sample poses

• Pose for a single man.
  

• Pose for a single female.

• Pose for friends.

• Pose for couple (romantic).

• Pose for family of 3 to 5 people.

Family Portrait preview

1. Whose family will you photograph?
My family.


2. Where will you shoot?
In the green belt behind my house.


3. What type of lighting will you use?
Natural lighting.


4. What equipment will you need?
A camera and tripod.


5. What challenges will you encounter?
My siblings not wanting to be in the picture.


6. How will you deal with these challenges?
Bribe them with food.

Example

I like the natural expressions on the family's face and the blurred background, I wish accomplish this look but using a low aperture. 

Pet Portrait preview

1. What type of pet will you photography?
I will photograph my cat.


2. Where will you shoot?
In my backyard. 


3. What type of lighting will you use?
Natural lighting or an external flash if I need one.


4. What equipment will you need?
Camera, external flash(?), cat treats, cat toys.


5. What challenges will you encounter?
My cat not staying in one place or run from the camera.



6. How will you overcome these challenges?
I'll have treats to give her so she'll stay by me.

Example:

I like the heavily blurred background, I will get this by using a 50mm lens so I'll have a down aperture. I also like how the cat's eyes match the background, my cat has greenish eyes too so I'll get this look by taking her photo outside. 

HDR photo

Over Exposed

Under Exposed 

Balanced

Final HDR photo

Explanation: The photos were taken in manual with bracketing and combined automatically in photoshop.

Reflection: I think the final picture turned out okay, if the exposures had been more different it would have more of a HDR look. 

HDR photography

1. What does HDR stand for?
High Dynamic Range

2. In your own words, explain what makes an HDR photo an HDR photo?
Different exposures layered together to make the colors bright and sharp.
3. What is bracketing?
Bracketing is a mode the atomically takes the different exposures and layers them.

4. What software can you use to produce an HDR image?
You can layer images in photoshop.

5. When selecting layers, what do you have to be careful about when creating your HDR photos?
Leaving some natural light and shadows in the picture.

6. Save your favorite HDR photo on your blog.

Landscape preview

Favorite

Google photo

Tip 1: Have a high aperture 

Tip 2: Have a focal point

Tip 3: Have a good foreground 

3 favorites

Equipment

tripod

lenses

extra battery 

Locations

slaughter creek

wildflower center 

Smug mug

1. Content Blocks
How do you add Content Blocks to your site?
Drag from the customization bar to the page.


2. Content Types
What are the eight different types of content you can add?

1. galleries
2. photos
3. navigation
4. video
5. design
6. text
7. social
8. discovery

3. Photos
When you add photos to SmugMug, which are the FOUR different ways you can organize and display them? Briefly explain what each method does.

1. single
2. multiply
3. slideshow
4. carousel 

4. Navigation
What are the THREE different types of Navigation items you can add to your SmugMug account? Briefly explain what each does.

1. menu-links to other websites.
2. breadcrumb-links between home page and other visited pages.
3. featured events-features events on every page.

5. Design Elements
What are the THREE kinds of design elements can you add? What do they do?

1. Logo-adds logo to brand your pages.
2. Separator-guide viewers eyes.
3. spacer-adds space to clean up the design.

6. Colorspace
What "Colorspace" should your images be processed in to be uploaded to SmugMug?

The image needs to be changed to a JPEG.

7. Cropping
Should you crop your images before uploading to SmugMug? Why?

Don't crop, let the customer crop to avoid confusion.

8. Resolution
What is the minimum resolution size for an 8" by 10" print?

750x935

Studio Shoot

Set 1

shadowless

Butterfly with just the key light

Broad with just key light

Rembrandt with just key light

Split with just key light

Set 2

Butterfly

Loop

Rembrandt

Split 

Set 3

Butterfly 

Loop

Rembrandt

Split 

Portrait Light Basics and Vocabulary

Butterfly

1. Shadow under nose, chin shadow and shadows on cheeks

2. both sides of the face can be seen, beauty shot for woman

3. 1

Loop

1. Loop of light that build on cheeks, one side is a little shadowed the other is highlighted 

2. Not good for people for need flattering pictures 

3. 1

Rembrandt:

1. Creates a triangle shadow on the side of face, 

2. Flattering 

3. 1

Split:

1. Shadows half the face down the nose, lots of contrast 

2. Creates a dramatic feeling

3. 1

Broad and short:

1. Broad light, shows the longer side of the face is lit

2. Most flattering 

3. 1

Fill light-Used to lighten shadows and control contrast.

Key light (main light)-Determines lighting, for example a strong back light. 

Hair light-Accent light for the top of the head. 

Background light-Helps separates background from subject

Shadowless-creates no shadows

Hard light-Small light, produces highlights and shadows

Soft light-Directional light, large and close to subject

Grey card-Reflectance card used instead of a subject for a reflected light

Reflector-A reflector shape used with some focusing fixtures to provide efficient output, especially in Spot setting.

Diffuser-Placed in front of light to soften highlights and shadows

Intensity-Strength, or how to set shutter speed and aperture's appropriate to portraits

2:1 lighting ratio-one light is half as bright as the other

Direction: Where the light is coming from.

Intensity: How bright the light is.

Color: What color is the light.

Contrast: Transition from highlights to shadows-soft or hard?

Hardness: What the edges of the shadows look like.

Flash photography basic concepts

1. Every flash photo is 2 exposures in one.
2. Fill flash can be used when the subject is backlit or side lit to eliminate silhouettes or shadows.
3.  Flash exposure is not affected by shutter speed.
4. Flash illumination is dramatically affected by distance.
5. Your camera measures ambient light and flash illumination separately.
6. With automatic flash metering, the flash illumination is measured after the shutter button is pressed, and the flash output is adjusted accordingly.
7. Every SLR camera with a mechanical shutter box has a maximum flash sync shutter speed.
8. Harsh lighting, washed out subjects and red eye can be eliminated by using diffusers and light bouncing.
9. It is possible the change the order of when the flash fires using ''Rear Curtain Sync"
10. Removing the flash from the top of the camera helps eliminate red eye and unflattering shadows. 

Spring challenge

1. Name of Tutorial?
How to set up your Canon DSLR to shoot double exposures in-camera

2. Save and post an example of the type of photograph this tutorial produces?

3. What equipment do you need? (Make a list. Be specific.)
A camera that has the ability to do this.

4. List of important things to do to prepare for shoot? (Make a numbered list.)

1. Find a place to take with a background of trees or branches.
2. Find someone to model for me. 
3. 6D camera

5. List of important tips during shoot. (Make a numbered list.)

1. One picture needs to be a silhouette
2. The other should be some kind of pattern or texture  

6. List of important tips on how to process in Lightroom (or other software) after shoot?

1. Adjust exposure 
2. try making it black and white