Category: Homework (Page 1 of 2)

4 pts. Due April 27.

Shoot a total of 30 environmental portraits of three different subjects- 10 each. 

Environmental Portrait-is a photograph of a person in their environment. It usually shows their whole body in a place that is meaningful to them.  This could be their home or workplace or neighborhood. The surroundings illuminate something about the  subject’s life.

When shooting indoors, remember keep the shutter speed faster than 1/60. Better the raise the ISO. It may be too dark. If so change the location!

When shooting outdoors, shoot in diffused light: either shade or cloudy weather.

Make sure that there is light on your subject’s face.

Environmental portrait examples: https://www.popphoto.com/how-to/2013/10/tips-pro-brian-harkin-environmental-portrait-photography

gregoryheisler.com/contextual

20 pts.

The goal of the Final Project is to create a series of 10 related images on a theme.

You may choose to do either:

A series of portraits OR

A portrait of a neighborhood

OR another theme that you are passionate about: dogs, skateboarders, flowering trees.

Decide which assignment(s) you most enjoyed. Then consider: do you have people to work with? What is your schedule like and what is practical?

Deliverables and dates:

Due Week 12: April 27 – a 300 word final project statement posted to Openlab with a mood board

Due Week 13, May 3: Shoot 1 – minimum of 30 images in an album on Flickr

Due Week 14, May 8: Shoot 2 – minimum of 30 images in an album on Flickr

Due Week 15, May 17: Shoot 3 -minimum of 30 images in an album on Flickr PLUS

• final 10 images selected, adjusted in Lightroom, and posted to an album on Flickr
• a presentation to the class of the final images.

Final Project statement: Describe your project. What is your theme? What is the story you want to tell? What will the subject matter be? Where will you shoot and when will you shoot? What kinds of techniques will you use?

Use the app milanote to create amoodboard of a minimum of 6 images by 6 different photographers that show what you want your project to look like. Include the link in the final project statement.

Category on OpenLab: Final Project Statement

Grading Rubric

Examples:

Christopher Adams – LES

Ilda Medel- A Neighborhood Portrait

Rezwan Haque

https://www.flickr.com/photos/193829300@N02/albums/72157720239713781

Jennifer Humala – Portraits

Due April 13. 4 pts.

Create a series of 30 portraits of at least 3 different subjects using window light or outdoor diffused light.

For each subject, shoot some in front view, some in three quarter view and some in profile.

Try the 5 lighting styles: front light, Rembrandt light, split light for front view poses, and broad light and short light for three-quarter poses. When you are working with a window, you can’t move the light source so you and the subject must move.

You should be near or next to a window during the day. 

The window can be in the photo or you can just use the light from the window.

Pay attention what is in the frame and make sure the background adds to the photo and is not distracting.

Your photos should use light and expression to be expressive. No props. If you have curtains or venetian blinds, you may use them as elements in the photos.

Experiment with different expressions and gestures and different framing (how much of your subject is in the frame.)

Upload the 30 photos to OpenLab and put them in an album. Send your best 3 – the best of each subject- to the class group.

Examples from previous semesters

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4 pts. Due April 6, 12 noon. 40 photos in an album on Flickr.

Shooting outside during the day at a location of your choice:

Take at least 20 photos that use perspective to depict deep space. This can be either converging lines or diminishing scale or both. these photos should use extensive depth of field meaning everything from near to far should be sharp. this may not be possible in dark indoor spaces but should be possible outside or in bright indoor spaces.

Take at least 20 photos that use shallow depth of field. The subjects of the photo need to be at varying distances from the camera. Somethings the closest thing should be in focus, somethings the thing in the mid distance and sometimes the thing in the far distance. Of course somethings its not a thing but a person. Make sure that your shutter speed is fast enough that the blur in the photo is shallow depth of field and not motion blur.

Put your 40 photos in an album on Flickr. Send your best photo with deep space and perspective to the group as well as your best example of shallow depth of field.

Due March 30, 12 pm. 4 pts. 30 photos including reflections.

Reflection – 1. the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it.

Working outside during the day, photograph reflections to create strong compositions that include a combination of elements that are seen directly and by reflection. Reflections can be found in water, windows, and cars among other surfaces. Do not confuse reflections with shadows. Working outside during the day, take enough photographs to end up with 30 interesting photographs with reflections. No credit will be given for improperly exposed photographs or out of focus photographs. No credit will be given for photos taken inside without sufficient light.  Upload to an album on Flickr. Send your best two to the class group.

Reflections example by Edward Burtynsky: