Assignments December 11-14

Starts with T – Due Tueday before class is over

Take photos of items that start with the letter T. Upload your best 3 to your blog in a gallery 3×1 with titles in the caption area. Title the blog post “Starts With T.”

THEME BASED PHOTO SERIES – Due Thursday before class is over 

Create a series of photographs which work together to conceptualize a theme or story idea. You will upload your best 6 photos to your blog in a gallery 3×2 with titles in the caption area. Title the blog post the name of your theme that you chose. Check out this link to get some good ideas for your project.  https://photographyicon.com/photography-themes/

Movie Poster – Due Thursday before class is over

Create a movie poster from a photograph that you took. Make sure that you can see the title. Be creative. Use Adobe Express to put the poster together. Title your blog post “Movie Poster.”

Assignments December 4-7

  • Vibrant Colors- Due Monday before class is over

Take photos that show vibrant colors. You can edit these photos to add more saturation or vibrance to enhance the colors. Upload your best 3 photos Monday before class is over in a gallery 3×1 with titles in the caption area. Title the post “Vibrant Colors.”

  • Smiles – Due Wednesday before class is over

Capture people in their natural environments with their natural smiles. Still pay attention to lighting, background, and point of view. Upload your best 3 photos Tuesday in a gallery 3×1 with titles in the caption area. Title the post “Smiles.”

  • Silhouettes 2 – Due Thursday before class is over

Make usual photographs look different, or add extra meaning to them, by simply cutting out some silhouettes on a sheet of paper and taking a shot through it. You can choose harmonic combinations, like shooting nature through shapes of animals, or go for contrast and shoot some highly technogenic landscapes through shapes of trees. Edit and upload your best 3 photos to your blog in a gallery 3×1 with titles in the caption area. Title your post “Silhouettes 2.” Below are some examples.

Assignments November 27-30

Tiny Bits of Beauty [Environment] – Due Tuesday before class is over

Find and take photos of images of easily overlooked beauty that most people miss. Enlarge or enhance the image and what makes it appealing via photo editing program. Upload your best three photos to your blog as “Tiny Bits of Beauty” and make sure to title each photo and put into a gallery 3×1. 

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Haunting Eyes – Due Wednesday before class is over

Submit three photographs that have haunting eyes. By haunting I mean: poignant and evocative; difficult to ignore or forget. It can be eyes of men, women, children, elderly, or animals. Please show some of the subject, not just the eyes. Make sure there are not too many distracting elements in the photo and consider cropping the picture to focus better on the subject. Upload as a gallery 3×1 with titles to your blog as “Haunting Eyes”

Faceless Portrait – Due Thursday before class is over
The theme of this challenge is open to interpretation. What is a faceless portrait?
There are many ways to remove a face from an image beyond the popular headless body or hand-on-face methods. Think of fun and quirky or deep and meaningful, whether staged or spontaneous, shadows or head turns, show me a portrait. Use the body and environment to tell a story. Just don’t show me their face, looking forward for this one! Upload your best 3 photos, with titles, in a gallery 3×1, title blog post “Faceless Portraits.”

Assignments November 13-16

  • A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Writing – Due Monday before class is over

The phrase “a picture tells a thousand words” is pretty well-worn, yet the concept has proven true time and time again. Look at any picture that captures a moment in action – the words needed to explain it could go on for days. Some pictures hold many stories.

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Three children sit in front of a pile of rubble. Who are they? Are they related? Where are their parents? What was the building before it was destroyed? What are they looking at? What happens next?

Choose a historical image from one of these sites and then do the following activity:

https://www.boredpanda.com/must-see-historic-moments/

 

https://pulptastic.com/40-rare-historical-photographs-must-see/

Write a short, half-page story from the person’s point of view. What is this person thinking in this moment? What do they see? Who could they be talking to in their mind (a parent who’s not there, a loved one, an enemy, another person in the picture)? It’s always better when a story has a listener, even if that listener can’t hear what’s going on inside a character’s head! Include the image. Title the blog post “Photo Writing.”

  • Song – Due Wednesday before class is over
Find a song, or even a speech that you like. Take a series of images that can be used to create a slide show version of that audio-work. Make sure that you take enough photos to fill the time space of the song or the speech. Put it together in a video. Here is an example, that may be helpful.  Below is an example from a student. Though there is some animation, they could have been done with still images, or you may choose to add some animation as these have. You need to include the title of the song or speech and the author somewhere in the video. You can use any program you are comfortable with. Title the blog post “Song.”
 
  • Meticulous – Due Thursday before class is over

Meticulous means to show great attention to detail, very careful and precise. For this assignment you will meticulously arrange everyday objects that can be found around your home.

First, look at the photography work of Emily Blincoe. 

Select your favorite work by her and put it on your blog with a short explanation why this image caught your eye.

Search you home for a variety of objects and items that can be used to create your meticulous arrangement.

Find a simple suitable background for your shot. This could be a plain pillow case, large piece of paper, or anything large enough with no pattern. Set up your arrangement and be meticulous and pay attention to details. Make sure you are in adequate lighting, and please remember how important good lighting is in photography.

Take a few photographs from above, looking straight down at your arrangement. Go in as close as you can. Make sure your image is tack sharp!  Never rely on just taking one shot.

Edit your favorite photographs with Lightroom and then post to your blog.

Meticulous arrangement of objects, which are then photographed have been used in advertising and commercial photography for years.

Your blog post will contain your favorite image by Emily Blincoe and explain why. Then a gallery 3×1 with 3 of the images that you took. These three images will all be different objects that have been meticulously put together. Title the blog post “Meticulous.” Title each image in the caption area. Below are some examples.

 

Assignments November 6-9

  • Focus on Reflections – Due Wednesday before class is over

Take a series of images that use reflections or refractions of light. There are many great examples HERE.

This image is by Miki Asai, her website is HERE.

You will upload your best six photos to your blog in a gallery 3×2 with titles. Title the post “Reflections.”

Photo by Miki Asai

Photo by Miki Asai

  • Paper Cut-outs & Photos – Due Thursday before class is over

Find little quirks in the environment around you, a bent post, length of chain, crack in a sidewalk or wall… and add a character to the environment that connects with it in a creative way. Many more samples at this LINK. Do it on paper so as not to disturb the area or deface property. You can draw the images or you can cut them out of magazines or print from the internet, then set those images up to take photos. Below is an example and make sure to look at the link above for more samples. You will upload your best six photos to your blog in a gallery 3×2 with titles. Title the post “Paper Cut-Outs & Photos.”

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Assignments October 30-November 2

  • Mysterious, Intriguing, or Beautiful – Due Tuesday before class is over

Look at these examples and more examples here for ideas.

Upload your best three photos Tuesday before class is over. You can use any of these topics or all three. Title the blog “Mysterious, Intriguing, or Beautiful Photos” as a gallery 3×1 with titles for each photo.

  • Jumping Series – Due Wednesday before class is over

Look at the work of Phillipe  Halsman and his jumping series photos. http://philippehalsman.com/?image=jumps 

Also, check out this jumping series: http://yowayowacamera.com/

Photograph people jumping and create a series of 3 to post together. Title your blog post “Jumping Photo Series.” Gallery of 3×1, with titles for each photo.

  • Silhouette – Due Thursday before class is over 

Take photos of people in silhouette. Use this site to get ideas and understand how to take silhouette photos. https://www.adorama.com/alc/silhouette-photography/These should be darker photos. Upload your best 3 photos to your blog as a gallery 3×1, title the blog post “Silhouette”, and title each photo.

 

Assignments October 23-26

  • Photo a Day Challenge – Due each day this week continue from last week

Take a photo a day, in order, from the list below. Each day you will post your photo from that day. Call your blog post Photo Challenge, and then title your photos the words that are in bold below. This project will be for this week, Monday through Thursday.

Monday – Self portrait. Where are you in your life? How is the you of today different than the person you were a decade ago? A year ago? yesterday? We’re always changing, so take some time to show us this particular chapter of your life.

Tuesday – Create a different world. Be inspired by a book, a movie, a place, or a period in time. Choose a familiar narrative to use as a starting point, then re-interpret it to tell a story that is all your own.

Wednesday – A picture is worth 1,000 words. But can you describe just one word with a picture? Choose a word then create a photo that matches it.

Thursday – What are you thankful for? But don’t get too cozy. To be truly thankful, you require the proper perspective. For this photograph, play with different perspectives. As you capture those items for which you’re most grateful can you do so with unique angles? How high or low can you shoot? What sort of framing can you play with? Could you add reflections? Play around and get creative.

  • Framing a subject due Thursday before class is over

-Take 3 different photographs using framing in the composition.  Title your blog post “Framing a Subject.” Put it in a gallery 3×1 with titles for each photo and then answer the questions below the gallery. Below are examples.

Critique your own photographs you posted and answer these questions honestly and in complete sentences for each photo.

  1. Do I have a strong composition?
  2. How well did I edit my photograph?
  3. What would I do differently if I shot this assignment again?
  4. Do I think my photograph belongs on the blog home page and should be considered one of the best from all the photo classes?

 

Assignments October 16-19

  • Photo a Day Challenge – Due each day this week 

Take a photo a day, in order, from the list below. Each day you will post your photo from that day before class is over. Title your blog post Photo Challenge, and then title your photos the words that are in bold below. This project will be for this week, Monday through Thursday.

Monday – Pick a song, and listen closely. Find a verse, an image, or a story in it that speaks to you, then portray that in a photograph.

Tuesday – Love of your art, what motivates you to take pictures? Why do you love this form in particular? Express your artist’s heart, feel the passion, and show what makes you tick.

Wednesday – Green, rolling hills of Ireland, the color of envy, the hue of a talented gardener’s thumb, or the sustainability movement. Green’s a great color, show what it means to you.

Thursday –  Create beauty and portray emotion without a model, concentrate instead on landscape, a still life, or a floral arrangement. Try shooting at different times of day, in different types of lighting.  

Assignments October 9-12

  • Inspirational Poster – Due Tuesday 

Using Adobe Express -Find an inspirational quote or make one up yourself. – Take a photo that would be the “perfect photo” to go with the text.-Put the image in your new document and size to fit. Save as a jpeg to post to blog. Title your blog “Inspirational Poster.”

Examples:

34Hands and Feet – Due Thursday before class is over

Your subject is hands and feet. Let’s see what you do with that. Edit and upload your best four photos to your blog by Thursday. 2×2 gallery, title the photos. Blog post title should be “Hands and Feet Photos.”

Examples:

35. Patterns in Nature – Due Thursday 

Find different patterns in nature using your macro mode, so taking photos up close show the patterns. Upload your best 3 photos to your blog on Thursday, gallery 3×1, title photos in the caption area, title blog post “Patterns in Nature.” Examples: