Frame It Like You Mean It
As photographers, do we take pictures or make pictures?
WE MAKE PICTURES - it requires some thought before pressing the button!
What is the small light that helps take pictures in the dark called?
Flash
Descramble this item from your scavenger hunt project: Hsmotgine iwht lehesw
Something with wheels
Which compositional element lead the viewer's eye through a photo?
Lines
Where do digital cameras store pictures?
Memory card or SD card
What is a photographer's subject?
The thing you are photographing/ what you want people to look at in your frame.
Name all SEVEN Elements of Composition
Line, Shape, Contrast, Color, Emphasis, Texture Space
What does zooming out on a camera do to the subject?
Makes it look further away/ smaller
Define a "candid" image.
When the subject is not given any instruction, not looking at the camera, caught naturally in the moment.
Which element of art in photography focuses on how things feel or look like they feel?
Texture
What does the AF/ MF switch on the lens do?
Go back and forth to Auto Focus and Manual Focus
What was one tip I gave before photographing peers in the school?
- Ask your teacher if this is an appropriate time to take out the camera, take the picture efficiently and get back to your classwork.
- Be an example to peers and use the equipment properly.
- Respect others - Remember not everyone likes having their picture taken, ask if they’re okay with it before you photograph anyone. Even teachers!
Give an example of how contrast can be used in a photograph.
Contrast of light and dark, contrast with opposite colors, contrast with different size
What happens when you hold the shutter button halfway down?
The camera focuses
Name the photographer that inspired our Day In The Life Project. He is well known for his candid photography, capturing absurd and interesting moments in his daily life. Born July 1928.
Elliott Erwitt