- Comments 5 – Due Monday before class is over
Comment on your favorite four photos from the photo 1 Pet photos or advanced Animal photos. Please go through different student’s work to view more than four. Your comments need to include the photography and art language that we have talked about so far. This is not a one word or one sentence comment. Take your time and think about the other person’s work, what spoke to you, what did you like, what could be included to make the photo more dynamic, etc. Make sure that your comments are thought provoking and helpful. Type out your comments on four of your favorite photos on the blog. Then in Microsoft Word, copy each of your comments and the photo that you commented on, include the photographers name, and upload your word document to your blog as Comments 5.
- Finding Hidden Faces Due Thursday before class is over
When taking photographs, and especially when you first start out, it’s all too easy just to grab interesting images without really thinking about what you’re seeing.
Focused looking is an exercise which encourages photographers to consider their subjects carefully by asking them to create a series of photographs around a single theme. It’s great for students, as it helps them to focus on a specific subject through the camera lens and think more about the composition of the image.
Humans have an uncanny ability to recognize faces, and face-like patterns, wherever we see them. Scientifically, the phenomenon of automatically recognizing faces is called ‘facial pareidolia’, but in simple terms it means that we see faces wherever we look, even when there aren’t any.
This makes a great focused looking exercise, because it perfectly encapsulates the idea of looking beyond what you see to find deeper meaning in your images.
For some great examples of hidden face pictures, take a look at this Behance gallery by Hilde Maassen.
For the project, you will find hidden faces in NATURE. You will upload your best 3 photos to your blog as “Hidden Faces” in a gallery 3×1, title the images in the caption area. Below is an example.
- Zoo Photos – Due Thursday before class is over
While at the zoo think about different viewpoints, close up, angles, and more. These images can range from full body shots to head shots. You can choose to show the entire animal in relation to its zoo environment, which can resemble its natural environment, or you can closely frame the animal’s head, turning the image into an informal portrait. Take a lot of photographs so that you can decide which your best 6 photos are. Edit and upload the best 6 to your blog and name the post “Zoo Photos.” Put it in a gallery 3×2 and caption each image.
Read article and watch video to get ideas about taking zoo photos artistically.
Tips for taking zoo photos and Zoo_Photos
Alternative Assignment – Due Thursday before class is over
If you don’t go to the zoo you need to complete the following assignment
Find six different zoo photos that have different viewpoints/angles. Write about the viewpoints/angles and how you would be able to get this type of photo if you visited the zoo. This should be a paragraph for each photo. Do not turn in as a Word document, please add the photos to your blog post. You will be graded on content and word choice. Blog post should be named “Zoo Writing,” make sure that you give credit to the photographer.