Digital Photography Lessons

Digital Photography Class Lessons Outline

Introduction:
PowerPoint presentations
Worksheets
Create a Portfolio: Set up https://www.behance.net/ Accounts + follow other classmates OR Create a Google Drive photography folder and share it with me.

COVID Flay Lay - 1 photo

Line- Elements of Art

Using all of your gained skills and techniques, take a series of photographs where line is the emphasis.

Share 3 of your best photos


What is it?
Create 3 abstract photos by doing a close up photo or cropping + critique (comment on other classmates photos) This lesson teaches students how to use manual and automatic focusing
 
Depth of field Lesson:
Take at least 2 different photographs considering composition.
1 photo should have the foreground in focus with background out of focus
1 photo should have the foreground out of focus with background in focus
Student can use the flower setting, aperture priority, or full manual to take photos.

Apple Store Debate Reading

 

Motion Photography -- experiment with the different shutter speeds to capture one image that is Frozen in time and one with Blurred Motion. Canon Rebel Shutter Priority setting is the Tv dial, Nikon is the S setting. Fast shutter speeds make the moving object appear "frozen in time", Slow shutter speeds create a blurred look.


Shadow, light, reflections, and silhouettes
Take 5 photos, You many choose shadow, light, reflections and/or silhouettes  

Portraits:
Watch Videos talking about composition, angle, and lighting
Take at least 5 portraits + 1 Black and White
Click here to read more about the lesson details.

Reflection - quiz grade
 
Seeing from All Angles 

Find an object of interest. 

Pick a location for your photo shoot with good lighting and with little distractions. 

Start shooting and pay attention to where your camera is focusing. Fill your frame and get close to your subject. Your goal is to get every side of the object you chose. 

Shoot at least 6 different angles, but try to get all of them! 

When you edit your images, put all of them into a collage first and then edit the whole thing together, so the images are consistently edited. 

Turn in a collage of 6-9 shots. 


Objects neatly arranged
  • You can use basic office/household supplies, candy, noodles, art supplies, buttons or anything 

    you have a lot of and a simple color paper background to create images that highlight shape, 

    repetition, pattern and symmetry. It would be a good idea to shoot with the 1:1 ratio Square format.

  • Edit one picture to perfection, and then when you open up your next picture to edit, 

    choose "last edits" under the "looks" section of Snapseed, so your pictures are edited all 

    in a consistent way.

  • You will then create a GRID collage of 9 images in PicCollage so that they look like a grid.


All About Me

Tell a visual story about who you are. 

5 photos. 

Things they can take photos of include but can be anything really: 

Pets, family, teachers, music they like, sports, culture, artwork, jewelry, clothes, food, candy, books, 

where you live, things from your childhood, etc. 

Write about why you took each photo - quiz grade

 

 
FINAL PROJECT
Explore all the resources on Art with Layla, Digital Photo, Resources:
Explore Behance.net for inspiration

1. Include at least 5 photographers that inspire you
2. What themes you want to explore for your final project, like portraits, nature, still life, abstract
3. List of specific photos you plan to take pictures of for your final project - my pets, tree branches, rocks stacked

Then once you have done your research and planned out what you're interested in go take 20 photos.

End of the year evaluation/reflection:

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Other Possible Lessons:

Alternative Photography- 4 photos

Abstract Composition - 4 photos that show TEXTURE
 
 

Pop art portrait inspired by Andy Warhol
http://artwithlayla.blogspot.com/2016/11/andy-warholdigital-portraits-digital.html 


Social Justice Advocacy
 

Framing a Subject
Take at least 5 different photographs using framing in the composition. 

SAMPLES BELOW

https://cauchonphotoclass.edublogs.org/photography-assignments/
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Still-Life Lesson