Unit 1: Making it interesting
Learning about the elements of art, principles of design and compositional guidelines in photography
MIRO BOARD-LINK
Unit 1 Photo assignments: |
Unit 1 Photo Critiques |
Unit 1 shared presentations |
A1: Scavenger Hunt (45 unedited photos, 15 final photos)
A2: Burning House Assignment : 1 final A3: Elements of Art /Principles of Design Photo Assignment: 14 photos A4: Abstraction Safari (30 photos/10 final) |
ASSIGNMENT 1: SCAVENGER HUNT
Assignment 2: Burning House
A3: Elements and Principles Photo Assignment
LINk TO ELEMENTS PRESENTATION
Your task is to shoot each element in a few different subjects.
Student Example Album 1
Student Example Album 2
Student Example Album 1
Student Example Album 2
How do we learn to see with our camera?
Unit 1: Making it Interesting
Part 1: Elements of Art
Part 2: Principles of Design
Part 3: Compositional Guidelines
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Part 1: Elements of Art
Some resources for the presentation research:
Elements of Art videos-KQED Art School
Elements of Art in Photography-article
Slideshow of Elements of art in photography
Elements of Art explained-Digital Photo Secrets
Principles of Design
Links for images:
National Geographic Gallery
Flickr
Wordpress Photo Contest
Travel Photographer of the Year contest winners
Part 2: The Principles of Design
Part 3: Compositional Guidelines in Photography
Prezi-10 Compositional Guidelines-LINK
What does it mean? How does it apply to photography?
We begin to see as an artist/ architect/ designer sees the visual world by transforming the ordinary to the extraordinary. How we arrange/compose the elements within our camera frame makes all the difference! And what we capture matters.
We begin to see as an artist/ architect/ designer sees the visual world by transforming the ordinary to the extraordinary. How we arrange/compose the elements within our camera frame makes all the difference! And what we capture matters.
Compositional Guidelines List
1. Focal point/Center of Interest
2. Figure/Ground separation
3. Simplicity
4. Leading Lines (especially diagonals)
5. Point of View-change it up!
6. Give space to moving objects
7. Rule of Thirds
8. Rule of Odds
9. Framing within the frame
10. Don't kiss the frame
Additional practice challenges:
-silhouettes
-reflections
-shadows
1. Focal point/Center of Interest
2. Figure/Ground separation
3. Simplicity
4. Leading Lines (especially diagonals)
5. Point of View-change it up!
6. Give space to moving objects
7. Rule of Thirds
8. Rule of Odds
9. Framing within the frame
10. Don't kiss the frame
Additional practice challenges:
-silhouettes
-reflections
-shadows
A5: 1 object/20 times photo assignment
You will choose an object (3D form) to photograph in 20 different ways exercising the compositional guidelines.
Your photo album should have at least 40 photos. Your final edited album should consist of your strongest 20.
Each photo in your final album should be titled/labeled with the compositional guideline you are demonstrating. There are 10 guidelines so each one should be demonstrated 2 x.
Your photo album should have at least 40 photos. Your final edited album should consist of your strongest 20.
Each photo in your final album should be titled/labeled with the compositional guideline you are demonstrating. There are 10 guidelines so each one should be demonstrated 2 x.
Diptychs/Triptychs
A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. A Photography diptych is a pair of images placed side by side to form a single artistic statement or comparison. The images can be identical or similar in composition, they can show different angles of the same scene, or they can demonstrate polar opposites such as; morning and night, old and new, or before and after. Diptychs are great because they can deliver twice the storytelling impact of a single image. The strength of the diptych is based on the Gestalt theory of perception, which is summarized in the saying, “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”
Triptych art is made up of three different panels/paintings/photographs that are intended to be displayed together. The three panels become one unified piece of work to the viewer. A triptych is from a Greek adjective meaning “three-fold”.
The first triptychs were from early Christian art, which were a popular format for altar paintings from the Middle Ages onwards. Today triptych art is still defined as a work of art divided into three sections.
These images have an aesthetic appeal to them. They challenge the viewer to think about the design and challenge themselves to the meaning and movement of the piece. As the viewer looks from one panel to the next, they have to come to terms as to how the art speaks to them and how they can digest three different artworks in one composition.
A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. A Photography diptych is a pair of images placed side by side to form a single artistic statement or comparison. The images can be identical or similar in composition, they can show different angles of the same scene, or they can demonstrate polar opposites such as; morning and night, old and new, or before and after. Diptychs are great because they can deliver twice the storytelling impact of a single image. The strength of the diptych is based on the Gestalt theory of perception, which is summarized in the saying, “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”
Triptych art is made up of three different panels/paintings/photographs that are intended to be displayed together. The three panels become one unified piece of work to the viewer. A triptych is from a Greek adjective meaning “three-fold”.
The first triptychs were from early Christian art, which were a popular format for altar paintings from the Middle Ages onwards. Today triptych art is still defined as a work of art divided into three sections.
These images have an aesthetic appeal to them. They challenge the viewer to think about the design and challenge themselves to the meaning and movement of the piece. As the viewer looks from one panel to the next, they have to come to terms as to how the art speaks to them and how they can digest three different artworks in one composition.
your assignment:
Create 1 DIPTYCHs and 1 TRIPTYCH or 2 DIPTYCHS.
Your Diptych or Triptych should focus on 1 of the approaches below:
-ZOOM (getting close to a subject)
-Storytelling (do you want to tell a story? about a particular person? about a particular object?
-Compare/Contrast subjects and ideas (opposites)
-Visual Connections (do you want to make a visual connection of 2 very different photos by placing them side by side. Remember, there must be a unifying element(s) to these selected photos....)
-Sequence (showing a series of events as time goes by, works best as a triptych)
-Point of View shift on the same scene
-Same subject/different composition
Your Diptych or Triptych should focus on 1 of the approaches below:
-ZOOM (getting close to a subject)
-Storytelling (do you want to tell a story? about a particular person? about a particular object?
-Compare/Contrast subjects and ideas (opposites)
-Visual Connections (do you want to make a visual connection of 2 very different photos by placing them side by side. Remember, there must be a unifying element(s) to these selected photos....)
-Sequence (showing a series of events as time goes by, works best as a triptych)
-Point of View shift on the same scene
-Same subject/different composition
How to select photos to pair |
How to create a diptych in photoshop using masking |
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