Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Final Exam Study Guide

 `1. Explain how to get to the server drives and your folder.
 you click on that thing that looks like a piece of paper
2. Explain how we use blogger.com in this class
 we use blogger to do my daily assignments which are blogs
3. Explain the process of creating a pinhole camera
     well you get a oatmeal can, you cut a square make a flap poke a hole then cover in all in black
4. Explain how the pinhole camera works and how the image is transferred to the paper inside
     when you open the flap light is let in and transferred onto the paper
5. Know how to define and explain the 10 rules of composition, these 10 rules will be a MAJOR portion of the final and you better know how to recognize these rules, explain these rules and show me you understand them:
5a.  Rule of thirds his is where you determine where you want the subject of the picture to be positioned.
5b. Balancing Elements Good balance is simply the arrangement of shapes, colors, or areas of light and dark that complement one another so that the photograph looks well-balanced.
5c. Leading Lines The lines will make the subject of the picture stand out or they will lead toward the subject
5d. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition) a pattern is
5e. Viewpoint photographing from high above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, from a long way away, from very close up, and so on.
5f. Background/simplicity Something in the foreground that doesn't distract or detract from the subject.
5g. Framings used to improve the photographic composition. Framing, frames the center of interest with nothing in the foreground.
5h. Cropping- focusing on a certain object in the picture that might be better than the actual subject
5i. Mergers and avoiding them- there shouldn't be anything sticking out of anyone head or anything that makes the picture look distorted
6. Explain how action and emotion impact a photograph Action and emotion tell a story about the photo  like if a person is jumping and smiling you can tell that they are happy
7. Explain how a photo can "tell a story" A photo can tell a story because of certain things you see in the images you might be able to relate to a facial expression or an action you see and be able to tell yourself a story
8. Explain what the word "multimedia" means and share some examples of how we have seen them in class (on the blog) multimedia means many media and its like pictures and video and stuff
9. Know how to correctly write a caption. I HIGHLY suggest you rewrite the rules on your blog and find at least 2 photos on the Internet, post them on your blog and write correct captions for them. This will be a MAJOR portion of the exam as well.
10. Explain how "strong action" verbs enhance a caption
11. Explain how ethics come into play in regards to photojournalism and compare and contrast this with fashion photography. You really need to get the idea that changing photos to fit a need or to make something look like something else is VERY unacceptable in photojournalism.
12. Explain the difference between a portrait and a self portrait. a portrait is a picture that you take of someone else and a self portrait is a picture that someone takes of you
13. Explain what characteristics of a good portrait are. long focal lengths and wide aperture
14. Explain what the major differences are between newspaper and yearbook.

Definitions you are responsible for (I highly recommend you post these on your blog with the definitions and make sure they are correct, many of the ones you posted on your blog previously were INCORRECT. All definitions need to relate directly to photojournalism. Example: many of you defined burning as "pain that feels hot as if it were on fire" , when the correct answer is "burning- increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker."):

1. Aperture controls amount of light admitted to make it darker or lighter like you eye
2. Shutter a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
3. Exposure the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium during the process of taking a photograph
4. F-stop measurement of light able to pass through the photographic lens
5. Single lens reflex  uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system
6. Negative total inversion of a positive image, in which light areas appear dark or the other way around
7. Positive actual color of the image
8. Contact sheet photographic image produced from a film like a display of all your pics
9. Agitation - to shake move around
10. Enlarger an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph
11. Stop bath acid bath used to stop the action of a developer
12. Fixer chemical compound that sets or fixes photographs
13. Safe light light source suitable for use in a photographic darkroom.
14. Burning increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker
15. Dodging. decreases the exposure for areas of the print that the photographer wishes to be lighter

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