Photog 1011 Assigment 01

Panorama

and so All workshops come with Assignments.
First assignment.
PANORAMA Shoots!

Landscape photos.
by stitching together many pieces of photographs together using PHOTOSHOP
or there are other programs available that perform similar functions.

Steps to getting a good panorama photo.

Rich Artas People - Get a freaking ultra wide lens to attach to your DSLR.
Tokina 11-16mm for instance.
shoot at the widest - meaning 11mm.
as all wide photos come with distortion at the sides.
crop off the excess to get your photo.

NORMAL people - Shoot from Left to Right(or right to left...whatever)
Note: it is good to shoot one additional shot with your finger pointing "ONE" in the photo to indicate the start... and maybe "6, or 7" for the end of your panorama.

okay panoramas are BEST shot with a tripod.
No tripod - find a support! - railing or wall or parapet.

Shoot with each photo OVERLAPPING the previous one by ~ 40-50%
this is so that the photoshop can recognise where each photo should be placed.
then the important part!
MAKE SURE all your shots have the same exposure.
this photo i took was when i was learning. and it has
multiple different exposure as you can see.
although it looks kinda cool but still
it is a NOOB PIECE.

so look for this thing called AE Lock on your DSLR.
or on compact camera... i am not sure.
i believe you have to set the camera to FULL MANUAL then keep the
exposure same throughout your panorama attempt.

for photoshop users.
go to File>Automate>Photomerge
Select all your photos that are to be made into one.

VoilA! Panorama photo!

i wish to see panorama shots uploaded on the blog by next Thursday for Critique!
Mounted on an A1 piece of paper.
with 40cmx40cm border