Course Outline & Expectations

• Classroom Expectations
• Regular Bell Schedule
  
  
• Course Descriptions and Requirements
• Proposed Scope and Sequence
• Beacon Program (SUNY Colege Credit)
  
  
  
• The Text book of Digital Photography
  

• How to choose the right SD card
• What is Photography?

History of Photography

• The History of Photography in 5 Minutes
• History of Photography Information sheet
• Not too Long Ago
  • How to Load 35mm Film
• Capacity of an SD Card

The Digital Camera

• Introduction
  • How a Digital Camera Works
    • How a Digital Camera Works Video Questions
  • Nikon D5000 manual
    • Body Details
    • Inserting a Memory Card
    • Focus and Shoot
  • The BEST Way to "Hand Hold" your camera
  • Shooting Assignment #1
    • Shooting Assignment #1 Grading Rubric
  • Transferring Images from your SD Card
  • Shooting Assignment #2
    • The Nikon Mode Switch
    • Shooting Assignment #2 Grading Rubric
    
    

Composing a Better Picture

• Taking Photos that tell a story.
  • Introduction to Composition
  • Pulitzer Prize Winning Photos
    • What makes a photo worthy of a Pulitzer?
  • Defining a Style for your Photography
    
    
• Composition Examples
  • 9 Photo Composition Tips
    • Composition Tips Worksheet
  • The Rule of Thirds
  • Rule of Thirds
  • Leading Lines
  • Filling the Frame
  • Patterns & Repetition
    
    
• Shooting Assignment:
  • Composition
    • Composition Grading Rubric
      
      
      
• Point of View
  • Camera Angles and Viewpoint
  • Tips on How to Use Your Lens Angle of View
  • Bird Eye View Photography & Video
    
    
  • Point of View in Photography
    • Bird's Eye View (examples)
    • Becoming the Subject (examples)
    • Eye Level (examples)
    • Worm's Eye View (examples)
      
      
• Shooting Assignment
  • Point of View
    • Point of View Grading Rubric
      
      
• How To Take Great Photos On An iPhone
  • IMPORTANT: Smart phone pictures pose privacy risks
    
    
• NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
  • NOBODY CARES - Assignment sheet

Fall Color Photography Assignment

 

Results of the Fall Colors Photo Contest

Advanced Exposure Control

• Introduction
  • Understanding Exposure & Camera Settings
  • Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO Information Sheet
    
    
• Semi-Automatic Exposure Control
  
  
  • ISO
  • ISO Explained
  • ISO Chart
  • The impact of ISO on a photograph.
  • Nikon ISO Settings
  • Shooting Assignment
    • Assignment #3 ISO
      • Assignment 3 Rubric
    
    
  • Aperature Prioity Mode
    • What is the Aperture?
    • What is Depth of Field?
    • Aperture Prioity Mode
      
      
    • Understanding Aperture
    • Depth of Field (example)
      • F4.5
      • F22
        
        
    • How to use iPhone's Portrait Mode
      
      
      • Camera Exposure Simulators
        • DSLR Exposure Simulator
        • Canon Exposure Simulator
          • Simulator Worksheet
            
            
  • Shutter Prioity Mode
    • Shutter Speed for the Beginning Photographer
    • Shutter Speed - - as fast as Possible
    • The Camera Shutter - The Slow Mo Guys
      
      
    • Stop Action & Blurred Motion
    • What is the Shutter?
    • Shutter Prioity Mode
      
      
      • Camera Exposure Simulators
        • DSLR Exposure Simulator
        • Canon Exposure Simulator
          • Simulator Worksheet
            
            
• Manual Exposure Control
  
  
  • Introduction to Manual Exposure Control
  • Understanding Your Camera's Light Meter
    • Nikon Manual Exposure Settings
      
    
    
• Reciprocity
• Law of Reciprocity
• Definitions & Information for Reciprocity & Types of Focus
• Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO
• The Exposure Triangle Simulator
• Where Do You Start
  • Reciprocity Information Sheet
  • Reciprocity & Types of Focus Worksheets
• Shooting Assignment
  • Assignment #5
    • Assignment #5 Rubric

Editing your Digital Images

• Introduction to Photoshop
• Introduction to Photoshop
• Photoshop Screen
• Tool Palette
  
• First Editing Assignment
  • Photoshop DEMO- Puppies
  • Puppies (Image to be Downloaded)
    
    
• Photoshop Key press Shortcuts
  
  
• The Image Menu
  • Image Menu Demo
  • Class Assignment: Image Menu Activity
  • Image Menu Activity
  • Images
    • Folder containing Images (click and download)
      
      
• Saving Your Image
  • Considerations for Saving your Photoshop Images
  • Saving your Photoshop Image
  • Saving your Photoshop Image for the Web (Facebook,Pintrest...)
  
  
• Layers
  • What is a Layer?
  • Types of Layers
    • Background Layer - a layer that duplicates the original image.
      
      
    • Image Layer
      • Creating a Composite Image with multiple Image Layers
        • Images for Composite Image
          • Doghouse in back yard
          • Snoopy
          • Charlie Brown
          • Lucy
          • Schroeder
          • Woodstock
            
            
        • Office Desk Composite Images
          
          
        • Cartoon Characters Composite Image Folder
          
          
          
    • Text Layer
      • Adding Text to an Image
      • Images
        • Einstein
        • Keyboard
        • Santa and Reindeers
          
          
      • Class Assignment - Text Layers
        • Feeling Chart
          
          
    • Adjustment Layer
      • Introduction to Adjustment Layers
      • How to use Adjustment Layers in Photoshop CS6
        
        
      • Class Assignment: Adjustment Layer Activity
        • Images
          • Elephant
          • Flower
          • Sailing Ship
          • Tornado
          • Earth
          • Canal
            
            
      • Shooting Assignment: Basic Editing and Adjustment Layers
        • Basic Editing and Adjustment Layers - Rubric
          
          
      • Using a Black/White Layer to create Selective Color Effect
        • Examples of Selective Color Effect Images
          
          
        • Selective Color Effect Activity
          • Using Black & White Adjustment Layer
            • Beauty & the Beast Rose
            • Woman
            • Earth in Hand
            • Red Rose
            • Skittles
          • Using Black & White and Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers
            • Teen Face
            • Doors
            • Doors (Advanced)
              
              
        • Shooting Assignment: Selective Color Effect Images
          • Selective Color Effect Images - Evaluation Rubric

Special Photographic Techniques

• Green Screen Images

• How Does a Green-Screen Work?
  • Green Screen Information Sheet
  • Green Screen Shooting Assignment
    
• Removing Green Screen from your image
  • Example Green Screen Image
  • Example Backgrounds
    • Cave
    • Forest Road
      
      
      
• Magazine Cover Templates
  • Time
  • Sports Illustrated
  • Vogue
  • Fish and Stream
    
    
• Removing a Non-Uniform background from an image
  • Rose Blossom
  
  
  
• Sequence Photography
  • Introduction to Sequence Photography
  • Procedure
    • Example Images (Swing)
      
      
  • Photo Shoot - Sequence Photography
    
    
  • Student Samples
    
    
    
• Night Photography
  • How To Take Perfectly Sharp iPhone Night Photos
  • Assignment: Submit 2 pictures to Goggle classroom, taken with your cellphone at night.. Be creative.
    
    
• Forced Perspective Photographs
  • How to take forced perspective photos
  • 25 Forced Perspective Images
  • How to Take Forced Perspective Photos
    • Shooting Assignment
    • Shooting Assignment - Grading Rubric
      
      
• Silhouette Photography
  • Creating a Simple Silhouette
    • Understanding Metering Modes
    • How to Change the Metering Mode
      
      
    • How to Create silhouettes in photoshop

Home Activities

• Home Activity: NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH