Aperture and Shutter Speed Simulation and Quiz

Overview: Now that we have a basic understanding of the three pillars, let's look at some direct examples of what happens when you change Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO settings. Go to the following website:

PART I:

Make a New blog entry titled "Aperture and Shutter Speed Practice."

Aperture and Shutter Speed Camera Simulator

I would like you to experiment with all the settings so go through them step by step.

Start with F2.8 and see what happens at EACH shutter speed.

On your blog list the exposure that looks best to you for EACH F-stop.

I will help you with the first one here:

• F2.8 – looks the best at 1/250th of a second shutter speed.

SET 1: Now its your turn - tell me which ones look the best for F4, F5.6 F8, F11, F16, F22.

• F4  – looks the best at _____ of a second shutter speed.
• F5.6 – looks the best at _____ of a second shutter speed.
• F8  – looks the best at _____ of a second shutter speed.
• F11  – looks the best at _____ of a second shutter speed.
• F16  – looks the best at _____ of a second shutter speed.
• F22  – looks the best at _____ of a second shutter speed.

Also please tell me what is happening with the backgrounds at each F-stop. Again here is the first answer:

• At F2.8 there is no background visible. It is very blurry and all you can really see is the couple.

SET 2: Now its your turn at each F-stop tell me what the background looks like.

• At F4 how much background is visible? Is it blurry or in focus? How much?
• At F5.6how much background is visible? Is it blurry or in focus? How much?
• At F8 how much background is visible? Is it blurry or in focus? How much?
• At F11 how much background is visible? Is it blurry or in focus? How much?
• At F16 how much background is visible? Is it blurry or in focus? How much?
• At F22 how much background is visible? Is it blurry or in focus? How much?

SET 3: Reflection Questions:

1. Consider what is happening to the people themselves at slow Shutter Speeds.

2. In a real shooting situation, what should the photographer do to lessen this problem?

3. What combination of aperture and shutter speed do you think produces the best portrait? Why?

PART II: Major Grade

Click on the links below to take the two quizzes. Each of them are major grade assignments so take it seriously. Your results will be e-mailed to you after you take the quiz.

Aperture and Depth of Field Quiz

Shutter Speed and Motion Quiz

Flipwork: Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO Review

Overview: Before we begin learning new material, we need to review Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO, which are known as the "Three Pillars of Photography."

Directions: Make a new blog entry titled "Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO Review." Click on the links below and answer the following questions in this blog entry.

PART 1: Click on link below and read about Aperture:

APERTURE

Let's start with Aperture as it is probably the hardest of the three to full understand.

Once you are done reading - I want you to use Google and find an example of a photo taken at aperture setting F2.8 and an example of a photo taken at F16 or higher. DO NOT USE the photos on the website I sent you to. Find different ones. Post those photos on your blog and label them.

Then answer the following questions:

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture?

2. Finish this sentence: The smaller the Aperture _____________, the higher the Aperture ________________.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field?

4. Using a class camera, list ALL of the F stops available on the lens currently attached.
5. What is the highest and smallest aperture numbers available on the kit lens?

PART II:

Now lets move on to Shutter Speed. This is a little easier to understand but we should read about it here:

SHUTTER SPEED

Once you are finished reading about Shutter Speed, I want you to use google and find me an example of a photo taken with a high shutter speed and one taken at a slow shutter speed (you do not have to show blur unless you want but I still need to see an example of a photo that COULD have been taken at a slow shutter speed). Post them both on your blog and label them.

Then answer the following questions:

1. If you were assigned to shoot at Blue and Gold night, which will be next month, what shutter speeds do you think you would have to shoot at the following events that night I would like you to answer the question for the following two situations.

Simply write: slow, medium, fast next to each item below:

At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light

a.) the dunking booth

b.) the food eating contest

c.) the rock climbing wall

d.) someone working at a booth

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle

f.) the Diamonds performance.

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.

a.) the dunking booth

b.) the food eating contest

c.) the rock climbing wall

d.) someone working at a booth

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle

f.) the Diamonds performance.

2. List the three manual Presets your camera that allow you to affect shutter speed (these are found at #5 on the Shutter Speed website.

Explain how each works. DO NOT COPY AND PASTE, use your own words.

3. With a class camera, what are the shutter speeds available to you on that camera? You will have to turn the camera on to determine this. Hopefully you can figure out what setting to put the camera on to determine the answer to this question.

Now for the last of the pillars, ISO. Lets go read some more at this website:

PART III:

ISO

Once you are finished, please go to Google and find an example of a photo taken at ISO 200 and a photo taken at ISO 3200 or 6400. Post both on your blog and label them.

Then answer the following questions:

1. What are the advantages of shooting at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game?

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO?

3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO?

4. At the camera near you, please tell me what ISO's are available on your camera?

Composition Review Shoot and Posting Directions

Overview: After you post your review of the Composition Rules, you will go out for a shoot to practice your skills.

Directions:

With a partner, you will check out a camera and do your best to shoot all 10 composition rules in about 1 hour. Your partner will be your subject in your photo if you need one.

If you can't remember the 10 rules, write them down before you leave on your shoot.

Here they are, again:

1. Rule of thirds

2. Balancing Elements

3. Leading Lines

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)

5. Viewpoint

6. Background

7. Create depth

8. Framing

9. Cropping (Filling the frame)
10. Mergers (on purpose or by mistake).

Posting your work: When you are done shooting, it's time to post your work. Post one photo that exemplifies each of the Composition Rules listed above.

Make a new blog post: Title it "Composition Review Shoot" and add a label for each Rule of Composition on top of each of the photos that you post.

Problems and Solutions Student Plans

Overview: If you are enrolled in a "Problems and Solutions" class, you must complete a Student Plan within the first 15 days of enrollment to comply with state law.

Directions: Review the Google Document and student plans that have been filled out in previous years to help you fill out the form found at the link below.

Problems and Solutions Google Form

To see a list of projects or "presentations" see the Google Document linked below.

Project Examples

Due Date: You must complete and submit your Student Plan by Sept. 3.

Composition Review

Overview:

When you were in Graphic Design class, you learned 10 rules of photography.

Below is a link to a list of the rules in case you are rusty. Remember, ignore the one at the end called Experiment and sub in the "Avoiding Mergers" rule you have learned before.

http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules

Assignment:

Please pick a theme, I don't care what theme you choose: football, guitars, Justin Beiber, whatever.

Then use Google Image search and find photos relating to your theme.

Find photos that show good examples of the following photo composition rules. Show me that you understand these rules. Make sure to tell me which photo represents which rule, i.e. label your photos with the proper rule title.

Once, again, here is your list of rules:

1. Rule of thirds

2. Balancing Elements

3. Leading Lines

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)

5. Viewpoint

6. Background

7. Create depth

8. Framing

9. Cropping

10. Mergers and avoiding them

When you have posted 10 photos – you’re done!!

First SMART Plan for 2nd and 3rd Year Students

Overview: Students in second or third year Commercial Photography will be asked to fill out a SMART Plan for every six weeks. You are responsible for developing at least one MAJOR PROJECT for each six weeks grading period.

Look at the link to completed SMART Plans at the bottom to get some ideas on what other students have done.

Use the online form to submit your SMART plan. Make sure you finish it in one sitting because it won't save your progress if you don't submit but he time the bell rings.

The links are below and also on Trello.

Link to online SMART PLAN submission form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Gfv1m2AiFUtiQ8W_A1E-8VGFxZy2Ay6MmHDN-wbyJO8/viewform?usp=send_form

Link to completed online SMART plans:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gvDwPrf8ANhw3oQ_Thw89bVUKi1AYoyUl0ec5kWXwq8/edit?usp=sharing

Directions for Creating or Updating a Student Blog

New to Blogger?

If you do not have a Blogger account, that is the first thing you will need to set up to turn in your work for this class.

The first thing we want to do is check to see if you can access your old student blog if you previously took this class at Akins.

FOR MOST students:

If you can access your old blog, you simply need to change it's title. You can do this simply by clicking on "Settings" on the list of options on the left. Then you should click on "Title" and then change the name to something like "Amanda's Commercial Photo Blog."

Save your changes and then click on "View Blog" to see if the changes apply.

IMPORTANT: Copy the URL from the address bar and then paste into an e-mail that you send me. The e-mail should contain the following information:

The e-mail should be sent to: akins.journalism@gmail.com

Subject : My blog

Full Name: ____

Paste URL here: ______

User Name: ________

Password: _______ (Only provide this if you are setting up this account separate from your personal e-mail account and you are afraid you will forget this password. This would only be used in the event that you lose your password to your blog.)

FOR SOME: 

If you cannot access your old blog or if you transferred from another school, below are the directions on how to set up an account on blogger.

IMPORTANT: Because of a problem with Google, we will try to set up Blogger Accounts on mobile devices. If you did not bring a mobile device today, you can try to do it on a computer, but you might have to do it at home.

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This year we will be using Blogger to publish and post many of our assignments on the Internet.

To accomplish this we have to set up an account. Please follow the instructions carefully. It's important that you do each step correctly and that you remember all the vital information so you can get back to your blog later.

Here's how:

What you will need:

· Internet access

· An e-mail account (preferably Google Mail or Yahoo Mail)

First – Create a Blogger account

Open an Internet browser such as Safari.

· Go to http://www.blogger.com/

· Click on the orange “Sign Up” box at the top right of your screen. If you have a Google Mail account this will be really easy.

Step 1

• Enter your name
• Enter a display name – Do NOT use your full real name. To be safe, we will keep our blogs semi-anonymous
• Enter a password and WRITE IT DOWN
• Enter a cell phone number for verification 
• Enter the word verification
• Click on the “accept terms box, and hit continue·
• If there are any problems, they will show up in red.
• Fix the problems
•  Once your account is created, you will see an option at the top that says "Create a Blog."

Step 2

• In the blog title box, enter “first name’s Commercial Photo Blog” (Ex: Matt’s Commercial Photo Blog)
• In the (URL) box, enter the same thing as the title, but with no spaces or apostrophe (Ex: mattsphotojournalismblog)
• Hit “Check Availability”
• If it is available, hit continue. If it is not, select one of the suggestions, and then hit continue.
• Select a template and hit continue·
•  You did it!

Step 3

• Hit “Start Posting”
• Type “Welcome to my blog” in the post subject line, and click “Publish Now.”
• Click on “View Blog” to see the results.

IMPORTANT!!!

• Find the URL (web address) in the browser address bar.
• Select and copy the web address (URL) of your new blog (ex: mattsphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com)

Step 4

• Open your email account
• Send an email with the following info to: akins.journalism@gmail.com

• Subject : My blog
• Full Name: ____
• Paste URL here: ______
• User Name: ________
• Password: _______ (Only provide this if you are setting up this account separate from your personal e-mail account and you are afraid you will forget this password. This would only be used in the event that you lose your password to your blog.)