Advanced Commercial Photography

Assignment 2: Reflectors 

Research the proper use of reflectors:

https://photographylife.com/how-to-use-a-reflector

You will need to produce 5 images in artificial light using a reflector and 5 images in natural light using reflectors. 10 portraits total

Each portrait image needs to have a different background/location/pose but may use the same person. 

Submit photos on your blog BEFORE CLASS on September 16th, we will critique that day. 

Commercial Photography Assignment 2:

Basic Exposure

Equipment:                                                                                                                                        

Camera, tripod                    

Formal Assignment:

The Basic Exposure Constant (BEC), is an exposure calculation system based on analyzing the sun and shadow conditions. It is a method for measuring light without an electronic meter.

Shoot outside during daylight hours as this system is less reliable at dawn or sunset.

Using a tripod, compose interesting images in 4 different lighting conditions (see BEC hand out for categories).

For each of the four lighting conditions, make four exposures in the following order…

1.       Using the starting BEC settings

2.       Equivalent exposure #1 (1-stop wider aperture with 1-stop faster shutter)

3.       Equivalent exposure #2 (1-stop smaller aperture with 1 stop slower shutter)

4.       According to your camera meter

[total of 16 images]

Record the exposure info on the accompanying Exposure Tracking Sheet.

Remember to use a tripod so that the camera remains stationary for each group of photos. Framing should be identical for each series.

To use the BEC effectively remember to:

1. Select an appropriate ISO to the brightness of the lighting condition, then keep the same ISO throughout the entire suite of 4 images. You may change ISO’s for each of the various lighting conditions.’

2. Set the shutter speed to be the reciprocal of the ISO.

3. Select the f/stop based on the lighting as described on the BEC chart.

Submit…

16-Jpeg images representing 4 different lighting situations. Select these 16 images and place on your blog.

DUE DATE: September 9th

Advanced Commercial Photography

Assignment 1: Documentary Portraiture

•Client: Magazine of your choosing

•Assignment:  10 Digital Image Finals \ 200 Roughs

•Criteria: After speaking to your subject, decide what magazine a series of portraits would be featured in.  Choose a magazine that fits with their interests.  These are documentary portraits, the photos need to tell about the subject without words.

•Requests: You need to get to know your subject well. It should not look like you took the photos at one session or over one day.  Do not make the photos boring!  You need to find and express what is interesting about your subject. Finding what it is and how to make in exciting in photos is the challenge of the assignment.

•Cover Shot Studio Portraits – Create 4 finals \ 100 roughs as extra images shot in the studio for cover options of the magazine.  Make sure the look fits the theme of your other photos.  Variety is key for cover photo.

•Critique: Thursday September 9th, submit final photos on your blog BEFORE CLASS.

Commercial Photography Assignment 1: Style

Pick a photographer that you admire, they can be well known or someone local. Research the photographer you have chosen and write a 2-3 page paper (double spaced, 12pt Times New Roman or Courier New font). The paper should include the background of the photographer, their style and why you chose them. Submit the paper via Google Drive to Coach Dobrzenski

You will also need to choose 3 of their photos to recreate. Submit all 6 photos on your blog.

Due: September 2nd

Commercial & Advanced Commercial Photography 2016-17

Hello and welcome to Bowie Photography!!

This year we will be using blogger to publish and post all of our assignments on the internet.
To accomplish this we have to set up an account: Please follow the instructions carefully. Its important that you do each step correctly and that you remember all the vital information so you can get back to it later. For those of you who have already established a blog in Photoj, please make sure you can access it, and send me an email as described at the bottom. You may also want to rename your blog to something else, you cannot change the URL, but you can change the name. Another thing you might want to do is to revert all of your current posts to drafts, so they are not visible anymore except to you.

Here's how:
What you will need
· Internet access
· An Email account

First – Create a Blogger account
Open Safari - you can use Mozilla Firefox, but sometimes the interface between the Macintosh computers and Firefox can cause problems. Safari is the native internet browser for Macintosh, so its the one I recommend.
· Go to  http://www.blogger.com/
· Click on the orange "Sign Up" box at the top right of your screen - if you have a gmail - this will be really easy because blogger is a gmail product.

In “Step One”
· Enter your email address
· Enter a password and WRITE IT DOWN
· Enter a display name – Do NOT use your full real name. To be safe, we will keep our blogs semi-anonymous - I recommend you do something like Firstname_lastinitial_blog, or something similar. No one can see this unless you leave your computer logged in on accident, but lets be safe.
· 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

In “Step Two”
· In the blog title box, enter “first name’s Commercial (or Advanced Commercial) Photography Blog” (Ex Michael’s Commercial Photography Blog) - this is what will show up at the top of your blog - My blog is called Bowie Commercial & Advanced Commercial Photography.
· In the (URL) box, enter the same thing as the title, but with no spaces or apostrophe (Ex: michaelsjournalismblog) - this URL can be seen by anyone, so please keep it school appropriate.
· 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!

If you are new to this program, you will need to practice making your first blog post, here's how:

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

Select and copy the web address (URL) of your new blog (ex: michaelsjournalismblog.blogspot.com)

Open your email - either gmail directly from blogger, or open the one you use (i.e. yahoo or hotmail)

Send an email with the following info to:

bowie.comm.photo@gmail.com

Subject : My blog
Full Name: ____
Paste URL here: ______
User Name: ________
Password: _______