YHS Art Blog

Due Friday 12/7, post on blog before class.

By tomorrow, all students should have posted FOUR “Photos of the Week”.

Criteria:
Photograph INCREDIBLE & AMAZING photographs. Post your favorite image to your blog and explain why your posted it and explain the strategies/elements of design/composition that we have discussed and that you have learned in class.

This should be done with a digital camera. If you do not have access to a digital camera, come and see me AHEAD OF TIME, to make arrangements to do this.

Final Project – Photo 1

Film due on Monday, 12/10 (p3) and Tuesday, 12/11 (p4 &p5)
Part 1 – Planning
1. Brainstorm ideas for your photographs by writing 5 categories that interest you.
2. Under each of those categories, write a list (save to your photo folder on your computer) of of items that corresponds to each of those categories.

Part 2 – Photograph
1. Photograph a situation, event or object(s) that reveal something about you.
2. The above activity is intended to get you thinking about WHAT you will photograph.
3. The photographs may or may not have people in it, but the photographs MUST reveal something about you.
4. You must create a series of at least 3 photographs. A series is a group of related images.

Please be sure to incorporate all of your knowledge regarding:
• Depth of field, composition, and elements of design, especially light and perspective.
• Let these be the best photographs that you have ever produced in your entire life!!

Consider this: 50 years from now people should be able to figure out a characteristic, interest, or trait about you from viewing these images. In short, you are communicating a “slice of your life” through these photographs.

Essential Questions:
In what ways is photography a unique/powerful means of communication?
How does learning about the history of photography help us to better understand the world in which we live?

Revisit the following link to help you get started:

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography/

Communication in Photography: Major Themes
Social/Political Persuasion
Historical/Monumental Events
Social Change
Aesthetics
Exceptional Places
Human Conditions: tragedies, injustices, war and peace
A moment(s) in time
Famous/Infamous Personalities
Symbol(s) of an era

In pairs, research one of the following time periods. This will be assigned by the teacher.
1850 – 1900
1900 – 1930
1930 – 1945
1945 – 1960
1960 – 1970
1970 – 1980
1980 – 1990
1990 – present
Find powerful photographs(at least 3 per theme) that represent at least FOUR of the above major themes or ideas for your time period.

Identify who took the photograph, describe the circumstance/setting and justify the selection:
Include the photographer, date, title;
A well-developed paragraph; be clear, thoughtful, thorough;
Use a topic sentence;
Include discussion of supporting evidence.

Photograph INCREDIBLE & AMAZING photographs. Post your favorite image to your blog and explain why your posted it and explain the strategies/elements of design/composition that we have discussed and that you have learned in class.

This should be done with a digital camera. If you do not have access to a digital camera, come and see me AHEAD OF TIME, to make arrangements to do this.

Due Friday 11/16, at the beginning of class.

From now until the end of the semester, approximately every other week you will be posting an INCREDIBLY AMAZING photograph to your blog and explaining, using art vocabulary, why you chose to post your image.

This should be done with a digital camera. If you do not have access to a digital camera, come and see me AHEAD OF TIME, to make arrangements to do this.

Your first photo of the week is due on Thursday, November 8th. Shoot in black & white if possible, otherwise we will change to color afterward.

Film Due:
Monday, October 29 – p3
Tuesday, October 30 – p4 & P5

Perspective is the Element of Design in which you are almost entirely in control of when you are photographing. The word “perspective” literally and figuratively means point of view. Where you are standing in relation to your subject is the literal interpretation and how you “feel” about your subject (the mood, feeling of the photograph) is the figurative interpretation.

Your Goal:
To photograph a variety of subjects that “describe” and “communicate” unusual perspectives.

Helpful Hints:
Photograph each subject from at least three different perspectives.

Think about photographing in the early morning or late afternoon to add variety and interest to your photographs.

What mood, feeling are you trying to portray? What point of view is the most effective in communicating this?

Due: Monday, October 22nd
Purpose:To demonstrate your knowledge of Depth of Field by Photographing 3 different strategies to communicate depth of field:

1. Shallow (1.8 – 4.5, large lens opening) Depth of Field
(subject in clear focus, background blurry)
2. Deep (16 – 32, small lens opening) Depth of Field
(subject in clear focus from foreground to background)
3. Selective Focus (foreground blurring, focus on middle ground, your choice of d.o.f. for background)

Record shutter speeds and f-stops for each exposure.

You may photograph anything you choose, as long as you demonstrate your ability to vary your depth of field.

Remember to continue to think about elements of design:
line, form, texture, motion, perspective and light

and compositional strategies:
s-curve, radial, triangular, repetition of elements, diagonal, vertical, horizontal, framing, rule of thirds, leading/implied lines

Especially, concentrate on varying your depth of field.
Use depth of field appropriately,
to enhance or add impact to your images.

Continue to Pay Attention to your LIGHT METER

**Make deliberate and intentional choices**

Visit this link on my 2007-2008 homepage to complete the exercise.

Using a word document, answer the following questions, using, at least 3 thoughtful and complete sentences. Save to the documents folder on your hard drive.

1. Which photograph do you think is the most successful in terms of capturing two elements of design? Please explain.

2. Was this assignment more or less difficult than the last? Please explain.

3. Do you feel your photographs are more successful than the Composition assignment? In what ways? Please explain.

Goal: To create successful photographs, paying close attention to the Elements of Design.

As you are photographing, purposefully select two elements of design to communicate in each shot you make. You should have 4 strong examples.

In addition, you should continue to pay attention to compostional strategies.

Elements of Design:
perspective, light, line, texture, motion, shape/form