Friday, October 4, 2013

Academics Shoot Directions

Overview: After you have taken your Academics photos, it's time to post them on your blog.

Directions: Follow the steps below.

Step 1: Make a new post on your blog titled "Academics Shoot." You should post SIX photos on your blog — one for each rule or photography that you know. Lines, Simplicity, Rule of Thirds, Balance, Framing and Avoiding Mergers. Make sure they are labeled.

If you have not shot, please let me know and I will get you out today to take photos. Make sure you have the rules of photography written down before you go and follow all the verbal instructions I give to you.

Step 2: Go back and edit the post with those 6 photos - answer the following questions:
1. How well did you follow the rule?
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)?
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?

Step 3: Make a new blog post titled "Academic Shoot reflection." Answer the following questions:

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you?

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?

4. What things would you do the same?

5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve?

6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?

7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is?

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