2 sessions; 45 minutes per session

1. SWBAT explain how the f-stop numbers correlate with depth-of-field.
2. SWBAT create a balanced composition that contains an areas of emphasis.
3. SWBAT manipulate a basic lighting source to capture texture and form.
4. SWBAT utilize basic editing techniques to adjust contrast.

1. Hershey Kisses (or other wrapped candy)
2. Black construction paper
3. Cameras with manual settings (aperture priority)
4. Windows or Small Lamps
5. Computers & Editing Software

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1. Review Aperture and how adjusting the f-stops on the camera influence the overall photograph
2. Explain the lab
- Create a single line of candy
- Focus on the central one, and set the camera to the smallest f-stop number (largest aperture opening).
- Take a photo.
- Adjust f-stop gradually, and take a picture at each stop.
- Journal (report findings).
3. Advertisement Shot
- Arrange candy in a way that emphasizes the product.
- Determine which f-stop will create the effect desired.
- Consider composition, texture, form, etc.
4. Upload work
5. Edit
- Turn black and white (desaturate)
- Adjust brightness and contrast
6. Peer Conferences
- What works? What doesn't work?
- Which image(s) are strongest?
7. Submit & Journal
- Submit the best shot
- Students should journal about their creative process. What types of decisions did they have to make? What types of adjustments did they make as they worked?

Students will be assessed on...
1. Journal
2. Participation
3. Composition of Advertisement
4. Focus, Contrast, and overall success of Advertisement

[9-12 Proficient] Students apply media, techniques, and processes with sufficient skill, confidence, and sensitivity that their intentions are carried out in their artworks

[9-12 Proficient] Students demonstrate the ability to form and defend judgments about the characteristics and structures to accomplish commercial, personal, communal, or other purposes of art

[9-12 Proficient] Students create artworks that use organizational principles and functions to solve specific visual arts problems

[9-12 Advanced] Students demonstrate the ability to compare two or more perspectives about the use of organizational principles and functions in artwork and to defend personal evaluations of these perspectives

Photography

Emphasis, Form, Space

Photography