1. Share your thoughts about DSLRs and smartphones. What are the differences and similarities? Share an experience of using either tool to photograph an image
2. What are some ways in which you would compose an image? Think of a scene, describe what it is, the lighting, location, camera angle, and subject matter.
3. Describe a scenario that describes how shutter speed, aperture,d ISO affect each other. For example, I am at a sunny beach. As a result, my aperture/lens opening should be small because there is so much light. However. I want the background of my subject matter to blur to bring more attention to the people(subject) I am photographing. They are in the foreground. Therefore, closer to me. To get this effect, I have to open the aperture but this will allow more light (over exposure). I balance this setting for exposure by using a faster shutter speed and making sure the ISO is low. Have fun imagining an environment.
4. Describe at least one technique you have used to create an abstract image and why.
5. Describe an image where you are specifically using effects of depth of field. Hint: it involves the aperture.
6. Cindy Sherman was influenced by film. In this context, describe or post a scene that presents itself as a staged narrative
7. Of the different ways to create motion blur, describe a scene and state the settings/number you would set for shutter speed, aperture, and ISO.
8. Walter Benjamin’s Age of Mechanical Reproduction spoke of the effect of photography as a development that would change the process of making art. How do you see art represented in the future?
9. Answer the following question by creating a new thread. What defines one’s identity?
10. Describe one way you have edited a photograph
11. Describe a scenario where you are creating a long exposure.
12. Describe the article you have chosen for the Distilled Images of the World project.
13. What are color temperature and white balance in photography?
