FOR THOSE GOING TO FRANCE...

Your task is to take us on a photographic adventure of your travels. This is a photojournalism assignment. Your task is to "sell" us on French travels.

photojournalism:

Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that creates images in order to tell a news story. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such as documentary photography, social documentary photography, street photography or celebrity photography) by the qualities of:

• Timeliness — the images have meaning in the context of a recently published record of events.

• Objectivity — the situation implied by the images is a fair and accurate representation of the events they depict in both content and tone.

• Narrative — the images combine with other news elements to make facts relatable to the viewer or reader on a cultural level.

You will need to shoot a variety of images that all have some commonalities (composition, colors, angles, styles, etc so they fit as a group). Your images must include:

• one 5+ image photomerge panoramic
  
• 2 amazing candid images (Candid photography is best described as un-posed and unplanned, immediate and unobtrusive)
• 2 posed portraits with context in the BG (not a snapshot)
  
• 4 landscape or architectural images (setting the scene, where are you?)
• 2 abstract or still life images
  
• a total of 50+ images from your travels for a contact sheet.

merges!!!

You need to be making merges! Amazing and interesting merges, from exciting and unique locations showing unique and creative things. These examples demonstrate what it takes to earn an A or A-. Pics from SC will NOT earn a great grade.

Weekend Homework

Shoot two more merges of your choice (pan or sequence)

• if panoramic make sure you go somewhere interesting and shoot a creative, unique and INTERESTING merge.

• if sequence, find some ACTION, something exciting, epic and frozen in time on your camera.

Editing Merges

For panoramic:

• edit pics BEFORE merging them if colors are varied from one to the next
• remember to try different types of merges (cylindrical, perspective etc)
• once merged flatten the image (layer>flatten) and edit as you see fit

For action sequences:

• each layer should line up (you can move them in PS if the camera moved)
• use your history brush if your selection was not perfect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMzsbB5gqtY

sequence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OaaPIx4FYA

Photomerge in class shooting...

Today you will have the period to shoot.

BEFORE you shoot you must have edited ONE panoramic and ONE sequence (from last week or the public folder).

TIPS:

• keep the camera steady!!!! steady steady steady...
• remember your overlap (25% on pan, NONE on sequence)
• try and find something interesting, do not just phone it in.
• recall your compositional rules

DUE ON THURSDAY/FRIDAY:

• 3 good merges that work! you may need to shoot 6 or 7 to find 3 different merges that all work out well