Project # 1-Progressive Photography and how to get there (2nd Years)
This assignment will involve focusing on 3 different exercises that are aimed at getting you to a higher level creatively in your photography. It is expected that the technical elements of the shot(focus and exposure as well as focal point) and your knowledge of the principles of design(balance, emphasis, unity etc.) will all be at a high level. A higher emphasis should be placed on creative decision making and pushing oneself artistically to elevate their photography conceptually.
Here are the 3 themes you are going to shoot from:
FLICKR ALBUM NAME: CREATIVE STORYTELLING: SIMPLE ACTION
TOTAL NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 20
P.O.V. ANY
Light Source: Natural Light, Reflected Light, off camera flash
Composition: Closeups, wide angle, extreme angle, macro and any other compositions that you think would do the best job of telling the most visually and conceptually interesting job of telling the story of a "simple action" through 15-20 photographs.
Derived from Gardner’s prompt to describe a simple action, such as sharpening a pencil or shooting a rat, in at least 400 words, this exercise asks that you also complicate your own attempts to capture a simple action. Take a portfolio of shots of a simple action, such as a person stepping from the curb into the street. Your goal in creating this portfolio is to discover as many ways as possible of photographing the same simple action in completely different ways.
Create a small portfolio of photographs that describe and intensify two characters, as well as the relationship between them. You may photograph anything but people; feel free to photograph other objects, such as landscapes, weather, clothing, and so on. Here you should focus on establishing contexts and using details in order to give meaning to a photograph’s ‘bigger picture,’ so to speak.
The Untold Secrets Exercise
Create a series of photographs that depict two characters, one of whom has a secret. Don’t reveal the secret, but make the viewer intuit it. Only you and the character know this secret. Use various photographic techniques to hint as to the nature of the secret. You can be as simple or complicated as you wish in photographing clues; the idea here is to work on creating subtle tones in your photographs. s. If you can find emotion in an inanimate object, then you’re well on your way to being a great photographer, writer, artist.