Yearbook - Photography Lesson 1

Which part of the yearbook does 

everyone look at first?  

The photos, of course.  

Taking good yearbook photos is essential for developing an appealing and interesting yearbook.  Taking good yearbook photos can be difficult.  Often the lighting is bad, students are moving, and other students are getting in the way.  This lesson will help you to start thinking about how to take interesting photos.

Start by opening up a new tab and visiting the following webpages.  While you are there, take the time to read the information - don't just look at the pictures.

1.  Rule of Thirds

2.  Geometric Shapes and Lines

3.  Camera Angles

4.  Decisive Moments

NOW that you've looked at these different pages, your job is to look through your magazines and find two good examples of each concept:  rule of thirds, geometric shapes and lines, camera angles, and decisive moments.  Each photo should be labelled for the rule if follows (if it follows more than one rule, then give it more than one label).

Here are some example I found by looking on the internet:

Rule of Thirds:

Geometric Shapes and Lines:

Camera Angles:

Decisive Moments:

Now, for the real challenge:  
Over the next two weeks, you need to take photos at least one lunch hour per week.  You should take LOTS of photos of LOTS of different people OUTSIDE.  In your collection of photos, you should have examples of all of the techniques described above.  Here is the specific criteria:

1.  Take photos during two lunch hours over the next two weeks.
2.  Take many photos of many different people - especially people you don't know.
3.  Have at least two photos for each technique described above to put into your portfolio rename them like this:  Nikki Rule of Thirds 1 Photo.
4.  All of your photos must be saved and sorted onto the computer.
5.  Photos for your portfolio should be COPIED and saved into your student folder.