Black & White Camera Project Requirements

Outdoor Shots: Natural Lighting
Macro Shots: Close-ups of subjects features...eye, lips, smile, ear outside with natural lighting.

Macro Shots of Nature- small things such as flowers, insects, leaves etc.

Landscapes.... (Use Framing & Foreground Objects)

Silhouettes....set your exposure for the light background..... behind the subject. It is best to under expose the shot.

Shoot examples of “Table Top Photography” by taking the Table Top station outdoors in the Natural Lighting of the Sun.

Informal Portraits.....use flash for fill on a few

Formal Portraits.....use flash for fill on a few

Action Shots that stop the action.....use fast shutter speeds

Action Shots that blur the action......use slow shutter speeds

Action Shots that illustrate "Panning the shot"....slow shutter speeds and move the camera with the action as you snap the shutter release.

Photographs that illustrate "Framing"

Photographs that illustrate "Lines"

Photographs that illustrate “Perspective”

Use "Foreground Objects" to create depth.

Control "Depth of Field" (shallow / great)
“Shallow” large apertures such as f-4
“Great” small apertures such as f-11 or f-16


Photographs that illustrate the other basic guidelines to good composition such as Simplicity and Balance.
Photo Copying: photograph a picture of a picture by placing the photo in open shade or on a during hazy day (not during a sunny day with harsh light). Use a tripod or use a stool with your camera supported with your arms resting on your thighs. The camera should be 90 degrees or perpendicular to the picture being photographed. Use a polarizing filter and if necessary a close-up lenses with photographing with the B&W 35 mm cameras.

Use of outdoor flash “Environmental Flash” for fill in when shooting in the shade or a cloudy day with gray skies.

Illustrate use of the Sun’s Lighting by photographing from different angles and positions.....side, front, and back lighting.

Use the black cloth table napkins for "portable backgrounds" for controlling the background color and accomplishing simplicity when shooting smaller subject matter. Use the larger portable backgrounds for Portrait Shots.

Be Creative Shots.....2 or 3 (Use good judgment)