For Assignment 2, you're going to focus on using the tools of the digital camera to specifically address ideas of light, space and time, and photography’s very peculiar relationship to them. Pretty much EVERY photograph you take is somehow a representation of these three ingredients.
Part 1: 2 images
One image that explores the presence of light in a photograph. Consider how this light transforms the subject you're photographing, and try to capture it in a way that conveys not only how you see the light but also how you sense the light in the image. Perhaps even try to make light the primary subject of the picture.
One image exploring how to intentionally use space in a photograph. Think about the relationship between what's in the picture and the edges of the picture. Consider how the elements in your picture are composed (arranged) within the frame. Do you want to convey a sense of calm or a feeling of chaos; how do you want the primary subject of your image to relate the other, surrounding elements? Finally, where will you place us (the viewer) in the image - are we engaging the subject of the picture, or are we a passive observer, are we entering into the photograph or are you holding us back, outside of the frame?
Have at least 40 images shot and ready to import into Lightroom on Tuesday, September 12th.
Part 2: 2 images
In part two of the assignment, you'll concentrate on how to utilize your shutter to capture a sense of time in an image, and you'll use the aperture in your lens to bring the world in and out of focus. Make one picture that uses a fast or slow shutter. Make one picture in which you work with either a shallow or deep depth of field.
What's due:
Part 1: 2 images
One image that explores the presence of light in a photograph. Consider how this light transforms the subject you're photographing, and try to capture it in a way that conveys not only how you see the light but also how you sense the light in the image. Perhaps even try to make light the primary subject of the picture.
One image exploring how to intentionally use space in a photograph. Think about the relationship between what's in the picture and the edges of the picture. Consider how the elements in your picture are composed (arranged) within the frame. Do you want to convey a sense of calm or a feeling of chaos; how do you want the primary subject of your image to relate the other, surrounding elements? Finally, where will you place us (the viewer) in the image - are we engaging the subject of the picture, or are we a passive observer, are we entering into the photograph or are you holding us back, outside of the frame?
Have at least 40 images shot and ready to import into Lightroom on Tuesday, September 12th.
Part 2: 2 images
In part two of the assignment, you'll concentrate on how to utilize your shutter to capture a sense of time in an image, and you'll use the aperture in your lens to bring the world in and out of focus. Make one picture that uses a fast or slow shutter. Make one picture in which you work with either a shallow or deep depth of field.
What's due:
A total of 4 images, and you'll need to make at least 80 new exposures for this project
When?: TBA
Shutter
speed is the time element of your exposure – it
controls the amount of time your sensor is exposed to light and will affect how
motion is recorded in your image – blurry, or frozen in mid air...or somewhere
in between. Of course, when you change your shutter speed, it affects your
aperture so you’ll have to work carefully to be sure you get the shot you want.
(Remember you can also adjust your ISO)
Aperture controls how depth and space appear in your
photograph. Deep space (deep depth of field) will show a maximum amount of detail,
with everything in your image clear and sharp, allowing the viewer to roam
across the surface of the image and decide where to look, while “shallow” space
(shallow depth of field) focuses the viewer to that space in a
particular way.
ISO
measures your sensor’s sensitivity to light. It should be used in this assignment in
conjunction with the above two controls to help control your exposure while
getting the creative effects you desire. For this assignment, you MUST take
your ISO off the AUTO setting.
