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November 5-7 : A Lesson with Slow Shutter Speed!

Due Friday, November 7!!!

PLEASE KEEP CELL PHONES AWAY!

Either in your backpack or the lock box!

Take a moment to check ATLAS!

Progress Reports go out FRIDAY!

Are you missing anything? Are your grades correct?

ATLAS

Expectations:

C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)

H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand

A: Work on the assignment

M: Stay in your assigned seat

P: Work till assignment is completed

S: Finishing your work

Look! They are on ATLAS!!

TEAM PHOTOS SCHEDULE @3:30 PM

(Currently student will be photographer assistants/Extra Credit!)

Wednesday, November 5: Varsity Football (need 3)

TBD: Varsity Girls Volleyball (need 1-2)

HOME GAMES/EVENTS THIS WEEK!

(November 3-7)

Check the schedules to see when you can take photos and interview!

DONE

Pool Party: Samantha/Mason

Senior Sunrise: Emma/Dominick

HOCO Rally: Anthony Y/Axel

HOCO Dance: Erwin/Melody

HOCO Game: Khalven/Kyle

Battle of Barstow: Eriana/Victoria

Football: Samantha/Jacob

WaterPolo: Aaron/Dominick

Unified Soccer: Carlos/Anthony P

Girls Volleyball: Eriana/Mason

Girls Golf: Samantha

Pates In Pink (VB): Jonah/Kaison

Pates In Pink (FB): Matthew/Elizabeth

Girls Tennis: Leahlani

NEED BY STUDENTS:

Winter Formal: Samantha/Jacob

PTC (Fall): Emma/Jessica

Erwin

(Need to pick a makeup event*)

YB:

Aaron

Allyson

Anthony Y

Elizabeth

Emma

Eriana

Jacob

Jessica

Jonah

Khalven

Mia

Melody

Samantha

Victoria

DPII:

Anthony P

Axel

Carlos

Dominick

Erwin

Javier

Kaison

Kyle

Leahlani

Mason

Matthew

Noel

Green=Done

Black=Signed up

Red=Need event

Finish Ghosts In Sunglasses assignment...

GHOST BLUR!

A lesson with Slow Shutter Speed!

Please get permission BEFORE entering in any building or room!

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Ghost Blur!

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Learning to create "ghosts" with slow shutter speed is important for developing creative control over capturing motion, teaching how to balance exposure with movement, and for producing unique artistic effects. By moving a subject during a long exposure, a photographer can learn to intentionally create a blurred, ethereal trace of that subject while the background remains in focus, a technique useful for conveying concepts like spirituality or dreams. It also provides a foundational skill for other techniques like light painting and motion blur, which rely on a similar understanding of how a camera records movement over time.

HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will follow along with instruction and use what we have learned to create amazing photos!

Part 1 of Ghost Blur Assignment!

Using a Tripod! (you will need one!)

How To Put a CAMERA on a TRIPOD Tutorial for Beginners Manfrotto Tripod_v720P.mp4

Though we will be working together, you ALL should turn in DIFFERENT images!

The Assignment...

For this assignment, you’ll be creating a series of “ghost blur” photos. Your goal is utilize camera settings to create a transparent "Ghost". The goal is to capture the essential elements of the image and draw the viewer's attention to those specific details.

This assignment will be a little different...

YOU choose what you are shooting! Do NOT just copy these!

These photos can be funny or scary.

Make sure you are in a shaded area or inside. (ask permission before taking photos inside anywhere!)

These do not work in direct sunlight!

Have the person or people move in a couple of different positions as you take the photos.

Your task is to take 3 different photos of your "Ghost Blurs" in different places and positions!

Each image should tell a story!

Focus on composition, expression (through body language), and TELLING A STORY!!!

Remember to be creative! Look for different places around campus!

This task will test your creativity and patience!

To shoot...

Using a slow shutter speed, create a photo where the model is in focus, but people surrounding the model are blurred (and look like ghosts!).

Set your camera to M!

You are in control of ALL settings again!

M (Manual)

Set your ISO to 100! (Base ISO)

You will adjust this accordingly.

SHUTTER SPEED: 2 seconds!

Speeds slower than 2 sec will likely be too bright, but try it to see if you can get more blur!

Set your APERTURE to get the exposure meter in the center!

Click the Right Cross Key

Lets change the Drive mode to

Self Timer: 2 Seconds

This will help NOT MOVE the camera after the shutter is open!

This means you click the button and let go!!

Cross Keys are located BELOW the MENU button...

CROSS KEYS

Exposure Compensation (Up)
Self-Timer/Drive Mode (Right)
Erase Button (down)
AF/MF Button (left)

Click the Q Button in the center of the cross keys...

Lets change the Focus mode to ONE SHOT

This means you click the button one shot at a time!

Press the Q button

Spot Focus on the subject!

Auto Focus Area (top left AF button):

How much of your camera is able to see with your auto focus

Spot: only that little box will have it in focus. Good for Portraits.

Whole Area Auto Focus: Camera will determine what needs to be in focus.

Good for Landscapes

Take your time... Focus on one idea and take a few shots. Be patient!

Don't rush!

ALL PHOTOS MUST BE DIFFERENT and IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS!

Make sure you are in a shaded area or inside. (ask permission before taking photos inside anywhere!)

These do not work in direct sunlight!

Step by step (Type 1): Ghosts around Subject!

Set your camera on a tripod.

Set up your composition. Plan and anticipate where the movement will take place so that you fill the frame. A model should be still, standing or sitting, while other people move around them

Take the photo. Make sure you do a countdown and time it OUT LOUD so that everyone in the group coordinates!

Moving people not showing up?

They're moving too fast and too far/too much! Movements should be very small and slow!

Try a variety of movements and models – results will differ based upon how long the models stay in one spot, what they are wearing, and what’s in the background.

Whoever is controlling the camera is the artist and should come up with an idea. Tell your models what to do!

Step by step (Type 2): Subject is the Ghost!

Set your camera on a tripod.

Focus on the Subject (Model)

Photographer presses the shutter and begins counting (1, 2, 3) after the shutter releases (listen for a click).

Ask the shutter clicks, Subject (Model) slowly moves out of their position

It takes patience and practice! If you can't get the exposure meeter in the center there is too much light...GO TO A DIMMER LOCATION!

Practice when the subject should move...it will take more than one try!

6:21

Downloading your photos...

How to export from an SD card

How to open a JPG in Photoshop

Editing your photos!

Open Photoshop

Click OPEN (on the left)

Navigate to Desktop> PHOTOGRAPHY folder>

GHOST BLUR

Select ONE of the subjects/images you would like to work with.

Always select the best image based upon this criteria:

Does it work for this assignment?

Is it a good exposure?

Is it in focus and are the ghosts transparent?

ALL PHOTOS MUST BE DIFFERENT and IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS!

Click OPEN

CHOOSE YOUR BEST IMAGES! If they don't meet the criteria, check out a camera and go shoot some more!

SAVE (as) YOUR DOCUMENT!

Shortcut: Shift + Ctrl + S

(or File: SAVE AS)

Save as Type: PHOTOSHOP!

Then click Save to Cloud Documents

Save to CREATIVE CLOUD!

Click the Save to CREATIVE CLOUD button

Example to Name the photo:

YOUR INITIALS-"GhostBlur1"

Example: TE-GhostBlur1.psd

Example: TE-GhostBlur2.psd

Example: TE-GhostBlur3.psd

(You get the idea...when you are done you will be turning in 3 different images)

Click SAVE

If you have selected your best photo you can do the same process for other photos of different "ghost blurs"!

(Open through Photoshop, Save as, Save to Creative Cloud)

Editing your photos!

Adjusting using layers

Remember to use an ADJUSTMENT LAYER (in the layers panel: click the adjustment icon) so it is non-destructive

Adjust such things as:

Brightness/Contrast
Exposure
Vibrance
Hue/Saturation
Color Balance
Black & White

Make Adjustments as needed! (And they are needed!)

Edits are subjective! Each image might take slightly different adjustments. But YOU MUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS!

Spot healing/patch

If there is anything you want to remove:

Create a new layer and use the Spot Healing or patch tools to clean it up!

Remember to make sure Content-Aware is selected AND Sample All Layers is checked!

Using the masks

Remember on the mask of an adjustment layer (make sure it is selected), we can add black to conseal what we are adjusting!

White=Reveals

Black=Conseals

Make sure your adjustment layers are ON the TOP in the layers panel so that any other alterations (spot healing etc) are adjusted also!

You can...

ADD A VIGNETTE!

(Pull the scale left to make a DARK vignette!)

Remember! PULL to the left to use the Dark Vignette!!!

You MUST

ADD A SIGNATURE!

(add it to the RIGHT BOTTOM CORNER!)

Remember! If your image area is dark, make your signature WHITE. If the image area is light, make your signature BLACK!

Make sure you have added your signature!

Each image MUST have YOUR signature on the bottom right!

You will export 3 images!

CRITERIA:

THREE (3) Images of YOUR choice using "ghost(s)" as the subject(s)
YOU MUST USE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS...so ask multiple classmates!
You will shoot 3 different images...in different places (come up with 3 DIFFERENT IDEAS!)
Each image MUST be edited appropriately in Photoshop (see above)
Each image MUST have a signature on the BOTTOM RIGHT
Each image MUST be named correctly
- Example: TE-GhostBlur1.jpg
- Example: TE-GhostBlur2.jpg
- Example: TE-GhostBlur3.jpg
File format turned in MUST be correct (jpg)