Point-of-View

Below is the point-of-view presentation shared in class.  Be sure every picture you take for this assignment is from an unusual or unexpected viewpoint.  Your contact sheet and 2 best images are due on Wednesday, December 4th.

Point-of-View

Still Life

Below is the presentation shared in class about still lives. Use this to assist you in taking your 40 still life photos. Be sure you are meeting the criteria from this presentation... different still lives that experiment with different compositions, different backgrounds and different lighting. You should also be finding still lives that exist already. Your contact sheet and 2 best images are due on Wednesday, November 20th.

Still Life 

Expressive Portraits

Below is the presentation shared in class about expressive portraits.  Use this to assist you in taking your 40 portrait photos.  Be sure you are using the tips from this presentation that are best associated with your subject and their personality.  Your contact sheet and 2 best images are due on Friday, November 15th. 

Expressive Portraits

Abstract & Detail

Below is the presentation shared in class for your Abstract & Detail project.  See this presentation for examples, criteria and due dates.  
Get close!!!

Abstract & Detail Photography

Sketchbook check: 50 points
Thursday, Oct. 31 40 image

Contact Sheet: 40 points
Due Tuesday, November 5th

Final 5 best images: 100 points
Due Tuesday, November 5th

Landscapes

Landscapes

Here is the presentation shared in class about landscapes.  Use this to assist you on taking your 40 landscape photos.  Your contact sheet and 2 best images are due on Tuesday, October 29. 

Portraits of Time

Portraits of Time

Objective:

To practice the skills you have learned, you will take a series of self-portraits and still life images that capture a moment in time.  To help you understand the concept of capturing a moment, you will analyze the work of Elliott Erwitt.  His work will inspire you and to help you create thought-provoking and creative original artworks.

Procedure:

1.    Listen to the poem The Best Time of The Day by Raymond Carver.

2.    Review the work of Elliott Erwitt as a class and discuss what moments in time each photograph is trying to portray.

3.    Brainstorm a MINIMUM of 5 ideas in your sketchbook for your own best time of day or time of life. Answer the following: What would it be?  What would you look like?  Where would you be?  What would you be doing?  How would you be feeling?  Who would you be with?

4.    Photograph yourself in one of your best times of day – choose one idea from your sketchbook brainstorming.  You must take a minimum of 40 pictures that reflects this moment.  Your photos should focus on your hands, your feet, your face, your full body and still life images that reflect this specific moment.  All images should be from the same moment.  You will submit these 40 pictures as a contact sheet.

5.    Choose and edit (if necessary) your best images that express this best time of day.

6.    Create final piece using Photoshop to compile 3-5 images together and present them in a manner that emphasizes your Portrait of Time.  

Due Dates & Evaluation: You will receive 3 grades on this project. See rubrics.

Peer/teacher consultations: Friday, Oct. 4th
Contact sheets: Due Wednesday, Oct. 9th
Final Images: Edited and due Friday Oct. 11th

Portraits of Time

Portraits of Time