Hi Everyone,
Here we begin our creative
work. I want you to photograph in a town environment to look at geometric
angles, reflections, leading lines (and of course light and shadow, if there
are shadows.)
Here is a copy and paste from
the syllabus.... also please check out the other resources and reading for this
week there...
Assignment: Downtown
Photograph shapes, reflections, light and
pattern in an urban or town environment paying particular attention to the
shapes you select in the frame and the quality of light on the subject.
Avoid being far away or showing a whole
building. Always shoot with natural light. Never use flash in this class... get
in close, fill the frame.
Read about
Paul Strand.... His work in New York City in the early 20th Century defined how
photographers could use new ideas of modernism championed in painting to great
effect.
Read The Art
Motive in Photography, Paul Strand, The British Journal of Photography,
Vol.70, pp. 612-15, 1923
Browse through my portfolio of images from
my "Connecticut Towns" project, particularly Stonington and Noank
You may work in black and white. Photoshop
makes it easy to convert and tone your images. Adjust the tones using
Photoshop's levels editing tools.Submit your best 6-10 images on the blog.
(Links in academic expectations below).
Photoshop allows better control of where
you edit for light... watch
this short video on how to edit your images before posting...
Another Video I recorded
June, 2013. Important to watch and incorporate into your work.
Submit 6-10 of your best, edited in
Photoshop images to the blog.
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