PROJECT #6: ARCHITECTURE (Four Locations 📸 Due: 1st class after Spring Break)

 

DIRECTIONS & SCORING.
For the first class after spring break, make 40+ well-composed & exposed structure/building/architecture/cityscape images. 

Minimum due: ten photographs at four different architectural locations will earn an average score of 2.8 of 4 points (a "C"). If you go beyond the minimum due for each location, your score will increase one letter grade for every eight photographs. 

For each location, the basic math will be:
10 photos = C
18 photos = B
26 photos = A

RATIONALE.
Think of this project as an exercise in finding shape and line, and structure, spaces, air. The shape and line you photograph will cut your picture frame in to geometry. How can you photograph shape and line (in architecture) so that the viewer's eye is led into the photograph, and kept there. You will look for leading lines, repeated shape, light and shadow, visual rhythm created by shape and line, etc. 

For some of the photographs, leave the horizon line out of the photograph. By doing this, you will force yourself (your body) to be interacting with the space you are in differently. Your eye will see things in a new way.

For some of the photographs, get in close and make photographs of parts/details of the structure.

Through this process, and spending time with buildings/places/spaces, you'll capture the personality of the place/location. Explore the nuances and intricacies of a space/structure, and make an attempt to capture the energy and inherent spirit of that place/space/structure. 

A few photographers from the past: Frederick Evans (Cathedral photos), Albert Renger-Patzsch, Paul Strand (his 1915 photo of Wall Street), Berenice Abbott (photos of NYC), Bernd and Hilla Becher, and many more HERE, and elsewhere...

The Sublime Myths of Modern Architecture Photography (An interesting article).
An In-Depth Look at Architectural Photography (A good place to start)
A complete guide HERE.

INSPIRATION:
Josh Partee
Architecture of Portland
25 Great Architecture Photographers.
Arcaid Images.
Lynne Cohen
Mark Citret
50 Examples of Architecture Photography
Wolfram
A bit different from our aim, but on a wider scale very good
PHOTOGRAPHY MAD.com
A Brilliant Beginner's Guide To Architecture Photography

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A FEW VIDEOS TO INSPIRE
       

FRIDAY, FEB. 21 🖤

G'morning, Photogs!

Mrs. White and I are attending a CTE meeting today. I apologize for being out, but the meeting is required. 

Today, I would like you to do the following:

1. Read through the Choice #2 project:  

http://timberwolfphotolounge2.blogspot.com/2020/02/project-5-photogs-choice-2-intentional.html

2. Email me (TuHSPhoto@ttsd.k12.or.us) your sixteen ideas list for the Blur project by midnight tonight (This email is worth four points). This idea generation will take think time, and Google search time. 

Look up "interesting/clever ideas for motion blur photography" and the like. 

Get inspired! 
I am not assigning specific methods or subject matter, but I expect you to go beyond what we did in Photo 1. Test yourself. Challenge yourself. Get inspired by YOUR OWN WORK! You will explain your personal challenges in a blog post next week.

3. If you choose, you can begin photographing your list during class (with a pass), but remember that ONLY EIGHT of the images can be photographed on campus. The others are to be photographed during your non-school life. 

*Remember that you are photographing each subject TWICE, once each at a different shutter speed. 

This project - 16 blur ideas, photographed twice, for a total of 32 images - are due next Wednesday, Feb. 26. 

Have fun while going through the process. Think outside the box. You are clever and creative...use it!

🖤Hohman

PROJECT #5: PHOTOG'S CHOICE #2 (Intentional Motion Blur v.2)

 

DIRECTIONS.
1. Set camera to S (shutter priority) -or- Use the Slow Shutter app on your phone.
2. Make 16 images of intentional motion blur.
3. For each subject, photograph it (at least) TWICE, at different shutter speeds.

NOTE.
*Mind your ISO in relation to your shutter speed.
**You will be turning in 32 images in total (two different versions of your 16 motion blur ideas. 

SCORING.

• Each well-made pair of intentional motion blur images will count as one point, for a 16 point total. 
• Make a range of photos that show fast & slow shutter speeds. 
• Only eight of your ideas can be photographed on campus. The other eight must be from your personal life/time off campus (to provide variety, and require you to pick up your camera outside of class time).
• Subject matter is your own choosing. 

LINK.
Shutter Speed Project Ideas

RATIONALE.
Continued exploration and mastery of manipulating shutter speed in your camera.