Monster Lighting

You have lots of "power", as a photographer. You have the power to make someone look as good or as bad, as you choose using lighting.

To turn someone into a monster, bring the light down below subjects chin and point it upwards. No other lights on.  You have a monster.

Commercial Interior

You will need to find a commercial building, void of people. Shooting on wide angle create an architectural image using natural light (no flash).

150 dpi, PSD 5x7

Wide Angle

Wide angle lens' are for creativity. When you get close, with a wide angle, you get distortion.  Whatever gets closer to the lens is very large, whatever is farther away gets very small. Use this to your advantage and create something that JUMPS out at you.

PSD, 150dpi, 

Fill Flash Portrait

Finally, you get to use your built in flash.  Must be a portrait, must be backlit and use fill flash to fill in the shadows. Shoot late in the day. When you have pictures where the foreground is too dark while the background seems to be correctly exposed, then using fill-in flash may be a technique worth learning about. Using fill-in flash, as the name implies, is to use flash to fill-in light where it is deficient. This is usually the situation when you are in the shadows and shooting through objects in the foreground that are acting as a frame.

5x7, 150 DPI, PSD. 

Jewelry

Photograph jewelry in class using the light tent. Do NOT bring any valuable jewelry to school. See examples.  5x7, 150 dpi, PSD. Move in close, use telephoto part of your zoom.

Candle Light Portrait

This image should be shot indoors. Use only candles to light the portrait. You may use multiple candles. No extra lights. Set White Balance to Tungsten (closest to candle temp). Use ISO 400-600 (no higher). 150 dpi PSD 5x7.

Valentines

Get creative and come up with an image about Valentines.

Interpret it as a 17-18 yr old. Let your imaginations go...

150 dpi, 5x7, PSD

Glass

On Tues, after Presidents Day holiday, bring a glass object to photograph. See the examples. Shoot it in the tent. 150 dpi, PSD.

Student Choice

Student Choice. This one is up to you.  Looking for something that would have commercial value (something that someone might consider purchasing) .  No snapshots, goofy images. Get creative.

150 dpi Psd.

Face Change

Photograph a group (2 or more) window or in the studio (classroom). Have one person have bad expression, or closed eyes. Cut and paste image to another image that has a better expression. 

5x7 @ 150 PSD. Keep your layers. Meta Data

Window Light Still Life

A still life image.  No people, no commercial product, just a simple arrangement. OK, you can do flowers, but, it better be a floral arrangement, not a singular flower.

Tools

Get creative. You can shoot this at school in tent, at home by window light, in your dads workshop. Try to come up with something creative. Antique hand tools have nice patina and texture to them.  5x7 150dpi psd.

Fire and Smoke

Hot flames or smoke. No people, just product. Incense work well, as well as open flames.

5x7 150 dpi psd.

Window Light Portrait

No direct sunlight...only indirect light. Place subject in rear quadrant of window/door. Use reflector, place subject in rear quadrant of reflector.

Low Key or High key. 5x7 @150 dpi PSD