Monochrome

EU: Not all images will look better in Black and White

EQ: What do you look for when shooting in monochrome?

Assignment: To shoot and edit 10 images to post to blog with reflection on monochrome photography

Objective: To shoot using monochrome mode on the DSLR camera

Steps:

1. Read the following blog post: How to master black and white photography
2. Start a blog post titled “Monochrome.”
3. Write a one paragraph summary stating what to look for when shooting black and white photography versus what to avoid.
4. Set a DSLR camera in monochrome mode by
1. putting it into Av, TV, P, or M mode
2. Press Menu
3. Scroll to the right to the second red icon
4. Scroll down to the picture styles option and press set
5. Scroll down to monochrome and press set
5. Take 60+ pictures in monochrome mode of various subject using what you learned from the article on what to look for when shooting. You can use Av, Tv, or P mode (which is similar to auto)
6. Print a contact sheet and pass in for a PD grade
7. Edit 8 using Lightroom or Photoshop to post final images to blog
8. Choose 2 that you haven’t used in the original 8 and blend together somehow using a layer mask or a blend mode. Any blending technique to get the desired result you are looking for is acceptable.
9. Post Blended Black & White to blog with a short reflection on what you did to get the look you wanted.

Aesthetics

Plain vs. Glorified

Go to this website: Click HERE

Scroll down to Unit six: Aesthetics to click through the examples and definitions explaining aesthetics and a plain image vs. a glorified image. 

Assignment: 45 images to a contact sheet of at least 3 different objects! Each Plain and Each Glorified. The plain one should still be a strong image with good composition and lighting.  Choose the best two items with plain vs. glorified set to put on the blog and discuss your rationale of why you think you have photographed the image to best represent it in a glorified manor. 

Plain

Stronger Image (not glorified)

Glorified

Plain (not a good picture of plain should be strong photograph)

Stronger image (not glorified)

Glorified

Macro Photography

mac·ro·pho·tog·ra·phy

ˌmakrōfəˈtäɡrəfē/

noun

noun: macro-photography

1. photography producing photographs of small items larger than life size.

Assignment: To take 30+ images using the olloclips and your smartphone and edit and post 5 to your blog using Lightroom or Photoshop

Objective: To learn and understand another form of Photography and to practice with a new type of photography equipment which works with your smartphone

CS: 30+ Images

Tip*: I am still looking for interesting compositions and strong colors

Categories:

1. Eye (for tips click here)
2. Nature
3. Inanimate object
4. Man made
5. Student Choice

Take a look at some of the work posted in this Olloclip Gallery to help you get inspired 

Student Samples

Bryanna Bjelf

Megan Wesson

Sara Woolard

Jordan Torpey