Thursday, January 8, 2015

Commercial photo assignment

Commercial photo shoot assignment
What are we doing?
  • Learning about different types of commercial photography
    • Sports, food, product, fashion, wedding/event
      and wildlife 
  • Research one of the different types of commercial photography
    • Look at magazines and see how they advertise for that product with photos
    • Write a 5 sentence paragraph about what you have learned about that specific type of commercial photography. Post it to your blog.
  • Choose one type of commercial photography and produce 3 images in that style. Post these 3 photos to your blog.
  • Using those images you will create a magazine page advertising or telling about your object you photographed. Use Photoshop, Powerpoint, Microsoft word or Illustrator to produce your advertisement. When finished post to your blog.
*These assignments are all part of your final grade.
Research Paragraph-    10 pts
3 Commercial photos-  30 pts
1 Magazine page-          20 pts

What should I make sure to do? What should I think about?

  • How can a situation/object look more interesting than they do in real life?
  • Think about every single object in the frame. Are you sure you want it to be there?
  • Think about what you are trying to say with the photograph. Is it just “pretty”, or are you trying to tell the view something?
  • Think about the camera angle…is it boring? Does it help to say something about the subject?
  • Think about what focal length you want. Wide angle or zoom. Try framing the shot in different focal lengths before taking a picture. Which is the best composition?
  • Think about where you point you camera to meter a scene. Is it a really dark place or a really light place? Make sure it is not too light or too dark. Make sure to use correct exposure. DON'T even bother taking the photo if you don’t have good lighting

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