 This project will be your first project in film and using the film cameras. There is a LOT to consider with film and you need to be more aware of your camera settings, composition, and focus. Your assignment is to find the beauty in nature through the use of pattern and texture. Pattern is identified as a repetition of a certain element or elements. Texture refers to the properties held by an external surface. Although we cannot actually feel the texture in a photograph, implied texture will give the viewer the feeling that he or she can actually reach in and touch the image. Assignment:
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Tips to Get Started: You should decide how you are going to frame your subject. Use the rule of thirds. Consider your outdoor lighting. Is it sunny or cloudy? You must use the focusing ring so you do not get blur. *Remember, do not use a shutter speed lower than 1/60th. Guiding Questions:
Resources:  Richard Avedon What is a portrait? What makes an image of someone a portrait instead just a snapshot? Intention. For portraiture you need to make an interesting photograph of someone with intent. A portrait grabs our attention. People are fascinated by other people and since the advent of photography, images of people have saturated our lives. You cannot get through a day without seeing a portrait of someone, whether it be in advertisements, on walls, or on a Facebook profile. Almost all professional photographers have worked with people taking portraits. Artists to consider: Man Ray, Richard Avedon, Alfred Eisenstadt, Annie Liebowitz, Helmut Newton Assignment: Your assignment is to photograph multiple portraits using 50 frames. You must photograph: yourself (self-portrait), and then photograph someone else in three different settings: 1. in the studio with lighting (using either side lighting, back lighting, full lighting, bounce lighting, or a combination) 2. a full crop of the face (breaking the frame) 3. using natural light in an interesting setting. Be careful not to take a snapshot (Tell your friend to stand over there and smile brightly, saying “cheese”). Photography as a fine-art does not allow for snapshots or cheesiness. In this project you must focus on the figure. Try to express the personality and expression of your subject through photographs. Put your viewer in familiar situations, so they don’t think about the fact that they are being photographed. You must not forget about the background however, your subject should be complemented by his/her surroundings. You must turn in the following: 4 images uploaded to google classroom (the three of someone else and one self-portrait) and one final 8x10 print* of your favorite image. *A high quality print includes: Full range of values, pleasing composition utilizing the elements and principles, utilization of contrast (s-curve), manipulation of lighting. In addition, the print should be evenly mounted on black paper with all edges glued down. Steps:
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Objective: Use the studio to learn how to direct models/subjects to capture portraits. Use lighting to enhance and add emotion to imagery. Resource: Pinterest Board for portraits
Resource: Still life pinterest board, 5 lighting tips for beginners Assignment: Your assignment is to photograph 50 frames of a still life. You will pass in 3 high quality images to google classroom from the shoot and print your most successful still life. You will manipulate lighting. You will also learn about ISO and shooting with a tripod. One final 8x10 print must be mounted on the front of black paper. Steps:
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Objective: Use the camera to capture still life, both in studio and outside of the studio. Use lighting to enhance the image and shallow depth of field to focus on specific pieces of a composition. Resources: Still Life pinterest board  How do we see the world around us? If we start looking at the shapes created around us, we can start to see the letters of the alphabet emerge. This project will stretch your creative outlook on the "normal" world around you. Some letters are easier than others to see—I's and X's and T's are very common, but where can you see curved letters like C and S and M, or even O? For this project you are going to create an alphabet grid and spell out your name using the natural world as your alphabet. Assignment: You must first photograph the entire alphabet, A-Z, in nature. The natural elements can be man-made but cannot be actual letters written on a sign or wall. You will be creating an alphabet grid like the one pictured above using Adobe Photoshop, you will then create a poster of your name using the letters of your alphabet.  You will be passing in the following to the class google drive folder: - 1 alphabet grid - 1 name poster using your alphabet letters Steps: • Think outside of the norm and consider helping nature to create some letters—for example, S is very hard to find in nature but your shoelace is a perfect tool to make an s-shape. • Shadows can help to enhance a letterform, think of how this either adds to or takes away from the overall composition • If your name has two of the same letter you may want to consider photographing different options to make your name poster more interesting • I'd like to see natural elements but you can use man-made objects (i.e. bike wheels, lamp posts, brick buildings, etc.)       These three components of photography are also known as the exposure triangle. These are the three elements that you will have to change on your camera in order to get a perfectly exposed photograph. You will ALWAYS be changing your aperture and shutter speed in order to get the photograph you want (i.e. I want a photo with movement, I want a photo with blur, I want to capture sports action, I want a great portrait, etc.). Your shutter speed and aperture will give you the specific results you want. So what the heck are these things?
 Shallow depth of field is when one part of the image is in focus and the other is not and happens with a wide-open aperture (f/2.8 or lower). Here's an example of bokeh - the out of focus area in a shallow depth of field image, usually referring to lights at night or sunlight through trees.  Landscape photography uses a higher aperture (f/22 or higher) to create a focused image from foreground to background. Same scene with totally different effects based on camera settings.   Flipping through the glossy pages of magazines, how many images do you see of fashion and products being sold? What do you think of when you hear the word “fashion”? Chances are, images of catwalks, models, and couture clothing fill your head, but fashion is so much more. Fashion photography has been around since the advent of the camera. Fashion, like photography, is an ever-changing and evolving art form. There are many different types of fashion in America alone, leaving this assignment very broad. Artists to consider: Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, David LaChapelle, Mario Testino, Ellen Von Unwerth Brands to consider: Forever 21, GQ, Free People, Louis Vuitton, J. Crew Assignment Your assignment is to submit 3 fashion photos and 3 product photos that could be printed in a magazine. You will mount one 8x10 on board (your best one). You will be mounting on black board or matting the images in a professional manner. This is your FINAL so show me everything that you’ve learned throughout the year. This project is a culmination of your EXCELLENT photography skills. Be sure to place all 6 photographs in the Google Classroom folder before the day of the final. You may print your image in the classroom but it is your responsibility to have it printed and mounted by the exam day. If you cannot print at school then you may print them at CVS or another photo lab. Tips:
Resources: Pinterest fashion pin board  In this project you are going to focus on the sense of movement. This can be done with actual movement in your photographs (ie sport photography, dance, cars, night photography, and long exposure) or the idea of movement. Think about those moments just before something is going to happen, like diving off a diving board, sliding down a slide, or getting on a bicycle. Your images should suggest movement even if there is no "actual" movement in the photograph. Also think about being more metaphorical and photographing things whose sole purpose is to move; like cars, bikes, roller skates, skateboards, etc. How could you create a sense of movement by photographing these types of objects? Artists to consider: Ernst Haas, Edward Muybridge, Otto Steinert, Henri Cartier-Bresson Assignment You must photograph (50 exposures) of images with a sense of movement. Definitely think about both the actual idea of movement and the suggestion of movement. Be creative and think outside of the box. These images should be printed and constructed well. Think about your frame and composition while you are photographing as well as your final intent. On google classroom you will be passing in the following:
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Objective: Use the camera to capture motion, both in the middle of movement to offer the idea of passing time and to freeze motion in time. Resources: Movement Pinterest Board  A panorama usually refers to a long photograph. To assemble something means to put it together from various pieces. So for this project you are going to be assembling a panorama image. However, a panorama—in our project—can take on many different shapes besides the usual long image. Think about vertical images or images that follow a particular shape. This can be any subject (i.e. a long hallway, a fire hose, a portrait of a person, a flag pole, etc.). Think of how to create a panorama of your subject because often the subject of your photograph is going to determine the shape of your panorama. Your panorama must have 12 or more frames in it and they cannot overlap so that one image is completely hiding (or mostly hiding) the image beneath it. Artists to consider: Matthew Chase-Daniel, Rachelle Dermer, David Hockney, Pablo Picasso Assignment: You must photograph 50 exposures of panoramas. Since each panorama requires AT LEAST 12 frames, I suggest that you shoot 2 different objects or scenes with 20/25 frames apiece. This will ensure that you are able to get enough good images for your panorama. You are responsible for lining up the frames and overlapping them so that when printed, you can assemble them to make an image that makes sense to your viewer. Your subject itself does not need to be panoramic; you need to make it a panorama. You will be passing in two edited digital "panoramas" on google drive and choosing your best one to print—you will be printing your favorite panorama images as small 2x3 photos and cutting them out and pasting them together using a rubber cement mounting technique. Steps:
Objective: Use the camera in a non-traditional manner to assemble a photograph made up of several different images/parts, Harkening back to ideas of cubism and collage. Resources: Assemblage Panorama Pinterest board  Caroline Akerley :: class of 2016 The city of Boston is steeped in history. Your job while you walk around the city is to photograph the juxtaposition between historic Boston and the popular culture that exists there today. This is a very open ended assignment and can be interpreted in many different ways. What I want to see in your photographs is your opinion and your personal point of view on our very unique city. Think about the signs and buildings in the city that date back hundreds of years. Think about streets and burrows that speak about the history of the city, and then think about who lives there today—these things should be on your mind while you are photographing. Assignment: You must photograph several images that show both modern day Boston and the older neighborhood that we are walking through. You will be passing in 10 edited images on google drive and choosing your best three—you will be printing your favorite of the three images. Consider these questions while shooting in the North End: Who or what inhabits the city? Where do you see both old and new Boston? Who works at the city’s oldest restaurants and shops? What surrounds the oldest houses and buildings in Boston? What does our contemporary signage and clothing say about the history of the city? Steps:
Assignment: You must photograph 50 frames with interacting diptychs (or tripychs) in mind. You will be putting these together in Photoshop and are responsible for making two or three unrelated things make sense together as one. Steps:
*Check out the Pinterest interacting imagery board for more inspiration |
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