Portrait Assignment
Assigned: 3/12 Due: 3/18
BASED OFF OF THE INFORMATION AND RESEARCH YOU HAVE COMPLETED, IT IS NOW YOUR TURN TO PICK A STYLE AND SHOOT WITHIN IT!
YOUR JOB :
**REQUIRED to shoot A PHOTO (remember sometimes you need more than one photo to get a good picture) of someone that is not your family, staff member, school related person who you know.
- ask the person at the gas station
- going off campus for lunch? Use this time to approach someone, ask the cashier at McDonalds, drive through?
- attending the public library, ask the librarian
CHOOSE 3 OF 4 CATEGORIES TO SHOOT
CLEARLY LABELED
FULLY EDITED
COMPOSITION , LIGHTING, EDITING AND OVERALL PRESENTATION OF CHARACTER MUST BE EVIDENCED.
USE THE TECHNIQUES YOU LEARNED FROM THE ANGLE ASSIGNMENT
DUE TUESDAY!!
SOME MOTIVATION
“When I view a portrait, I want it to communicate something of the nature of the person, not just look like someone.”
“it is an image that invites your imagination to reach beyond the obvious.”
The great portraitist is one who sees things others don’t. This can obviously be said of any artist, visual or otherwise, but the portrait artist has to appraise and apprise in a manner of seconds, plotting a visual course that will reveal what he or she has seen and wants to reveal. A great portrait photographer sees a great many aspects of a person in a split-second. It is perhaps the greatest gift a photographer can possess and it is rare.
YOUR JOB :
**REQUIRED to shoot A PHOTO (remember sometimes you need more than one photo to get a good picture) of someone that is not your family, staff member, school related person who you know.
- ask the person at the gas station
- going off campus for lunch? Use this time to approach someone, ask the cashier at McDonalds, drive through?
- attending the public library, ask the librarian
CHOOSE 3 OF 4 CATEGORIES TO SHOOT
CLEARLY LABELED
FULLY EDITED
COMPOSITION , LIGHTING, EDITING AND OVERALL PRESENTATION OF CHARACTER MUST BE EVIDENCED.
USE THE TECHNIQUES YOU LEARNED FROM THE ANGLE ASSIGNMENT
DUE TUESDAY!!
SOME MOTIVATION
“When I view a portrait, I want it to communicate something of the nature of the person, not just look like someone.”
“it is an image that invites your imagination to reach beyond the obvious.”
The great portraitist is one who sees things others don’t. This can obviously be said of any artist, visual or otherwise, but the portrait artist has to appraise and apprise in a manner of seconds, plotting a visual course that will reveal what he or she has seen and wants to reveal. A great portrait photographer sees a great many aspects of a person in a split-second. It is perhaps the greatest gift a photographer can possess and it is rare.
12 photos total - Choose 3 of the 4 categories you want to shoot in.
Weebly written reflection = 5 points
Question #1: Choose your top 3 photos. What did you do to make, or why do you feel they are so interesting? Describe each in detail providing specific explanations/evidence to back up your statements.
Question #2: What did you have to learn and understand so that you could successfully complete this unit?
Weebly written reflection = 5 points
Question #1: Choose your top 3 photos. What did you do to make, or why do you feel they are so interesting? Describe each in detail providing specific explanations/evidence to back up your statements.
Question #2: What did you have to learn and understand so that you could successfully complete this unit?
EXTRA CREDIT:
Include an interview to go along with your photo. The interview is to be done on the person you randomly approached, introduced yourself to and asked them questions. See below link.
http://openeyecreative.com/blog/ask-better-interview-questions-3-lessons-from-humans-of-new-york/
Include an interview to go along with your photo. The interview is to be done on the person you randomly approached, introduced yourself to and asked them questions. See below link.
http://openeyecreative.com/blog/ask-better-interview-questions-3-lessons-from-humans-of-new-york/
Environmental Portraits
Portraits taken of people in a situation that they live in (work, rest or play) and/or a place that says something about who they are.
Read more: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/environmental-portraits#ixzz1kZjePW9A
Portraits taken of people in a situation that they live in (work, rest or play) and/or a place that says something about who they are.
Read more: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/environmental-portraits#ixzz1kZjePW9A
Street Portraits
Formal or Traditional Portraits
A formal or traditional portrait is an image of a person's face that clearly displays their likeness and may often display some aspect of their personality. A formal portrait is not a snapshot but a carefully arranged pose under effective lighting conditions. For this type, submit your best formal portraits of a single person looking at the camera (posing).
A formal or traditional portrait is an image of a person's face that clearly displays their likeness and may often display some aspect of their personality. A formal portrait is not a snapshot but a carefully arranged pose under effective lighting conditions. For this type, submit your best formal portraits of a single person looking at the camera (posing).
Informal or Non-traditional Portraits (anything that does not fall in the above two categories) Often candid (the person being photographed is not posing for the camera), odd angles, creative techniques, introduce movement.
For more information go here: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/tips-portrait-photography
For more information go here: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/tips-portrait-photography