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Photo Challenge: Unusual Framing Devices

One photo will feature  An Unusual Framing Devices. Find unusual framing devices such as hair, food, ice, bone, grass, dirt, etc. Think outside the box! Pictures of a frame, or of a box is the first thing people think of, try to stretch the limits of what a frame is. Make a frame out of plants if you have to. See below.

Forgot what Framing Devices are? Tutorial link is here.

Remember before you shoot, think about the following items.

1. Think outside the box -your first idea might be original, or it might be the first thing everyone thinks about.

2. Think about doing a frame within a frame, what a bout a frame within a frame within a frame?

3. Put your own spin on things – the more you bring your own personality, culture, life experience, quirks, etc, the more the viewer will get that a real person is trying to talk to them through a photograph.

4. Make a list of what you want to shoot BEFORE you go out and shoot. Always have a plan, man.

TWO PICTURES WITH TWO  UNUSUAL FRAMING DEVICES.

Practice photo is due Wednesday, October 5th, Final photo due by Friday, October 7th.

1. Read & Respond to today’s Warm Up
2. Read and comment on the Tutorial: Framing Your Shots.
3. Strong goes over Unusual Framing Devices
4. Turn in  your Final  Leading Lines image and turn it into Google Classroom.
   1. WAS DUE ON FRIDAY.
   2. ONLY 7 OF YOUR TURNED THEM IN.
5. Vote on Unusual Point of View here

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/03/toy-dinosaurs-add-a-dramatic-dimension-to-travel-snapshots/

After viewing the photos above, answer the following questions using complete sentences.

What does the addition of the toy dinosaurs do to the images? What would they look without the dinosaurs? How does shadow and color play into these images? What could you see doing that is similar to this? How do these images make you feel?

Step 1: Get together in your CFGs and pull up the practice  Leading Lines photos you made last Friday.

Step 2: Each person should be able to answer these questions about each photo in your CFG. Write down the group’s thinking on each of these questions for each of your photos. Post the answers in a google doc and turn it into Google Classroom. Critiques are due on Tuesday.EVERYONE TURNS IN A COPY OF THEIR GROUPS SUMMARIZED CRITIQUE.

1. Does this photo successfully demonstrate the concept of leading lines? Do the lines lead the viewer from the foreground all the way to the background or do they stop halfway? Is there a payoff waiting for us at the end of the leading lines or are there just lines there? Is the focus correct? Does the image need to be rotated to make sure the horizontal lines are straight?

2. Overall what could be done to improve this image?

Each person turn in a copy of their group’s summarized answers to the above questions in google classroom. You might have to copy and create a new document, then paste to turn it in.

AFTER CRITIQUING ALL THE IMAGES IN YOUR GROUP, GO AND USE THE CRITIQUE TO TAKE A BETTER LEADING LINES SHOT BEFORE THE END OF THE CLASS TOMORROW.

1. Read & Respond to today’s Warm Up
2. Edit your Final  Leading Lines image and turn it into Google Classroom.
   1. Due TODAY.
3. Read and comment on the Tutorial: Framing Your Shots.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/03/double-exposure-photographs-by-florian-imgrund/

After viewing today’s warm up, answer the following questions using complete sentences.

How do you think Imgrund achieved this look? What is the relationship between the subject and the background? What is Imgrund trying to say about the person in the image? What are they comparing the person to? What is the result of bringing these two different images together? How do they make you feel?

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/framing-your-shots-photography-composition-technique

After reading the above tutorial, answer the following questions as comments to this post. MAKE SURE TO CREATE THE COMMENTS IN WORD. THAT WAY YOU WILL HAVE A SPELL CHECK, AND A BACKUP IN CASE YOU LOSE YOUR COMMENT.

1. Why is it good practice to frame your shots?
2. Name at least three example of framing devices, both natural and un-natural.
3. What does framing your shots do for the folks looking at your pictures?

Make sure answers are in complete sentences, using correct grammar and punctuation.

1. Read & Respond to today’s Warm Up
2. Get together in your CFGs and critique yesterday’s practice Leading Line photos.
3. Take final photos for   Leading Lines.
   1. Due TOMORROW. Into Google Classroom.

 

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/09/miniature-calendar/

How is Tanaka able to transform everyday objects into scenes for his miniature people to live in? What happens to the viewers brain and imagination when we look at these photographs? What is he able to do with size and scale in these images? What do you feel when you look at these photos?

Step 1: Get together in your CFGs and pull up the practice unusual Leading Lines photos you made this week.

Step 2: Each person should be able to answer these questions about each photo in your CFG. Write down the group’s thinking on each of these questions for each of your photos. Post the answers in a google doc and turn it into Google Classroom. Critiques are due on Tuesday.EVERYONE TURNS IN A COPY OF THEIR GROUPS SUMMARIZED CRITIQUE.

1. Does this photo successfully demonstrate the concept of leading lines? Do the lines lead the viewer from the foreground all the way to the background or do they stop halfway? Is there a payoff waiting for us at the end of the leading lines or are there just lines there? Is the focus correct? Does the image need to be rotated to make sure the horizontal lines are straight?

2. Overall what could be done to improve this image?

Each person turn in a copy of their group’s summarized answers to the above questions in google classroom. You might have to copy and create a new document, then paste to turn it in.

AFTER CRITIQUING ALL THE IMAGES IN YOUR GROUP, GO AND USE THE CRITIQUE TO TAKE A BETTER LEADING LINES SHOT BEFORE THE END OF THE CLASS TOMORROW.