MY BK/NYC PHOTO SUMMATIVE #2 PART I

Photo Goals:

1.     Capture aspects of your Brooklyn/NYC. Remember at least 3 photos must accompany your essay.

2.     Use photo composition techniques

DIRECTIONS:

Practice the photocomposition techniques you learned from Salak’s powerpoint lecture.

Take a photo to answer at least seven of the questions below.  Remember to TAKE YOUR TIME in setting up your shot. Minimum 5 photos.

1.    What is in the frame and what is not in the frame?

2.    Where is the light coming from? (Lighting and Shadow)

3.    How far away or how close up do I have to be to take this photo?

4.    What works best for this shot putting the subject in the center, or off-center?

5.    How can I use lines to divide the photo?

6.    How can I use like colors or contrasting colors to take a better photo?

7.    How can I capture high contrast (dark darks and light lights)?

8.    Where can I emphasize color?

9.    How can I create strong shadows or silhouettes?

10. What can I do in this picture to create layers (things in the foreground, middle-ground and background)?

PHOTO SUMMATIVE PART II (At home)

DIRECTIONS:

Choose at least 5 photographs and upload it to Flickr.  Save it to your album with the tag myBKnyc. Add Titles and description (see description directions below).

1.    1-3 sentences explaining how the picture shows your BK/NYC and/or why you took the picture

2.    Describe the composition choices you made when taking this photo (which question did you answer, and how did you answer it in the photo?) in the “Description” space.