HDR
HDR or High Dynamic Range Photography is a post-processing technique that uses multiple images of the same scene shot at different shutter speeds to combine them all into a single photograph.
The result is an image with the most amount of detail in both shadow and bright areas of the image, close to what the human eye would see.
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Photo Challenge March 6
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Make a contact sheet of your "answers"
Choose your top three images to edit. Label these to reflect the prompt (i.e. bigtosmall_name.jpg, empty_name.jpg) |
Text Project
Concept: How can you combine and contrast image and text to communicate a social or political message? Barbara Kruger website video art history archive Jenny Holzer website video art history archive Shepard Fairey website video and bio Gregg Deal website Art talk with NEA Project: Create one image that uses text to communicate a social or political message Tips: - It helps to keep the image black and white - Choose a font that is sans serif - Use shapes to separate the text from the image Tutorial Example On Website: 1 text image Reflection Questions:
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Acetate Portrait
How can you use acetate as a filter to create a unique portrait?
10+ images on contact sheet 1 edited image Reflection (TBA) |
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Studio Lights - Color GEl Project
Choose one area of focus - Product Photography or Portraits.
You will use our color gels to alter the mood of the light and bring a new look to traditional subjects. How can you use artificial light to enhance your idea? How can color, light, and texture affect a photograph? How does the intensity of light affect the subject? What emotional qualities can be enhance by color? Can you define mood by how you light the portrait? |
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To Turn in:
One Mood Board of 10+ images (either portraits or product photography) using colored light
Ring Light Contact Sheet of 5+ images
Studio Contact sheet of 24+ images
3 edited images (2 colored, 1 ring)
Reflection (TBA)
One Mood Board of 10+ images (either portraits or product photography) using colored light
Ring Light Contact Sheet of 5+ images
Studio Contact sheet of 24+ images
3 edited images (2 colored, 1 ring)
Reflection (TBA)
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Water & GLASS Unit
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4. LIGHTROOM TUTORIALS
Complete these tutorials: Dodging and Burning in Lightroom Removing Distractions using Spot Healing and Content Aware Use your own images to complete the tutorials. Turn your final images into GC (there will be a template for you to fill out). |
7. Photo Analysis, Upload to Drive, Start Editing
Watch video about Muybridge Read about Suzanne Saroff. - Make sure to look at her website for more images. 1. Choose an image from one of those photographers (from the articles) and answer the questions in GC. 2. Upload all your files from Semester 1 to your Google Drive. Organize your images into folders (if you haven't done so) on your desktop. 3. Start making contact sheets and choosing images from your photo shoots so far. |
Water & Glass Unit - To Turn inStation 7: Image Analysis – Google doc turned into Classroom
Station #4: Lightroom Tutorials – edited images and written reflection into Classroom with written reflection Station 1: Fish Tank – contact sheet of 10+ images, edit best ONE image
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PASSION PROJECT
You will create a series of work that is interesting to you and that pushes your technical and creative skills within photography.
Decide what you want to focus on - your choice! This is your opportunity to focus on something you love that may not be a part of our curriculum. You will have to turn in: Concept/Mood Board (where are you getting your inspiration) - due 11/12 Contract on Project (posted in Google Classroom) - due 11/12 Contact sheet of 24+ images 3-5 images for your series (dependent on technical complexity) Due on Tuesday, 12/10 |
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Narrative MOOD Project
How can light (and the color of light) help convey a mood within a photograph?
Using your knowledge of lighting, create 2-3 images that convey a sense of story and mood. Your contact sheet should have 24+ images. Subject is up to you - you can set up the scene or find your stories through observation. 1. Photographs and narratives are about something. The subject of a picture is a person, place, or thing. 2. All photographs have a setting. A setting includes time and place. 3. To compose an interesting photograph there must be something happening. Either there is an identifiable event or an action that is being presented to involve the viewer. 4. A photographer points the audience in a certain direction. The photographer uses the camera angle and distance to inform and influence the viewer. 5. There are emotions stirred in the viewer. The mood of a photograph help convey the information and build emotional connections and relationships. -Taken from Dark Pines Media |
Lighting Study
LIGHTING PROMPTS (Photo Shoot):
You must think about COMPOSITION and FOCAL POINT!
Extra Credit:
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MOOD BOARD RESEARCH
Find one example of each of the following: Sunrise Sunset Midday light Cloudy (soft, diffused light) Window Light (side lighting) Back Lighting Sun Flare Shade/overhang Low light Flash at sunset |
IDENTITY
How do you communicate your identity?
IDENTITY PROJECT REQUIREMENTS:
Research: List of 10+ words that describe you Slide of 10+ images of portraits that inspire you Contact Sheet; 24+ images that show a variety of ideas Images: One image of how you want to represent yourself One image of experimentation (being a character, distortion, manipulation, absurd, etc.) |
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Fears & Phobias
What are you afraid of? Is it a actual or imagined fear?
What is the difference between a fear and a phobia? Why do people fear things? What evolutionary and psychological elements are at play? How can you communicate a fear or phobia in a clear, creative manner? This project will introduce you to the idea of MIXED MEDIA, or using other medias besides pixels and screens. Options: Printing on a transparency and backing it with something Printing onto matte paper and adding color Sewing Including mixed media elements (collage, buttons, wire, etc.) |
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STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
Pre-work:
Create a slide with 10+ examples of street photography that interests you Watch video and summarize key points - add to slide deck Read this article and summarize the key points - add to slide deck Field Trip 9/26 to 16th Street Mall Shoot 36+ images in the two hours we have 5-7 final images Resources: How to Shoot Street Photography (video) Urban Photography (great video on capturing sneaker shots) How to Shoot Street Portraits with Permission What is street photography? |
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Website Development
If you already have a webpage from last year:
5. Add our Projects so far to the Projects Page
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If you are starting a new webpage:
4. Add our Projects so far to the Projects Page (10 Objects, Humans of East).
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HUmans of East HS Project
What do you love about the East community? Humans of New York is a project started by Brandon Stanton. He wanted to create a "catalog of 10,000 inhabitants of New York". Somewhere in the process, Stanton started interviewing his subjects and adding the text to the image. These portraits and captions became the subject of a vibrant blog. HONY now has over twenty million followers on social media, and provides a worldwide audience with daily glimpses into the lives of strangers on the streets of New York City.
Video on HONY PARAMETERS OF PROJECT
Interview and take portraits of 3 different people. Try and aim for one adult in your three subjects. Use your phone to record their response. You want to shoot multiple images of each person (5+ so you have choices) Unedited photos due Monday, 9/16 You may choose any of the four questions to ask. You may shoot full length portraits or headshots - just make sure some part of East is in the background Interior shots are ok - just make sure that your ISO and white balance are set correctly |
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10 Objects Project
What 10 things (people, pets, objects, etc.) would you save in a house fire? DUE DATES
Unedited images (aim for 10+ images of your objects) by Thursday, August 29 Tutorial on diptych on Thursday, August 29th Critique on assignment Tuesday, September 3 You can shoot your objects here in the gallery if needed. Bring your objects by in the morning before 1st hour and I will keep them safe. |
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Teen Issues Series
Objective: To create a series based on an issue or topic of concern for the modern teenager that includes a text passage to help communicate the idea.
These series will be displayed during the East Dance Show as a complement to their performance as well as the top examples will be shown at Artswalk.
Images will be graded on the connection between the images (editing, composition), the maturity of the topic, and the strength of the writing. |
Artists to Look At:
Lauren Greenfield Series Ideas: Bedrooms of Teens Who Went to Prison Social Media Portraits |
Studio Gels
Choose one area of focus - Product Photography or Portraits.
You will use our color gels to alter the mood of the light and bring a new look to traditional subjects.
How can you use artificial light to enhance your idea?
How can color, light, and texture affect a photograph?
How does the intensity of light affect the subject?
What emotional qualities can be enhance by color?
Can you define mood by how you light the portrait?
You will use our color gels to alter the mood of the light and bring a new look to traditional subjects.
How can you use artificial light to enhance your idea?
How can color, light, and texture affect a photograph?
How does the intensity of light affect the subject?
What emotional qualities can be enhance by color?
Can you define mood by how you light the portrait?
To Turn in:
One Mood Board of 10+ images (either portraits or product photography) using colored light
Summary of your Research (see Google Doc)
Contact sheet of 24+ images
3 edited images
Reflection (TBA)
One Mood Board of 10+ images (either portraits or product photography) using colored light
Summary of your Research (see Google Doc)
Contact sheet of 24+ images
3 edited images
Reflection (TBA)
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Text Project
Concept: How can you combine and contrast image and text to communicate a social or political message?
Barbara Kruger
website
video
art history archive
Jenny Holzer
website
video
art history archive
Shepard Fairey
website
video and bio
Gregg Deal
website
Art talk with NEA
Project: Create one image that uses text to communicate a social or political message
Tips:
- It helps to keep the image black and white
- Choose a font that is sans serif
- Use shapes to separate the text from the image
Tutorial Example
On Website:
1 text image
Reflection Questions:
Concept: How can you combine and contrast image and text to communicate a social or political message?
Barbara Kruger
website
video
art history archive
Jenny Holzer
website
video
art history archive
Shepard Fairey
website
video and bio
Gregg Deal
website
Art talk with NEA
Project: Create one image that uses text to communicate a social or political message
Tips:
- It helps to keep the image black and white
- Choose a font that is sans serif
- Use shapes to separate the text from the image
Tutorial Example
On Website:
1 text image
Reflection Questions:
- What was the objective of the assignment?
- What artist(s) did you study for inspiration?
- What message are you trying to communicate?
- What visual and text cues did you use to convey this message?
NARRATive Photography
Goal: To be able to tell a narrative (story) within an image using the camera and lighting techniques we have learned so far.
How can you use the QUALITY OF LIGHT and COLOR to convey a mood to your narrative? Assignment Requirements:
Unedited photos due Monday 2/11 |
6 Easy Ways to Give Your Photos a Sense of Narrative Reading the Narrative Photograph Lucas Museum - Photography Photographers to Look At: Jeff Wall Cindy Sherman Gregory Crewsdon Sandy Skogland Henri Cartier-Bresson Carrie Ann Weems Stories to think about: Myth Fairy Tale A Moment in Time of a student/sibling/parent/character What's happening in DPS right now/education in general Immigration Displacement/Gentrification An Issue you are worried about |
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WATER UNIT
3. OIL AND WATER
Oil and Water 4. LIGHTROOM TUTORIALS
Watch this video and follow along in Lightroom. Scan this article if you need more information. Complete these tutorials: Editing in Lightroom Adjustment Brush in Lightroom Use these files to complete the tutorials. Turn your final images into GC. Editing in Lightroom image Adjustment Brush image |
5. DISTORTION
You may want to use the reflectors to soften the light and reduce reflections. 6. CRYSTAL BALL
Try to avoid having someone hold the crystal ball unless it's a portrait. 7. Photo Analysis, Upload to Drive, Start Editing
Read about Muybridge Read about Edgerton 1. Choose an image from one of those photographers (from the articles) and answer the questions in this Google Doc (make a copy first before filling out!). Turn into GC. 2. Upload all your files from Semester 1 to your Google Drive. Organize your images into folders (if you haven't done so) on your desktop. 3. Start making contact sheets and choosing images from your photo shoots so far. |
WATER UNIT PRODUCTS
Station 7: Image Analysis – Google doc turned into Classroom
Station #4: Lightroom Tutorials – edited images and written reflection into Classroom with written reflection Station 1: Fish Tank – contact sheet of 10+ images, edit best ONE image
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EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DONE AND TURNED IN BY 1/31 |
BOKEH (EXTRA CREDIT)
EXTRA CREDIT PROJECT: TURN IN TWO EDITED HOLIDAY IMAGES THAT SHOW BOKEH
Bokeh comes from the Japanese word boke (ボケ), which means "blur" or "haze". Bokeh is pronounced BOH-Kə or BOH-kay. Bokeh is defined as “the effect of a soft out-of-focus background that you get when shooting a subject, using a fast lens, at the widest aperture, such as f/2.8 or wider.” Although bokeh is actually a characteristic of a photograph, the lens used determines the shape and size of the visible bokeh. Usually seen more in highlights, bokeh is affected by the shape of the diaphragm blades (the aperture) of the lens. A lens with more circular shaped blades will have rounder, softer orbs of out-of-focus highlights, whereas a lens with an aperture that is more hexagonal in shape will reflect that shape in the highlights. = Nikon USA HOW TO TUTORIALS
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Bokeh is achieved through a large aperture opening (like f2.8) and having the camera close to the subject.
By increasing the distance between the background and your subject, you can see bokeh in images that are shot at smaller apertures like f/8. |
Final Web Page
Make the following pages:
- Home
- Semester 1
- Portfolio
- Inspiration
(returning students - make two new pages/tabs - one called Photo 2 and one called Photo 1. Make your other pages subpages of these)
Home Page - Personalized with your text and images
Semester 1 Page/Project Page –
- 7 Questions (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Composition Project (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Identity Project (images, contact sheet, reflection, & research)
- Beautiful Decay (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Anti-Cliche (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Extended Exposure (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Fears & Phobias (images, contact sheet, research, & reflection)
- Light Study (images, contact sheet, research, & reflection)
- Passion Project (images, contact sheet, research, & reflection)
Inspiration Page
- Find 10+ images of professional photography that inspire you
- Bach vs Beethoven activity
- Home
- Semester 1
- Portfolio
- Inspiration
(returning students - make two new pages/tabs - one called Photo 2 and one called Photo 1. Make your other pages subpages of these)
Home Page - Personalized with your text and images
Semester 1 Page/Project Page –
- 7 Questions (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Composition Project (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Identity Project (images, contact sheet, reflection, & research)
- Beautiful Decay (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Anti-Cliche (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Extended Exposure (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Fears & Phobias (images, contact sheet, research, & reflection)
- Light Study (images, contact sheet, research, & reflection)
- Passion Project (images, contact sheet, research, & reflection)
Inspiration Page
- Find 10+ images of professional photography that inspire you
- Bach vs Beethoven activity
Photo Transfer - ONE PHOTO
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Transfer Steps:
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TIPS:
- Your image will look rustic, so find a subject matter that would suit the look
- Adding a rough film edge border or Polaroid edge may help the effect
- You must be patient when taking of the paper
- Think about adding color after transfering the print for added "antique" look
Light Study
MOOD BOARD RESEARCH
Find one example of each of the following: Sunrise Sunset Midday light Cloudy (soft, diffused light) Window Light (side lighting) Back Lighting Sun Flare Shade/overhang Low light Flash at sunset |
LIGHTING PROMPTS (Photo Shoot):
Extra Credit:
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Passion Project
You will create a series of work that is interesting to you and that pushes your technical and creative skills within photography.
Decide what you want to focus on - your choice! This is your opportunity to focus on something you love that may not be a part of our curriculum. You will have to turn in: Concept/Mood Board (where are you getting your inspiration) - due 11/12 Contract on Project (posted in Google Classroom) - due 11/12 Contact sheet of 24+ images 3-5 images for your series (dependent on technical complexity) Due on Friday, 12/7 |
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Fear & Phobias Project
What are you afraid of? Is it a actual or imagined fear?
What is the difference between a fear and a phobia? Why do people fear things? What evolutionary and psychological elements are at play? How can you communicate a fear or phobia in a clear, creative manner? This project will introduce you to the idea of MIXED MEDIA, or using other medias besides pixels and screens. We will print your image onto a special transparency and then back the image with color, texture, and/or text to add to the complexity of the work. Fear & Phobia Reflection Questions
1. What was your fear/phobia? 2. What visual clues did you use to communicate your message? 3. What type of composition did you use? How did this help add interest to the photo? 4. What is your background? How does it enhance the meaning of the photo? 5. After looking at everyone's images, how successful were you in this project? What grade would you give yourself and why? |
REQUIREMENTS
Some form of research (sketches, collected images, writing) that demonstrates planning Contact sheet of your attempts Final image (transparency + mixed media) Reflection |
Website check 2nd 6 weeks
WEBSITE CHECKLIST
Go to students.weebly.com
User Name = firstnamelastname
Password = studentIDp6
Make the following pages:
- Home
- Semester 1
- Portfolio
- Inspiration
(returning students - make two new pages/tabs - one called Photo 2 and one called Photo 1. Make your other pages subpages of these)
Home Page - Personalized with your text and images
Semester 1 Page/Project Page –
- 7 Questions (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Composition Project (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Identity Project (images, contact sheet, reflection, & research)
- Beautiful Decay (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Anti-Cliche (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Extended Exposure (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
Inspiration Page
- Find 10+ images of professional photography that inspire you
- Bach vs Beethoven activity
Go to students.weebly.com
User Name = firstnamelastname
Password = studentIDp6
Make the following pages:
- Home
- Semester 1
- Portfolio
- Inspiration
(returning students - make two new pages/tabs - one called Photo 2 and one called Photo 1. Make your other pages subpages of these)
Home Page - Personalized with your text and images
Semester 1 Page/Project Page –
- 7 Questions (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Composition Project (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Identity Project (images, contact sheet, reflection, & research)
- Beautiful Decay (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Anti-Cliche (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
- Extended Exposure (images, contact sheet, & reflection)
Inspiration Page
- Find 10+ images of professional photography that inspire you
- Bach vs Beethoven activity
Anti-Cliche (Botanic Garden Shoot)
How do you capture unique images at the Botanic Garden without resorting to the standard cliches of landscape photography?
Shoot 30+ images Turn in:
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Extended Exposure Assignment
Your choice of:
You will have to turn in:
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Tips and Tricks
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IDENTITY PROJECT
How do you communicate your identity?
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IDENTITY PROJECT REQUIREMENTS:
Research: List of 10+ words that describe you Slide of 10+ images of portraits that inspire you Contact Sheet; 24+ images that show a variety of ideas Images: One image of how you want to represent yourself One image of experimentation (being a character, distortion, manipulation, absurd, etc.) |
COMPOSITION
After studying the main compositional guidelines, shoot 24+ images that address at least 7 of the guidelines.
Curate and edit your Composition Project photos. Find your best 5 examples to edit. Be sure to use your knowledge of repair tools to eliminate distractions in your images. Save your photos with the compositional rule in the file name - for example - "name_leadinglines.jpg" Turn in your contact sheet, 5 edited photos, and reflection into Google Classroom. |
Reflection -
Why is thinking about composition important for a photographer? What is a focal point? Which of your 5 images is your favorite and why? What do you need to keep working on in the area of composition? |
7 Questions - Shot Images Due 8/27
For each question, respond with a photograph you took. Try to shoot at least 20+ images to have choices in your final "answers".
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Import your photos into your computer
Make a contact sheet (save as 7questions_name.pdf) Edit selected images in Photoshop Save as: room_name, school_name, fear_name, hope_name, love_name, beautiful_name, place_name Save as a jpeg! Turn in contact sheet, reflection, and 7 photos into Google Classroom Post on website under your Projects page |
17-18 Projects
Final Website
Home Page - no stock photography, welcome message
Projects Page -
Personal Photography - 15+ images that you took OUTSIDE of class that are not assignment based
Portfolio Page - your BEST 15 images of the year
Artist statement (5-7 sentences)
- How have you grown as a photographer this year?
- What new techniques have you learned?
- How will photography influence your future career/personal life?
- What do you want to learn more about (in the field of photography)?)
Inspiration Page - mood boards, Style study, bach vs beethoven, photographer report
Projects Page -
- Grid Assignment (final image, contact sheet, reflection (copy from Google Classroom)
- Cinemagraph (final GIF, reflection)
- Water Project (individual research, contact sheet, photos, reflection)
- Color Gel Project (mood board, contact sheet, photos, reflection)
- Magic Realism Project (mood board, contact sheet, images, reflection)
- Passion Project (mood board, contact sheet, images, reflection)
- Scanography (1-5 images, mood board, reflection)
- Manual Review (contact sheet, edited images, reflection)
- Word Project (mood board, contact sheet, edited image, reflection)
Personal Photography - 15+ images that you took OUTSIDE of class that are not assignment based
Portfolio Page - your BEST 15 images of the year
Artist statement (5-7 sentences)
- How have you grown as a photographer this year?
- What new techniques have you learned?
- How will photography influence your future career/personal life?
- What do you want to learn more about (in the field of photography)?)
Inspiration Page - mood boards, Style study, bach vs beethoven, photographer report
WORD project
How do you visualize a word using the format of diptych, triptych, or extending the edges of the frame?
1. CHOOSE ONE WORD (or two or three if you can't decide... choose the best one after you shoot):
Constrain Disappear Invisible Contradict Anger Melancholy Rhythm Close Distant Damaged Magic Decay Luminous Underneath Hidden Disconnect Capture |
2. THEN, Choose a format that would BEST illustrate your idea
Diptich Triptych Extending the edges |
3. Photo Shoot on your own time. Unedited photos due by Monday, April 30th
Scanography
What is scanography?
Scanography (also spelled scannography), more commonly referred to as scanner photography, is the process of capturing digitized images of objects for the purpose of creating printable art using a flatbed "photo" scanner with a CCD (charge-coupled device) array capturing device. (Wikipedia) Website devoted to scanning Tutorial on Scanography National Geographic Scanography Submissions You will create 1 to 2 scanographs using objects and food provided as well as things you brought in Think about: Self Portrait or portrait of someone (keep your eyes closed) I Spy composition Pattern/Repetition Study of a botanical object YOU are responsible for cleaning up the scanner and the area around it - no liquid, sugar, sand, etc. that could scratch the glass or ruin the electronics! |
This project is going to test your compositional skills. You need to make sure you composition is balanced and has a clear sense of organization, Too much empty space will cause your image to lack interest/energy.
How do the examples above use compositional rules to create a stable image? |
Magical Realism
Goal: to create a series of 3 images that convey a sense of magical realism (or surrealism) using techniques of levitation, optical illusion, and multiplicity.
What is Magic Realism? The merging of present and past, the invention of strange objects, the juxtaposition of unlike things, and the depiction of alienation are just a few of the ways in which Magic Realist painters evoke the mysteriousness and uncanniness of everyday reality. Magic Realism focuses on explorations of the strangeness and incongruousness of existence. (artstory.com) What is Surrealism? The Surrealists sought to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock the power of the imagination. Disdaining rationalism and literary realism, and powerfully influenced by psychoanalysis, the Surrealists believed the rational mind repressed the power of the imagination, weighing it down with taboos. Influenced also by Karl Marx, they hoped that the psyche had the power to reveal the contradictions in the everyday world and spur on revolution. (artstory.com) ARTISTS TO LOOK AT:
Robert and Shauna ParkeHarrison Jerry Uelsmann Ten Surreal Photographers You Have to Know |
To Turn in:
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Studio Project: Gels
Choose one area of focus - Staple City, Product Photography, or Portraits.
You will use our color gels to alter the mood of the light and bring a new look to traditional subjects.
How can you use artificial light to enhance your idea?
How can color, light, and texture affect a photograph?
How does the intensity of light affect the subject?
What emotional qualities can be enhance by color?
Can you define mood by how you light the portrait?
You will use our color gels to alter the mood of the light and bring a new look to traditional subjects.
How can you use artificial light to enhance your idea?
How can color, light, and texture affect a photograph?
How does the intensity of light affect the subject?
What emotional qualities can be enhance by color?
Can you define mood by how you light the portrait?
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To Turn in:
One Mood Board of 10+ images
Contact sheet of 24+ images
3 edited images
Reflection (TBA)
One Mood Board of 10+ images
Contact sheet of 24+ images
3 edited images
Reflection (TBA)
Passion PROJECT
You will create a series of work that is interesting to you and that pushes your technical and creative skills within photography.
Decide what you want to focus on - your choice! This is your opportunity to focus on something you love that may not be a part of our curriculum.
You will have to turn in:
Concept/Mood Board (where are you getting your inspiration) - due 1/29
Contract on Project (posted in Google Classroom) - due 1/29
Contact sheet of 24+ images
3-5 images for your series (dependent on technical complexity)
Due on Friday, 4/6
Decide what you want to focus on - your choice! This is your opportunity to focus on something you love that may not be a part of our curriculum.
You will have to turn in:
Concept/Mood Board (where are you getting your inspiration) - due 1/29
Contract on Project (posted in Google Classroom) - due 1/29
Contact sheet of 24+ images
3-5 images for your series (dependent on technical complexity)
Due on Friday, 4/6
Cinemagraphs
GOAL: To create a cinemagraph with your own photography/video and understand when this type of imagery is most effective.
Tutorials
text + video from Photoshop Cafe |
Grid Project
How can you create a series of images that are UNIFIED?
Create a series of photos in a GRID LAYOUT that relate to one another through subject matter, color, composition, and/or editing treatment. Use at least 9 photos (remember the end result is a geometric, symmetrical grid). You will crop these as squares (like Instagram), so think about composition in this format. Think about using the same DEPTH OF FIELD in each photo to create consistency. Use Lightroom to edit your photos (use a unified color palette and process to edit your images) Use Photoshop to create your grid layout (demo TBA). |
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Winter Website Final
Home Page - welcome message and images, looks finished and professional
Projects Page (images, contact sheet, and refection) 7 Questions HDR Identity Fear & Phobia Project Beautiful Decay Lighting Study Narrative Mood Lighting Photojournalism Project Bokeh (optional) Photo Transfer (take a photo of your final piece) Portfolio Your best 10 images from this semester Reflection Statement (TBA) Personal Photography Your images/work that you create on your own - this is where you can really showcase things you are passionate about! Inspiration Bach vs Beethoven Style Assignment (25 images + writing) Mood Boards from Projects |
Your website is a reflection of you - make it look professional and mimic your style.
Avoid any stock images in the templates (change them to your work) Stay away from the more "cutesy" and overused template formats |
Photo Transfer to wood
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PROJECT: TURN IN ONE PHOTO TRANSFER
TUTORIAL
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TIPS:
- Your image will look rustic, so find a subject matter that would suit the look
- Adding a rough film edge border or Polaroid edge may help the effect
- You must be patient when taking of the paper
- Think about adding color after transfering the print for added "antique" look
BOKEH
PROJECT: TURN IN TWO EDITED HOLIDAY IMAGES THAT SHOW BOKEH
Bokeh comes from the Japanese word boke (ボケ), which means "blur" or "haze", or boke-aji, the "blur quality." Bokeh is pronounced BOH-Kə or BOH-kay. Bokeh is defined as “the effect of a soft out-of-focus background that you get when shooting a subject, using a fast lens, at the widest aperture, such as f/2.8 or wider.” Simply put, bokeh is the pleasing or aesthetic quality of out-of-focus blur in a photograph. Although bokeh is actually a characteristic of a photograph, the lens used determines the shape and size of the visible bokeh. Usually seen more in highlights, bokeh is affected by the shape of the diaphragm blades (the aperture) of the lens. A lens with more circular shaped blades will have rounder, softer orbs of out-of-focus highlights, whereas a lens with an aperture that is more hexagonal in shape will reflect that shape in the highlights. = Nikon USA HOW TO TUTORIALS
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Bokeh is achieved through a large aperture opening (like f2.8) and having the camera close to the subject.
By increasing the distance between the background and your subject, you can see bokeh in images that are shot at smaller apertures like f/8. |
Narrative Mood Lighting
How can light (and the color of light) help convey a mood within a photograph?
Using your knowledge of lighting, create 3 images that convey a sense of story and mood. Subject is up to you - you can set up the scene or find your stories through observation, but you can only use AVAILABLE LIGHT (no studio set ups) 1. Photographs and narratives are about something. The subject of a picture is a person, place, or thing. 2. All photographs have a setting. A setting includes time and place. 3. To compose an interesting photograph there must be something happening. Either there is an identifiable event or an action that is being presented to involve the viewer. 4. A photographer points the audience in a certain direction. The photographer uses the camera angle and distance to inform and influence the viewer. 5. There are emotions stirred in the viewer. The mood of a photograph help convey the information and build emotional connections and relationships. -Taken from Dark Pines Media |
Light Study
MOOD BOARD RESEARCH
Find one example of each of the following: Sunrise Sunset Midday light Cloudy (soft, diffused light) Window Light (side lighting) Back Lighting Sun Flare Shade/overhang Low light Flash at sunset |
LIGHTING PROMPTS (Photo Shoot):
Extra Credit:
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Photographer Report
Create a Google Slide Presentation on a professional, vetted photographer, Use the worksheet to help you organize your information and get the necessary facts about your person.
You will present this to the class, so make it interesting!
You will present this to the class, so make it interesting!
Possible Photographers and Websites to Search
Landscape Ansel Adams David Muench Eliot Porter Richard Misrach Fashion Richard Avedon David LaChapelle Irving Penn Helmut Newton Steven Klein Bruce Weber Celebrity Annie Leibovitz Herb Ritts Sports Walter Iooss Neil Leifer Aaron Chang Hy Money Max Rossi |
National Geographic Steve McCurry Annie Griffiths Belt Other Interesting Photographers Diane Arbus Cindy Sherman Gregory Crewsdon Stephen Marc Mary Ellen Mark Robert and Shauna Parke Harrison Henri Cartier Bresson Weegee (crime photographs) Portrait Photographers Masters of Photography 10 Famous Photographers Famous Photographers |
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BEAUTIFUL DECAY
How can you make something considered ugly, dilapidated, or decayed into something beautiful?
Using your skills in composition and camera work, create 3-5 images that communicate the idea of beautiful decay. To turn in: Mood board of 5+ images Contact sheet of 24+ images 3 to 5 edited images Reflection (TBA) |
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Fear & Phobia Project
What are you afraid of? Is it a actual or imagined fear?
What is the difference between a fear and a phobia? Why do people fear things? What evolutionary and psychological elements are at play? How can you communicate a fear or phobia in a clear, creative manner? This project will introduce you to the idea of MIXED MEDIA, or using other medias besides pixels and screens. We will print your image onto a special transparency and then back the image with color, texture, and/or text to add to the complexity of the work. Fear & Phobia Reflection Questions
1. What was your fear/phobia? 2. What visual clues did you use to communicate your message? 3. What type of composition did you use? How did this help add interest to the photo? 4. What is your background? How does it enhance the meaning of the photo? 5. After looking at everyone's images, how successful were you in this project? What grade would you give yourself and why? |
REQUIREMENTS
Some form of research (sketches, collected images, writing) that demonstrates planning Contact sheet of your attempts Final image (transparency + mixed media) Reflection |
Identity Project
An individual’s identity is made up of many different factors.
Consider. What is important to you? How would you describe yourself? Write ten words that are central to your identity and ten words that are the opposite of your identity. These words can be anything, including social categories such as ethnicity and gender, adjectives describing your personality, issues or beliefs you care about, and your favorite pastimes and activities. Research/Create. Make a mind map/brainstorm sketch of your ideas. Once approved, then start creating a mood board of possible approaches to your project. Project: Create 2 self portraits. You have some options on how to create this: 1) One will represent you (however you want to portray your "true" self). and one will be the opposite of you (either make a character that is not like you OR contrasting yourself in an environment that you don't normally "belong"). 2) Your public persona vs your private persona 3) How people see you vs how you see yourself Resources MOMA - Intersecting Identities National Gallery of Art - Serial Portraits 10 Photographers' Self Portraits James White - Scanner Artists to look at: Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Nikki S. Lee, Tseng Kwong Chi, Francesca Woodmen, Lee Friedlander, James White, Catherine Opie, Jessica Todd Harper, Lorna Simpson |
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HDR Project
HDR Project
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. The dynamic range of a scene tells you how different the brightest parts of the scene (the highlights) are from the darkest parts of the scene (the shadows). The human eye can see a much greater dynamic range than any camera, including the camera of your iPhone.
While your cell phone will do all the HDR work for you, we will learn how to create HDR images through the SLR camera and Photoshop.
You will need to take 5 exposures (one underexposed by two stops, one underexposed by one stop, one exposed correctly, one overexposed by one stop, one overexposed two stops) to get the full dynamic range. Tripods are a MUST to line up the scene.
While your cell phone will do all the HDR work for you, we will learn how to create HDR images through the SLR camera and Photoshop.
You will need to take 5 exposures (one underexposed by two stops, one underexposed by one stop, one exposed correctly, one overexposed by one stop, one overexposed two stops) to get the full dynamic range. Tripods are a MUST to line up the scene.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS
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7 Questions
7 questions
Self Reflection (Google doc)
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Import your photos into your computer
Make a contact sheet (save as 7questions_name.pdf) Edit selected images in Photoshop Save as: room_name, school_name, fear_name, hope_name, love_name, beautiful_name, place_name Save as a jpeg! Turn in contact sheet, reflection, and 7 photos into Google Classroom Post on website under your Projects page |
2016-17
Mini-Concentration
Series: How do I create a series of work (3-5 images) that connect around a central idea?
Requirements:
Mood Board and sketches/notes for your proposal
Contact sheet of your shoot(s)
3-5 final images
Reflection statement
1. What is the idea behind your series? Were you inspired by another photographer? Explain.
2. How did you communicate your idea? What visual cues or symbols did you use to help the viewer understand what you are trying to say/show?
3. What element connects your series? Explain.
4. What worked well in your series? Explain.
5. Why would artists work in a series?
Research:
AP Studio Art Portfolio examples
20 Inspirational Photographers on Behance
Conceptual Photography Series
Removed Photo Series
Robert and Shauna ParkeHarrison
Erik Johannsson
Arne Svenson
Lyle Ashton Harris
Dulce Pizon
Introduction and review of different artists’ series or sets of work & Research/Brainstorming
Requirements:
Mood Board and sketches/notes for your proposal
Contact sheet of your shoot(s)
3-5 final images
Reflection statement
1. What is the idea behind your series? Were you inspired by another photographer? Explain.
2. How did you communicate your idea? What visual cues or symbols did you use to help the viewer understand what you are trying to say/show?
3. What element connects your series? Explain.
4. What worked well in your series? Explain.
5. Why would artists work in a series?
Research:
AP Studio Art Portfolio examples
20 Inspirational Photographers on Behance
Conceptual Photography Series
Removed Photo Series
Robert and Shauna ParkeHarrison
Erik Johannsson
Arne Svenson
Lyle Ashton Harris
Dulce Pizon
Introduction and review of different artists’ series or sets of work & Research/Brainstorming
- Observe and participate in the lesson on series/sets of work. You will review and analyze examples from other artists to help formulate your own ideas for starting your project.
- Conduct research to find a theme that will unify the artworks you produce for your project. This theme could represent a specific genre, a technique used by one of your favorite artists, or represent a social issue. You will use various resources (e.g., search the Internet or consult books in the library) to help you develop an outline for your plans and sketching. You will need to address how each artwork represents the theme you’ve selected.
- You will have time at the beginning of class to receive final feedback or ideas from small peer groups or teacher.
- You will spend this day refining and finalizing your project proposal.
- Turn in your final project plan to your teacher.
- You will have five or more days to produce your artworks.
- Frequently turn and talk to your classmates and teacher about possible revisions and modifications to your approach to planning and creating.
- Remember to use your class time wisely and to do your best work
- Upload your images to Dropbox and on your website.
- You will participate in a gallery walk where you will review your classmates’ work and take part in a class-wide discussion and critique.
- You will provide your classmates with written descriptive feedback on their work as well as analyze your own work in writing.
- You will write a reflective statement to add to your website about your series.
Studio lights/Projections
How can you use artificial light to enhance your idea?
Project: After researching technical and creative ideas, you will produce two portraits that use artificial light to help convey an idea or mood. How can color, light, and texture affect a portrait? How does the intensity of light affect the human form? What emotional qualities can be enhance by text, color, and texture? Can you define identity by how you light the portrait? TURN IN: 2 - 3 edited images Contact sheet of 24+ images Inspiration Slide Planning sketches Resources Light Projection Body Art More Light Projection Using a projector in your photoshoot 50 Creative Portrait Ideas 10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits |
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LiGHT IN FILM AND ART
Project: After researching an artist or filmmaker, create a series of images that use the same lighting techniques as that person.
You have two options: Imitate the film stills or artwork (an exact copy or a parody) Use the lighting techniques with your own subject matter What mood will your photos convey? How does lighting help tell that emotion/mood? How did you use the techniques of your artist/film maker to inspire your images? You must create a PPT slide of research images on your artist TURN IN: 2 - 3 edited images Contact sheet of 24+ images Inspiration Slide |
FILM MAKERS TO LOOK AT
Stanley Kubrick M. Night Shyamalan Steven Spielberg Alfred Hitchcock Quentin Tarantino ARTISTS THAT USE LIGHT
Edward Hopper Vermeer Caravaggio Genteleschi Gregory Crewdson Carrie Ann Weems Bruce Nauman Degas Kehinde Wiley (more about appropriation) |
HAirspray Project |
TECHNICAL Light study |
Goal: To create a comparison of the issues presented in the musical Hairspray to contemporary times.
Project: A series of 3 images dealing with a chosen issue that is a component of Hairspray. How do these issues play out today? Research: Brainstorm list of issues in musical Research images dealing with your chosen topic Comparison - Is this issue still the same today? How is it different? Project Requirements: Research on your topic and how it relates to Hairspray Contact Sheet 3 edited images Reflection |
GOAL: How does light affect the representation of the subject?
Capture images using the following light:
Extra Credit:
REFLECTION QUESTIONS: 1. How does light affect the image? Talk about a few of your examples as evidence. 2. Which one is your strongest image? Why? 3. Which image do you wish you could redo? Why? |
Identity Project
An individual’s identity is made up of many different factors.
Consider. What is important to you? How would you describe yourself? Write ten words that are central to your identity and ten words that are the opposite of your identity. These words can be anything, including social categories such as ethnicity and gender, adjectives describing your personality, issues or beliefs you care about, and your favorite pastimes and activities. Research/Create. Make an abstract self-portrait! Create a collage that represents the different aspects of your identity. Project: Create 2 self portraits. One will represent you (however you want to portray your "true" self). and one will be the opposite of you (either make a character that is not like you OR contrasting yourself in an environment that you don't normally "belong"). Please try to use a DSLR to shoot the images - cameras are available on a nightly basis. Resources MOMA - Intersecting Identities National Gallery of Art - Serial Portraits 10 Photographers' Self Portraits James White - Scanner Artists to look at: Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Nikki S. Lee, Tseng Kwong Chi, Francesca Woodmen, Lee Friedlander, James White, Catherine Opie, Jessica Todd Harper, Lorna Simpson |
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Text Project
Concept: How can you combine and contrast image and text to communicate a social or political message? Barbara Kruger website video art history archive Jenny Holzer website video art history archive Shepard Fairey website video and bio Gregg Deal website Art talk with NEA Project: Create one image that uses text to communicate a social or political message Tips: - It helps to keep the image black and white - Choose a font that is sans serif - Use shapes to separate the text from the image Tutorial Example On Website: 1+ text images Reflection Questions:
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WEBSITE CHECK 1
Home Page - Personalized with your text and images
Semester 1 Page -
7 Questions (images, contact sheet, and reflection)
Diversity Portraits (images, contact sheet, brief explanation of what we did)
Beautiful Decay (images, contact sheet, reflection, mood board)
Photo Challenge (images, contact sheet, reflection)
Anti-Cliche/ Botanic Gardens (images, contact sheet)
Inspiration Page - 25 images plus writing from style questions
Semester 1 Page -
7 Questions (images, contact sheet, and reflection)
Diversity Portraits (images, contact sheet, brief explanation of what we did)
Beautiful Decay (images, contact sheet, reflection, mood board)
Photo Challenge (images, contact sheet, reflection)
Anti-Cliche/ Botanic Gardens (images, contact sheet)
Inspiration Page - 25 images plus writing from style questions
Fears & Phobias PROJECT
To create a series of 3 images that deal with fears or phobias within contemporary society
Things to consider:
• Figure(s) & Object(s) (which should reveal something of the fear or phobia in the photo)
• Format: Horizontal vs. Vertical
• Subject Placement: Rule of Thirds
• Background
• Point of View
• Lighting: create mood/feeling
• Clothing: can suggest personal style/career profession
• Subject: mannerism, reactions, expressions and body language
1.RESEARCH - Create a mood board of 10+ images that show fears, phobias, or possible techniques you want to try
2. BRAINSTORM possible ideas. DRAW at least 3 different CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES displaying 3 different possible ideas first in paper.
3. Complete at LEAST 2 tutorials that would help you in this project. Try one of the high contrast, gritty tutorials given. Turn into Dropbox.
4. GET APPROVAL on your idea based on your conceptual sketch(s).
5. Photo Shoot - make sure you have all your props and models ready to go!
6. Create a contact sheet and edit your best three images. Keep the images unified by using the same style and techniques.
Things to consider:
• Figure(s) & Object(s) (which should reveal something of the fear or phobia in the photo)
• Format: Horizontal vs. Vertical
• Subject Placement: Rule of Thirds
• Background
• Point of View
• Lighting: create mood/feeling
• Clothing: can suggest personal style/career profession
• Subject: mannerism, reactions, expressions and body language
1.RESEARCH - Create a mood board of 10+ images that show fears, phobias, or possible techniques you want to try
2. BRAINSTORM possible ideas. DRAW at least 3 different CONCEPTUAL SKETCHES displaying 3 different possible ideas first in paper.
3. Complete at LEAST 2 tutorials that would help you in this project. Try one of the high contrast, gritty tutorials given. Turn into Dropbox.
4. GET APPROVAL on your idea based on your conceptual sketch(s).
5. Photo Shoot - make sure you have all your props and models ready to go!
6. Create a contact sheet and edit your best three images. Keep the images unified by using the same style and techniques.
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