Photo Recreation 1: Due at end of class Monday, November 25th

Description: Recreate one of the images given to you "in your own way".  Use this image as a jumping-off point for another image of your own creation.  Recreating lighting, subjects, setup, etc so that your image is an off-shoot from or inspired by the image.
You can:

•  Setup a similar scene with your own lights, setting, and subject 
•  Treat the image as a scene still and create the next "scene" in this "film"
•  Use the same lighting and composition,but an entirely different idea 

Procedure:

1. Once you have created your scene/subject/lighting for your recreation photo, take at least 10 photos to ensure you have the best shot (changing exposure, altering lighting, angles, distance).
2. Load photos to hard drive and select your best recreation.  Edit in bridge or Photoshop and save.
3. Load original image and recreation onto your blog in one post, titled, "Recreation 1" 
4. Look up the original image.  Include the photographer's name and title. Is their anything significant about the original you'd like to write about in the post?
5. In the same post, describe in a few sentences how your image is a recreation of the original photo. 

Digital Assignment One Images: due Wed. Nov. 20th

Post your 5 final edited images to YOUR blog in .jpg form. You may include titles with the photos or number them. They can all be uploaded to the same post.  Please include a brief written statement (1 paragraph) with the following:

• The sets and prompts you chose for each photo 
• A self evaluation of your work: what did you find most success with? What could you improve on? Did your photo shoot inspire new ideas for up coming projects? What are they?

For future assignments, if you are posting blog prompts, images, written statements, they should be completed on your own blog, not the class blog :)

Example of a written paragraph: I found my most interesting and successful photos came from a variety of sets and prompts.  In photo number 1 I experimented with shutter speed and the prompt, play.  Photo numbers 2, 3, and 4 I found success with depth of field and the prompt, secret.  And in photos numbers 5 and 6 I experimented with lighting and the prompt, dread.  I experimented a lot with focal point in all of my photos and realized how much light direction, different angles, and distances from subjects can improve my photos. The more photos I took with a variety of angles, lights, and distances experimentation, the more options I had to choose from, and therefore, ended up with more successful final photos.  For future assignments, I could improve on creating a better concept for my photographs.  I am inspired to take more portrait photographs with nature.

Blog Prompts (#1-4): Due Monday November 18th

Blog Prompts (#1-4)

#1 Give your thoughts on one or both of the following quotes.

“Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.” ~Edward Steichen




“I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.” ~Mary Ellen Mark




Please respond to the following three quotes.

#2 “My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.” ~Richard Avedon.

#3 “You don't take a photograph, you make it.” ~Ansel Adams



#4 “All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.” ~John Berger


Digital Assignment 1: Explore

Tentative Due Date: Friday November, 15th
*You may help each other take photos, but each student must turn in their own set of final photos on personal blog.

Digital Assignment 1: Explore

Description:       

You will explore the process of digital image capture using a digital camera.  You will  learn and implement appropriate camera settings.  Treat the assignment prompts as inspiration to experiment with concept and content, while learning the technical aspects of image capture. 

Learning Objectives: 

·          Experiment and learn camera controls, including focus, aperture, shutter speed, exposure, bracketing, zoom

·          Experiment with different lighting conditions

·          Experiment with different compositions using knowledge of the principles of design

·          Capture creative content

·          Digitally process and finalize black and white digital photographs

Guidelines:

ü  You will choose six prompts and six sets to combine as inspiration for your photo taking.  You should shoot about 150 photographs total to make sure to have a variety of images to choose from for your final images.

ü  After shooting, load your images to a computer. Keep photos saved to the drive that is labeled with your student number-NOT ON THE DESKTOP

Choose 6 Prompts from the following: illusion, revelation, chaos, animated, simplicity, doppelganger, hero, instability, encounter, evasion, unpredictable, secret, play variation, symbolic, historic, boldness, “once upon a time”, suspended, dreams, alter-ego, construction, serious, dead, dread, free, home, drama, boldness, stillness, juxtaposition, melody, balance, sharp, torn, light

To combine with…

Choose 6 Sets from the following:

Principles: Contrast, balance, repetition, symmetry

Point-of-view: Choose different perspectives of same subject

Lighting: Day light, morning light, indoor light, backlit subject, contrast lighting, flash lighting, light as subject

Shutter Speed: fast (1/125 or faster) vs. slow shutter speed (1/8 or slower) have to adjust aperture

Depth of field: Large dof (small aperture (f11 or smaller)) vs. small dof (f5.6 or bigger) capture the same scene

Framing: pick a subject and make at least 20 captures of subject from all angles and distances

Final Prints: 

From your photo shoots, pick any 5 images from your contact sheets that you feel are the most interesting and effective.  Digitally process these images and make final images.  You will post these to your flikr/blog site for a final grade. 

Group History Presentation

Groups are presenting on the following days...

Thu Nov 7.- Queenie, Meghan, Estey, Danielle, Brittany, Juan

Fri Nov 8.- Amy, Mary, Lori, Katie, Selena

Mon Nov 11.- Meghan, Cellus, Jen, Joe, Angie

Tues Nov 12- Alex, Jose, Jess, Vanessa

Wed Nov 13- Dan, James, Nathan

Thu  Nov 14- Danny, Sierra, Jordan, Karen

Create a blog

Create a blog account by Monday, November 11 for our photo class.  You can do this through blogger or flickr.  The account will be connected to the class blog and will be a place for you to upload in progress photos, final photos, artist statements, and various other assignments for the class.

Once you have created the account, please send me the url (web address) via email or give it to me in class so I can connect your blog to the website blog.


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