EXPOSURE TRIANGLE (Intro)

WHAT IS EXPOSURE?


APERTURE


SHUTTER SPEED


ISO

PROJECT #2: PORTRAIT TRIPTYCH

DIRECTIONS.
Make three photographs of the same person at different distances:

1 close-up

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1 middle distance (away from)

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1 farther away (full body included in the photo)

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Assembled into triptych (in class)

PROJECT #3: MACRO (Close-ups using wide open aperture)

DIRECTIONS.
1. IN CLASS TODAY: 10+ Practice macro images.
2. HOMEWORK: Make 15+ MORE macro photographs of surface textures, small objects - things that you think would look interesting photographed close-up. 
3. EXTRA CREDIT for a photo of water droplets, and a photo of the iris of an eye. 

NOTE: *50% more than the minimum homework will earn you extra credit points. That's SEVEN extra images.

WHAT IS MACRO?

APERTURE=the opening into the camera.

APERTURE also allows you to control what is called DEPTH OF FIELD. 

DEPTH OF FIELD refers to how wide an area is in focus.  

The purple area represents what is in focus, 

and the lenses show you the aperture setting needed for THAT particular sliver of focus. 

MACRO photography refers to close-up photography.

A lot of macro photography is done with specialty lenses.

However, you can probably make them with the macro setting that is included on most cameras. 

This is the symbol that denotes close-up/macro mode on point-and-shoot cameras:

DIRECTIONS FOR CAMERAS: 
A.  If you have a DSLR, you might have a MACRO setting (the flower). If so, use that setting. If not...

1.   Set your mode to "A" for "aperture priority." 

2.  Then, set your aperture to as WIDE OPEN a setting as possible. That means, the SMALLEST f/stop number. Look at these aperture sizes in relation to the numbers below them:

Notice how the smaller number, f-1.4, is the WIDEST OPEN aperture setting.

This will give you the smallest sliver of focus possible with your lens (small/shallow depth of field).

3. If you are in Aperture Priority setting, your camera will then set the shutter speed to compensate for the wide open aperture. 

B. If you are working with a point-and-shoot camera, or a phone camera:

1. Set your camera mode to the "macro" function: 

2. If your phone does not have a macro setting, experiment with moving the a bit farther away from the subject, but zooming in a bit. It will take some adjusting, but you can get it.

EXAMPLES & SITES:
Tips for macro photography. CLICK HERE.

Aimish Boy photographs HERE (THEY'RE GREAT!)

Tips for shooting close-up photography with a point-and-shoot camera HERE.

Macro photography at Wiki HERE.

DIY photography discusses macro HERE.

Understanding magnification HERE.

Niko Voyage's beautiful close-ups HERE.

Macrophotography.net HERE.

Black and white macro images HERE.

Stunning b/w photos HERE.

Reversing a lens HERE.

Close-ups with a mobile phone HERE.

An interesting cell phone lens HERE.

Another cell phone lens HERE.

And another HERE.

Alexey Kljatov. CLICK HERE.

John Hallmen. HERE.

The link. CLICK HERE.

 And because I loved, and still love, Bowie, here's a graphic I made using his eyes. He had a childhood accident that left one of his pupils permanently open wide: