EXERCISE #1: Photography

• Worth 5% of final grade
• Due downloaded onto computer in room MCC 136 (with TA) by end of section
• (Allow 20 minutes to download images onto computer)

· Equipment: Still digital camera

• In groups of 3 students

Instructions:

Explore a space from a specific perspective. Consider composition, focus, depth of field, color and light. How can you use these elements to create frames which visually represent a specific point of view about a place. (Consider how to represent a child’s view of a playground as compared to an adult’s. How might one ‘see’ a space differently if they feel welcomed or excluded?)

Types of images to capture: Collect at least 6 of these images and combine elements: ie. A close up shot with shallow depth of field.

A. Wide Shot of the place (WS)

B. Close Up on an object in the place (CU)

C. Extreme Close Up of that same object (ECU)

D. Close Up of a person in the place with their permission (CU)

G. Medium shot

H. Low Angle shot

I. High Angle shot

J. Image emphasizing horizontal axis

K. Image emphasizing vertical axis

L. Image emphasizing Z axis

M. Shallow depth of field

N. Deep Focus

Camera Report (continue on another page):

Name of Shot

Elements

Notes : good / bad /etc