02/15/12
For next week:
-SHOOT: assignment#2 (download handout here)
-RESHOOT: assignment #1 if need be
-READ: "Seeing like a Camera" (download handout here)
-RESHOOT: assignment #1 if need be
-READ: "Seeing like a Camera" (download handout here)
-DEVELOP: assignment#2 (IF POSSIBLE - have film developed BEFORE class next week, or bring to class)
-BRING: B&W paper to use in the darkroom, we will make contact sheets and enlarge images
-BRING: B&W paper to use in the darkroom, we will make contact sheets and enlarge images
-BRING: photograms made in class
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ASSIGNMENT #2: Composition continued……….
Use the handouts and information we went over in class to guide you while shooting these images. Bring shot film that has already been developed to class next week.
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· Use the Rule of Thirds and other compositional devices that we learned in class to fulfill this assignment. Use the information we talked about in class and read over this web page for more info about the Rule of Thirds. (scroll down for some tips)
Images 1-5: Put the main subject off to one side or one corner of the frame. Can you balance the image so that it does not feel lopsided?
Images 6-10: Put the horizon line at the very top or very bottom of a photograph
Images 11-15: Have “nothing” in the center of the frame. Keep the views interest directed towards the edges
Images 16-20: Make a portrait of someone without his or her head in the picture. Try to have the image express something of the subject’s personality.
Images 20-25: Photograph something in its entirety; a person, a shop-front, an animal, an overstuffed chair – whatever gets your attention. Move in a little closer. How will you use the frame to cut into the object? Do you crop the object evenly all around? More on one side than the other? Move in even closer. Closer. Photojournalist Robert Capa said “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough”.
Images 26-30: Shoot the same subject from a distance of 20 feet, 10 feet, 7 feet, 5 feet, and 3 feet while your camera is set to the 50mm. Do not use zoom, physically move your body closer or farther away from the subject.
Images 31-36: Free – fill the end of the roll up with some interestingly composed pictures
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| santiago harker - http://www.santiagoharker.com/web_harker.html |
For some ideas about what a "portrait without a head/face" might be, take a look at these links:
- http://www.nunodecampos.com/imagesframeset.html (scroll down once you are on the site)
- http://web.stagram.com/tag/nohead/
Read over this web page for more info about the Rule of Thirds and moving the horizon line to the top or the bottom of your image
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| Nuno de Campos |
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| Shallow Depth of Field - camera focused on the front (large aperture = small number = shallow DOF) |
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| Shallow Depth of Field - camera focused on the back (large aperture = small number = shallow DOF) |
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| More Depth of Field - camera focused on the front (small aperture = big number = more of a scene in focus) |
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