Friday Photo Critique

Every Friday you will choose a photo from AP Images to critique. Follow the example below to do your critique.

I chose a photo of the Jewish new year.

Description: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray ahead of the Jewish New Year at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. Israelis happily welcomed the Jewish New Year late Wednesday despite uncertainty and turmoil brewing on both its northern and southern borders. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Critique Here.......use the Critique Guide (above) to write your critique.

Post Your Depth of Field Pictures

Post  pics to your blog  demonstrating both shallow and extended Depth of Field.
you should have 2 examples of both deep and shallow depth of Field.

 follow the format below for each picture:

This pic was shot at ISO 400, Shutter Speed 1/125, aperture f5.6. 
The DoF is very shallow:

This pic was shot at ISO 1600, Shutter Speed 1/60, Aperture f32. 
it has an extended Depth of Field.

Aperture Priority and Depth of Field

Watch the following videos. We'll began shooting in Aperture Priority and doing Depth of Field exercises later in class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUbjkMm_v-A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8T94sdiNjc

Aperture Priority is when you select the aperture and the camera chooses the corresponding shutter speed. Both modes have advantages, but aperture priority ultimately gives you more control over the overall quality and visual focus of your images. 

Depth of Field is the amount of the image that is in sharp focus

Here is the a link that describes how and when to use Aperture Priority

Here's link that descibes how to take better pictures using Aperture Priority.

Use the Nikons to experiment with Depth of Field around the building. Take pictures with both Shallow and Deep Depth of Field. We'll post them next class.

Review of ISO - Shutter Speed Project - Plus Research

Next class we will have an in-class review and discussion of the ISO-Shutter Speed work you have been practicing.

You should have your examples posted to your blog by now. 
For the Critique I want each of you to talk about your work. 
Did you notice any patterns or relationships between the ISO and Shutter Speeds?
For example, what combinations resulted in the best exposures? 
Which resulted in Under-Exposures? 
In Over-Exposures?
How did you solve any issues that came up?
How did you use the various shutter speeds to achieve the goals of the project? What speeds and ISO combinations worked best for Freezing Action, Motion Blurs, and Tracking?

Do not be passive! Everybody needs to contribute. Class participation counts!


After we complete it you will continue with your research on the history of photography. Today explore the work of two significant pioneers of photography.

Sir John Herschel
Joseph-Nicephore Niepce
Louis Dageurre

Who were these men and what were their contribution to the development of photography?

Next you will explore the Daguerreotype and Calotype.

On a google doc shared with me find the following:
What is a Daguerreotype? 
What does it look like? 
How does it differ from photographs of today? 
What length exposures were needed?
What were the styles of typical early daguerreotype portraits?
What were post-mortem photographs and why were they taken?
What is a Calotype? 
What does it look like? 
How is it similar to the process that we use today?
What is The Pencil of Nature? Who is the author/artist? 

Was the daguerreotype or the calotype preferred for most portrait photography uses in the early decades 

of photography? Why?

Post your answers in a Google doc and share it with me.

Post your Shutter Speed Work

Post your best examples of Freezing Action, Motion Blur, and Tracking plus the shutter speed and ISO you used. See the examples below.....

Freezing Action
Shutter Speed 1/1250 seconds
ISO 1600

Motion Blur
Shutter speed 1.6 seconds
ISO 100

Tracking
Shutter Speed 1/3 seconds
ISO 400

Shutter Priority

Shutter Priority Mode is when you set the shutter speed of the camera and the camera sets the Aperture.

By changing shutter speeds you not only control how long light enters the camera but also how motion is captured in your image.




Set the camera to Shutter Priorty by turning the Mode Dial to S 



Use the thumb dial to set the shutter speed

Follow this link for a description of how shutter speed works.

Today we will use various shutter speeds to:
1. Freeze motion (fast shutter speed of 1/125 or higher)
2. Create a Motion Blur (Shutter speed of 1/15 or slower)
3. Track motion (shutter speed of 1/60)

ISO Discussion and History of Photography-Camera Obscura

Due to you being in Mrs. Queen's classroom we'll be unable to download your most recent photos. You should still be thinking of ISO and how you use the settings, however. Have a brief discussion on ISO and what you have noticed in your photographic explorations with Mrs. Queen.

For most of the class you will conduct research on the Camera Obscura as part of an ongoing project on the Hisory of Photography.

SHARE THIS RESEARCH WITH ME ON A GOOGLE DOC!!!

First begin with this video...it's a brief history of photogrqphy from TED.
Illuminating Photography, From camera Obscura to Camera Phones


Use the following questions to guide you in your exploration of the camera Obscura:

• What does the term Camera Obscura mean?
• What IS a camera Obscura?
• What were the earliest examples of the principles the Camera Obscura utilizes?
• How does the Camera Obscura work?
• How was it used?
• Who is credited with first using the camera Obscura in painting?
• What role did the Camera Obscura play in the development of photography?

Here are some resources to help you:

http://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/a-history-of-photography-part-1-the-beginning--photo-1908

http://brightbytes.com/cosite/what.html

http://camera-obscura.co.uk/camera_obscura/camera_history.asp

http://www.obscurajournal.com/history.php