10- Composing an Object

Bring one object with some personality and try to have your item tell a story by placing it thoughtfully into a descriptive background. A story could also emerge based on the relationship to other objects and the space that they are in, distance etc. Experiment with placement, angles, distances to subject, framing etc. Try using BW film.

Black and White Film:
- Photograph your object with a variety of backgrounds.
- Bracket each photo 3x each photo, so you will have 3 photos of each of the set-ups.
- Develop the film.
- Make a contact sheet of your roll of film.
- 3 prints, each 3.5 x 5 showing the essence of your project and contrast filters (0, 90, 150).
- 1 final best print 5 x 7.

Each print will evaluated on the following:
- Composition.
- Creativity.
- Technical- focus, development, contrast
- Professionalism: no scratches, even borders, good contrast, image focused.

Self Evaluation: Based on the criteria, give yourself a mark out of 5 for how well you think you did (good quality negatives, professional prints, broken rules you tried, questions answered, images scanned and on blog).

Questions: Why did you choose this object ? How did you give it character/story?