Assignment 15: Light...when it's right it's right.

Prada Store, Marfa, Texas

What is photography if the light isn’t right?  Where is the intrigue, the sweetness, the subtle value changes or drama of stark black and white?  What makes some images make us want wish we’d been there or taken that while other images we simply overlook? 

For this assignment you’ll be capturing 3 different images in 3 different locations that demonstrate great shadow and light.  Make sure your camera is on manual.

Post all three on your blog and include the technical information. 

Edit the images with any or all of the following adjustments:  levels, curves, color balance, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast.  Add the adjustments you made under the images after the technical information.

Lastly, what was the hardest part of this assignment (related to light), what was the most interesting part?  Which image do you think is the most successful?

Due date:  October 27, by the end of class.  

Assignment #14 - Hearts and how to capture one...

Due October 20, end of class.

Assignment #12 - Symmetry with Photography

What does "symmetry" look like through the lens of your camera?  

Original image thanks to Kasara Schmidt!

In this assignment you will be shooting for design and creating symmetry as an end result.  

1.  Capture something interesting, something that has good shape, form, composition. lines, value.  

2.  Working in Photoshop, finish your image using whatever tools you need to create a dynamic image and design, then crop to a square format.  

3.  Create a square document in Photoshop not larger than 12 x 12", resolution 180.

4.  Using the image rotation/reflect/flip tool, create a final photograph that captures symmetry, good design, and an interesting, overall image.

Due date:  Today, end of class.

Assignment 10: Great Bokeh there!

Depth of Field may not be everything in photography, but knowing when and how to use it, and in what situations, will certainly make your photograph more intriguing.  This assignment is about a term known as bokeh - the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens.

Image by Annie Manning - Paint the Moon

Take a look at the link below - research the various lens and techniques the photographer used, and create two versions of your own bokeh.  You should first and foremost, use the technical aspects of your camera and lenses.  If you don't have the ability to create bokeh with the camera you have, look at the Photoshop and Lightroom tutorials that can enhance what you create.

Most importantly, have fun.

Due date:  Post at the end of class today, 10/2 or 10/3


http://paintthemoon.net/2017/01/14-tips-get-better-bokeh/

Assignment #9: If Photography is an art, what about capturing "art" as a photograph?

We all have favorite artists, favorite paintings, favorite sculptures.  Sometimes, wouldn't it be nice to get inside the head of the creator and see what they did as they were making their creation?  Now you will.

Choose your favorite painting, sculpture, artist, and recreate your favorite piece using whatever photography means you feel you need.  The sky is the limit.  Pose your friends, use the studio, Lightroom or PhotoShop as you see fit.  Your assignment is to "re"capture the image using your own tool - your camera.

What I'm looking for:

1.  Lighting
2.  Composition
3.  Accuracy (within reason)
4.  Attitude (serious?  humorous?)
5.  Research TWO artists and the work they create that you are interested in "re"capturing through the medium of Photography.  Post both artists and their images on your blog and give them due credit.
6.  Your final piece will be saved at a resolution of 300 , not larger than 8 x 10, and posted, side by side, with the original art/artist you selected.

You can work with a partner ONLY if both of you are in the final capture, and upon teacher approval.  Set up and location is important so choose your image carefully.  Think about using the Photography Studio and think about needed props to make the image come alive.

5.  Have fun, please.  Always important…

Due date:  10/18

Pot Pourri”, Herbert James Draper – recapture by Tania Brassesco and Lazlo Passi Norberto

Girl with Ice Cream Cone”, Wayne Thiebaud – recapture by Stephanie Gonot

Le Désespéré”, Gustave Courbet – recapture by Stefano Telloni

                                                     Self Portrait 1889″, Vincent van Gogh – recapture by Seth Johnson

Girl reading a Letter by an Open Window, Vermeer - recapture by Wanda Martin

                                      Portrait of a Lady, 1640, Rogier Van der Weyden - recapture by Hendrik Kersten

Assignment # 8 ...so now that you've done the hard stuff...

...let's have some fun!

The Assignment:  To capture letter forms that make up the alphabet.
The Final Project:  Create a QUOTE you find particularly meaningful using those letter forms.
The Rules:  
1. Capture images that LOOK like the alphabet letters
2.  Do NOT capture existing letters (from signs, buildings, billboards, etc.)
3.  Create a new artboard in Photoshop that will fit the entire quote and place the letters you've captured on it, sized and cropped correctly.
3.  Due 9/27, posted on your blog.

Assignment #7 - What color are you?

When you think of who you are, what color do you see?  For this assignment, think about who you are and capture the color in one fabulous, portfolio quality image.

Some rules:
1. When you capture the image, leave enough room for the color "word" you've chosen.
2. Once you've captured the image, create a new document in Photoshop approximately 12 x 18 (your "shape" may be different but not larger than those dimensions.
3. Place your image and design the word so that is is evident but not obvious.  Think about the opacity and color of the word itself.  Think about the font as well.
4. Post on your blog and include a paragraph explaining/describing the image and color you selected.

Due date:   A Day - 9/20, end of class
                  B Day - 9/21, end of class