Mirror/Frame Assignment

Optical Illusions

We are going to take some time shooting Optical Illusions. During this hour, you will need to consider the following...

Scale:

Scale and the size of your figures/objects can go a long way in creating an optical illusion. Can you photograph someone picking another person up with just their pointer finger and thumb? What about

make a traditionally small object look huge? Check out these examples...

Orientation:

Consider your physical direction or how you position yourself. Here are some examples...

 

Nature:

There is a lot of potential when using yourself in a outdoor setting. Using water, trees, and other natural elements can make for some really creative solutions...

Letters + Words

 Class!

Today's assignment will be putting together you words from all the "Letter" pictures we took. Please complete the following:

Name: First or Last
School Theme: Faith Like a Child
Word: A word that means something to you...

Instructions:

Open our "ABC" google doc:

When you have a letter you'd like to use, you can screenshot it to your desktop (shift+command+4):

Start collecting all your letters that you will need in order to spell out your name, the school's theme, and a word that means something to you.

Open them in Photoshop and create a new document:

You will want a document that gives you room to spell out your word (see above and below)

Now you can start to copy and paste your letters on to this document. Remember to select the image with the Rectangular Marquee Tool, edit copy, edit paste on the new document.

Looking forward to seeing these!

Letters

- Take pictures of ABC - you are looking for the whole alphabet!

- Indoors and outdoors

Name: First or Last
School Theme: Faith Like a Child
Word: A word that means something to you...

Time Lapse

Time lapse project. Read & watch all the videos below for more info:

A running assignment we will have throughout the semester will be a Time Lapse. When considering photography, a time lapse shows an event at a speed that is moving faster than it normally would...

- A sunset sinking in a matter of seconds
- A person aging years in a minute
- Seasons changing in the blink of an eye

You get the picture... Your job now is to investigate what you would like to capture for a time lapse. You will have the rest of the semester to complete it. I would love to watch these during the last week of class.

Consider:

- Time
- Seasons
- Routines
- Growth
- Decay
- Appearing
- Disappearing

Need some inspiration? Watch these...

Color

Here is your assignment for today:

Grab a camera or your phone and a pass and choose a color! Once you have your one color that you are going to focus on, go and take pictures with that color as a dominant element in the image (think zoomed in, close up, the focal point). Find as many different ways as possible to do this!

Plan on taking at least 50 photos! Please plan on staying inside for this assignment and being back in the room by 10:15am. When you get back, upload your photos to your desktop and edit them in Photoshop. 

Plan on posting at least 15 color photos to your blog.  If you finish early, you can treat the rest of the hour like a study hall.

Bird's Eye & Bug's Eye View

Bird's Eye & Bug's Eye View

Take pictures that challenge your perspective and point of view. Low for a bug's eye and high for a bird's eye. Climb trees, lay on the ground, etc

Edit these photos with different techniques we've learned:

- Color with black and white background

- Hue, color balance, saturation...