Week 4 Homework

Helen Levitt

This week, we are working on perfecting manual exposure with a scavenger hunt. Post each photograph to the blog. Be sure to include the exposure and the word you chose:

PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT!

Make a correctly exposed photograph in Manual Mode for each of the requirements below. Write down the exposure (Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO) for each one.

Use one of the following words to help you select a subject when making each of these photographs. You can use each word only once. Be creative in your interpretation!

Blue

Hungry

Sports

Concave

Astronaut

Donut

Smelly

Obscure

Sticky

Dots                 

Lush

Foreign

Winged

Ghost

Electric

1. Maximum depth of field (as much in focus as possible):

2. Minimum depth of field (as little in focus, besides your subject, as possible:

3. Blurred Motion:

4. Frozen Motion:

5. Portrait of a stranger;

6. Candid photo of a stranger:

7. Long exposure at night:

8. 1 subject (your choice), 3 photos—correctly exposed, 1 stop overexposed, 1 stop underexposed:

In addition to this, bring all of the files that you have shot so far to our next class. We will be starting with Photoshop and will have an open lab session in preparation for our first critique the following week after. We will also be discussing your semester photo projects individually.

See you Saturday!