Homework11 30 photos for final project. See final project in activities
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Like the midterm project the goal of the final project is to create a series of 10 edited related images on a theme
Choose from one of the following:
- Portraits – Portraits of 2 or3 people
- Self Portraits
- a still life series that is a diary of your life ( you will need window light, sunlight or a clip lamp )
- light and shadow
- Abstract photos– Photos that utilize light, shape,color, texture and composition to make images where the subject is not important
- mirrors, windows and or reflections
- One object photographer in different places around city
- A self developed theme
Self Portraits
Joel Meyerowitz did a self-portrait a day during last spring’s lockdown. Examples can be found on his instagram
Mirror, windows and or reflections
Photographer: Helen Levitt 
Photographer: Martin Parr 
Photographer: Bruce Davidson 
Photographer:Sebastian Hidalgo 
Photographer: Lee Freidlander 
Photographer : Lee Freidlander
Bogdana Butska 
Bogdana Butska
Abstract
Saul Lopez 
David Velasquez 
Daniel Greene
Due for 5/9: 30 photos on the chosen theme This is graded as Homework 11
Due for 5/16: 30 additional photos. This is graded as Homework 12
Due for 5/23 : 10 Final images edited in lightroom and posted in an album to Flickr
Presentation of images to class
30 photos for final project
Using direct light photograph yourself or a model using the 3 portrait poses
- Front view
- 3/4 view
- Profile
Photos should not be full body shots, rather slightly below shoulders and up
Try to avoid distracting backgrounds
Shoot 2 of each and post the best example of each to open lab. Lab12 Poses
Label pose and light position
Put images in a gallery and label each
Wide Angle Distortion is created when using a wide-angle lens AND the camera is very close to the subject. The object close to the lens appears abnormally large relative to more distant objects, and distant objects appear abnormally small and hence more distant – distances are extended.
When shooting a portrait with a cameraphone, you can’t change your focal length unless you have an iPhone 11 or 12 and even so the choices are limited. But whatever camera you shoot with, you will see wide angle distortion in the photo if the camera is too close to the subject.
Take two photos of a model or yourself: one with wide angle distortion and one without.
If you are shooting with a cameraphone, take the first photo with the camera very close to your subject or your own face. Take the second photo with the camera at least at arm’s length, better yet on a tripod, home-made or otherwise.. You will need to crop the second photo in Lightroom to get the framing to be about the same.
Wide angle distortion 
No Wide angle distortion
Special thanks to Prof Michals
There are times though when we want to use wide angle distortion. The exaggerated scale relationships can be used to be funny or dramatic.
Create six photos that use wide angle distortion to make a funny or surprising image. Post all 6 to flickr. Pick best 2 and include them in post with the previous two
Put the four photos in a post with the category Lab: 12 Wide Angle Distortion with an explanation of wide angle distortion. What is it? how do you create it and how do you avoid it. When do you want to avoid it and when might you want to use it?
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