Overview:
Students work in pairs and use a digital camera and tripod to photography themselves in a scene with multiple poses. By never moving the camera, the background remains the exact same allowing the student to use basic Photoshop techniques to combine the poses into one photograph.
Objectives: The students will...
-Identify the
various composition techniques that make s great photograph.
-Analyze
photographs and determine compositional elements.
-Apply
knowledge of composition techniques to his/her photography.
-Choose a
theme/situation and location to photograph that makes the subject more
interesting.
-Know the
rules and practice them during instruction and independent practice.
-Assemble
multiple photographs into one collage image that produces a Multiple Me.
ODE State Standards:
Standard 1;
Benchmark C; Indicator 1PR, 2PR, 3PR, 5PR, 6PR,
Standard 2;
Benchmark B, D; Indicator 4PE, 5PE, 2RE
Equipment:
-Digital
camera
-Tripod
-Camera
card/flash drive
-Photoshop
-Props
-Studio Light
-Reflector
Instruction:
Day 1: Composition
Day 2: Digital Camera Manual Mode overview and Set Up using a Tripod
Day 3-9: Photographing, 5 poses (in pairs, 1 group a day going to a location in the school while the rest of the class continues to work on previous project)
Day 10: Photoshop
-Open Test Files in Photoshop
-Drag all photos into one document using Move Tool
-Save As Photoshop File (.psd)
-Explain Layers, Name Layers
-Order Layers (Closest/Top to Furthest/Bottom
-Explain Lasso Tool to select person
-Explain Layer Mask to “Hide” information
-Explain
Black/White Paint Brush to adjust the Layer Mask
To simplify:
-2-3
photographs of the individual
-Use
Eraser Tool instead of Layer Masking
To challenge:
-6-10 photographs of the individual
-Multiple
outfits, lots of overlap in figures
-Include
more than one composition technique
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