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2.4 Halo

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Objective

Capture 3 dramatic sports portraits using backlighting and fog to create a glowing “halo” effect that elevates the athletes' presence and power.

Choose 2 Subjects
Find 2 students on BCS athletic teams. Coordinate a time during class, lunch, office hours, or after school for them both to attend a 20-minute photo shoot in their uniforms. 

Plan the Message
You will be taking a picture of the athletes with dramatic backlighting and fog effects. Do you want to convey power, mystery, excitement, determination, etc.? 

Plan the Poses
Create a mood board with 5+ poses for each sport your models participate in. Find another 5+ poses for two models in the same frame (total of 15+ poses).
Paste the link to your mood board to your WordPress.com website.

With an assistant: Choose a color gel to help convey your message.
Spray some fog as needed behind the subject(s).

Take 30+ Photos of Athlete #1
Make sure you capture full body or 3/4 crops and a variety of poses and facial expressions. Guide your model through the poses you previously chose.

Take 30+ Photos of Athlete #2
Make sure you capture full body or 3/4 crops and a variety of poses and facial expressions. Guide your model through the poses you previously chose.

Take 30+ Photos of Both
Make sure you capture full body or 3/4 crops and a variety of poses and facial expressions. Guide your model through the poses you previously chose.

Open your best image of each category in Photoshop. Carefully clean up blemishes and color correct.

Dodge and burn the faces and bodies.

Photoshop: click on File > Export > Export As and select the JPG format.
All exports should have the long edge equal to 2500px.

Upload your final photos into a gallery block on your WordPress.com website.

Below, restate the objective and describe how you approached the project.

Examples by Brad Deel
Novice (50%)

Student does not complete all steps, or submits work incorrectly.

Apprentice (80%)

Student completes most steps or the message is present but lacks emotion or visual impact.

Master (100%)

Student completes all steps with strong interpretation, emotion, and visual impact (composition, lighting, focus, color, and subject placement).

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