So far this term, we've done a number of practical tasks to develop your photography skills and appreciation. Now, you are going to put these skills into practice, whilst developing them even further.
You're going to create a Photography Folio that will contain a number of photos of different styles and techniques. For this folio, you will need to plan and create 6 different photos that will fall under the following categories:
1. Portrait
2. Light Painting
3. Photography/Photoshop Special Effects
4. Forced Perspective
5. Macro lens photography
6. Character/Costume Photograph
The banner at the top of the page, from left to right, provides you with an example of how each of these may look. These are just example though and what you end up doing may look completely different.
This task is broken into 3 stages.
The first stage is the Inspiration stage.
You're going to create a Photography Folio that will contain a number of photos of different styles and techniques. For this folio, you will need to plan and create 6 different photos that will fall under the following categories:
1. Portrait
2. Light Painting
3. Photography/Photoshop Special Effects
4. Forced Perspective
5. Macro lens photography
6. Character/Costume Photograph
The banner at the top of the page, from left to right, provides you with an example of how each of these may look. These are just example though and what you end up doing may look completely different.
This task is broken into 3 stages.
The first stage is the Inspiration stage.
You will go and search for examples of each of the 6 categories above. When you find one you like the look of, or has a good technique, you will save it, print it and stick it into your folio. You should come up with between 4 and 6 examples for each of the categories. This means you will end up with between 24 and 30 pictures overall.
When you stick each of these images into your folio, you should write a little bit of annotation next to each photo to explain what it is about it that appeals to you, e.g. what you like about it, what technique is being used, how it makes you feel, how you're hoping to use this idea yourself, etc.
The whole idea of the Inspiration section, as the name suggests, is to be inspired, so you should be looking for photos that appeal to you and give you ideas for what you'd like your own photos to be when you create them. You may even end up borrowing some of these ideas/techniques, etc. from some of these photos for your own. This is totally OK. This is the point of doing Inspiration. To get ideas. To be inspired. The example Inspiration pages in the slideshow above should give you a few ideas.
When you stick each of these images into your folio, you should write a little bit of annotation next to each photo to explain what it is about it that appeals to you, e.g. what you like about it, what technique is being used, how it makes you feel, how you're hoping to use this idea yourself, etc.
The whole idea of the Inspiration section, as the name suggests, is to be inspired, so you should be looking for photos that appeal to you and give you ideas for what you'd like your own photos to be when you create them. You may even end up borrowing some of these ideas/techniques, etc. from some of these photos for your own. This is totally OK. This is the point of doing Inspiration. To get ideas. To be inspired. The example Inspiration pages in the slideshow above should give you a few ideas.
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The second stage of your Photography Folio Task is creating mock-ups. A mock-up is a neatly drawn sketch that represents visually how you are planning for your finished photograph to look. Whilst you don't need to be an incredible artist, it IS important that you take your time with these and be as neat and detailed as possible. There should be annotation about what colours, etc. will be used in the photo and where you're going to position your lights when taking the photo.
This is obviously the planning stage of your task, so it is important that this section is completed neatly and in detail. You should have thought about every aspect of each photo by the time you complete your mock-ups. You may even wish to do a few practice, or draft mock-ups, before completing the final ones. You will need to complete a mock-up sketch for each of the 6 photos that you are required to take. These mock-ups should be of a decent size, at least A4 for each of them. The gallery to the right has sample mock-ups and the final, finished photographs to give you an idea of the process from planning to completion. You can click on the images in the gallery to see a bigger version of them. |
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The third, and final, stage is the fun part. The actual creation of your photos. By now you will have completed your Inspiration pages and your Mock-ups and are now ready to create and edit your photos. You should allow time to edit ALL photos extensively in Photoshop, even ones that don't have special effects, etc. added to them.
You should, at a minimum, adjust the Curves, Hue and Saturation and Brightness and Contrast in Photoshop for all photos.
You should, at a minimum, adjust the Curves, Hue and Saturation and Brightness and Contrast in Photoshop for all photos.
Inspiration Pages: Friday, 8th March (Week 6)
Mock-ups: Friday, 15th March (Week 7)
Final Photos: Friday, 5th April (Week 10)
Mock-ups: Friday, 15th March (Week 7)
Final Photos: Friday, 5th April (Week 10)