One Light Portraits

Try this at home with hosehold equipment... lamps, white paper, whatever you can find.

Try these lighting examples PLUS try a soft light (open window with non direct sun light) with a fill (reflective seurface) on the opposite side.

Total of eight pictures.

watch the youtube demo we saw in class to refresh your memory.

Shoot these pictures by April 5th.

Take a look at the following three photographer's websites....

Shelia Archer

Frances Berry

Jodi Cobb

Write a one page essay on what you believe each photographer concentrates on in their work and how they are most successful. End with a statement about which photographer's images you are most interested in and why.

Type this essay by the end of class.

Series of new assignments....

First Assignment: Take a set of 12-15 images where LINES are the dominant compositional element. These pictures are DUE THURSDAY MARCH 24th.

Second Assignment: Take a set of 10-12 images that use Framing as the dominant compositional element. These pictures ar DUE THURDSAY MARCH 24th

Refer to the Kodak Guidelines if you need reminding of what this could mean...

This is also a useful web resource for lines.

This can be a useful web resource for framing.

St. Patrick's Day Tutorial

Go to this tutorial and try this with an existing original photograph or take a new shot now and give it a try...


http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/colorized-grid-effect/

Multiples Assignment.

Create three images, from a series of pictures, of someone or something appearing in the finished frame many times.

This will be achieved by anchoring your camera to a surface and then taking many pictures without moving your camera but moving the person or object around the scene you have composed for each shot. You will then use Photoshop to clone the subject out of the extra pictures and compile each occurrence onto one shot.

Take some time to find a location to attempt this. Take consideration as to who or what you have move / recur throughout your image. Have fun with the idea. Make it humorous or whimsical. Be aware of focus when you move the object around. Do you want it to stay in focus or do you want it to go out of focus? Also, be aware of what might get moved around as you place the object or model in different locations...this could make more work for you to seamlessly compile the finished image.

Pictures should be shot by March 15th. Interesting compositions make interesting pictures.

Guidelines for Better Composition

Link to Composition Guidelines