PHD101
Introduction to Photography
& Design
Shooting Project#2: Place
Due Week 5, after Lab
period
Many
types of photographers strive to capture and convey a sense of place: editorial
travel photographers, commercial photographers shooting architecture and
interiors, fine art photographers who focus on the classic beauty of a
landscape, or those who create conceptual projects around our use (or abuse) of
the environment.
What is "sense of place" and how is it conveyed photographically? To show sense of place is to capture the unique aspects of a place, its culture and its character, through composition, quality of light, and the choice of whether to include the human presence.
What is "sense of place" and how is it conveyed photographically? To show sense of place is to capture the unique aspects of a place, its culture and its character, through composition, quality of light, and the choice of whether to include the human presence.
Conduct
some research into other photographers’ techniques for conveying a sense of place, and look at one
photographer more in-depth for your blog
commentary #2.
Based
on your own professional or personal interest, determine which photographic
approach appeals to you in conveying a sense of place. During the course of the week, set out
to make at least 50 images capturing
a sense of any one place you choose (inside or outside, restaurant, building,
neighborhood, home, natural space, industrial space, etc.).
Work
on moving beyond the literal and making the familiar new through the way you photograph it. Try to capture different perspectives
and convey your mood and feeling about the place through the way you use
composition and light.
Requirements
·
These images must be shot specifically for this assignment and
previously shot photographs will not be accepted. Make sure your date/time function in your camera menu
is set properly.
·
Shoot in the exposure mode that’s comfortable to you and will yield the
best results. If you’re not
comfortable shooting manually, use the program mode to get proper exposure.
·
Take care to avoid camera shake by shooting in brighter natural light
so that slow shutter speeds aren’t necessary (or use a tripod in low light if
you know how to do so)
·
Shoot in RAW + high fine jpeg
·
Use only available light – no flash
Submission standards
In
class, we’ll review the Lightroom import/export workflow we performed for
project one. You’ll choose 5 - 10 images from the 50 that best
convey sense of place and work well together to create a mini photo essay on your place. Process & organize them through LR, and remember the
following parameters:
·
Add contact info, copyright, and keywords to the IPTC metadata of all
images
·
Resize to 150 ppi, 10” for the longest dimension
·
Rename as LastName_ProjectName_sequence#
·
File Format = jpeg
·
Color Space = Adobe RGB
·
Output Sharpening = Screen
In
addition to the 5 – 10 selected images,
submit a contact sheet of at least 50
images shot for the project (following submission instructions given in
class).
Grading
All
shooting projects are worth 50 points and are graded according to the following
criteria:
· Image
management (following
assignment specifications outlined during lab period)
· Creativity
of approach to concept
(effort and thought demonstrated)
· Visual
impact (use of
photographic seeing, basic mastery of technique)
