Project 3: The Planned Photo shoot

Submit Assignment
  • Due Mar 13 by 11:59pm
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  • Points 100
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  • Submitting a file upload

Task

Do pretty much anything you like for a final photo shoot, which must include all the simulated efforts of a professional work, including:
  • Lighting design
  • Planning the schedule, getting model release forms, tracking your time, etc
  • Utilizing photographic equipment BEYOND the camera, such as studio lights, reflectors, planning a stage, etc, if you LIKE. But it's not required. 
  • A clear genre (product, wedding, fashion, etc)
Purpose
Now that you know what all those buttons and lights do, it's time to put them to use in the most professional way possible.

Criteria for success

A student who chooses to shoot a wedding and a student who hikes 20 miles to shoot wilderness photos will have very different photographic journeys. However, the general idea of this project can be broken into 5 steps:
  1. Research your idea
  2. Prepare for your project
  3. Shoot photos
  4. Process your results
  5. Present them to the class
What would an A+ project look like for wedding photography in these steps?
  1. Read up on wedding photography. Perhaps check out this wedding photography book (Links to an external site.) from the library, or watch this Lynda tutorial all about weddings. (Links to an external site.)
  2. Contact a friend getting married before the end of quarter, or put out an All Points Bulletin on Craigslist offering cheap/free photography for a couple on a shoestring budget. See if you can pick up some equipment cheap, or better yet, since you’re offering discount services, have the bride/groom at least front the cost of equipment rentals or purchases.
  3. Attend the wedding and give it your best shot! Your research will have given you some ideas on how to go about things.
  4. Process your photos in Lightroom. Send them along to the bride & groom digitally, and print them out a book plus some singles.
  5. Come to class, show us your work (digital and print), and tell us your experience!
What would an A+ project look like for nature photography?
  1. Look up hiking trails. Find out the constraints of photography when out in the wilderness; for instance, you might need to limit your equipment since you’ll carry it twenty miles.   
  2. Pack for your trip. Pick up a smaller camera bag at Value Village, much lighter than the bulky school briefcases. Want to shoot long distance wildlife? Check out the 500mm sigma lens from the library.
  3. Make that trek! Capture Sasquatch on camera, making you an overnight celebrity! Shoot some night photos, since you’ll finally have stars away from the city!
  4. Clean up your results in Lightroom and Photoshop.
  5. Show us your cool photos. Tell the class about how you befriended Sasquatch, and to protect their tribe the photos had to be erased.
Not sure about your idea? Default to my classroom’s golden rule: “insubordination is always forgiven through ambition.” See the Knowledge section for more info.

DO NOT take midday photos with no equipment in your backyard and call it 

Rubric

100 pts:
  • 40 for your finished photos. MINIMUM 20 shots, but it can include things like location scouting shots or pics of your setup.  
  • 20 for your post-processing
  • 20 for research and planning
  • 20 for presenting in class

Knowledge

Look at the insane quantity of photography genres  (Links to an external site.)out there! Which of them speaks to you?

The start for any of these is to simply google “How to XYZ,” or better yet, look around on Lynda.

Not sure what appeals to you? Poke around on these websites and see if something strikes your curiosity:

If you’d like to emulate the techniques and tricks of a living photographer...SEND THEM AN EMAIL! They are often flattered and very helpful.

Don’t hesitate to pitch me something REALLY WEIRD. Like, what if you tried building your own lens? That is 100% an acceptable project, even if it’s more hardware than photo focused. https://www.diyphotography.net/build-your-own-lenses/ (Links to an external site.)

If you want to cover an event, concert, convention, etc, send them an email asking for a press pass!  

Example project


Oscar's Model Release form : https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IWmQBRwWmY2XplNgQu-F1uNnTW_jj4NWNg3zSCo8fk/edit?usp=sharing

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