Shadow and Light, in grayscale

This assignment will focus on shadow and light, both natural and man made. We will further emphasize this by manipulating our images in photoshop into black and white.

Your task is to look for shadows and contrast. Find scenes or images that have great contrast and use shadows to add interest to your photos, you will need 24 GOOD pictures for your contact sheet. There should be 8 shadows that you create yourself, 8 shadows that are natural, and then 8 pictures with a brightness/contrast relationship.
You will turn in 24 pictures. You will probably shoot 100 pictures over the next three days.

Landscapes

Photography has a couple of compositional rules we will work with this semester. First and most notable is the rule of 1/3. This states that an image can be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. The four points formed by the intersections of these lines can be used to align features in the photograph. Additionally the horizon line should be placed on either the upper or lower deviding line.

For landscapes there should also be 3 prominant areas in the photograph, for/mid/background. This will add depth to your images and lead the viewer deeper into the photograph.

Your task is to shoot landscapes... lots and lots of interesting landscapes. Consider changing camera andgles, get closer, farther away, squat down, stand on something tall, and follow the rules above to find great success.

You need 24 fantastic landscapes by Monday Feb. 25.

experiment with shutter speeds & aperture

http://www.photonhead.com/simcam/shutteraperture.php