Assignment 1 - First Shots

Go outside and shoot portraits of one person.

Here are the requirements and instructions

• We are just getting started, so don't worry if you think your images aren't what you would like.
• Make sure you have taken a look at Chapter One. Shooting Natural Light Portraits Like a Pro from The Digital Photography Book, Part 5:Photo Recipes from the book, The Digital Photography Book, Part 5: Photo Recipes. This information will be valuable later too.
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• Make sure to shoot original images for each assignment. Do NOT use older images that you shot before the class.
• You can shoot in Auto exposure mode for this one, since it's the first one. It is usually marked as auto on the mode dial, and is often green. Watch the short video below, Shooting in Auto and Raw Files - Duration 3:42, to get started. You CAN try out manual controls in other modes if you have them and want to try it out, and if you know how to use them. Don't worry if you don't. We will go over them later.

• Make sure to shoot some images with the camera horizontal, and some vertical(turn the camera).
• In general, try to fill the frame with your subject, but you CAN include more background if it helps the viewer learn something about the subject. An example would be showing some of the kitchen while a person cooks, IF cooking is important in some way to the subject.
• Try some images posed and some candid
• Try some images with the subject looking into the camera, and some not
• Try some close-ups and some wider, full length shots
• Try some with flash and without flash, if you have a flash
• See example 1 here
• See example 2 here
• Shoot at least 30 images
• The examples have 30 images or so. You will only turn in 5.

How to turn in your files

• Pick your 5 best images. Turn in your 5 best images only.
• DO NOT turn in your 5 original image files. They will probably be really big.
• To turn in, Download, Resize, Export and Rename with Adobe Bridge and then submit a zipped folder of your images.
  • Update: Please size your images to a maximium of 1200 pixels along the longest side.(width or height). Instructions are in the video below.(If you already turned the images in before seeing the specific size, don't worry about it on this one).
  • Watch the video below Downloading, Resizing, Exporting and Renaming Images in Adobe Bridge - Duration 14:13
  • If you are having trouble with Adobe Bridge, you CAN follow the procedure from the Introductions discussion, and use Phototpea instead.
  • Here is the video Resizing, Exporting and Posting an Image in Canvas using Photopea and Adobe Bridge - Duration 9:51 if you missed it the first time.
  • Here is the video on Getting an Image off of Your Camera - Duration 2:27 again if you need it.

• Please let me know if you do not yet have access to Adobe Bridge, which comes with the Adobe Creative Cloud OR the Adobe Photography Plan. The Adobe Creative cloud with Photoshop, Bridge and Lightroom Classic is available for $40/six months at https://foundationccc.org/CollegeBuys
• As of this writing, you can download and install Adobe Bridge for free, and SOME of the functions will work. You cannot edit images in Camera Raw, for example.
• After creating your files:
  To turn in assignments with multiple files or folders, it works best if you put all files in a folder and zip the folder. It is important to name your folder correctly BEFORE you zip it to send, so I know who's folder it is. Please name you folder like this firstname_lastname_assignX where X is the assignment number. To zip a folder on a PC, create the folder with your name on it and put the files needed in it, then right click, select "send to," and finally "compresses (zipped) folder." On a mac, control click or right click on the folder and select compress. Name the folder before compressing it, so I can see whose it is when it is uncompressed.

Here is a portion of a video showing how to zip the folder with your images, and submit the zip file in Canvas.

• Drop your zipped file in the Assignment drop box in Canvas. Check the calendar for due dates.