PROJECT #5: MACRO (Aperture & Depth Of Field Priority)

DIRECTIONS: 

A.  If you are working with a DSLR,
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:

This will give you the smallest sliver of focus possible with your lens. 

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. This will open your aperture as wide as your camera lens is able. 

BOTH: Now, make 15+ macro photographs to bring to next class.

UNDEVELOPED:

CROSS-PROCESSED:

Macro photography refers to photographs made with a lens that allows the photographer extreme close-ups.  It is an image where the subject on the negative or image sensor is life size or greater. If it is recorded life size on the negative/sensor we refer to that ratio of as "1:1".

For our purposes - and since I don't necessarily want you to purchase a specialized macro lens - we'll call this project close-up photography. 

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

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.

The link. CLICK HERE.

PROJECT #3: ALPHABET

DIRECTIONS: 
1. Set your camera to "auto" function for the time being. 
2. Observing your environment with a photographer's eye, find the letters of the alphabet in the world around you and photograph them. 
3. Letters are not to be printed, fabricated, or arranged to make a letter. This is an exercise is seeing the world anew. 

Example: Do not photograph the "F" in the Fred Meyer sign for your "F," or move a garden hose into the shape of and "S." 

DESCRIPTION:
As photographers, we often look for interesting situations, places, and things that have the potential for making good photographs.  Sometimes we see something that looks like something else, such as a cloud that looks like an animal, car, or face.

Turn your skills of perception toward finding and photographing things that look like letters of the alphabet. For this project, you will FIND and photograph 26 letters of the alphabet.  You are not to photograph letters that already exist (i.e. on a store sign, etc.)  In addition, do not arrange subject matter to form a letter.  This project is PURELY about observation and learning to see the world in a new way.

RATIONALE: 
The project is an exercise in training your eye to see what you normally would not see. Stretching what your eyes see, and your mind perceives, is an exercise in creative seeing and thinking.

A FEW IDEAS:
Textism.com HERE.
Cheesy, but fun HERE.
Full alphabet HERE.

WHAT NOT TO DO:
Actual letter HERE (Not to be done this way).
Photographic alphabet around the house HERE.

FINAL DAY BLOG POSTINGS.

POST TITLE: "MY ARTIST STATEMENT."

DIRECTIONS FOR ARTIST STATEMENT:

Please answer the following questions in paragraph form.

There is no length requirement, but all questions listed below must be addressed and answered.

Sentences should vary in complexity and length. 

Use first person statements ("I", "my").

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:

Part 1

1. What brought you to Photography 1?

2. What have you learned about Photography?

3. What has photography helped you learn about yourself?

4. What was a challenge this semester?

5. What was your best/favorite work/project?

6. What project would you choose to re-do to improve it, and why?

Part 2

7. What symbolism and imagery have you used in your final self portrait project?

8. What do those symbols and images represent about you? (What do they mean?)

9. If someone looks at your final project, what do you want that person to come away with? (What specific feelings, emotion, mood, etc.)

Part 3

10. What would you tell a future Photography 1 student to help them succeed?