DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY INTRO

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO

For this assignment:

    1. First, you need to familiarize yourself with each of the websites listed in the sections below. Get inspired!
    2. Use one of the class cameras to take each set of pictures.
    3. Save your pictures to your H drive.
    4. Insert the pictures into PowerPoint to create your own portfolio of photography
       **Only use the best quality photos for your portfolio- NO BLURRY PICTURES**
    5. These will be shared with the class, so make sure your photos are origional and no one else will have any like them.
    6. Create a large (12 pt. or more) boarder around each photo.
    7. Make sure your slide background is plain and doesn't distract from the pictures. It can have as many slides as you want. No more than 2 pictures per slide.
    8. Add custom animation and slide transitions to your powerpoint.
    9. Label each slide with what type of pictures it includes.

POSED/ PORTRAIT--- people

5 posed shots including: Must include 2 group pictures (3 or more people) and 3 individual shots.

    **You need to pose all of the people in your shots to get interesting angles and shapes in your pictures
    **Background is very important here. Do not let it look like you are taking their picure in a school!

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=339&pq-locale=en_US

http://photographytips.com/page.cfm/140

http://www.ew.com/ew/package/0,12938,249578~~0~photogalleries,00.html

SCENIC/ LANDSCAPE

5 photos--- 3 must be of the same subject at different angles or perspectives

*Make them interesting to look at.
*Take them from a new perspecitve.

http://photographytips.com/page.cfm/77

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq-path=236

CANDID--- people

5 photos-- pictures should show students in action

move around
do not interact with your subject (in other words no talking to the students)
get a picture that no one else in class will have
think about the angle of your camera: you can move above, below, or zoom in and out for a better frame on the picture.

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=38/39/42/93&pq-locale=en_US

http://www.acdsystems.com/English/Community/ColumnsArticles/PhotoTips/photo-2002-02-28.htm

STILL LIFE/OBJECTS

5 photos-- objects that are not living. One must be of the school building.

* Create your own group of items to photograph.
* Do not take pictures of normal things we see everyday. Make us look at it in a new way!

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq-path=179

http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/dynoGall2.asp?catID=17

http://webhome.idirect.com/%7Edpl/gallery1.html

http://www.usefilm.com/browse.php?mode=cat&data=16

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/features/legendsV2Q2/neleman/1.shtml