Notes by Fayzan Gowani

Notes – February 8^th, 2008

1. Critiquing the potential of a photo

1. Photo tips

1. How to keep verticals vertical
1. If you keep your camera vertical, your verticals and towers will be vertical
2. Lighting changes everything in a photo
3. Parallax:: how an object will end up in different places in the photo depending on the angle of the camera
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax
2. Change the angle of view
4. The bigger the aperture, the smaller the depth of field – selective focal point
5. Lines
1. Can be distracting and out of place, but you can make them enhance your objects as well
2. Depth of field consists of three things
1. Aperture
2. Focal length
3. Subject distance

2. Assignment #2:

1. Photojournalistic shots

1. Take action shots
2. Preferably of the rally at Berkeley City Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. about the Marine’s office opened up on Shattuck

3. Things to cover and chat about next class, Feb. 15

1. Normal lens

2. Crop factor
3. Depth of field and its 3 factors
1. Aperture
2. Focal length
3. Subject distance