UPDATED :: Assignment: Four Scenes

Due: Monday, February 4 (Which means you'll have to turn it in by 5 p.m. on Friday, February 1, when the lab closes.) Download your cards, batch captioning and renaming them, burn them to CDs and bring to class on Monday.

Four photos of the same scene. Two should be shot at 28 mm, one at f/2.8 and the other stopped down to at least f/8.0 (preferably more). Then, back up and shoot the same basic composition at 75 mm, again at f/2.8 and stopped down to at least f/8.0 (preferably more).

Be cognizant of your shutter speed when you shoot the stopped-down image, don't let it fall below 1/60 of a second.

Found: Blue Notebook

In the lab after Wednesday's class. If it's yours, let me know. I'll be in my office Thursday morning, in the lab between 11 and noon.

Assignment: Wednesday Clips

For Wednesday, Jan. 30, please bring in seven clips hitting the following things we discussed in class:

• Rule of Thirds
• Leading Lines
• Framing
• Filling the Frame
• Use of Negative Space
• Shallow Depth of Field
• Extensive Depth of Field

Lab Hours

Please note this semester's lab hours:

Monday, 3:30 to 6:30
Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Assignments are usually due on Mondays, hence the heavy timing at the end of the week.

Assignment: 33 (more) Faces

For Wednesday, Jan. 30: Please shoot 33 more "mug shots." Eleven at 28 mm, eleven at 50 mm and eleven at 75 mm. Same routine as the first three: head and shoulders, pay attention to the backgrounds, need name, age, hometown, major or job title and one piece of contact information.

We will process those images in class on Wednesday, so you won't need to do any lab-time before then.

Lab hours in the next post.

Assignment: 3 (of 36) Faces

For next Wednesday, Jan. 23, you need to shoot "mug shots" of three different people, people you do not know. These should be vertical photos, photos that would be used as half-column inserts into a newspaper or magazine story.

Shoot one with the lens set to 75 mm, one at 50 mm and the last at 28 mm. Think about the aperture you want based on how much depth of field you'll need. (Hint: At 28 mm, any given aperture has more depth of field than at 75 mm.) Then determine what ISO will give you a high enough shutter speed to negate camera shake and not negatively affect image quality.

Fill the frame–move in close enough so you're not wasting pixels.

Control your background–watch what's going on back there.

Wait for moments–look for a good expression, light in their eyes, things like that.

Shoot multiple photos of each person–aim for 10-15 frames per person. (Each person only needs to be shot at one focal length.)

UPDATED: For the caption, you need their name, age, hometown, job or major and one piece of contact information (phone number or email address).

Questions? Post them here or email me. Samples below.

Class Resources

We have, in addition to this blog, a web site that has links to the syllabus and the manual for your camera. Worth bookmarking (or remembering that it's linked from here).