project Test # 3: White Balance (WB)

 Project # 3: White balance- which is the best?

 do now: set up your artwork at your station and take a picture with your phone. send to mcsmphoto@gmail.com Subject: Ajs11-0__ Your name - my artwork for project#3 is

pls watch and summarize White balance video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93pa2W-c_kU

  

Classwork: Proceed to " balance your 2 items in your presentation by placing them either symmetrically or asymmetrically as you are the artist." what will be your message for your art pieces?

HW: update your album with the pictures taken today with labels. 

Project # 3/test on White balance

 Balancing both design and lighting:

Use Focos app for WB function ...

If you are out due to sickness... 

Android - https://baixarapk.gratis/en/app/1274938524/focos

iPhone - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focos/id1274938524

Project # 3:

take 2 or more items (making sure 1 of them has white color)

place them so the composition is balanced.

then under different types of lighting we will "test" the correct WHITE Balance (WB)

 demonstrate visual balance, or unity ( more than one subject) under different light. (color white must be present for White balance).

 

 WB i 

Update your Photo album with correct numbering and label with descriptions.
#52- AWB under yellow light bulb + observation (0)
#53 -MWB (incandescent) under yellow light bulb + observation. (-1000)
#54 - AWB under LED light + observation (0)
#55 - MWB (fluorescent) under LED light + Observation (+1000)

extra credit: figuring out the mystery light's correction

extra credit: if you can correct # 55

HW: Send White balance video review 

upload all 4 photos and label with the observation of the white color in you photos.

Midterm check & continue with CH 3 Summary...

 Monday: Histogram & meters (types)        Start taking Exposure (ISO bracketing photos).

Do now: Did you upload all your photos to your MP2 Google photo album for the mid-term check?

              Classwork:    

iso bracketing  see the effect at each ISO setting. 

MP2 album list: Turn in your link in google classwork

# 31-40 PS# 2: Food Story

# 41-42 AV (aperture set: f/22 vs.f/5.6) Exposure triangle practice 

# 43- 44 Reflector photos

# 45 abc DSLR practice in f/22 (regular)

#46  abc DSLR practice in f/5.6 (Bokeh)

# 47 a b c (control group for Project /Test # 2) which one has the deepest Depth of Field (Dof)? F/16

# 48 a b c (Bokeh Portraits) which one is best for Bokeh? F/1.4

# 49a-49bTV (shutter speed set: 1/500s vs 1/5s) Exposure triangle practice

# 50a-50b M (ISO set: ISO 100 vs 6400) Exposure triangle practice

HW: con't with your reading pg 55-60

1.What is Exposure Triangle?

 start on PPT# 5 in google classroom

https://digital-photography-school.com/the-exposure-triangle-visualised-cheat-sheet/

2. How can you tell what settings the photos were taken in? (where do you see them?)

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too lazy to read? watch these videos....

https://petapixel.com/2017/07/12/exposure-triangle-explained-3-animated-videos/

https://www.slideshare.net/srgeorgi/shutter-speed-79917745

read Ch 3 for PPT#5

Wednesday

Classwork: read up ch 3 and summarize to slide 3 today. 

read and summarize ch 3 ( click on the link to read) pg 51 to 55
MCSM Photography: Ch 3: lights and exposure
summarize 2 pages of reading in each slide.

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due Monday Nov 14, 2025

HW: Update album for mid-term check.

aperture

 https://www.canva.com/design/DAG3w0tRCaw/sFP-zrZ5D7tEMBK_pjIm8w/edit?utm_content=DAG3w0tRCaw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebuttoncanva

Bokeh portrait Project Test # 2 write up

 Do now: did you take your 6 test photos for today's Q & A for Project 2? 

Upload these to the album as # 45 abc & 46 abc

********.5 (cropped)****************(1x f/5.6 )*******************(2x zoom)************

Classwork: Test Q & A for Project 2

 AJS11-0__ Your name Project/Test # 2: Bokeh Portraits (continue in google doc)

add QR code (https://www.qr-code-generator.com/)

Album link

add the  6 photos with EXIF

EXIF = ISO, F-stop, Shutter speed and focal length

MP2 album list:

# 31-40 PS# 2: Food Story

# 41-42 (aperture set) Exposure triangle practice

# 43- 44 Reflector photos

# 45 a b c (practice for Project /Test # 2) which one has the deepest Depth of Field (Dof)?

# 46 a b c (Practice Bokeh Portraits) which one is best for Bokeh?

# 47 a b c (control group for Project /Test # 2) which one has the deepest Depth of Field (Dof)?

# 48 a b c (Bokeh Portraits) which one is best for Bokeh?

Planning for Project Test 2: Bokeh portraits

 Do now:

 pls read and summarize the article on Bokeh portraits. https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-nice-bokeh-in-plain-english/ try it yourself.

Proposal and procedure for Project # 2
                   AIM:Which Focal length produces the best Bokeh effect?           

1.who is your model(s)? anybody outside of Photography class _____________________

2.how will you pose your subject? (posing video) take only from chest up "go close" and the background should be at least ___ feet away.

3.where will you be taking the photo? Indoor or outdoor

4.what kind of lighting? __________ reflector needed? Yes or No

5.what is your DSLR setting? what mode will you be shooting in? ____

6.how will you set up for each photo? upload to Google Photo

# 45abc- Control ( all clear and focus) aperture = f/ _____  ( take at 3 focal lengths)

# 46 a Bokeh at 18 mm max aperture= F/ __

# 46 b Bokeh at 35 mm max aperture= F/ __      Common F-stop = _______

# 46 c Bokeh at 55 mm max aperture= F/ __

(move in and out as you adjust the zoom on the lens to keep the subject same size)

#46 d Photoshopped  so its your ART piece. goto Edit and use the photo editor.
Extra credit: https://i.gifer.com/QI10.gif


https://gifer.com/en/QI10
read this before shooting your project https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/seven-tips-every-beginning-portrait-photographer-should-know

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classwork: take 6 photos from the waist up for headshots with background

photo 1,2,3 - Control: F/22 simulation (regular camera mode) #45 a b c 

                  change to F/5.6 simulation (portrait mode) 

photographers move back and forth to keep the picture the same for comparison.

4th photo - variable in focal length 18mm(wide angle or .5x -zoom out-) #46a

5th photo - variable in focal length  35mm(no zoom) # 46b

6th photo - variable in focal length 55mm(tele photo or2x -zoom in-) #46c

upload to google photo album to see the EXIF data...

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if your phone doesn't have portrait mode - download the FOCOS app 

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focos/id1274938524

HW: update your MP2 photo album.

# 31-40: PS# 2:Food Diary - a review of art elements and design principles.

# 41-42 : Aperture set (Dof =depth of field)

# 43-44: Redirecting light - with and without Reflectors

Practice: Bokeh portraits.

# 45abc - Deep Dof at different focal length. (Phone- regular mode or f/22)

# 46 abc - Shallow Dof at different focal length. (Phone- portrait mode or f/5.6 or larger)

Project test 2: Bokeh portraits.

Practice for home work with your classmate using DSLR for the rest of the period.

Soft light portrait with or without Reflector

 Watch video start at 5:40 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B00RVB0aCrKHb3cxSGZpZ1VyYXc/view?usp=drive_link&resourcekey=0-HPjCujLsgj5QBfoopo9SZw

Classwork: watch the video & review... Soft light portraits with or without reflectors   

watch the last 5 min of the video on Photography lighting. (Youtube blocked in school)            

Video intro Watch from 5:45 to the end         https://youtu.be/u9prcUCHlqM?t=5m45s   

Work in a group of 3 people (model with photographer & lighting assistant)

in 15 minutes (everyone takes a turn being in each role for 5 minutes).

shoot in AV mode - model standing 90 degrees away from the light source (big window) the room will be dark to use available soft light.

upload as 43 - without reflector & 44- with reflector in MP2 album 

share video reviews and links to photos to mcsmphoto@gmail.com after you upload and add descriptions.

HW: update pictures taken in the MP2 folder.