Category: Homework Instructions (Page 2 of 2)

Due Oct 20th. 14 pts.

Select from one from these two projects:

1. Emotions-using a single doll or stuffed animal, create a series of 8 final photos that illustrate the following emotions: joy, excitement, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, fear.
2. Portrait of a place-Select a park or playground near you. Photograph there at different times of day to capture the place and the people who use it in a series of 8 final photos.

Deliverables for both projects:

1. 40 photos in an album labeled Shoot 1 on Flickr due Oct 13th at 6 pm:

Emotions-10 versions of the first 4 emotions: joy, excitement, surprise, sadness

Portrait of a Place-Shoot in your location at 2 different times of day and or in different weather. Your shots should cover a wide range of approaches: long shots to close ups, people including at least one portrait (take it in shade), animals and plants. If you have a tripod, make at least some of your photos in the blue hour – 20-30 min after sunset or once it is dark. Each photo should use light and composition in compelling ways.

2. 40 Photos in an album labeled Shoot 2 on Flickr due Oct 20 at 6 pm.

Emotions-10 versions of the second 4 emotions: anger, disgust, contempt, fear and in addition any revisions you deem necessary.

Portrait of a Place – Shoot at your location at different times of day and weather.

3. 8 final photos adjusted in Lightroom in an album labeled Midterm on Flickr due Oct 20th at 6 pm.

4. A brief presentation to the class of your project on Oct 20th.

Working outside in the day, freeze the motion of athletes and bike riders, dancers, jumping dogs. Try at least two different types of subjects ie soccer players and bikers, kids on swings and dancers. Capture the decisive moment. The soccer player when their leg is fully stretched out in a kick, a bike rider doing a wheelie. Don’t be shy. Fill your frame with the action.

Use a fast shutter speed. If using a camera, use predictive focus AI Servo or AF-C . Use back button focus.

If using a cameraphone, use lightroom or other app that lets you set the shutter speed.

Post 20 shots of two different activities to an album on Flickr for a total of 40 shots. Please don’t include all of the times you missed: shots out of focus, the back of receding bike riders, etc. Just your best work.

Due October 6, 6pm.

Working outside during the day, take 30 photos in which there is something in the foreground and something in the background, something near the camera and something far from the camera. Use perspective to create a strong sense of depth.

Experiment with:

• Focal length- Try using a wide focal length and wide angle distortion for extra drama. If you have a telephoto lens, try getting back from the main subject and experiment with the compression you can get between the foreground and the background.
• Depth of field – Shoot some images with shallow depth of field and some with extensive depth of field.

Put the 30 photo on an album in Flickr.

Due: September 22, 6 pm

Please send your 5 best photos to the class group.

Part 1: Juxtaposition

Working outside during the day, look for opposites and capture them in one frame to make striking juxtapositions. Put old and young, new and old, big and little, moving and still, natural and manmade and any other opposite pairs you can think of together in a photograph. 10 final photos.

Part 2: Going on a walk

Take a series of 10 photos from a dog’s point of view of going on a walk in your neighborhood.

Post Part 1 and Part 2 to separate albums in Flickr.

Send your best five from either part to the class group.

Due September 15 at 6 pm.

View the two videos: one an interview with Dawoud Bey and one with Carrie Mae Weems.

Interview with Dawoud Bey

Interview with Carrie Mae Weems – The Kitchen Table series

Both mention the idea of photography as a voice, a way to reshape the world.

Write a response (500 words minimum) to these two videos in a post on openLab.

1. Paragraph 1: How does Dawoud Bey approach the idea of using photography as a way of finding his voice. Describe one of his projects and the impact he sought to create with that project. Select one image from that project to highlight and describe.
2. Paragraph 2: How does Carrie Mae Weems approach use photography to find her voice? Describe the kitchen table project and the impact that she sought to create with the project. Select one image from that project to highlight and describe.
3. How are their approaches similar and different? What do you think the power of photography is as Dawoud Bey said “to re-shape the world?”

Due: Tuesday, September 8, 5:59pm.

Category: HW1-Finding Your Voice