Last Name Assignment - Due November 24th

This assignment is going to give you a lot of flexibility in the subjects that you decide to shoot. You are going to take the first letter of your last name and take pictures of subjects that begin that initial. Please make sure that people are not your subject. Please follow the rules of correct composition, use the rule of thirds when you are not filling the frame with your subject and consider the elements of art in your shots.

Objectives:
Begin to acquire skills in: loading a camera, using the camera to take pictures, unloading a camera, putting the film into a developing tank and developing a roll of film. You will apply your knowledge of the rule of thirds, correct composition, and the elements of art.
The objectives above include many steps which will require practice before you do them well.
It is highly recommended that you practice placing undeveloped film onto a reel and into a canister, all within a changing bag several times before you try it with your own film. Not practicing this will most likely result in damaging the film or completely exposing the film. This will result in you shooting a new roll again and falling behind in your assignment. Many of you found this out the hard way with the last assignment.

What To Turn In
You will be required to turn in all of your negatives, two final prints with different subjects, log sheet, contact sheet and a summary of the assignment. The summary should include why you took each picture of the subjects, what you would change in your shot if you were to shoot again, the camera’s aperture and shutter speeds for the submitted images, the enlarger aperture setting for each submitted print and what you learned while completing this assignment. Please also tell me why you composed the picture the way you did. It would be helpful if you included how you used the rule of thirds and elements of art to describe your composition. As with any summary submitted in this class, you need to be sure it is typed with 1” margins. You also need to use #12 Times New Roman font. Please put your name, date, period and class in the upper right hand corner of your paper. Staple your work in the following order:

Paper
Prints
Final prints
Contact Sheet
Test Strips Between Prints
Negatives
Log Sheet