Hakone Shoot Requirements

1. Landscape-wide depth of field
2. Flower/nature-shallow/narrow DOF
3. Bokeh shot of something/anything
4. Water from waterfall-blur with slow shutter
5. Filtered light (if any-check out the bamboo forest for this)
6. Long shot -everything in focus, wide DOF (vine tunnel or bamboo path, or other path)
7. Reflection in the pool
8. Someone's reaction to something they see (not posed, authentic, do not let them see you taking their photo if possible)

Hakone Project Requirements:

1. Is the work inspired by a Haiku and do the visuals make sense with the intention of the Haiku?
2. Does the work use a variety of photos to support the Haiku (at least 5 photos)
3. Do the photos demonstrate compositional strength (rule thirds, horizontals, leading lines, golden mean, etc)
4. Do the photos demonstrate camera mastery in terms of exposure?
5. Does the student demonstrate an understanding of DOF, both shallow and wide?
6. Have photos been manipulated in photoshop if necessary?