1. Introduction to Composition, shoot in a built environment using geometry, lines, angles, etc. to fill the frame to make interesting designs or compositions. Pay particular attention to how light is working and here the focal point is..
2. Water, nature, not built environment. Reflections, patterns, textures, light, light, light.. water in and form... running, still, frozen, fluid, etc.
3. Light and Shadow... Find patterns of shadow and light. Relate this back to the first assignment, ie, fill the frame, make an interesting design. Look around your house, in the street, downtown, etc... tree shadows on snow or pavement can be good... it is harder to work in nature though.
4. Macro... move in and fill the frame with tiny objects... Remember to pay attention to light again... move in close, fill the frame.
5. Window light portrait. Take someone or a pet by a window. Put your shoulder against the same wall the window is on. Turn the face toward the light. Hold the camera vertically. Crop in to the top of the head. Put more space in front of the face, in other words, don't center the head in the frame.
Take enough pictures so that you can put 10 edited examples of each assignment in your Google Drive... generally it is best to take 10 images for each one that is called a final image. It is a numbers game when we are learning. How rich to be able to pick out the best 10 out of 50 instead of coping with just 10 to begin with.
Make a separate sub folder for each assignment.
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