Macro Photography Assignment

Macro photography is an important concept which will help you take closer-up images. This assignment is designed to show an understanding of macro photography. 

Procedure

1. You are only required to take one picture for this assignment 
2. Find something small that you could enhance to appear large 
3. Whichever of the two methods you use to take this image is perfectly fine
4. Once you have your photograph, submit a 100-150 word description that answers the following questions
1. How did you take this image? 
2. Why did you choose to focus on this particular object/subject? 
3. Outline one positive and one thing you would have changed in this photograph
5. Title this assignment as "Macro Photography Assignment."
6. This assignment will be due Friday, March 1st 2019

Rubric:

Photograph (5 Marks)
Description (5 Marks)
                  Overall (10 Marks)

Macro Photography Lesson

What is Macro Photography?

Macro Photography is the idea of taking a close-up photograph of real life objects. Its main purpose is to give a life like size to something small such as flowers or insects.

In macro photography you want your image to be sharp so that it can illustrate something that was not otherwise visible to the human eye. For example, look at this image below of an insect

Notice how clearly you can see the hairs on the insect as well as the outline of the leaf.

In order to take the best macro photograph, it is important to consider the following two tips

1. You can engage your camera into macro mode via the settings
1. Note if you explore this option it could begin to affect your aperture which in turn could change your lighting
2. You can manually set everything up (zooming, lighting, distance, depth etc.)

It is recommended to use a small aperture which would allow you to create a more detailed focus on the object/subject you are trying to photograph.

Notice how there is not much depth to any of these photographs. The photographer is aiming to focus on elements of these insects/amphibians that are invisible without the macroscopic perspective.

Video of Macro Photography

In order to better understand how to take a macro photograph, watch this video.

Presentation Rubric

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	Exceeds Expectations	Fully Meets Expectations	Meets Expectations	Minimally Meets Expectations	Does not Meet Expectations
Presentation /10	Presentation within time slot. Eye contact was always maintained and the flow was excellent.	Presentation was within the time slot. Eye contact was maintained throughout the presentation. Strong flow.	Presentation fell reasonably within the time slot. Some eye contact made. Flow of presentation could be improved.	An attempt was made to be within the projects time frame. Attempts at eye contact were made.	Presentation is too short. No eye contact was made and voice was hard to hear. Flow was too quick or too slow.
Content /20	Questions are answered in full detail and all content is relevant to the topic.	All questions are answered in rich detail. Most content is relevant to the topic.	Questions are answered in fair detail. However, more descriptions would have aided the assignment. Some content relevant to the topic.	Some questions addressed. Some information is irrelevant to the topic.	It does not answer nor follow any of the guidelines or guidelines. Majority or all of the information does not aid the presentation.
Organization and Design /10	All slides are designed well and are in a sequential flow.	Majority of the slides are designed well and is in a sequential flow.	Attempts at design are made but fall short. Slides are organized fairly well.	Majority of slides are not designed nor does there seem to be a sequential flow.	Little or no designs on slides. Presentation is completely disorganized.
Spelling and Grammar /5	Presentation is free of spelling and grammar errors.	Presentation has very few spelling and grammar errors.	Presentation has some spelling and grammar errors. Slightly impedes presentation.	Presentation has many spelling and grammar errors. It impedes the presentation.	Presentation is full of spelling and grammar errors. It completely impedes the presentation.
Worksheet /10	Worksheet offers a comprehensive review of your project.	Worksheet offers a solid review of your project.	Worksheet offers a fair review of your presentation.	Worksheet is unrelated to  presentation or it offers minimal review	Worksheet is completely unrelated to presentation. Offers no review.
Citations /5	All information is cited perfectly in APA format.	All information is cited strongly in APA format.	Few citation errors.	Multiple citation errors.	No citations provided or project has numerous citation violations.

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