catch up with your ch 3 summary due 4/4/22 & cityscape due

 Do now: make slide 12 for ISO bracketing from the 7 photos you took in each ISO setting. adding labels of each ISO and other settings F/stop. shutter speed and focal length. add your observation: as the ISO increases....

to get the JPEG of slide 12 goto FILE --> DOWNLOAD -->> JPEG image (Current slide) 

upload to MP2 album and share.

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Classwork: read up ch 3 and summarize to slide 7 today. (histogram and exposure meters)

read and summarize ch 3 ( click on the link to read)
https://mcsmphoto.blogspot.com/2015_10_01_archive.html
summarize 2 pages of reading in each slide.

 > Please write the due date on the cover slide 4-4-22

Reminder: Check to see you have updated your album to include your FINAL portraits with proper labeling. We are grading your print out on Project 2 by Friday. Some of you need to retake the portraits... Photo # 45 a b c & # 46 # a b c  (portrait mode). Model a 6 feet away from background! we are dealing with Depth of field (Dof)! https://youtu.be/xhybjeRciYg

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HW: Finish your cityscape tonight and submit.

*****************************************Extra credit... MCSM HS Photostory *****

Calling for student video on 

What makes MCSM a great school?

What makes MCSM student better than other students?

Con't with picture taking with ISO bracketing for PPT# 5

  do now: Upload yesterday's practice photos to the google photo album and write your observation in the descriptions.

Did you start on PPT# 5 with the reading of ch 3? pls summarize with pictures and diagrams in your slides...

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Classwork: ISO Bracketing

                   Take in manual mode - keep the aperture & shutter speed the same while you change your ISO from 100 to 6400 on the DSLR. Upload to your PPT# 5 -slide 12 and download as a .JPG to upload to your photo album as photo# 51.

add this slide to PPT# 5.

HW: Cityscape (Photostory)

PPT# 5: Light & exposure triangle

 Week # 3: Exposure triangle: Practice photos

Do now: Print out your Project / Test # 2: Bokeh Portraits & make sure your portraits are uploaded for grading.

#45 a b c  & # 46 a b c

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Classwork: Practice photos for Exposure triangle

email your 2 answers to mcsmphoto@gmail.com AJS11-0__ Your name Exposure triangle is

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

Hw: read and summarize ch 3 ( click on the link to read)

https://mcsmphoto.blogspot.com/2015_10_01_archive.html
summarize 2 pages of reading in each slide. 

reminder Cityscape due Thursday...

Finish project test # 2: Bokeh Portraits with practice shot and phone portrait.

 do now: did you take your phone version of the Boken portraits... 6 pictures in all 

classwork upload your practice shots if you haven't already and finish your Q & A on this Project Test # 2

Exit slip: print out your test

HW: take & update your album with the cityscape photostory# 2 ...

Ch 3: lights and exposure

Add a diagram of the Exposure triangle from Google images... and  you are DONE! 

Quiz tomorrow on Ch 2 (ppt#4), and 3 (ppt# 5)

Practice Bokeh Portraits using DSLR

 Do now: did you turn in your exit slip on Bokeh portrait proposal? and upload 4 pictures (# 41-44) to your MP2 album?

********************************* Do you still remember your ART BASICS? *******

Email me your draft short story about your city... most people will write about NYC, but if you have visited other city lately... you can also write about " a tale of 2 cities" 

email your story tell me with the 5Ws (who what when where why) to mcsmphoto@gmail.com

AJS11-0__ Your name Cityscape. 

same rubrics as the Food story incorporate art elements and design principles. due next Thurs.

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Classwork:

Yesterday we plan out the photo shoot for Bokeh portrait, today we are practicing taking pictures with the DSLR in Av mode.

Project # 2 write up...in Google doc  in google classroom

Write up for Project # 2: Bokeh  effect Portrait  Due Monday 3/28/22 submitted.

based on your 18mm, 35mm, 55mm portraits (6 pictures)

AJS11-0__ Your name Project/Test # 2: Bokeh Portraits (SHARE 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

Q & A

1.Explain how this Bokeh effect Portrait is an art work. What is the message here?

2.Does it contain an element of art? What about its Design principle? (refer to PPT #2)

3.How did you set up the lighting for this photo-shoot?
4.What kind of lighting did you use? (refer to PPT # 3)

5.How did you come up with the right setting for this picture? (the exit slip)
6.What was the type of lens used for this project? which focal length was best the Bokeh effect?

7.What did you find / learn from this art Project? 
8.What was your experience like working with a live subject?

extra credit - aperture bracketing...

Hw: update Mp2 album - 

MP2 album list:

# 31-40 PS# 2: Cityscape 

# 41-42 (aperture set) Exposure triangle practice

# 43- 44 Reflector photos

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

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

Planning for Project Test 2: Bokeh portraits at home (Q& A tomorrow)

Do now: did you read the Bokeh article and try it by taking phone photos? email your summary with phone pictures.

Classwork: pick a slip or use your looseleaf write the answers to the planning Qs. 

submit exit slip at the end of the period.

3-24-22 Thursday: 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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HW: 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:Cityscape - a review of art elements and design principles.

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

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

Project test 2: Bokeh portraits.

# 45abc - Deep Dof at different focal length.

# 46 abc - Shallow Dof at different focal length.

PSAT/SAT day: Bokeh Portrait

 Do now: did you upload your reflector photos you took yesterday? update your labeling in MP2 album and share to mcsmphoto@gmail.com AJS11-0__ your name Mp2 album link

Class work: 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.

HW: try taking photos with your phone camera with these tips (portrait mode?)

email your article summary with phone picture samples.

Redirecting light with Reflector

 Do now: did you watch the video? and submitted PPT# 4 last night?

Classwork: to take the 2 photos as seen on the video

get 2 partners to help you with this project... one to hold the reflector and the other as your model.

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

share to mcsmphoto@gmail.com after you upload and add descriptions.

HW: update pictures taken in MP2 folder.

Finish and submit PPT# 4

 Do now: did you submit all work for MP1?

recap: Contract, Press pass, DSLR diagram, PPT# 1, QUIZ, PPT#2 and PPT# 3, Test part 1 emailed & part 2 printout, updated album to photo# 30. 

Did you watch the sidelight portrait video? we are taking these photos tomorrow with your classmates.

Classwork: last slide on perspectives - find some examples on how the lens and angles can Fool the eyes in your photos.

HW: try taking aperture photos with your phone. What were your findings.

vote now

catch up day: PPT# 4

 Do now: you should have taken 8 photos for PPT# 4 so far.

                focal length = short, normal & long length

                aperture with f-stop f/22 vs. F/5.6

                best blurry background by combining large aperture with long lens.

Classwork: grading Test

and slide 9: lens filter and hood https://contrastly.com/how-to-successfully-reduce-glare-in-your-photos/

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

video review... Soft light portraits with or without reflector       

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

Con't with PPT# 4 - notes on Camera Lenses

 Do now: Copy the last 7 scenarios over to PPT# 4 slide 10.

Grading MP1 test 1 part 2 printout.

Classwork: slide 7 = how to focus your image using AF vs MF ( pg 155 & 156 )

http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/8/0300022698/01/eos-rebelt6-1300d-im-en.pdf

                   slide 8= other types of lenses.              

HW: update your pictures from slide 5 as aperture practice. # 31-32 

PPT# 4 Camera Lens continued - taking practice photos

Pls submit your Test part 2 printout.

Do now: Day 7 reference exposure guide also attendance

7) You’re in your corner office on the 10th floor and you are taking a picture of your friend that works on the 10th floor in a neighboring building during broad daylight at 12:00PM.

           ISO=         Shutter Speed =         Aperture=     Lens (Focal length)=  

    *******reply to the email from 3/8/22******************************

Did you watch the video on aperture? update slide 4  

Classwork: using AV mode

Taking pictures with DSLR - both focal length (slide 3) & Aperture (slide 4)

HW: update Mp2 album with Aperture photos.

What is Aperture? (Video review)

 do now: did you make a new album for Mp2 and Mp2 Qr code? update your PPT# 4 cover page.

Please sign the attendance sheet with the sub.

Do now: Day 6 reference exposure guide also attendance

6) You’re taking a picture of a ninja during broad daylight (assume ninjas are fast!)

             ISO =              Shutter Speed =             Aperture =        Lens (Focal length) =  

*******************reply to the email from 3/8/22******************************

class work: watch this video on your phone and update slide 4 (video review).

Day 2: March 15, 2022 watch video on what is Aperture (transcript)

https://youtu.be/YojL7UQTVhc
slide 4: Video review- what is aperture? what unit is the aperture set in? effect of aperture... + diagram

Hw: print out Mp1 test part 2 for grading in class tomorrow. (computer station 9,10 and 11 can print now!)

MP2: Notes on Camera Lenses (PPT#4)

Do now:

make sure you submit everything for MP1 & print out your test 1 part 2 submit today.

Day 5 reference exposure guide

5) You’re taking a picture of a Lamborghini in a racetrack with overcast daylight but want to give motion blur to everything else but the car.   (panning the camera while you take the shot).

         ISO=        Shutter Speed =     Aperture=          Lens (Focal length)=

*******************reply to the email from 3/8/22******************

classwork:

PPT#4: Camera Lens

Start PPT# 4 cover slide and share by the end of the period. (due 3-21-22)

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Monday

Powerpoint 4: Camera Lens should include the following...
submit on due date 3/21/22

note: zoom vs. telephoto lens

Update Daily -your online research progress on Google slides...

Monday                                                             

Day 1: Mar 14 (Cite your sources and write in your own words!)

slide 1: cover page with NEW Qr code and album link. 

            PPT# 4 : Camera Lenses ( add a picture of the lens on the cover slide)

slide 2:Lens Focal length (the basic difference between lenses) take pictures with DSLR or phone if you have 3 cameras (.5x, 1x, 2x)

slide 3: (1x)Normal Focal Length (the most like human vision) add 500px.com photo with EXIF

             (2x)Long Focal Length (telephoto lenses) add 500px.com photo with EXIF

             (.5x)Short Focal Length (Wide-angle lenses) add 500px.com photo with EXIF
EXIF = ISO, F-stop, Shutter speed and focal length

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 HW: submit your Mp1 photo album with proper labeling.

Also make a new photo album for MP2? AJS11-0__ Your name MP2 with the QR code...upload it to the album and share your new album to mcsmphoto@gmail.com

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MP1 test part 2

  Do now: did you upload your test photos into the album and answer the questions about your photos in a separate email?

Daily exposure worksheet day 4 (5 min)

4) You’re taking a picture of your significant other in a crowded place in the afternoon at 5:30PM near Times Square. You only want your subject to be in focus and everything else to be blurry.    

            ISO=            Shutter Speed=                    Aperture=       Lens (Focal length)=

******************** reply to email sent to mcsmphoto@gmail.com from 3/8/22******

Classwork: 

Test Day 2 (Q&A)

personalize your own test with the photos you took yesterday.

- replace the apple photos with your origami photos. add your Qr code.

Print out after your customization to answer the questions.

Exit slip: write in your answers and submit by the end of the period.

HW: finish your album with correct labels and submit tonight. End of MP1

Don't forget to 'Spring forward' +1 hour this weekend.

    Extra credit: https://www.studentsrebuild.org/challenges/worldneeds

MP1 Test part 1: Exposure - Value of light

Do now: Take a picture of your SD card & origami crane with your name and class on the wing. and answer scenario# 3 by replying to the email of the daily exposure worksheet. mcsmphoto@gmail.com

Scenario # 3: Early Morning, sun is not up yet and you’re taking a picture of the beach and you want everything to be in focus.   

           ISO=           Shutter Speed =         Aperture=       Lens (Focal length)=

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Classwork: MP1 test part 1

Test (Part 1) taking the photos in class with your origami. Photos *T1 &*T2 uploaded and shared in MP1 album.

Each table will have up to 3 pairs ... Pair#1:  Pair# 2  pair # 3 ( one photographer & lighting assistant)

one of you will come up and pick up the camera with your ID.
you will be the one to return the camera at the end... so make sure you let the other classmate go first each student will have 5 to 10 minutes to complete taking the picture.

first thing first take out your SD card ... then check the lens to see if it's in MF mode not AF.

then check to see if the camera will record your test in Raw +L  this will result in both HD and Jpeg

For this TEST project, you have to shoot your " art piece" in Manual mode only.

set the camera in the following setting!

before       (default setting)                                                              after   (adjusted setting)

In Quick Menu: set the image quality to RAW (CR2) + L  and the ISO to 400 (light sensitivity) for odd computer #
ISO 1600 (light sensitivity) for even computer #.

In Aperture Mode : Adjust the f-stop to F/7.1 for (odd#)F/20 (even#)

In Shutter Speed Mode: Adjust the shutter speed or exposure to 1/200 sec(odd#) 1/100 sec for (even#)

Take one in this setting. if the picture comes out too bright or too dark. you may NEED to make some adjustments to obtain a properly exposed photo without flash.

Upload JPG to Google photo album as pic

T1: Test default (odd or even) , T2:Tested final
* Test default setting - what is wrong with it?
 * corrected setting - what did you adjust?

email with the subject line:

AJS11-0__ Your name MP1 test part 1

Body is the google photo album link

then attach links to T1 & T2

Upload JPG to Google photo album as pic #30a,30b

#30a: T1 -Test default setting - answer
#30b: T2 -corrected setting - answer

Origami crane with shadow....

for DSLR only *****Google drive & share Fixed.CR2 first as Part 1*****

email with the subject line:

AJS11-0__ Your name MP1 test

Body is the google photo album link + the link to your google share file

then links to 30 a & 30 b

Part 2 tomorrow.

HW: Update album for album check tomorrow. see 2/28 for a complete list of photos.  End of MP1