3. Editors, section editors and photo editor review team members’ photos to help team members improve their skills in visual storytelling.
Capturing Goal: At the end of this unit, students will plan and take photos that tell stories and use composition and lighting techniques that add visual interest to their images. Objectives: 1. Staff members understand the importance of planning their photo stories and brainstorming with their section teams to tell their stories visually.
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2. Section editors and photo editor assist team members with photo story planning..
Everyone these days is a photographer, but not everyone is a visual storyteller. The best yearbooks showcase storytelling images, those that capture and communicate a sense of experience about school life as it unfolds day by day.
5. Staff members work with photo editor and other photographers to edit images in photo editing software. Methodology: Staff members will go on a live photo shoot with experienced photographer and/or photo editor to gain hands-on experience. Evaluation: Editors, section editors, photo editor and adviser will critique images submitted for review by staff members. Photos will be evaluated according to the Photo Rubric on Adviser Resource page 5 of the Introduction to Yearbook chapter.
Storytelling images take readers into the real world – where interesting people (faculty, students and staff) experience exciting events full of emotion. Such images are memorable and engaging. They attract and hold attention, and help involve readers with the yearbook at ever-deeperStorytellinglevels.images almost never result when we interrupt people’s reality, pose them against brick walls, and tell them to say, “Cheese.” That approach leads to routine, predictable and forgettable images. A storytelling mindset helps us identify unique story angles and treatments, and anticipate and capture meaningful moments, actions and
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4. Staff members correct exposure, noise factors and color in photo editing software under the supervision of photographers and/or photo editor.
What’s an f-stop? How does the ISO setting affect my pictures? Do I need a fast or slower shutter speed? Can I just shoot everything on “automatic?”
Cameras can be complicated, but knowing how they work and how the settings affect your photos will help you become a better photographer. Let’s say you’re shooting pictures of a soccer game with hundreds of people in the background. Perhaps you realize you only want to focus on the action in the game and blur the people in the background. How can you do that? Aperture priority Set your camera on “aperture priority” and move the f-stop to the widest opening, usually 2.8. Your digital camera will automatically set the shutter speed to allow the correct amount of light into the camera. The wide aperture works much like the pupil of your eye, allowing more light into the
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How does the camera work? camera, but making the “depth of field” shallow, thus blurring the background. At that same soccer game, if you want to stop action, set your digital camera on “shutter priority” and move it to 1/500 of a second. The camera will automatically change the aperture to allow the correct amount of light to come into the camera. How the shutter works The shutter works much like your eye-lid, opening and closing at a fraction of a second to either stop or blur action, depending on the result you’re trying to achieve.TheISO setting relates to the light sensor on your camera. The higher the ISO, the faster shutter speed you can use in low-light situations; however, higher ISO settings create “noise.” You can experiment with various camera settings and their effects on images at the Canon website below: http://canonoutusideofauto.ca Images • 2 Capturing
Shallow depth of fieldpine cone and needles are in focus; background is completely out of focus Some depth of field - cheerleader in focus; background slightly out of focus Greater depth of field - subjects and background are all in focus Aperture/f-stops Shallow depth of field (background is out of focus) Depth of field Greater depth of field (background is in focus) Aperture range lightmoreinLets lightlessinLets f 22f 16f 11f 8f 5.6f 4f 2.8 Your camera’s aperture allows light to enter the camera. F-stop numbers designate aperture size.The wider the aperture, the smaller the f-stop number. The smaller the aperture, the larger the f-stop number. Wide aperture settings allow more light into the camera than small apertures. To purposely blur the background, use a wide aperture (f 2.8). This practice creates shallow depth of field. When you want greater depth of field with subjects and background in focus, use a smaller aperture (f-2). LifetouchSchaub,LaurabyPhoto LifetouchSchaub,LaurabyPhoto LifetouchSchaub,LaurabyPhoto Images • 3 Capturing
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The camera’s shutter also helps control the amount of light available to expose a photo. Shutter speeds vary from camera to camera. Most devices range from 1 second (very slow) to 1/500 of a second, or higher. To stop action, use a fast shutter speed, 1/250 of a second or higher. The faster the shutter opens and closes, the better chance you have to stopInaction.lowlight situations, you’ll need to allow more light to enter your camera. You may need to use 1/30 or 1/60 of a second with your aperture wide open. At slower shutter speeds, hold the camera rock steady or use a tripod to avoid blurry images. To stop action in low light situations, use a higher-numbered ISO setting, somewhere between 1600 and 3200.
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Low-numbered ISO - 100 - no noise High-numbered ISO - 3200 - increased noise ISO Settings Which ISO setting should I use? ISO 50-100 - Works well with bright light (outdoors on a sunny day) ISO 200 - Excellent setting for overcast or cloudy days ISO 400-800 - Good setting for dim light ISO 1600 and above - Excellent setting for nighttime shots or action shots in low-light situations (sports, musicals, performances) What is the ISO? The International Standards Organization standardizes the sensitivity ratings for camera light sensors. By adjusting your ISO setting, you change your camera’s light sensitivity. A camera’s ISO can range from 24 to 6,400 or higher.Lower-numbered ISOs mean your camera is less responsive to light. Higher-numbered ISOs mean your camera is more sensitive to light. Higher numbers cause “noise,“ or tiny dots, to appear in the photo. Lower numbers produce higher quality images; however, the lower numbered ISOs aren’t great for shooting moving objects in low-light because they force you to use slow shutter speeds. Images • 5 Capturing
