Portrait Photography - Year 3

Narrative Portraiture: Foundations of Portraiture by Chris Orwig




Also check out Jamel Shabazz (Street portrait photographer)

Action Photography for Capoeira: Year Two

CLICK HERE for the link to the Phlearn video on freezing motion in natural light.

Google Capoeira photos, vector art and videos to do some research before our photo shoot on Thursday.

Digital Photography - part 1 (Year 1): Assignment Due Monday

We have an online text book that you will have access to by going to the following link:

http://clouddoi8.com/

Click on Existing User and find Lakeshore Collegiate from the list of schools

Your username: lakeshore
Your password: lci2016!

Chapter 14 - Traditional and Digital Photography:
Photography Basics

Go to the second page (click on the middle yellow dot at the bottom of the page) and select
Chapter 14. Traditional and Digital Photography.
Choose Photography Basics and read through the chapter. Be sure to click on any of the interactive links. Fill in the worksheets provided (DSLR camera parts) and hand it in at the end of the period. Also, please take the TEST provided at the end of the chapter.
For email, put in my email address (lisa.silverman@tdsb.on.ca) so the results will be sent to me.

If you don't finish the test this period, then submit via email by the end of the weekend.

Test results and handout DUE MONDAY October 26th.

When you are finished check out this LINK on Photography Composition

Also this LINK on the best photo essays of 2014 is worth checking out for inspiration.

Daily Create Blog Posts

Daily Create Blog Posts.                                

CyberARTS Year 3.

There are 20 options here for sound/image, still photography and video assignments. You must complete 10 of them in total.

You must complete one by the end of each week.

You must have at least two from each category. (sound/image, still photo, video) The rest is up to you.

1.   Take a close up photo of an object with unique texture or pattern; make us guess what it is.

2.   Make a photo of anger, or something that makes you angry.

3.   Make a photo that emphasizes one color much more than any others in the shot

4.   Record some outdoor sounds. Pair them with one, three or five still images.

5.   Fabric: we wear it, sleep on it, decorate with it. Make a photo of an interesting cloth design or texture.

6.   Take a creative photo without aiming in the viewfinder

7.   Take a photo that shows two contrasting things, e.g. light & darkness, life & death, cats & dogs etc.

8.   Power plugs are ubiquitous. Can you make a creative photo of such a common thing?

9.   Mix a sound from nature with a musical selection so both can be heard clearly.

10.                 Make a short audio of the sound of water pinging, flushing, splashing, roaring, tumbling...and add an image, or three or five.

11.                 Draw a flower with your eyes closed. Then turn it into a vector illustration.

12.                 Make a photo of an outdoor scene free of any human artifacts.

13.                 Take a picture of an object that is a metaphor for your learning style

14.                 Make a photograph of a plastic object that you’ve used today.

15.                 Make an extreme close up 30 second video of someone playing a musical instrument, using at least three different shots.

16.                 Record 30 seconds of ambient sound in your environment. Pair it with images that contrast the sound you've recorded.

17.                 Take a closer look at where you spend a lot of time. Photograph something there you never noticed before.

18.                 Take a picture of construction.

19.                 Make a 30 second video with sound of a typical street scene using wide, medium, close-up and extreme close-ups.

20.                 Find a grid pattern somewhere (brick sidewalk, ceiling tiles etc.). Make a photo of an interesting slice of it.

Submission requirements for Modern Art Style Self-Portrait - Year 2

Please submit your finished self-portrait in .psd format.
Minimum size 8x8" @ 300 p.p.i Max. size 8.5x11" @ 300 p.p.i
Press ready - ie. print quality.

Also, please post your finished portrait on your blog with a written statement about the following:

Which modern art style did you choose for your portrait and why? (identity/personality)
Explain how this style of art expresses your personality/identity and which elements of design you chose that helped express this style.

Portrait Lighting - Year 2 Studio Photography for Self-portrait

Video on 5 classic lighting positions for portraits.

Note that in this video, butterfly lighting or paramount lighting is another term used for 'glamour' lighting.
Also split lighting is another term used for hatchet lighting.

PHOTO BASED ART - PHASE ONE (Year Four)

For your photo-based independent project, consider the following two artistic questions:

1. How can I express the theme Black and White + One through photo-based artwork?
2. How can I explore using the medium of photography in a way that stretches my current knowledge and understanding AND suits my interpretation of the theme?

In class we began to brainstorm and deconstruct the meanings of Black, White and + One. Use this as a starting point and continue exploring until you find a way to express this theme that feels right to you.

Design Process - 
Step One: Understand the objective!

Step Two: Research 

• Continue to explore the theme and also to explore possibilities. 
• Search for contemporary photography and photo-based art or photo-based digital art. You can choose motion or audio-visual work, a documentary series, portraits etc.
• Research the technique you are interested in exploring further.

Step Three: Brainstorm

Sketch, jot down notes etc.

Step Four: Test and Analyze

Try out your photo technique and see if/how it works. Then try your idea out and see if it needs any tweaking or adjustments.

Due: Friday October 10, 2014
Please show me your initial research in your sketchbook AND post a minimum of two paragraphs in a blog post as an initial proposal for your project. Each paragraph should address each of the two artistic questions.

Rating your photos - Using Adobe Bridge -YEAR ONE

Using Adobe Bridge CS6 - tips and tricks:

How to rate your images and move them to a specified "Best of" folder

1. For best operating speed - drag your image folder to your desktop and open up bridge. Find your images on the desktop folder you created. In the end you can create your best of folder in your home drive, or on your desktop. For working digital files, using the desktop in the CyberARTS lab will always give you faster processing times.

2. Rate your photos using a star rating system that works for you. I tend to rate only the ones I want to select. 3 stars = pretty decent but might need some tweaking during the editing process, 4 stars = really really good, focus is bang on, exposure is great, composition is great, 5 stars = award winning.
You can find a system that makes sense to you.

3. Filter your chosen selections so that you have only the ones you've narrowed down in your window. You may need to go through them again to narrow them down further if you have too many.

4. Select All - through edit - select all, or use the keyboard shortcut (Apple/Command 'A').

5. If you haven't done so already, create a best of folder ie. "Best_Garden1_Name" and put it in a location that makes sense to you - probably in your home drive and/or also on your desktop (you can always copy it to the desktop later)

6. With your best images selected in Bridge go to FILE - Move To - Choose Folder and find the best folder you just made. Click Open and the images will move to that folder.

7. Congratulations, you've just done your first edit!

Year Four Photo Project Artist Statement

Please write an artist statement for your photography project that explains your concept. This should be appropriate for the gallery show at Lakeshore Arts. Please format this on an 8.5x11" page with your name at the top of the page as a heading. Below your name please write the title of your project.
Also, if you have more images in your series, but were unable to put them in the show - please add thumbnail images of all the images from your series.

Consider the following information: Your inspiration, concept/message/theme, chosen medium/technique and reasoning behind that (i.e. why you decided to digitally manipulate, or use black and white, or use HDRI etc.)

Submit to Ms. Silverman by Friday. Also, this should be posted on your blog with copies of all your images, including the title of your photo series - the blog should be titled Personal Photography Project.

Stop-Motion Examples

Here are a few examples of some great stop-motion films to inspire you. Now, if you haven't done so already, post one on your blog!

Joey Lawrence - photo and video

Check out this guy's website and blog. Joey Lawrence is a Canadian photographer and videographer living in Brooklyn. His work is amazing. Ms. McFadyen discovered him last year. Explore and enjoy. He offers lots of information about how he does things. Check out his halloween in Brooklyn series on his blog.

Photographer Videographer Joey Lawrence

I thought all of you could use some inspiration. Check out the photography by Joey Lawrence on this site. Let me know what you think! You can check out his blog too.