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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

Take a moment to check ATLAS!

Quarter 1 ends TOMORROW!

Are you missing anything? Are your grades correct?

ATLAS

Finish Edit a Photo assignment...

COMPOSITONAL TECHNIQUES

What are they?

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Compositional Techniques/ClickTOBER!

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Compositional techniques are crucial in photography because they allow photographers to arrange elements within a frame to create a visually appealing image, guide the viewer's eye, convey a story, and evoke emotion.

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

COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES!

What are they (From Digital Photo I)

OPEN YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY2 FOLDER!

Double click to open the folder on your desktop

Create a NEW FOLDER INSIDE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY2 FOLDER

(right click...New Folder)

Name the folder:

ClickTOBER

The Assignment...

For this assignment, you will need to take photographs showing composition techniques. 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!

COMPOSITION TECHNIQUES:

Rule of Thirds, Leading Lines, Symmetry, Fill the Frame, Framing, Rule of Odds, Golden Ratio, Diagonals etc!

And ones we know already...Birds Eye, Worm's Eye, Shape, Repetition

THE "CLICKTOBER" LIST...

Choose 13 from the following list!

Mustache/Beard
Weave/Hair
Crown
Murky
Deer/Dear
Pierce
Star
Reckless
Heavy
Sweep
Spooky

Sting
Shredded
Drink
Trunk
Ragged/Unruley
Blunder
Ornate
Deal
Artic/Cold
Rivals
Blast

Button
Firefly
Rowdy
Inferno
Puzzling
Onion
Skeletal
Lesson/teach
Vacant/Empty
Award
Cozy

The goal is to use as many of the compositional techniques as possible!

Rule of Thirds, Leading Lines, Symmetry, Fill the Frame, Framing, Rule of Odds, Golden Ratio, Diagonals, Birds Eye, Worm's Eye, Shape, Repetition

BE CREATIVE!

Your task is to take 13 photos from the listed "ClickTOBER" items!

The goal is to use one of each of the compositional techniques!

Rule of Thirds, Leading Lines, Symmetry, Fill the Frame, Framing, Rule of Odds, Golden Ratio, Diagonals, Birds Eye, Worm's Eye, Shape, Repetition etc

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

This task will test your knowledge and application of these techniques!

To shoot...

Set your camera to M!

You are in control of ALL settings again!

M (Manual)

Set your ISO to 100! (Base ISO)

Click the Right Cross Key

Lets change the Drive mode to SINGLE SHOOTING

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

Add Press the Q button on the top left of the LCD screen

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 options/angles.

Don't rush!

Downloading your photos...

Editing your photos!

Open Photoshop

Click OPEN (on the left)

Navigate to Desktop> PHOTOGRAPHY folder> CLICKTOBER

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 your assignment?

Is it a good exposure?

Is it in focus?

Click OPEN

CHOOSE YOUR BEST IMAGES! If they don't meet the criteria, check out a camera and go shoot some more! DOES IT HAVE A SUBJECT???

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-"ClickTober Item"-Compositional Technique

Example: TE-Spooky-Rule of Thirds.psd

Example: TE-Crown-BirdsEye.psd

(You get the idea...when you are done you will be turning in 13 images...each with a DIFFERENT composition technique!)

Click SAVE

If you have selected your best photo you can do the same process for other photos of a different compositions!

(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!)

If the photo is dull, brighten it!

If the photo is under-exposed...use Exposure!

Make the adjustments!!!

Edits are subjective! They are what YOU feel needs to be adjusted. 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!

Remove distractions! No trash, cracks in sidewalk etc

Make the adjustments!!!

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!

ADD A VIGNETTE!

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

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

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 the vignette AND your signature!

Each image MUST have YOUR signature on the bottom right!

You will export 13 images!

CRITERIA:

THIRTEEN (13) Images of YOUR choice using the composition techniques and a subject from the "something" list! (one Compositional technique with 1 subject from the list...do NOT repeat!)
You will shoot 13 different images...in different places (come up with 13 DIFFERENT IDEAS!)
Each image MUST be edited appropriately in Photoshop
Each image MUST have a signature and a Vignette
Each image MUST be named correctly
- Example: TE-Spooky-Rule of Thirds.jpg
- Example: TE-CROWN-BirdsEye.jpg
File format turned in MUST be correct (jpg)

CREATIVITY IS KEY! It's not just taking a photo...be creative!

EXPORTING Your FILES

Please make sure it is a JPG file!

TOTAL: 100 POINTS!!!

DUE: Tuesday, October 21!

To get credit!

Go to our Classroom in TEAMS
Select Assignments
Select
- Photography2: ClickTOBER!
Scroll down to MY WORK
Click +ATTACH

Click UPLOAD FROM THIS DEVICE

Select DESKTOP (on the left) then the PHOTOGRAPHY Folder>COMPOSITION Folder

Find the 13 JPG files you EXPORTED and select them:

Example: TE-Spooky-Rule of Thirds.jpg
Example: TE-Crown-BirdsEye.jpg

Click OPEN

To select more than one image at a time, hold the CTRL button down on your keyboard then select each file!

Wait for file to upload
File will show up below under My Work
CLICK TURN IN!

NOTE: There MUST be THIRTEEN (13) JPG files (that have been adjused in Photoshop and made black & white) attached to get credit. Simply clicking TURN IN will not do!!!

POINT VALUES:

EACH PHOTO WILL EARN POINTS!

Does it use the Compositional Technique YOU named it after AND was it the "clickTOBER something" you described?

Does it show good execution of camera skills?

Is it edited properly?

Vignette and Signature?

Correct File Format?

TOTAL: 100 POINTS!!!

DUE: Tuesday, October 21!

SHORTCUT TO LOG OFF COMPUTER!

Remember to SAVE (ctrl + S) any file before doing this shortcut!

Ctrl+Alt+Delete then select SIGN OFF!

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