Photography
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C&EA:PhotographyKnowledge Levels
- Beginner (A)
- Intermediate (B)
- Advanced (C)
Geo Scope
- County Eligible
- State Eligible
Objective(s)
- Get to know your camera
- Practice keeping camera steady and level
- Practice taking photos, noticing natural light
- Notice shadows and their potential in photography
- Practice using natural light from several different directions
- Practice using flash for fill, solving red-eye problems
- Evaluate background, middle-ground, and foreground when taking photos
- Practice filling the frame with the subject
- Practice eliminating background clutter in photos
- Practice using different viewpoints and perspectives in photos
- Compose creative, unusual photos
- Compose variety of selfies
- Take photos of people, places, and things
- Sequence photos to tell a story
- Create black and white photos
- Evaluate photos using critical thinking
- Get to know your camera's capabilities using zoom
- Practice using different lens filters
- Practice using light to portray a specific mood
- Practice taking photos of reflections
- Practice taking photos without the flash feature on your camera
- Practice using the Rule of Thirds and the Rules of the Golden Triangle and the Golden Rectangle
- Practice taking photos from different points of view/perspectives
- Practice creating photos with interesting negative spaces
- Practice capturing unposed, candid shots of a subject or event
- Practice taking photos of "bits and pieces" of ordinary objects to create a work of art
- Practice using a camera to create a panorama
- Use color to create photos that are cool warm, monochromatic, contrasting, and/or complementary
- Practice taking photos with a specific purpose in mind to teach, instruct, or sell a product or service
- Evaluate photos that represent body of work
- Get to know your camera's capabilities using the mode dial
- Practice capturing a focal point understanding how camera equipment and depth of field effects the photo
- Practice taking photos in low-light situations
- Practice taking photos that help you get the correct exposure
- Practice taking silhouettes
- Practice composing photos that include geometric shapes and interesting framing
- Practice composing photos that break photography "rules"
- Practice taking still-life photos
- practice capturing portraits showing a person's character and personality
- Practice taking photos of interesting shapes, patterns, and textures
- Practice capturing photos where the subject is in motion
- Practice taking photos that are outside the normal limits: astrophotography, underwater, infrared
- Practice creating creative joiners
- Evaluate photos that represent body of work
Resources: Communications and Expressive Arts > Photography
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