Advanced Students: Rule Of Thirds Field Mission

Hello Students,

Your new assignment is a field mission utilizing the rule of thirds. Details are below. This assignment is due at end of class tuesday.

Rule Of Thirds Field Mission:

Create 10 Photographs using the rule of thirds. You must properly compose, expose and capture pictures of the following:

Subject Specifications:

1. A person facing the camera, closeup on head
2. A person facing the camera, closeup on head, looking to the upper right or upper left
3. A person facing the camera, closeup on head but turned 45 degrees from camera and not looking at camera
4. Two people facing the camera, closeup on heads looking into camera
5. Two people facing the camera, closeup on heads but subjects are looking to the upper right or left
6. Two people, one in the foreground, one in the background out of focus (depth of field)
7. Two people, one in the foreground out of focus, one in the background in focus (depth of field)
8. An object or objects
9. A landscape view
10. A tree

Assignment Specifications:

• Shoot at least 10 images of each subject to obtain the best composition, exposure and quality
• You must shoot in manual mode, each photo must be properly exposed
• Using Photoshop, crop your photos appropriately if you need to
• Post a contact sheet of all your images
• Choose 3 of your best images and overlay a rule of thirds grid on top. Use the line tool or pencil tool to draw the simple grid. Screenshot and add your EXIF data of each final image to confirm manual mode

To See A Rule Of Thirds Grid in Photoshop:

1. View > Show > Grid
2. Go to Photoshop > Preferences > Guides, Grids and Slices
3. Set: Gridline to 33.3333 Percent
4. Set: Subdivisions to 1

Grading Rubric:

2 Points: Images properly exposed and in focus

2 Points: Images show proper mode and focus use (manual

2 Points: Contact sheet is included with at least 100 images or more

2 Points: Images utilize rule of thirds and capture each subject

2 Points: Grid overlay shown on 3 best images alongside 3 best images without grid

Student Work Examples:

Have fun! - Mr.W