4/15 & 4/16: COMPLETING ACTION & LONG EXPOSURE UNIT

You will have most of class today to finish your Action and/or Long Exposure pictures and submit them. Please select your 12-20 best action photos. These pictures should show faces, be 95% in focus, fill the frame, and showcase interesting angles and composition.
Crop, adjust, and color correct all pictures as needed. Only keep what is essential to the picture. Recommendations for Editing.

• Edit four pictures into Grayscale.
• Edit two pictures using Selective Focus.
• Edit two picture using one-item kept in color.
• Edit the other 12 pictures in what ever manner you see fit.

For this unit, you are submitting 6 items:

• Contact sheets: Action1, Action2, & Action3 (or LongExposure)  
• Last contact sheet due by 4/14 & 4/15
• Highlight your best 3 on each
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• ActionLongExposeAdjusted:  (CONTACT SHEET)
• Worth 100 pts.
• Due 3/31 or 4/1
• 12-20 best adjusted images from ALL of your Action/Long Expose photos.
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• SCActionBest:   (JPEG)
• Worth 100 pts.
• Due 3/31 or 4/1
• Best Shorecrest Action Picture as a jpeg.
• This should be submitted for printing as a maximum quality jpeg
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• ActionBest OR LongExposureBest:   (JPEG)
• Worth 100 pts.
• Due 3/31 or 4/1
• Your SINGLE BEST Action or Long Exposure image
• Best Shorecrest Action Picture as a jpeg.
• This should be submitted for printing as a maximum quality jpeg
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4/9-4/10: ACTION OR LONG EXPOSURE PHOTO HOMEWORK

You have a choice to shoot another set of 24 pictures of ACTION, or LONG EXPOSURE. Remember, to get 24 good pictures you are likely to take 100 pictures! Below are details and tips from Geoff Vlcek.

• Homework due Tues. 4/14 (Per 4) & Wed. 4/15 (Per 1): ACTION SHOOT or LONG EXPOSURE: 
• 24 photo contact sheet labeled Action3 or Long Exposure
• Highlight your 3 best shots
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• Geoff Vlcek Tips:
• Long Exposure: 
• The following are tips, but you will need to experiment to get it right.
• Shutter speed of 8-12 seconds
• Aperture of F10 - F14
• ISO of 100-400
• Manual Focus (as the camera will have difficulty to Auto Focusing)
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• Sports Action:  
• Shoot with shutter speed of 1/500 or faster.

4/7-4/8: OFF-CAMPUS ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT

Today you will take action photos of your choice. Be sure that you are taking interesting photos that show something moving! Consider activities like skateboarding, horseback riding, juggling, dancing, or someone spinning with a ribbon. It does not need to be a sport. For each shoot you will be turning in a contact sheet of 24 pictures. To get 24 good pictures you are likely to take 100 pictures! Be sure to be back 20 minutes before the end of class.

• Tues. 4/7 (Per 4) & Wed. 4/8 (Per 1): Off Campus ACTION SHOOT: 
• 24 photo contact sheet titled Action1 
• Highlight your 3 best shots

Be sure to shoot SOME pictures using each of the following:

• Manual Setting with an ISO of_________
• Shutter Priority
• Auto Focus
• Continuous Shutter
• Panning
• Use a fast shutter speed
• Get the face!

Panning Tips:

Take a picture of someone or something moving in an interesting fashion. Set your shutter to 1/15, 1/30, or 1/45. Basically slow the shutter down.

Move the camera at the same speed as your subject.

Take the picture.

The subject should be in focus and the background out of focus.

4/2-4/3: PANNING TECHNIQUE FOR ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY

You may use the panning technique as described in class and in the Motorcross video. 

Go to the link below for more help with:
F-Stops and Shutter Speed Hints

3/31-4/1: METERING TIP

Now that you are more comfortable taking pictures in the manual mode, you may find that some pictures are not coming out even when you meter correctly. This is because camera meters an "average" or gray for a 0 meter reading. Here is a tip:

• Add light to light
• This means that when you have A LOT OF LIGHT you will want your meter to be on the + side of the exposure meter, meaning that you will be OPEN the aperture a full stop or so.
• Add dark to dark 
•  This means that when IT IS DARK you will want your meter to be on the - side of the exposure meter, meaning that you will CLOSE the aperture a full stop or so.

4/2-4/3: ACTION PHOTO ASSIGNMENTS

You will shoot action photos at two locations over the next ten days. One of these photo shoots must take place at a Shorecrest related event or sport. For example, you could take pictures of the Hip Hop, Football, Soccer, or Flag teams. I recommend that you speak to the coach/advisor letting them know that you will be taking pictures.
Let me know if you want to shoot on the sideline during a game or match. The other location can be a place of your choice.Skateboarding, horseback riding, and dancing are all acceptable activities. For each shoot you will be turning in a contact sheet of 24 pictures. To get 24 good pictures you are likely to take 100 pictures!

• Tues. 4/7 (Per 4) & Wed. 4/8 (Per 1): Off Campus ACTION SHOOT: 
• 24 photo contact sheet labeled Action1 
• Highlight your 3 best shots
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• Homework due Th. 4/9 (Per4) & Fri. 4/10 (Per 1): Shorecrest Event/Sport ACTION SHOOT:
• 24 photo contact sheet labeled Action2
• Highlight your 3 best shots
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•  Th. 4/9 (Per4) & Fri. 4/10 (Per 1): Visiting photographer, Geoff Vlcek

4/2 & 4/3: ACTION PHOTO TIPS

Read and take notes (graded) on the following links with Action Photo Tips:

• http://www.photographymonthly.com/Tips-and-Techniques/Action/Top-10-tips-for-shooting-sport
• http://www.olympusamerica.com/crm/oneoffpages/crm_actionshots_tennis.asp
• http://improvephotography.com/736/10-tips-for-capturing-action-packed-moments/