Visual Composition

1. Agenda Formatting hard drives How to compose photos How to use camera Photo exercise

2. Announcements Twitter 4 rd blog post and 2 comments due next Thurs. 8 additional posts for extra credit 09.29 Online Article due (1.5 weeks) Visual Communication Video Personal Statement Social Media assignment

3. Social Media Assignment Screengrab Google now Apple-shift-4 Paparazzi! SuperScreenShot Google page, twitter stats, blog stats

4. Other WordPress Plugins Askimet Follow Me Encourages people to follow your social media sites Twitter Widget Shows your latest twitter posts

5. Reflection What are your reflections related to the subject matter in this class? What are your thoughts about blogging and social media? Anything else you would like to add?

6. Formatting & Partitioning External Hard Drive Open Disk Utility Mac HD > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility Erase tab > Mac OS Extended > Rename it > Press Erase Partition (only if you want to use both PC and Mac) Go to drop down menu and select 2 partitions Select first box > Name it > Select MS Dos Free Space (PC) Select 2 nd box > Name it > Select Mac OS Extended (Mac)

7. Digital SLR (single lens reflex) and non-SLR SLR - A system of mirrors that reflects image up into the eyepiece What you see in the eyepiece is exactly what you will take a pic of non-SLR camera looks out through a separate hole at the top of the camera. Less precise and slight delay

8. Photo Inspiration http://markhancock.blogspot.com/ http://visualjournalist.org/ WeSay Flickr: Photojournalism 2.0 The 37th Frame

9. What pic do your remember more easily?

10. Framing as a Foundation Fill the frame Get close Crop in camera Natural objects Use a tripod Research stories to find emotional element Look for emotion, activity, layers/patterns, color, faces, People are the foundation, not signs

11. Elements: Rule of Thirds • Angles of View • Contrast • Rhythm • Frame • Detail • Line • Shape • Balance • Juxtaposition • Different/same • Simplicity/complexity •

13. • Rule of Thirds • Angles of View • Contrast • Rhythm • Frame • Detail • Line • Shape • Balance • Juxtaposition • Different/same • Simplicity/complexity

39. Questions to ask What drew you in first, second? RO3 Lighting? centering? color? focus? emotion? How will my photo contribute to knowledge and connection?

40. Sony Handicam Battery Power Switch = film strip is video camera LCD Panel W/T = Zoom Taking a photo – action Play button > Visual Index > Pic > Top Return > Bottom camera Drawer to delete Press halfway down to focus and then press down

41. Class Exercise Shoot two photos CU that the average passerby would miss Well-framed photo No staged photos Tripod is good thing Twitpic – Need to add 140 characters or less description/caption/cutline #jmc425h If you want to keep them, save to external drives Best Pic (Cu and Framed) - 5 points added to next blog grade for winner in each category

42. Thurs Visual online communication

43. Material Not Covered in Class

44. Slideshows vs. Photo Galleries http://www.postcrescent.com/includes/newspaper/assets/slideshows/APCmuk/index.html http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2007/05/22/world/20070523_SEARCH_FEATURE.html http://www.azcentral.com/news/slideshow/room202/202slides.html

45. Battery Power Switch = film strip is video camera Quick on=Goes to sleep mode instead of turning off – saves battery LCD Panel Buttons Start/Stop = Record W/T = Zoom Home = Brings up menu (Home to go back as well) Movie/Photo mode Visual index of clips Drawer = delete Don’t touch Car= movie settings (wb), sound = playback audio levels, photo settings > down arrow > flash mode > off Play = Clips appear, select clip and play Option (bottom corner) = auto focus (focus on LCD screen) Inside Panel Nightshot = turn on when recording in dark places Display = LCD panel cues turn on/off

46. Online Photo Tools http://www.picturesurf.org free service that allows you to upload, link, and share photo galleries anywhere. http://www.flowgram.com/ No captions

47. Gestalt Theory How people process visual information Recognition of figures and whole forms through a collection of lines and curves Brain actively filters and makes patterns to cognitively handle info by making assumptions Web design, photography and video

48. Similiarity

49. Proximity

51. Closure What do you see?

52. Good visual stories Visual interesting http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/video/archive.asp?postID=238 Action http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/2007/04/27/kabaddi/ Emotion http://www.nppa.org/competitions/quarterly_clip_contests/TV_regional/2006/winners_of_year/winners/art_of_compassion.html http://www2.mysanantonio.com/specials/ENVideo/index.cfm?video=20070516soldierburial&w=480&h=360

53. Best aggregators of vis. storytelling http://interactivenarratives.org/ http://kobreguide.com/ http://www.nppa.org/competitions/2008_winners/

54. Print v. Broadcast Interview http://visualeditors.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=1985197%3ATopic%3A32120&xgs=1

55. Visual Writing Simple words Short sentences Avoid adjectives and adverbs Active voice Long interviews are bad

56. YouTube To specify a point, append a tag to the end of your video link: “#t=1m45s” (you can change the numbers before the ‘m’ and ’s’ to edit the minutes and seconds)

57. Panorama http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/03/us/politics/20080903_PALIN_PANO.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/interactives/afterthedestruction/index.html

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