October 17th

Hello and welcome to Wednesday!!!

Today we will be covering a few different things in our class as we catch up and prepare to begin our light painting assignments!

For the first part of today, please:

-finish uploading your photos from your slow/fast shutter speed photos.
-Complete the google doc with all the required information (see Monday's blog post)
-upload your best 3 photos to FlickR. If you STILL haven't posted your FlickR username to the google doc, DO SO

Once you are finished this work, please do the following:

Use the web to research, and answer the following questions. Be sure to use complete sentences, your spell checker, and include a lot of detail in your responses.


Include a reference for your sources at the end of each question.

1. What is stock photography?
2. What are three sources online for stock photography? What is the price, approximately, per photo?
3. What is iStockPhoto.com? Describe how the company works, and how much a user pays for each photo.
4. What does "royalty-free" mean? What other products (other than photos) does iStockPhoto.com offer for sale?
5. Have you ever used stock photography?


AFTER THE LESSON

Now that you have seen examples of light painting, please answer the following:

1. How does light painting work?

2. What equipment do you need for light painting?

3. What are some potential problems you could have with light painting.

4. Find a cool example of light painting online and post it to your blog. What about this photo do you like? Do you think photo was done in traditional light painting technique or on photoshop?