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Photography Assignment 1 (due on Feb. 20, Monday)
By pair or in a group of 3 members
Choose 4 basic principles of photographic composition.
Take 1 photo for each principle you have chosen.
Pictures should be taken only inside any USC campus.
You may use any of the following: point-and-shoot digital camera, DSLR, phone, tablet, or a similar device with built-in camera.
Digital manipulation/editing should be limited only to the following: brightness/contrast, color quality adjustments (hue, saturation), black and white rendering, and cropping.
The file name of the photo should be the principle it demonstrates.
all 4 photos to on or before midnight of Feb. 20, Monday.
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Criteria for Grading Demonstration of principle 5 pts/photo Composition 5 pts/photo 10 (X4) = 40 Adherence to instructions 5 (file naming, etc.) ____ 45
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PHOTO ESSAY
 a set or a series of photographs arranged to explore a theme or tell a story (in a specific order to tell the progression of events, emotions, and concepts)
takes the same story telling techniques as a normal essay, translated into visual images
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….to explore a theme
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Children. Steve McCurry.
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Silhouettes and Shadows. Steve McCurry.
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Photography Assignment 2 (Due on Feb. 20, Monday)
By pair or in a group of 3 members
Come up with a thematic (exploring a theme) photo essay of 4-6 photos.
You may use any of the following: point-and-shoot digital camera, DSLR, phone or a similar device with built-in camera.
Digital manipulation/editing should be limited only to the following: brightness/contrast, color quality adjustments (hue, saturation), black and white rendering, and cropping.
Type as message of your
-names of members, course and year, Humn1 sched, date submitted
- title and a brief description (3-5 sentences) of the photo essay
with photos for Photography Assignment 1. Subject of Photography Assignment
Send to on or before midnight of Feb. 20, Monday.
Late submission is not allowed.
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Criteria for Grading
Creativity pts.
(original, fresh, and external expression of the imagination of the maker by using the medium to convey an idea, message, or thought)
Photography
(composition, impact, technical excellence, angle)
Writing
(title and description) _________
50 pts.
-1 for every instruction not properly followed
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