Portraits of Time - slideshow

Portraits of time 2014 from Kara Wilson Smith

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: December 10
40 images: Due Dec. 15
Final Images: Edited and due Dec. 17 
Critique: Dec. 18

The Best Time Of The Day

Cool summer nights.
Windows open.
Lamps burning.
Fruit in the bowl.
And your head on my shoulder.
These the happiest moments in the day.

Next to the early morning hours,
of course. And the time
just before lunch.
And the afternoon, and
early evening hours.
But I do love

these summer nights.
Even more, I think,
than those other times.
The work finished for the day.
And no one who can reach us now.
Or ever.

- See more at: http://allpoetry.com/The-Best-Time-Of-The-Day#sthash.zU6AYUqB.dpuf

Expressive Portraits

Below is the Expressive Portraits presentation shared in class. See this for tips and ideas for your own expressive portraits assignment. Your pictures are due on Wednesday,  December 2nd and final 2, Thursday, Dec. 3rd for critique on Dec. 4 

Expressiveportraits 15 from Kara Wilson Smith

Lighting

Lighting can make or break the quality and mood of your photograph.  See the presentation below for tips, directions and due dates on your next weekly photo assignment. 

Good luck!

Lighting from Kara Wilson Smith

Social Issue

Social msg 2015 from Kara Wilson Smith

Visit http://www.expressionschallenge.com for contest details. 

Landscape Photography

Landscape photo from Kara Wilson Smith

So, basically...

Make sure you have examples of the following:

1. Cropping
2. Balancing elements
3. Background (avoid clutter)
4. Avoid Mergers (just always do this!)
5. Perspective/viewpoint
6. Landscape vs. portrait (show examples of both, shoot something in landscape then flip the camera and shoot it vertically)
7. Framing within frames
8. Leading lines
9. Diagonals
10. Repetition and pattern
11. Symmetry

When finished shooting, upload to google drive and label each pic.

Save your top two in a Final Composition folder (twice).