Newman Photo Students

Hello.

If you missed information Tuesday night, following is a summary of class activities.
1.  We used the landscape negatives that you processed to create your first contact  proof sheet.  We then analyzed your frames to choose one that you thought would work best to create your first print.  You were to look for the 5 pictorialist rules of composition in your work:  one center of interest, that center of interest shifted off dead center, lines of direction that kept your viewers eye inside the frame, horizon line on the top 1/3 or bottom 1/3 of the frame and use of a serpentine line. 
2.  After having identified that negative you wanted to use for your first print we made a series of test strips; one with no filtration, one with #3 filter, #4 filter and the #5 filter.
3.  You chose the best exposure time and filtration and made your first print.
4.  You were given the second shoot assignment; depth of field.  This assignment is meant to familiarize you with the use of aperture priority shooting, controling shallow and wide depth of field by taking a series of pictures with foreground, midground and distant objects using f16 or f22 and f2 or f2.8.  Light meters are adjusted by compensating with your shutter setting.

For next week, don't forget your reading assignment on "Making the print" and "The camera lens".