2011년 5월 3일 화요일

10 Comic Strip Narrative

1. Brainstorm-your ideas, write down your narrative, can be in point or paragraph form.

2. Storyboard-plan your images in frames. Include a close-up, medium shot and long shot to establish the space.

3. Shoot-Photograph your story either digital of BW.

4.Download or develop your negatives(scan negatives).

5. Digitally enhance the colour and contrast in the images.

6. Arrange in a comic-like narrative sequence(can use Comic Life).

7. Print or post in your journal/blog.

10s Panorama

1. First explore the work of David Hockney, find 2 panorama/'joiners' and put them in your journal.

2. Then take several photos of a scene that match up try a few different places.

3. Print a contact sheet (20-35 images).

4. And then either using Photoshop, or scissors and glue assemble your (9+photos) panorama-each image 3.5*5 post to your journal.

5. Have fun, be creative.

2011년 4월 15일 금요일

1st Experience

When I was young, I didn't like to take picture of me and everything that live in the world. And I didn’t know how to take pictures. However, my family and I travelled some countries and other place that I had never gone. So, I remember taking random photos buildings, statues, and flowers. At that time, I could understand why my parents took photos. However, now I realize that capturing moments really brings back memories powerfully. That is my main reason why I am in photography 9 and 10 class. I don’t only like taking photos; I want to develop my skills and capturing the mood of a certain situations, objects, and people through photograph. Also, I want to learn how to capture better mood s in pictures and learn more techniques that can help me to take powerful photo.

Studio Lighting Examples

1. REMBRANDTS



Lighting set up is supposed to be around 45 degree in order to creat a bit of triangle on the dark side of the face. Basically, it’s not entirely darkening out the one side. It should still suggest the form of that dark side by displaying a bit of bright parts of it.

2.SIDE LIGHT



Side light should creat a huge contrast of two sides of the face. Therefore, it doesn’t even need to show a hightlight on the dark side. It is nearly 90 degree.

3.GLAMOUR LIGHT



The light set up needs to be right in front of the object in order to create a butterfly-shaped shadow below the nose.

Composition and Criteria

- Rule of thirds: The rule of thirds states that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and subjects should be placed along these lines or their intersections. Aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition than simply placing the object in the center.



- Patterns and Repetition: Patterns & repetition in photography creates a sense of visual rythm and harmony. This technique brings emphasis and intensity on the object in an image that is repeating.



- Leading Lines: Leading lines are lines within an image that leads the eye to another point in the image, or occasionally, out of the image. Anything with a definite line can be a leading line.



- Framing: A photographic frame is an object that that acts as a border or frame for the subject. The frame directs the viewer’s attention to a particular subject or point of interest within the photograph. Frames also create perspective and show depth.



- Contrast :Contrast is an effective means of directing the viewer’s attention to the center of interest. Positioning of subject elements to create contrast gives them added emphasis and directs the viewer’s attention.

JR- InsideOut Project

Part 1
Everyone has good times and bad times and has the same smiles like we see in this photo. The FaceToFace project done by JR figure out why Palestinians and Israelis couldn’t find a way to get along together. He went to Israel with his camera and took portraits of both Palestinians and Israelis doing the same jobs. When some people asked him why he and his friends were doing as they posted the portraits on the street walls, he told them what they were doing whether they could tell the difference between them. He was trying to tell people that all the human beings are basically the same in many ways and there are no point of fighting and killing each others for differences. He also wanted to tell their stories by presenting portraits of some people. I think Face 2 Face project which he told people that he posted Israeli and Palestinian beside each other as an example is humorous very impactful because I feel that it will prevent people from having prejudice. The reason is that we are all the same humans with emotion, opinion, and expression of our own. And each other can happen until we don’t feel differences from one another anymore.


Part 2
- Sarah R. “I stand for photography and art that foments social change”

Sarah Rockford is a senior in high school at Colorado Academy in Denver, Colorado. She was passionate about photography, especially portraiture. Also, she mentioned that she was inspired to do a project like JR. Therefore during the first half the school year, she ended up doing was to take black and white portraits of eighty-six of her classmates. She created a series of over-sized portraits that she hung all throughout her high school, taking over the entire building. Moreover, she wanted to share his project with him because he inspired Sarah to take pictures of people she had spends time with every day but don’t necessarily look at. Final comment was that she would be more than have a chance to be part of his project.

Part 3
1. Define your school community: my school community is a place where I can learn and explore more about my passionate. And I think my school as a family like community. Everyone is accepting of different ideas and creates more a family like community
2. What do you value about your school community: I think the most things that I value about my school communities are my friends, and teachers. And freedom of creating my own work and know how to accept others and their freedom..
3. What does art matter: for me, art matter because it is my major and I am most passionate about studying art. Also learning about myself and other people when art gives me chance to experience of people. Art certainly allows me to define myself and I think without art, it wouldn’t have happened.
4. How would you express this visually: I feel the most greatest that I would be able to express this visually through fine arts and photography.