Use the Austin American Statesman from today and tomorrow to find as many of the following as possible.

For each one, note the date it was published, the page number, and copy the ENTIRE caption (words below the photo) Post these to your blog, but not until tomorrow (do it in a Word doc. for now) so nobody steals your findings.

You get one point for each good find, and you may find up to two of each: Every photo must be a clear example, and you may use one photo for more than one item.

The person with the most points gets a camera.

1. A slow shutter speed photo.
2. A fast shutter speed photo.
3. A shallow depth of field photo.
4. A long depth of field photo.
5. A portrait.
6. A shot that captures the peak of emotion.
7. A shot that captures the peak of action.
8. A shot that fills the frame very well.
9. A shot that is NOT candid.
10. A shot that has dramatic lighting.
11. A shot that shows someones reaction to an event.
12. A shot where the camera is pointed down.
13. A shot where the camera is pointed up.
14. A shot that shows the close details of a scene.
15. A dramatic angle shot.
16. A shot with framing.
17. A rule of thirds shot.
18 . A shot with good leading lines .


Find as many as you can! Read the directions!

Extra Credit

Get to know Annie Leibovits:

Listen to this interview:
Click Here

Look at some of her photos >here, and post your favorite Leibovits portrait to your blog. Briefly critique the portrait.

The Magazine Cover Preview

This assignment consists of two blog posts and is due on Wed., January 23

After you shoot your portrait, you will use it as the central element of a mock magazine cover design that will occupy page 10 of your InDesign document.

To get this process started, you need to learn a little about magazine cover design.

First, go here and read the history of design article:
http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/Testfolder/

Copy and paste the following into a post titled: "Cover History"
Cover types
1. Early Magazine Covers
2. The Poster Cover
3. Pictures Married to Type
4. In the Forest of Words

In your post, write a short (50-150 word) explanation of what the main attributes of each of the four types are. Use your own words, and DO NOT copy and paste.

Next, go here and look at some great designs:
http://www.magazine.org/Editorial/Top_40_Covers/

Look at and read about ALL 40 designs.

Make a new post titled : "Best Covers"
List the numbers of every cover that features a PORTRAIT.
Next to each number, write "Formal, Informal, or Environmental"

Choose your favorite cover. Label it as "favorite." Copy and paste the description from the web. Write a 50-100 word critique of the portrait on the cover. Mention what is communicated about the people in the portrait and how this is communicated. You may consider composition, lighting, exposure etc.

Welcome back Tasks

1. If you did not earn a grade for Friday's discussion, post a 50 - 100 word total response to at least TWO of the questions on the discussion handout. remember to make specific reference to the movie / quotes.

2. Go to the self portrait contest page (http://atpi.org/self.htm)
Read through the rules, and then look through some of the winners from previous years.

3. POST - Decide if you want to make a self portrait or take a portrait of another person, and start planning.

Title your post - "My portrait"
Post which of the two choices you will do.

If a self portrait, write one to three adjectives or a story you want to tell about yourself.
If a portrait of someone else, write the person's name, and write one to three adjectives or a story you want to tell about the person.

Self portraits must be environmental.

For other portraits, decide if you will create a formal, informal, or environmental portrait.

Briefly describe portrait. List any costumes, props or special settings / lighting you plan on using.

ATPI Winter Conference

Read about the winter conference @ ATPI.org

–On your blog
Do you want to go to the winter conference?
What contest(s) do you want to enter?
What classes would you like to take?

Portrait master - The Decisive Moment

The Decisive Moment

"The Decisive Moment" is a term coined by Henri Cartier-Bresson and a book by the same name.

Cartier-Bresson excelled in composition without cropping his negatives, and he had a unique ability to capture the fleeting moment in which the subject's significance is revealed in form, content, and expression.
He termed this the decisive moment.“For me the camera is a sketchbook, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which—in visual terms—questions and decides simultaneously,” he once said.

Copy and paste the following into a post on your blog.

The Decisive Moment
Look through the book available by clicking here.

Answer the following questions on your blog.

1. Choose the portrait you like the most, and write the photo number.
2. Briefly describe the photo. What is the CVI? Is it a formal portrait, an informal portrait, or something else?
3. Form- What are the major composition techniques used in this photo, and how are they used?4. Content - What are the eye positions, and how does this affect the photo? Describe the lighting.
5. Expression- What is happening in this photo that makes this moment "decisive?"
6. Read the caption, and explain one thing that is interesting about the person / scene.

Portrait intro

On your blog, post the following:

1. What is the difference between a Formal, informal, environmental portrait?
2. What do the eyes tell us?
3. What does the background and body position tell us?
4. How does the lighting affect the shot?

ATPI and Contest Information

Check out the ATPI conference
http://atpi.org/events.htm

Check out the Third Floor Carry-In Contest
http://atpi.org/tamu-c.htm

Check out the Self-Portrait contest
http://atpi.org/self.htm

Action Photography Reminder - POST THIS TODAY!

Read the following (Look at all of the photos)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pathtoadventure/phototips/tips/stopmotion.html
On your blog- Write the shutter speed and describe how you know that fast action is stopped in this photo.

Read through all of the following tutorials
http://www.your-digital-photography.com/sports-photography.html
http://www.blackphoto.com/tutorials/lesson_sports.asp
http://photo.net/learn/sports/overview

On your blog - If you have already shot your action / sports shot, explain what you shot. If you haven't, say so.Post the best tip from one of the tutorials or our class discussions that you either used or will use in your action shoot.