ABSTRACT PHOTOS!

Definition: Abstract Art is defined as: any art in which real objects in nature are represented in a way that wholly or partially neglects their true appearance and expresses it in a form of sometimes unrecognizable patterns of lines, colors and shapes.


here are some links to online galleries:

http://images.google.com/images?q=abstract+pictures&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1

http://www.earth-photography.com/Miscellaneous/Abstract

http://photo.net/bboard/pc2?topic_id=1481&category=Abstract

http://www.123rf.com/stock-photo/abstract.html

a gallery of recognizable but interesting abstracts:
http://www.shutterpoint.com/Photos-BrowseCat.cfm?cat_id=33

abstracts from Cambodia:
http://www.totku.com/

abstracts in nature:
http://www.markraymondmason.com/galleries.php

Landscape Adjustments

Due Wednesday: Six Landscapes adjusted in Photoshop on a contact sheet called "Your Name Landscapes Adjusted", also include the 6 images in their original state, unedited in photoshop. Please make sure this is a jpeg Contact Sheet. Focus on colors, brightness/contrast, photo filters, clone stamping, sharpening, cropping, and exposure etc. Also, send in your best picture as a jpeg file called "Your Name Landscape Print". Please use the naming convention. Any pictures not turned in with the naming convention will be trashed.

Landscape Homework

You will need to shoot over break (and Friday in class) to achieve amazing landscape images. When we return you need 35 landscapes from at least 6 different locations. Remember at each location to shoot from different vantage points, consider the horizon line, and be sure to include a for/mid/background. You will be graded on the quality of these 35 images and select a few of your best to edit and then print.

Landscapes will be due Monday after break, so do not forget your camera.

landscape tips

http://digital-photography-school.com/11-surefire-tips-for-improving-your-landscape-photography

http://www.great-landscape-photography.com/landscape-photography-tips.html

Landscapes

Now that you know a little about how cameras work and composition, it is time for our first assignment!

LANDSCAPES!!!


The trick to landscapes is to show depth:

the secret to getting your images to show depth is to include for/middle/background all in the same image. Let it lead the viewer from something up close to things far away...

how to make a contact sheet

* Create a new folder on your desktop with your pictures.
* Open Photoshop CS3.
* Select File>Automate>Contact Sheet II
* Select on Folder and choose the folder your created.
* Make sure the image size is 8*10 inches.
* The resolution should be 300.
* Columns=4 and rows=5.
* Click OK.
* File>Save as a jpeg


Drop contacts shet into the STAFF server period 1 and make sure you use the naming convention. Contact sheets and other assignments without the naming convention will not be graded.

Shooting...

Today you will shoot 15 or more pictures.
You will shoot and then turn in five pictures that showcase leading lines, five that show frame within a frame, and five that show either balance mass or tonal balance.

Remember: do not shoot your pictures at eye level and do not center the objects unless you are shooting frame within a frame.

TAKE NOTES

on the links in the previous post:
Please take notes on the bold faced words as you read from the links below and make sure you take the quizzes at the end of each section. We will be shooting the various composition elements next week, and we will also have a quiz on this material as well. You need to do this reading during class time (now.)

Compositional Reading

http://cybercollege.com/tvp023.htm
(start reading the above link at Strive for a Feeling of Unity)

http://cybercollege.com/tvp024.htm
(Look at further examples at bottom of page)

http://cybercollege.com/comp_ex.htm
http://cybercollege.com/tvp025.htm
http://cybercollege.com/comp_ex2.htm