PROJECT #14: DISTORTED FACES

DIRECTIONS:
Make 15+ images that have your subject matter - a person's face - distorted in some way (through water, reflection, a material...)

IDEAS:
In a reflective surface...through glass...in a cracked mirror...in the surface of cutlery...through plastic wrap...through a  vessel filled (or partly filled) with water...in that vessel, a different color water...through frosted glass....through beveled glass...partly obscured by the distortion/partly not...etc. Beyond the face of someone, think outside the box: CLICK HERE for a photographer who does this with still life. 

Note for through glass: Get close enough to the glass/vessel so that IF the glass/vessel is held by someone their fingers/hand is NOT visible. 

We will crop some of the images so that the final image looks something like these images:

 

Images by Z. Payne

THROUGH WATER IN A GLASS:

 

OTHER IDEAS:

   

EC: FOUND FACES

DIRECTIONS. Observe the world around you for the next two days. Make photographs of hidden 'faces.' Bring to next class. Each photo will earn one point of extra credit. 

This is an exercise in observation and seeing. It is a bit silly, yes, but that never hurt anyone.
More importantly, it will exercise your 'eye,' and allow you to practice noticing the world around you.
The photos might be macro, wider perspective, or anywhere in between.

NOTE: take time to focus your photos correctly.