Lesson 8: standard settings/ default settings in the basic zone

What is the ''mood'' of a photography refering to?
What ways can we change it?
Why would an artist want to change the mood?
In what settings would you pick different moods? Can you give examples?

Standard setting
Vivid
Soft
Warm
Intense
Cool Brighter
Darker
Monochrome
Ambience
Default settings
Daylight
Shade
Cloudy
Tungsten Light
Fluorescent Light
Sun set

Students will apply criteria to evaluate their own artistic work.
Students will refine and complete artistic work.

Attention to detail and precision
- Problem solving and critical thinking
- Focus, patience, and time management
- Understanding and applying instructions

This is a DOK level 2 skill. Selecting settings to be applied to a work of art requires basic understanding of the camera settings and how to manipulate them.

Students will be shown various popular photographs from various times. reinforce the difference in photographs and how settings changed delighting, mood and the overall appearance of such photographs.

That the camera will always be right and that the camera does better at selecting settings than you would. However the camera defaults to standard settings.
That changing the settings will not effect the "mood" of the photography.

Students will be given a modified assignment and /or aided in the help of setting their camera.

Students will complete at least one skill development assignment, as well as, one project. Portfolio will be submitted for assessment.

Where students able to pick a setting that enhanced the mood of the photography. Where students able to display a mastering of the technical skills needed to change the settings?

Each student will be provided with a dslr camera or a higher grade camera. 

Computer with lightroom/photoshop

Objects to photograph or a location to photograph