Students are to answer these questions and may use my leading answers as their format.
1. What do you see in the Photograph (pretend I am blind in your description) 25 WORDS OR MORE
Begin your answer with " I see _______in my picture, or In my picture I see _____?"
2. Why did you take the picture? What motivated you to take it?
Begin your answer with " I took this picture because______________"
3. What were the lighting conditions a the time you took the picture? Natural vs. Artificial Light? Indoor vs. Outdoors?
Begin your answer with " When I took this picture the light was coming from _____________(Source)?
4. What direction is the light coming from?
Begin your answer with " When I took this picture the light was coming from _____________(Direction)?
5. What were the camera controls set at when you took the picture? How would the viewer know this? Estimate if it was an auto camera.
Begin your answer with " When I took this picture the shutter was set at __(Because) and the F/Stop was set at___(Because)?
6. What were the darkroom printing times? Light? Filter?
Begin your answer with My Light was __? My Filter was __? My time was __?
7. Which element of composition does your print exemplify? Choose from the 6 Elements of Composition for Photography) or (Principals and Elements of Art and Design) or Lighting, Perspective, Point of View or Other
Begin your answer with " My print best exemplifies _____ because in my photo I see_____."
8. Does your photography demonstrate good use of contrast? Is there a complete range of value from white to black? Where is the darkest black? The lightest white?
Begin your answer with "In my print, my blackest black is ___(Location) and my whitest white is ___(location)?
9. What is the P.O.V. Point of view? (Bird's Eye view, Eye Level or Ground Hog's view)
Begin your answer with: My print was taken from _________point of view.
10. What assignment does this satisfy? Pick from the categories in the back of the book in your Log section. What print # & Theme?
If this is an instructional print then begin your answer with: This is Print #___? and it is ____(Topic)
11. What were your final Test Strip Times?
Begin your answer with: Light? Filter? Time? Any Afterburn?
12. What is your level of Satisfaction on a scale of 1-10, 10 the highest?
Begin your answer with: On a scale of 1-10 my print is _____ because_______.
13. Critical Self Analysis. What would you do differently next time to improve your level of satisfaction?
Begin your answer with: If I were to re-do this enlargement/print next time I would do____because?
14. What size is the Photo? Mounted Size?
Begin your answer with: The size of my print/enlargement is ____.
15. Is your print Vertical of Horizontal?
Begin your answer with: My print is __________ .
16. What is your Focal Point? Is it clearly identifiable?
Begin your answer with: The focal point of my print is _____ and it is or is not clearly identifiable.
17. If you are turning in more than one print how do they differ? Which do you like best and why?
Begin your answer with: I am turning in __#__ prints. They are different because______.
18. What special affects did you employ?
Begin your answer with: I used Cropping, Filters, Burning/Dodging, Reverse/Inverting, Solarization, Hand Coloring, Double Exposure, Toning or any other special effect. You would know this because in my print you see_________?
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