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    • Photo IV :: Advanced Photo
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Photo II

This class is an intermediate study of photography that focuses on developing skills learned in Photo I and bringing new skills to the forefront. We will explore more serious forms of photography and expect a more professional outcome.
Photo i Course expectations

The Composited Image

2/11/2021

 
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© Al Wildey
In this project you are going to explore the composited image. This composite will be a series of photos taken in one place overlapped to help reinforce the ideas of memory and evoke a feeling from your viewer. Take us on a journey—of a space, or a memory, a conversation, or a roadtrip—and take several images in a short span of time. By overlapping these photos in post-production we are literally creating an image that focuses on the idea of time, capturing an emotion or a representation of a moment in time. Using color and movement to inform the image and explore the idea of the passing of time.  Will your image be happy or melancholic? Is it a representation of your favorite childhood memory, or a conversation with your best friend? What about a walk through the woods? How can you use this technique to give us a story in one single image? 
Assignment:

Create 3 composite journey images. You can use object, take a walk outside, photograph several portraits in a row, or explore even more conceptual ideas about the passing of time. Remember to take several images that overlap with one another, try 10 images or 50 images...how might more images be interesting? 

Steps:
  • Start by checking out Al Wildey's work
  • Think of ideas—how can you best represent a journey or the passing of time?
  • You are creating 3 images, this will be 3 separate shoots to create the overlapped imagery 
  • Post-production is where these will really come together, try to think about a lot of change in your images and also about small movements if you want the image to hold together more clearly

Objective: To use separate images (taken over a short period of time) to create the feeling of time and memory. 

Frozen Flowers

2/4/2021

 
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This project is an exploration in creating a design with frozen items (flowers work particularly well). Think of this like stained glass, don't be afraid to add color to your water, or include non organic items (toys, pieces of sea glass, money, etc.). Most important is making sure you give yourself time to freeze the items, then backlight them in a window or other bright light source. You can crop close to your flowers to make a more interesting layout, we should not see the edges of your ice block. 
Assignment:

Create 3 frozen flower photos using both flowers and other items to create an interesting, and dynamic composition. Negative space is your friend here, you do not need to overload the ice block with items. 

Steps:
  • Start by checking out this article and interview
  • Collect flowers and other items and lay them in a shallow large pan (an 8x8, or 9x13 work well) with only an inch or two of water (the deeper the water the less you'll be able to see through it, consider that when choosing items)
  • You are creating 3 images, you should probably create 3 different frozen designs
  • Freeze your designs overnight. In the daylight, take them out and place them in a window so you get the backlight coming through (might be particularly interesting with sunlight coming directly through but any bright space will work)

Resources:
- frozen flower tutorial

Objective: To use design elements to create a dynamic composition using items frozen in water and natural backlighting

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