhouette photography sunrise and sunset are good times to practice because the sun can be positioned directly behind the subject you wish to underexpose. 

Be mindful of.

*Place your subject IN FRONT of the light source.
*Photograph from a dark place (or nighttime)...into the light
*ONE light source will give you greater success. 

*Use a person or pet as your subject matter. 
*Manipulate the position of the light (or yourself & subject) to achieve different cast shadows and highlights.

 METERING FOR SILHOUETTES.

To meter something means to tell the camera to measure light.

FIRST: 
Set the ISO a little lower than the light conditions need. (this will make the image slightly underexposed).

SECOND: 
1. On a phone camera, the metering happens when you tap the screen to lighten or darken your image. Tap the bright background light to make your subject in the middle become a silhouette. Then, take the picture.

2. On a (dedicated) camera, put your settings on AUTO for now (manual settings coming next).
Then, point the camera at the bright background and lightly press the shutter button to activate the light meter. Put your subject between you and the light. Then, snap the picture.

Silhouettes at The Atlantic. CLICK HERE.
Tips for killer silhouette photography. CLICK HERE.
50 examples. CLICK HERE.
How to photograph silhouettes. CLICK HERE.
Another how-to. CLICK HERE.

PROJECT 8D: SHUTTER WRAP-UP

IN-CLASS DIRECTIONS.
Make FIVE+ photographs during class time (using the pass) that illustrate your understanding of intentional motion blur and/or extended shutter speed. When you eventually post to your blog, you will caption the images with their shutter speed, so keep track of (write down/text to yourself) the shutter speed.

AT-HOME DIRECTIONS.
Make FIVE+ photographs that illustrate your understanding of intentional motion blur and/or extended shutter speed. When you eventually post to your blog, you will caption the images with their shutter speed, so keep track of (write down/text to yourself) the shutter speed.