Hands and Dramatic Lighting

Today you will take a creative photograph of hands.

Use dramatic lighting setup to get lots of close up detail.

Pose the  hands in interesting positions. 

You can have 1, 2, 3, or as many hands in the picture as you want.

The hands can hold something or be doing some activity.

Focus on the hands only! 

Make sure that the background is either black or white..not distracting.

You can use deep or shallow depth of Field.

Free Photo Friday

Its abeautiful day so go out and take pictures.


How much do you remember from Photo 1?

You must have the following

1 Freezing Action - 

1 Motion Blur

1 Shallow Depth of Field

1 Deep Depth of Field

All photos must be in B&W with Levels Adjusted

Exposure Bracketing

To  be confident that tyou have captured the correct exposure in a film camerea, use the following technique:

Exposure Bracketing - Find the settings that you feel would give you the best range of values, shadows, midtones, and highlights.

For example, ASA 400, 1/60,f 8

Then take a picture using f 5.6 and f 11

Take 3 pictures and bracket each one. You will have a total of 9 pictures to post to your blog. Include the settings for each picture.

Find Correct Exposure Settings - Post to your blog

Next week we will begin to work with actual film, but first we need to find the correct settings to use with the new type of camera. 

So today we will go out and take 10 pictures with the digital camera. 

 Using all of the knowledge that you gained from photo 1, choose the correct shutter speed and aperture to take well composed, properly exposed pictures, using ISO 400.

Upload the 10 pictures to your blog with the exposure settings for each picture.

When we start using the film cameras you will take the same pictures using the same settings.

Example:

ISO 400
Shutter Speed 1/60

Aperture f 5.6

David Hockney Research

David Hockney

Use the following websites to answer the questions
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-hockney-david.htm
                                                        
Artist’s Full Name                                                                                  
                                            

• Date of Birth:                                                                                      
• Place of birth:                                  
• Date of and age at death                                                                   
• Place of death:                                                                                                                                         

Primary type of artwork (ex: painting? drawing? sculpture?)

Media (what materials are used?):       
                                                                                
Style or period of art?                                                                             
                                         
Short definition of that style or period 

Interesting/Personal information

Quote from the artist

Art Criticism: Choose one work of art from the artist.

• Title of the art:
• Date of art:
• Location of the art: (museum or collection)
• What is the subject matter (Describe the objects in the art?
• Genre:  Is it a still life (group of things), a portrait (of a person) or a landscape, seascape or 
• a cityscape or other (explain)?
• Style/form: Is this artwork realistic (as real as possible) or abstract (distorted reality)?                    
• Can you identify a color scheme?                                       
• What types of lines did the artist use and where?
• What types of textures is used and where?
• What shapes do you see and where?

Interpretation:

• What do you think the artist was trying to say in the artwork?
• Why do you think he or she chose this subject?
• What feeling does this artwork give you and why?
• What part of the artwork is your favorite and why?

Cubist Landscape

Continue working on your Cubist landscape and Portrait. Post both to your blog today.

Create a Photo Portrait or Lanscape in the Cubist style

Today we will begin working on Cubist photography.

You will show a subject from multiple planes and points of view in a single cubist style image

First - Conduct research - What are the primary characteristics of cubism? How did artist David Hockney combine Photography and Cubism?

Second - Find Examples of Cubist portraiture or landscape, come up with ideas for creating your portrait.

Third - Take pictures of your subject from a variety of perspectives. Also take pictures to make an interesting background.

Fourth - Create an 11x11 300 dpi file in photoshop

Fifth - Use Selection Tools, Transform Tools, Layers, and Filters to develop your portrait.

Sixth - Continue to refine your artwork, we will discuss your progress as you work