Tammy Hotchkiss October 9, 2015

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Lesson Plan 5: October 10, 2015

Objective
Develop an understanding of
the parts and basic
functionality of a camera.

Materials

The required Text for

this course is the
Complete Digital Exposure
Photography In this class, you will cover the fundamentals of exposure theory.
Eighth Edition. By: Ben Long In chapter 7, you will learn about ow to take control of exposure,
ISBN-13:987-1-305-25872-3 how autofocus works, dealing with white balance, and how to use
! manually override settings.
Access to the usage of a
Digital Camera and tripod will In chapter 8, you will learn exposure strategies and image
be used for this block of processing parameters.
instruction and will be
In chapter 9, you will learn how to work with depth of field and
required for completion of
best practices for better shooting.
assignments.
! Homework!
Students will need access to a
Extra Credit - 25 points - Continue to keep a photo journal for
computer the online portion of
each day during this course. Journal should include an image
the course instruction.
(taken by you - of course) and narrative about that image
Hours reflecting your experience with photography during this course.
It should provide the details of what you learned and gained this
This class is a hybrid course semester in relation to photography.$
and will include two hours of
instruction, including both in 1. Complete the online post 4 providing details work with depth
class and online interactions. of field. Be sure to identify the key components and provide
examples of what is the best practice.
!
2.Write an outline of the key concepts described in chapters
seven, eight, and nine from your textbook. Upload your outline in
dropbox titled OutlineFour.

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Tammy Hotchkiss October 9, 2015

3. Reading assignment 4 Chapter 7, 8, and 9 in the textbook,

Complete Digital Photography Eighth Edition. By: Ben Long.
Complete a short discussion online titled How to properly take a
candid portrait photo of a subject. ReadingFour Assignment
discussion should be in paragraph format and must be 50 words or
more written with complete sentence structure. Student must
respond to at least one other students post with a response
relevant to course reading assignment.

4. Create a 5-10 page Comparison Presentation 2 on the correct

and incorrect way to control exposer and lighting in your images.
Explain the differences in the correct and incorrect way and why
it is important. You may use Powerpoint, Keynote, or Prezi
applications. You may use your book or online sources as a
references. Be sure to cite your references at the end of your
Grading System presentation. Have fun!

1. OnlinePost4 - 100 points * For extra credit of 20 points you may provide 10 images
showing what is an incorrect way and 10 images of what is a
2. ReadingFour - 100 points
correct way to address exposer and lighting.
3. OutlineFour - 100 points
4. Presentation 2- 100 points 5. Successfully complete Quiz 4 on content covered in Chapter 7
5. Chap 7, 8, &9 through Chapter 9 . Test will cover how to take control of
Quiz4 - 100 points exposure, how autofocus works, dealing with white balance, how
A 90 -100 Exemplary to use manually override settings, how to adjust exposure,
In depth development of topic and histograms, bracketing, exposure strategies, image processing
ideas. Academically written with parameters, how to work with depth of field and best practices for
syntax rich vocabulary, organized
thoughts, free of errors in grammar, better shooting.
spelling, capitalization, punctuation,
and formatting.
B 80 - 89 Proficient
Sufficiently developed ideas with
structured paragraphs, effective
syntax, occasional errors in grammar,
spelling, capitalization, punctuation,
and formatting.
C 70 - 79 Emerging
Insufficiently developed ideas with
non-structured paragraphs,
ineffective syntax, several errors in
grammar, spelling, capitalization,
punctuation, and formatting.
F 69 - below Unacceptable
Confusion with the topic, lack of
support of main ideas, multiple
errors in grammar, spelling,
capitalization, punctuation, and
formatting.

* Student must obtain a C or better in

order to pass this course.

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