Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I. Final Stage-1 Feedback 16 slides Copyright 2003 Kenji Tachibana

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Assignment Feedback: Learning opportunity for everyone… Evolutionary Improvements: These are student examples from the South Campus. Even if you are a North Campus student, treat each assignment example as your own and learn from them. If you see a lab work example that you want me to demonstrate, please ask me to do so immediately after this PowerPoint show.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Ming Chau: Getting Impatient Poor Location and Time: The background is too close and not relevant to the story. The low light level resulted in an extremely slow ‘.8 sec’ shutter speed that produced an image with a very blurry face and umbrella. It’s a classic snapshot with a small centered subject in a non- meaningful background. The image was lab worked with black ‘Crop Frame’ layer for mood, design, and more interesting lighting.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Assignment Feedback: About exposure compensation (EC) EC Adjustment: It’s not magic When you lighten or darken an image using the EC, two physical things might happen in your camera. One affects the aperture (lens opening) and the other is the shutter speed. In order to lighten an image, the aperture has to open up or the shutter speed has to slow down to let in more light. Or it can be a combination of the two.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Assignment Feedback: About exposure compensation (EC) No ISO Option: For compacts Except for changing the ISO, there is no other way to change the brightness without changing the light level in the scene. Because of the over crowded tiny chip, digital noise and other problems arise when using ISO speed higher than 100.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Peter: Peace of Mind Pushing Depth: Not seeing some of the face runs against the requirement but it works to reflect Peter’s shy and quiet nature. The light source in the back is another requirement rule breaker. But, it works for this story. From Processing goal – Increase presence and depth. Thereby increasing the ‘foreground to background movement’. I also tried to amplify on the delicate beauty of the scene lighting.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Assignment Feedback: Avoiding lighting problems Backlight: Avoid when possible If there is a strong light source in the background, or the primary light source is coming from behind the subject, the light meter will be fooled into thinking that the subject has more light on it than it does. This usual results is a 1 to 2-stop under exposure which will make the subject from dark to very dark. The classic backlight situation is an indoor shot with the subject as silhouette standing in front of a bright to well exposed picture window in the background.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Edward: Taking a Break Simple Story: Good but… Situation shots tend to work better when the subject is not looking directly at the camera. And the yellow/green color cast is the result of a wrong WB setting. Auto Using the recommended Auto for the WB would have been easier and better. Learn to repeat a good habit - use the ‘require’ checklist on every class assignment and for your personal shoots.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Edward: Taking a Break Processed: Tight layout suggestion I simplified the activity by eliminated the cigarette and connecting his free hand to the coffee cup. Otherwise, the coffee cup became a red bull’s eye. I also tightened up the framing cropping out any non- essential image elements. I also turned his head away from the camera creating a clockwise triangular movement in the composition.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Edward: Taking a Break Background concerns Study the two images to determine what’s different about the background in each image. The coffee cup has been subdued. Once you see the difference, figure out why I bothered to make the changes…

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Assignment Feedback: Learning opportunity for everyone… Getting It Sharp: The high image quality of the DSLR makes it clear that the image is soft. The exact reason for the focus issue is unclear to me. One reason could be camera shake. Another reason is the use of a cheap ‘kit‘ lens being used at almost wide open, f/5. Although the image detail is near the center of the lens. The last reason is the slow shutter speed combined with the mirror flop movement within the DSLR camera body.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Janie: Contemplation Classical Composition Potential: The original composition has a natural triangle. Can you see it? The story is personal, meaningful, and very strong. Right?

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Assignment Feedback: Learning opportunity for everyone… Contemplation: The triangle is a classic compositional shape. Michael Angelo used it to depict the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus in his paintings and sculptures. It’s a Pieta, which is Italian for pity.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Assignment Feedback: Learning opportunity for everyone… Make It Work: Starting with the 4:3 shape frame crop I moved some of the ‘packed’ symbols to new locations creating a reverse triangle that results in a star shape. That is also a classic shape to work a composition. The camera original is exhibiting WB color issues similar to Edward. I lab worked the image for mood, presence, and, visual impact.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Assignment Feedback: Learning opportunity for everyone… This Works: It is stylized as opposed to naturalistic. And with the double triangle, there is more movement without losing control over the composition.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Assignment Feedback: Creative process Expose Yourself: Take more classes in the Arts. Learn about art history. Play with painting or sculpture. A basic design course wouldn’t be bad either. Pencil and paper drawing class can do wonders for your ability to see light, form, and texture… Work to build good habits

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