My America

Ponder what the term America means to you, what emotions, thoughts, ideas, etc does it stir up? Take these and put them on film. For this assignment catch 'Your America' on your camera. Show what you like, hate, love, feel, and think about America. You need to shoot a minimum of 30 pictures by the end of the day Friday that exemplify your America. Try and think outside of the box and be creative!!!







For today please generate a list of 10 words or phrases that correlate to America for you. Then please search for these terms on Getty Images to gather ideas.

Portrait Assignment

1. Find an interesting human subject. The person you choose should WANT to be in the picture and they should be willing to cooperate.
2. Talk to your subject. You are the director of this adventure, make it what you want. Use colors or lighting to create a concept for your portrait. Costumes or uniforms work great. Imaginary ideas are OK. Choose an interesting setting based on your concept.
3. Change angles between shots. Shoot at least 25 pictures of your subject.
5. Change your lighting; Use filters, flashlights, lamps, or multiple lights to enhance your picture.
6. Remember you are the boss, make them change their expression. Pretend it is high fashion and they have to create the next great "look" like blue steel (Zoolander).
7. Most importantly for this assignment don't forget your composition rules. Use framing, leading lines, rule of thirds, color contrast etc. to enhance your photo. Fill the frame!!!! HAVE FUN & BE CREATIVE!!!!

you should have at least ONE subject photographed by Monday April 14th with a minimum of 12 fun, creative, unique images!!!

PHOTOMERGE!!!!!!

For our next assignment we will be using 'photomerge' to blend images together. This technique can create panoramic images



Friday March 28th will be a shooting and practice day for editing photomerges. There are sample images in my staff server's public folder.

ASSIGNMENT: Due on Monday April 6th -- 8 unique and amazing photomerges from your spring break. Show us where you went or what you did. these can be amazing landscapes, cityscapes, scenic shots, interior images, perspective pictures, whatever you see that is intriguing! Each photomerge should be made up of 4 or more images. remember to overlap your images, but not by more than 20%. Also, photomerges are much more successful if you can MANUALLY white balance your camera and even more successful if you can shoot images with your camera in MANUAL EXPOSURE mode thus setting an aperture and shutter setting that is the same for each image. Difficulties arise when exposures change from image to image.


Student examples from semesters past:

for photomerge here is a how to tutorial
and one more

MOP Shooting Assignment

Once you have selected the photographer of your choice from the list below please determine an image(s) or technique of theirs you would like to try and replicate. Your task is to mimic their photographic style and aesthetic principles with your own photograph. Imitation is the best form of flattery, and this is your task.

Example:

Herman Leonard: known for photographing jazz legends both in portraits and in jazz clubs. Images were black and white with stark contrast and vivid lighting. To mimic his style you could shoot images of an indie band at a show with similar conditions (intense lighting, black and white, high contrast, etc.)

You will be printing out one image of your photographer and one of your own creation in line with their style and technique...

MOP written assignment

In no LESS than one page please explain:

• Who you chose and who they are (i.e. when, where, what etc)
• Describe their photography (what is unique about her/his style and technique)
• And explain how he/she (or something they did, used, or created) has impacted or changed the world of photography.
• Why did you choose this photographer? What do you like about their work/style?

masters of photography

Today we will be selecting a photographer which you would like to study and emulate. Here is a list of potential photographers, but please feel free to branch out and find someone not on the list, the only requirement is that they have impacted the world of photography in some form...

• Abbott, Berenice
• Adams, Ansel
• Adams, Robert
• Alvarez Bravo
• Arbus, Diane
• Atget, Eugene
• Bellocq, E.J.
• Blossfeldt, Karl
• Brandt, Bill
• Brassai
• Callahan, Harry
• Cameron, Julia M.
• Coburn, Alvin L.
• Cunningham,Imogen
• DeCarava, Roy
• Doisneau, Robert
• Eggleston, William
• Evans, Walker
• Friedlander, Lee
• Gutmann, John
• Hine, Lewis
• Kertesz, Andre
• Klein, William
• Koudelka, Josef
• Lange, Dorothea
• Lartigue,Jacques H.
• Laughlin,Clarence J.
• Levitt, Helen
• Mapplethorpe,Robert
• Modotti, Tina
• Muybridge,Eadweard
• Nadar, Felix
• O'Sullivan, Timothy
• Outerbridge, Paul
• Porter,Eliot
• Riis, Jacob
• Rodchenko,Alexander
• Salgado,Sebastio
• Sherman, Cindy
• Smith, W. Eugene
• Sommer, Frederick
• Steichen, Edward
• Stieglitz, Alfred
• Strand, Paul
• Talbot,William H. Fox
• Uelsmann, Jerry
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• Weston, Edward
• White, Minor
• Winogrand, Garry
Guy Bourdin
Cartier Bresson
Andreas Gursky
Annie Leibowitz

Click here to view some of these photographers images

And here for even more

Lightsabers!!!!

Friday's Fun Assignment

You will only have the period today to shoot, edit, and turn in your finished photograph. Your assignment is to create a Star Wars lightsaber action scene. Please follow any one of the following tutorials to add a lighsaber to your photograph. Be creative with your poses, consider your background (photoshop one in...), and have fun!!!!




http://www.users.on.net/~george/lightsabers_101/
http://r2.robotbuilders.net/cgi/DaiBuckley/index.htm
http://www.empiredezign.com/version2/portfolio/pages/tutorials/lightsaber.htm
http://www.bluesfear.com/tutorials/Lightsaber.php