TREASURE HUNT
Take one complete roll of film showing all of these items in the most creative way you can. Concentrate on communicating feelings: make the images suggest how you feel. You should have enough film to take two frames of each assigned item.
- A picture that contains a symbol that suggests you somewhere in the frame.
- A picture of something your fear or loathe.
- a picture of a place that makes you feel creepy.
- A picture of something you like.
- A portrait of someone you like, with light hitting his or her face at just the right angle.
- A picture of your table at ‘Akahi (brace the camera).
- A place that makes you feel lonely.
- A picture of your bedroom, at a time of day when light is coming in the window.
- A photograph in or of your favorite class.
- An image of the most beautiful scene you can find. (Pay attention to the time of day and direction of light.)
- Turn this assingment in with frames on your contact sheet numbered to correspond with the numbers above.
REMINDERS
- Remember to focus carefully, hold the camera steady, and squeeze the button, without jerking.
- Take a light reading for each picture, and be sure that background light is not throwing your meter reading off. If this is hard to understand, for now just avoid taking pictures of people against the sky.
- Double-check to make sure that film speed is set at 100 (or 400 if you use that film).
- Always use the fastest shutter speed and the smallest lens opening that your light reading will allow — unless you want to blur motion or throw something out of focus.
- Pictures taken in bright overcast or light shadows usually come out looking better than those taken in direct sun.
- If you want to take indoor photos, put the camera down on a flat surface and then press the shutter release. Camera shake ruins photos.
- Don’t face the camera into the sun, so that sunlight hits the lens.