Photo 10- Panorama

Landscape Panorama- You are going to take a series of photos of a single topic in a side to side, top to bottem sequence so that they can be stitched together.

The scene is up to you, but I want to to experiment in a David Hockney-esk way. See photo 1. Hockney uses multiple photos to create a scene, but not of the photos have the same exposure, or the same range of focus. Also, if you look closely, you will see that he even changes his position slightly to create optical illusions- notice the tree, you can see through it.

David Hockney is painter from Great Britain who migrated to U.S.A. in the 1960's and found the land so grand (particularily the Grand Canyon) that it could not be photographed in one shot. Also he did not like the how the wide angle lens would distort the scene. So he decided to photograph a scene in a series and join it together. He called this collaging process "joiners".

For this assignment, first explore the work of David Hockney, find 2 panorama/joiners and put them in your journal. Then you are to take a 9+ photos of a scene. Print a contact sheet and stitch it in your journal and then either using Photoshop, or scissors and glue assemble your panorama- each image 3.5 x 5. Have fun, be creative.

Photo9- Elements of Design

Find examples of the Elements of Design in Photography:
Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Colour

Line
A line represents a "path" between two points. A line can be straight, curved, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, or zigzag. Lines imply motion and suggest direction or orientation. The direction and orientation of a line can also imply certain feelings. Horizontal lines imply tranquility and rest, whereas vertical lines imply power and strength. Oblique lines imply movement, action and change. Curved lines or S shaped lines imply quiet, calm and sensual feelings. Lines that converge imply depth, scale and distance - a fence or roadway converges into the distance provides the illusion that a flat two-dimensional image has three-dimensional depth. A line is an effective element of design because it can lead the viewer's eye. To create more effective photographs actively look for lines and arrange them within your viewfinder to invoke specific feelings.


Shape 2-D
Shapes are the result of closed lines. In photography, shapes can be a color area or an arrangement of flat, 2 dimentional objects within the camera's viewfinder. Some primary shapes include circles, squares, triangles and hexagons. Space is defined and determined by shapes and forms. Light coming from behind a subject can form a silhouette resulting in object that is completely black against a lighter colored background. Silhouettes appear as two-dimensional shapes lacking form.

Form - 3-D
Form refers to the three-dimensional quality of an object, which is due in part to light, and dark areas. When light from a single direction (e.g. our sun) hits an object, part of the object is in shadow. Light and dark areas within an image provide contrast that can suggest volume. Positive space is where shapes and forms exist; negative space is the empty space around shapes and forms.
Color
There has been a tremendous amount of research on how color affects human beings and some of this research suggests that men and women may respond to colors differently. Color affects us emotionally, with different colors evoking different emotions.
Texture
Describes a surface of an object. Texture can be soft, smoothe, shiney, bumpy, rough, jagged...

Portraits

Grade 9s are going to take photos of people in natural lighting. Here are a couple of photoshoots:

Evolution

Retouching Photos

The Photoshop Effect2

You are to find 5+ examples of portraits in Natural/Available Light.

Here are a few sites to visit with cool portrait ideas:

Shane Oosterhoff's Dog Portraits Part#1

Shane Oosterhoff's Dog Portraits #2

Shane's Site

Greg Swales Photography

Photo9- Pin Hole Project

Pin Hole Project-
You are to use a basic box that is completely light tight as a camera.
Try to take photos with your box by loading the photo paper in the darkroom and going outside to take your photos. Make sure you keep track of the time and hold steady with each exposure.

You are to try the following exposures:

1. Clear Subject- image is in focus, good exposure, subject is easy to identify.
2. Double Exposure- Expose your photo paper 2 times. You image should still be clear and easy to see.
3. Movement- Make sure you can identify your image. The movement should be very slow.
4. Positive of one of the above. Use the enlarger to invert the darks to light and visa versa.
5. Label all of your experiments and hand in.