Photography Skills- please help!!
Sep 13, 2011 21:46:30 #
I would guess what he is asking for is is what message he is trying to convey in each photo and what method he is using to help get that message accross.
Example: blurred back ground to speed give the impression of speed etc.
Example: blurred back ground to speed give the impression of speed etc.
Sep 13, 2011 21:48:20 #
Sep 14, 2011 03:36:41 #
mamabear126 wrote:
My son is a communication arts student at the local school. He must reaudition in January. For the portfolio he is supposed to submit he is supposed to submit 6 photographs with an explanation of what skill he is demonstrating. I'm not sure what is meant by that? What are the skills in photography? :hunf:
I would really appreciate any insight anyone could give me.
I would really appreciate any insight anyone could give me.
Either your son's assignment is specific to a particular lesson plan or book or you may be using the wrong terms to describe it in your question here.
Generally speaking in photography we don't refer to individual skill development. This is why you see so many different answers here. Today's cameras have so many automatic features the assignment has to refer to something taught in the course. The basics or fundamental mechanics of picture taking are no longer required to take decent pictures.
In the old days you had to master things like exposure, focus, depth of field, composition and then you had to process the film correctly and then you had to know how to handle all the dark room processes including choice of developer and paper. Today virtually all these are done for you or are accomplished with very little input by the user in order to achieve good results.
Photo treatment like panoramas, HDR, layering etc are all skill based for sure but these each require special software for each one and would not likely be part of a basic course unless they were specifically covered in the class room. In that case the student would know how they related to the assignment you mentioned. More debriefing may be required.
Sep 14, 2011 05:52:44 #
mamabear126 wrote:
The teacher in question is often not very helpful.
Did anyone else find this statement somewhat ironic, in light of the fact that the instructor in question is teaching "communication arts" ?
Sep 14, 2011 10:28:33 #
Aren't we beating this thing to death? We are all trying to second guess what this teacher (instructor wants from his student). We are mixing analog and digital, automation and mechanical. What really is the point that anyone is trying to make?
It might be more productive (or informative) if the question was rephrased or clarified.
It might be more productive (or informative) if the question was rephrased or clarified.
Sep 14, 2011 12:46:43 #
Leopold Lysloff wrote:
Aren't we beating this thing to death? We are all trying to second guess what this teacher (instructor wants from his student). We are mixing analog and digital, automation and mechanical. What really is the point that anyone is trying to make?
It might be more productive (or informative) if the question was rephrased or clarified.
It might be more productive (or informative) if the question was rephrased or clarified.
Exactly! But change it to "It would certainly be more productive if the question were rephrased to or clarified."
I think we missed it a couple of posts back where she did clarify that it was all about what the "effects" were trying to convey, that makes more cents now...
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