Lesson 3: Project using grey card
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
Students will complete a project using grey cards with settings of various light sources (for example portraits in the classroom vs outside and hallway). They will be able to compare and contrast photos that they have used a grey card for and ones they have not. Students will be able to determine the effect the grey cards have on settings such as white balance and exposure.
Why do we use a grey card? How does it effect settings? How does changing the light effect the outcome of the photo?
Light source
White balance
grey card
Auto White Balance
Daylight
Shade
Cloudy
Tungsten Light
White Fluorescent Light
Flash
Custom
Creating: Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard #1. Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Anchor Standard #3. Refine and complete artistic work.
Dok level 2: Classify, compare and distinguish.
Dok level 4: analyze the various methods and progression of Photography.
Students will compare photographs with different moods and lighting to them. Students will begin to understand that the photographs taken in class can have the same effect.
Students may think that all light is the same or that the camera sets the lighting for you. Students may also believe that indoor light doesn't change from one room to another because they are all indoors.
Teacher or para will help student change setting from one to another and guide the student through using the grey card.
Students will complete a portfolio that demonstrates their understanding of using a grey card with various light and exposure settings.
(the teacher may have students demonstrate this by requiring the same phot with a grey card and one without).
DSLR camera
A computer to upload to with photoshop and light room
Grey cards