Today I want you to play with moving around as you photograph People. If you’re shy, grab a friend. If you’re Bold, ask a stranger. But try to vary where you place your subject within the photographs. Get close up and just photograph a portion of them within the frame, compose them off to the side or down in the bottom corner of the image. Pay attention to the environment included in the image around them. Shoot from high, low and sideways…Just MOVE!!! Get some cool funky shots and send them to me! Have fun!!

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Understanding this simple photographic rule will enable you to know what settings to set your camera at when shooting outdoors on MANUAL setting during Daylight hours…Without a light meter. I want you to Google ‘The Sunny 16 Rule’. You’ll get the basic concept and then I want you to take your Digital SLR, set on ‘M’ (Manual) so you can adjust your ISO, Shutter Speed and aperture depending on the daylight that is available. When you start taking your test images the exposures should be very close to correct if you’ve applied the correct settings for the available light. Try it out and if you’d like to view the Video that corresponds with this assignment make sure you become a Fan of my Facebook page HERE

So there is no better way to describe todays assignment then to just visually show you what I mean. This week Jacob L. (view more of his work HERE) and I did a One on One Photography Workshop down at Pikes Place Market! I set Jacob out to photograph one subject from as many various angles as he could think of. Picture this area of Pikes Place if you’re familiar with it..How many other angles can you think of to shoot this scenario? I can think of at least 4 other distinct angles…

The goal is to see a situation in a unique manner that others may not see or think of. It will help set your images apart.

Here are Photographs that Jacob took. Notice how he didn’t rely on a zoom lens to give a different perspective, but picked up his feet and moved himself around his environment. He was up high, down low and to the sides! Great job Jacob and thanks for going for it! Hope you learned some valuable lessons to take with you!

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This is Jacob L. He’s a Rockstar!!! Jacob works for a well known Seattle software company, who moved him out here 4 years ago from Tasmania!! And Jacob LOVES Photography. A few months back he attended an Intro Photography Workshop that Clane and I put on, and this morning Jacob and I met up for a two hour One on One Photography Session down at the Pikes Place Market! If you’re a FAN of my Facebook page make sure to check out tomorrow’s Free Friday Photo Assignment which we shot this morning. The Assignment covers what we focused on this morning. Email me HERE to book your own One on One Photography Session.

These are Images I took while out with Jacob galavanting through downtown Seattle, early morning before the crowds descended! The best time to wander around with a camera in hand! =:)

This assignment entails photographing Anything! A favorite subject or situation and if your exposure, composition etc. isn’t quite right, express your concerns and I’ll address them specifically!

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My email contact page is listed at the top of my Blog. Connect with me and I’ll send you the email address to send your images to!

Ok! The Video is posted on my Facebook Page! Become a Fan Here and CHECK IT OUT!!!

As for the Instructions…Here you go:

Take your Digital SLR and favorite lens to an outdoor location. Take photos unti you have one good photo at the Correct Exposure! You can change your Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO to gain a good exposure!

Once you have this image go indoors and take a photographing of anything indoors at the Exact same exposure! More than likely this image will be Way underexposed (dark)….Now change any of your three settings, Aperture, Shutter Speed or ISO until you have a correct Exposure. DO NOT take an image with a Shutter Speed any slower then 1/60..(to avoid blur), but you can change your other settings if you’re already at 1/60th~

When you have the correct exposure for your indoor images send me both the indoor and outdoor image and spell out the exact settings you used for both images. I will reply back to you explaining how many stops of light difference there was between each photograph so your indoor and outdoor images were both Correct! DO NOT Use Flash in this assignment!

Make contact with me here and I’ll email you from my work email address for your submissions! Thanks, Trishann

So I am introducing the FIRST Friday Photo Assignment! All Absolutely FREE to You!!!

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These Assignments are to be completed and submitted by The following Wednesday! That way I can review what you submit to me and configure the next Assignment based on your needs! Please feel free to share all thoughts, questions and ideas as you complete the Assignment

07.10.09 Friday Photo Assignment:

Take your Digital SLR camera and favorite lens out to an outdoor location. Take images until you find the right exposure for the available lighting.

Good starting place for sunny day: ISO 200, f 16 at 1/200 of a second

Overcast day: iso 200 f 5.6 at 1/200

Change f stop or shutter speed until you get a correct exposure.

Now that you have your correct exposure, erase your card to get rid of the test shots.

Now take another image at the correct exposures. That is your Initial Image.

Now I want you to open up your F stop one full stop (i.e if you are at f 5.6, now set it to f 4.0) And I want you to close your Shutter Speed one full stop (i.e. 1/125 to 1/200)

Theoretically these changes in exposure will be the same as your Initial Image.

Now take a third image opening up your F stop another Full stop and closing your Shutter speed another full stop. Continue in this pattern and take 5 images.

The best Initial test Image to take should focus on poles, cars, fencing etc. You want to be able to visually notice how your depth of field will change when you change your F-stop and Shutter Speed.

If your images are a bit blurry you may want to use a Tripod as the slower your shutter speed is the more likely shake will occur and blur your shot.

If you have questions, email me, but I want you to shoot your images in jpeg, shrink them to 4×6 at 72 dpi roughly so they are small images and email me all 5 in one email.

Share your thoughts on what you’ve learned and I’ll respond with my input.

Send everything to: trcouvillion@yahoo.com

Have fun and Go For It!!!