Set up your phone before we head outside.
You will take today's photographs on your phone. Before leaving the classroom, make sure you can access Canvas and Google Photos.
Canvas Student
Download Canvas if you do not already have it. We will use Canvas throughout the course for assignments and class information.
Google Photos
Download Google Photos. You will use it to move photos from your phone to the classroom computer without cables or emailing files to yourself.
Use the camera's eye.
Do not just point your phone at the first thing you see and tap the shutter. Photography is about deciding what belongs in the frame, where you stand, and how you want the viewer to see the subject.
Get Low / Get High
Crouch down. Look up. Find stairs or a safe higher viewpoint.
Close / Far Away
Move your feet. Try a detail shot, then show the subject in its environment.
Change the Frame
Move the subject away from the center. Look for lines, shapes, symmetry, and negative space.
Look Again
The first view is obvious. Walk around the subject and discover a less obvious photograph.
Explore the campus with your group.
Try to photograph as many of the following as you can. When a prompt includes a person, make sure the person is comfortable being photographed. Stay in approved campus areas and return at the time given by your teacher.
Tap each box as your group completes a photo challenge.
Move your photographs to the computer.
This workflow matters beyond today. Soon you will begin working in Lightroom, and you need a reliable way to move photographs from your phone into your classroom workflow.
Confirm you are signed in with the correct Google account.
If needed, upload or back up the photos you want available on the computer. Wait until the images appear in Google Photos.
Use the computer username and password provided by your teacher.
Visit photos.google.com and sign in with the same Google account used on your phone.
Make sure the photos you took outside are visible on the computer before you leave class.
Do not judge only by the subject. Look for interesting angle, framing, light, distance, and perspective.
Before you are finished
- Your photos are visible in Google Photos on the computer.
- You can identify at least three photographs you think are visually strong.
- You know how to return to Google Photos from a classroom computer.
Why are we doing this?
Today's images will give you your own photographs to work with when we begin learning Lightroom. You will already know where the files are and how to access them.
What changed when you changed where you stood?
With your group, choose one photograph that improved because you changed your angle, distance, or framing. Be ready to explain what you changed and why the second version is stronger.