Thank you!

Your Final Exam will be:

Block 1: Thursday June 20th 2013

8:08-10:08am

 

Block 4: Friday June 21st 2013

10:18-12:10

Thank you for your participation in digital photography. I hope that you continue to use digital photography as a medium. I wish you seniors, the best of luck in your endeavors and have a wonderful graduation. For you underclassmen, I hope to see you continue in art, as an artist cannot fail- it is a success to be one!

 

Good Luck on Final Exams!

Reminder:
Delete your blog if you desire

Clean out folders: Delete all folders & files

Study for final (take practice quiz!)

CLASSROOM CLEAN UP

(1) As we near the end of the semester you need to clean out your folders and files. If you would like to keep any of your images you'll need to either (A) Email it to yourself or (B) copy to a flashdrive. When you have backed up whatever you need DELETE ALL FOLDERS & FILES, except for your final portfolio film, if you have not presented it to the class yet. Check your desktop, your downloads folder, and any misc. folder you mmay have stuck something.
 

 

(2) You may also, should you choose, DELETE YOUR BLOG.

If you delete your blog, it will no longer be available online and will be permanently removed from your list of blogs on your Blogger Dashboard.

Here's how to delete your blog:

1. Sign in to blogger.com and access your Blogger Dashboard.
2. Beside the blog you want to delete, click the drop-down menu to the right of the gray Post List icon.
3. Select Settings.
4. Click Other (under Settings) on the left side of the page.
5. At the top of the page under "Blog tools" click Delete blog.
6. Click Delete this blog.

The title of the deleted blog will appear in the "Deleted blogs" section for a short time after you delete your blog. During this time period, you can click Deleted blogs on the left side of your Blogger Dashboard to see the titles of your recently deleted blogs.

Final Exam Review Continued...

All JFK Memorial High School students taking Digital Photography are required to take the final exam. No exemptions. The following packet will test your knowledge of the information presented by the online tutorials and class work and online quizzes. Please open the packet in your ASSIGNMENTS folder, under DO Now's. Immediatley do a "SAVE AS" and save as anything you like, as this is YOUR study guide. Please answer all questions in preparation for final exam. You may not print, but feel free to email document to yourself.

Final Exam Review III

Please click on the link below, you will be directed to another practice digital photography exam- Press START when ready! The questions from these exams will be part of your final so pay attention!

Digital Photography Practice Exam 3

IMPORTANT! Leave your score page OPEN and show me your scores before closing! Otherwise, you will have to repeat a different quiz for credit! DO NOT PRINT! Just show me the screen.

Final Exam Review II

Please click on the link below, you will be directed to another practice digital photography exam- Press START when ready! The questions from these exams will be part of your final so pay attention!

Digital Photography Practice Exam 2

IMPORTANT! Leave your score page OPEN and show me your scores before closing! Otherwise, you will have to repeat a different quiz for credit! DO NOT PRINT! Just show me the screen.

Final Exam Review I

Please click on the link below, you will be directed to a practice digital photography exam- Press START when ready! TAKE NOTES! You will see these questions again on your final exam on June 20th or 21st.

Digital Photography Practice Exam 1

IMPORTANT! Leave your score page OPEN and show me your scores before closing! DO NOT PRINT. Otherwise, you will have to repeat a different quiz for credit!

Assignment: Final Portfolio Review

Final Portfolio Review- Digital Photography
1. Movie in Windows moviemaker

2. Mini Resume
3. All images from length of class
4. A photographer's work that has influenced/inspired you
5. At least one “whatever” photo

Create a movie presentation with all slides of your work.
Requirements can be found in your ASSIGNMENTS folder, along with PowerPoint outlining everything you need to know. View this as often as you need.
Things you may find helpful to include:
Examples of how you improved…
Before/After’s of your “edited” or manipulated work
Music:
• All Images are to be animated
• Interior pages may run at a speed where you can say a word or two about the piece AND we have time to see it before it flashes by during the oral presentation the student isn’t rushed
• All text should be animated and staggered
• Staggering text will minimize audience reading ahead and not paying attention to ad lib’ed information

**** Portfolios are due on 6/18. You will have 4-5 minutes to present your movie to the class. You must narrate through the presentation as if we have never heard of you or seen your work. Presentations are your last Major Assessment for the course ****

Grading:
• Students may have notes but are not allowed to read from their presentation on the big screen
• Students are to speak audible
• Students are not to rush through presentation
• Students must be prepared to answer questions from the audience
• Students must include everything asked on them outline in ASSIGNMENTS folder and in class MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS folder. SAVE AS LAST_FIRST_FINAL

FINALLY, your last post ever!! POST YOUR VIDEO TO YOUR BLOG AS SEEN IN THE EXAMPLES HERE

Nicole Anjali  Tina Anum

Post videos

There are several ways to post a video to your blog. .

1. Click the black and white clapboard icon on the Post Editor toolbar.



2. In the popup window, you'll see four options:
   • Upload: You can browse for a upload a video from your computer. If this is your first video upload, you must agree to the Terms and Conditions.
   • From YouTube: You can search YouTube and select a video to display on your blog.
   • My YouTube videos:If you have your own videos under you Google Account, you can easily access and upload them through this tab.
   • From your phone: If you have Google+ and Android, you can download an application that will allow all the videos from your phone to upload instantly to your Google Account. You can then click From your phone and select a video from your phone to publish on your blog. All content instantly uploaded from your phone is private until you choose to share it.
3. Select one of the options, and click upload.

 

Assignment: Creating a Business Card

 As a student (or photographer!) you share many of the same attributes of someone in the business world. You may meet people in the course of a day whom you do not know and who do not know you.It is not always possible to spend a great deal of time talking with and getting to know the people you meet. Even when you do have time to talk, people are not always going to remember everything they learned about you.

People you see everyday — teachers, other students, parents, and family members — may not know things about you that you'd like them to know. When business people meet they exchange business cards. These small pieces of paper usually contain a person's name, the name of their business, and a title or description of the work they do, and a way to contact the person, such as a phone number or address.

Task:

Create a business card for yourself. Your card should help others know and remember you. Ideally it should convey a sense of who you are, what you do, or your interests — cheerleader, history buff, teacher's assistant, class president, hall monitor, avid reader, or a photographer!

A business card generally focuses on a single facet of an individual or business. You may be a cheerleader who also raises rabbits and tutors younger students afterschool. Create a business card for just one of those aspects of your school life or extracurricular activities, or the life you WANT to lead when you are out of school.



Checklist:

Many of the items in this list are optional. You must decide which ones are appropriate for your business card.

• Name of Individual.
• Name of Business or Organization.
• Address.
• Phone Number.
• Fax Number.
• Email Address.
• Web Page or Social Media Address (Twitter, Facebook, etc.).
• Job Title of Individual.
• Tagline or description of Business or Organization.
• Logo.
• Graphic Image(s) (including purely decorative elements).
• List of services or products.

The items listed below are to aid in designing your business card. Some may not apply.

• Horizontal or Vertical Layout.
• Emphasis on Business or Organization (name and/or logo).
• Emphasis on Individual.
• Emphasis on Title of Individual.
• Emphasis on a particular part of the contact information (phone, address, email, etc.)
• Size of Logo or other graphics — large (dominant) or small, etc.
• Number of Colors.
• White space (blank spaces) toward the middle or toward the outer edges.
• Conservative typeface (such as those used in the stories in your textbooks) or Fun, Informal typeface (such as crooked letters, funny shapes, odd sizes, or type that looks like handwriting) or a mix.
• SEE ALSO 11 Parts of A Business Card



Steps:

1. First, decide what you want your business card to tell others. Do you want to focus on your activities with the Art Club or do you want to announce that you are class leader or that you are a skateboard enthusiast? It may help to list everything about yourself then pick one topic.
2. Describe yourself. After deciding on what aspect of your school life or activities that you want to focus, make a list or write a description that tells about that part of your life.
3. Decide if you want a "serious" or formal card or something more light-hearted or informal.
4. Using the Business Card Checklist, list the major components of your business card. Mark out any components you wish to omit from your card. If appropriate, come up with a title for yourself. To put everything you want on this small card you may need to come up with different ways to say the same thing. Look for shorter words in place of long ones. Use a single word in place of two or three different ones. Experiment with abbreviations.
5. Look at sample business cards. Identify those that have a style you might like to imitate or borrow, but DO NOT PLAGARIZE!
6. Sketch out some rough ideas of how you want your business card to look — including any graphics you think you want to include.
7. Using Photoshop, create a new Jpeg file, sized according to the specs below, 300 resolution, and 'transfer' your rough sketches to the computer. 
8. POST final buisness card design (front AND back if you have a back) on to blog

 



Evaluation:

When POSTing your card, attach the following questions to the post with your answers.

1. What is the focal point of this business card? (What part is supposed to catch the reader's eye first?)
   
2. What job, role, or activity does this business card describe?
   
3. Is this supposed to be a formal (serious) or informal (casual) business card?

 

Assignment: Alphabet Art

For your photography assignment, you will be experimenting with what we'll refer to as "Alphabet Art". Using photography, you'll be responsible for spelling out a word of your choice using black and white images. Please photograph in color and we will learn as a class how to properly convert to grayscale so as to achieve proper contrast.

Below, you'll find an example of alphabet art spelling out a word. Can you see the letters?

"K-E-N-N-E-D-Y"

1. Choose a word, at least five letters long, and cannot be the same as any other student in the class
2. Start photographing, take more then 1 picture for a given letter as you may find something better later in the week. Look high and wide to find your letters, they can be in the most unique places. Try your best to find natural letter forms and not have to "spell it out" yourself using found objects.
3. Take COLOR images
4. Upload images by Thursday Monday, June 3rd and we will, as a class, talk about color conversion.
5. SAVE EACH IMAGE separately in a folder titled Letters, in Major assignments, no larger then 8.5x11 
6. For POST credit, place each image on panoramic canvas much like the one above, using a black or white background color. Post to blog by Thursday June 6th, titled "Alphabet Art". Keep in mind, if you are missing class due to senior activities you are still responsible for this assignment, DO IT AHEAD OF TIME!
7. Also place a saved version of your flattened, full word in 'letters' folder as a final image.

What is a watermark?

 

Your Assignment: Create a Watermark, save it on a transparent layer so you can use it again, as well as pasting it to one fo your photos. POST your watermarked photo on your blog. Henil (block 1) will be available to assist you if you  do not know what a transparent layer is or cannot follow the tutorial, but TRY first before asking him. Here is Example 1 of how I use watermarks as well as a second Example 2.

 

 

 

 

Question: What is a watermark? How can I add a watermark to my photos?

Adding a visible watermark is a common way of identifying images and protecting them from unauthorized use online. Today, you're going to create an effective watermark and apply it to your digital photos or art work.

 

Answer: A watermark is a visible embedded overlay on a digital photo consisting of text, a logo, or a copyright notice. The purpose of a watermark is to identify the work and discourage its unauthorized use. Though a visible watermark can't prevent unauthorized use, it makes it more difficult for those who may want to claim someone else's photo or art work as their own.
 

Tips for Effective Watermarking

If you are going to use a watermark, care should be taken to ensure that the watermark is effective, not only for proving that an image was modified, but also for educating the would-be pirates about copyright and ownership. Ideally, the watermark should be a copyright symbol along with the name of the owner, and the URL of the owner's web site, if applicable. This not only conveys the message of copyright, but it gives others an opportunity to contact the original owner of the image. Watermark placement can be a bit of a balancing act. The watermark should be placed carefully so as not to detract from the image too much, but you also don't want to place the watermark in a area of solid color or a textured area where removal would be easy to conceal. The example on this page was designed to show an extreme example of watermarking and would be is far too distracting for a portfolio photograph. In practice, the watermark should make up a smaller percentage of the overall image area compared to this example.

How to Watermark Your Photos

So now that we've discussed what a watermark is and how to make them effective, you may be wondering how to put a watermark in your images. There are many methods for watermarking photos. We'll use Photoshop for today's purposes. Please open the program and open the tutorial in your Photoshop folder.
 

Art Show: Article

Now that you will experience first-hand what it takes to put on a successful art show. You are to write an article about your experiences. Your article should be at least 5 paragraphs in length, using Microsoft Word, utilizing columns as if it were a real newspaper article. Include a title, author's name, and captioned pictures. You MUST also comment on your favorite piece or artist in the show, include a photograph of their work, and any information you’ve got about the piece or their process, which means, you’ll have to talk to someone at the show. Get a quote from the artist and critique their work in your article. You must critique a piece, ANY WORK OF ART. In order to do a proper critique you must know the Name, Grade, Medium, and Title of the artwork. For example “ Eleventh grader John Smith’s interpretation of the cast from Dark Knight showed amazingly in a dark and ominous watercolor painting that hung over the entrance to the art show…..” etc. etc. etc. What was it about the piece specifically? What constructive criticism can you provide?

If you would like to see an example of some great articles written about Kennedy Happenings, please visit the high school’s website and click on THE TORCH or any of the recent School Newsletters (both can be found on the right hand side of Kennedy’s web page.)

 

Be sure to include information about the show. How many year's has this show been going on? Who is responsible for set up? clean up? Which classes or students create work for the show? What interesting facts or information can you provide for someone who wasn't there? Make your audience feel as if your article brought the show to them.

 

 

Completed article DUE Friday May 24th 2013

SAVE AS LAST_FIRST_ArtShow in MAJOR folder. You may email article if you are absent.

ART SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA!

What: ANNUAL ART SHOW

Where: 200 Washington Ave. Iselin, NJ 08830 (JFK of course!)

When: 6:30 pm

How Much: Admission is free, however if you'd like to stay for the spring concert there is a small fee

 

 

This year's art show is sure to be a success, including pieces from students from 2012-2013 Intro to Visual Art, 2D, 3D, Digital Photography, Art major and Advanced Placement Art classes. Show starts at 6:30pm! Hope to see you all there with your parents this evening!

As we are setting up and attending the art show over the next few days, please be taking notes and pictures for an assignment you will have following the show.  

Dyptich Shooting Schedule

You will need to be prepared (Props, Models, Idea) on the day you are scheduled to shoot, however, if you are scheduled the next day, it may be possible to fit you in on the previous day so keep in mind the sooner you get your images shot, the more time you will have to edit.

Block 1: Monday May 13, 2013
RABIA
DARLIN
TIMOTHY
JAYSON
DANILSA
GABRIELA

Tuesday May 14, 2013
BRITTANY P
DANIELLE D
EMILY
ASHANTE
TIFFANY

Wednesday May 15, 2013
CAROLYN
HENIL
TEJ
THOMAS
JOSEPH

Thursday May 16, 2013
TIYANK
ASHLIE
BROOKE
VANESSA
ASHLEY

. If you are absent and miss your day, you may shoot at home, on your own.

Block 4: Monday May 13, 2013
SAMANA
JAMES
ERIC
DESIREE

Tuesday May 14, 2013
MITCHEL
PAULA
DANIELLE
KISHAWN
(JONATHAN)

Wednesday May 15, 2013
BRITTNEY
RYAN
MASHAL
CLAUDINE

Thursday May 16, 2013
SANTA MARIA, LOUIS
SANTOS, AMANDA
SMITH, SARA
(JONATHAN)

If you are absent and miss your day, you may shoot at home, on your own.

 

Assignment: DYPTICH WITH INTERACTION

Luiz Maurina, Dyptich "The Fighter" 2011

 

 

 

Thumbnail Drawings of your IDEA & model names DUE:  Thursday 5.9.13

 

In-Class Photography Dates: Monday 5.13, Tuesday 5.14, Wednesday 5.15 & Thursday 5.16

 

IMAGES DUE: Friday May 17th 2013

 

Image from Richard Vantielicke Series

 

 

1. Read the artist statement & View the work of artist Richard Vantielcke below in your Major Assignments folder, or click on link - interactive images by Richard Vantielicke

 

Image from Richard Vantielicke Series

 

On Monday, May 13, you will be introduced to lighting studio techniques. Start formulating an idea, and choose your model or models. It does not have to be someone from our class. It can also be someone who has an elective this block. However, you may not pull people out of an academic class. You will have Monday 5.13.11- Thursday 5.16.13 to shoot this assignment. If you are absent and miss your day, you will still be responsible for the shoot, but not have the benefit of studio lighting. You will have to set up your own makeshift studio at home, with a sheet and a window for light. The specific days will be assigned, see assignment for shooting day hanging up in class.

 

A final diptych series (4 shots total, 2 pairs) in which one half of the diptych “interacts” with the other either by theme, movement, message or concept.DUE: Friday May 17th 2013 Save as Last_First_Dyptich1, Dyptich2, etc. in MAJOR folder.

 

Dave Kimelberg is a Boston-based photographer, lawyer and general creative-type photographing tatooed professionals proving, at the very least, you should not judge a book by it's cover.

 

Shubani Singh, Dyptich 2011

Elisa Sapolinick, Dyptich 2011

 

 

 

Assignment: Object Series

One of the mistakes that I find many new photographers making is that they find they need to put every possible element of a story or scene into each photograph that they take. This leads to photos that can be quite cluttered, that have too many focal points and that confuse the viewer of them.

Your assignment this week, is to bring in objects and photograph a series of nine of the same (you may also photograph at home). This can be ANY type of series. For example, maybe you’ll shoot 9 pairs of shoes, maybe 9 piles of dirt, 9 cups of coffee…etc.etc.etc. Remember as always, creativity is key. Try and shoot all of them during the same time period so that your photos are closely related. Make sure nothing is in frame that could be distracting, have a solid background and good lighting. Below is an example of how to achieve the look of professional lighting at home.

 

IMAGES DUE FRIDAY 5/3, FINAL COMPOSITION SAVED AND POSTED TUESDAY 5/7
LAST_FIRST_OBJSeries in MAJOR FOLDER

You may also shoot this assignment at home, if you do not wish to bring your objects into class. If you are bringing in objects, however, do so ASAP since you'll have to take turns photographing.

And for those of you with an SLR, some F-stop tips:

An example of my work, shot with a flash, using black construction paper behind and underneath object. Obviously, I shot more then nine, so I could pick and choose which ones I liked best. I also thought 20 made the image more interesting.

© R. Friedman Photography

What is a "series" in Photography?

Cristina Otero’s Tutti Frutti Photography Series



A photography series is a group of photographs sharing a subject or a theme. The photographs should look unified as a group; they should (usually) all be either color or black and white, printed at the same size and format, shot with the same or similar cameras and mounted and framed the same way. Following these guidelines, there are many ways to create a photography series.

One Process
One way to make a photography series look unified is to use the same process to print all of the photos. There are limitless ways to print photographs from digital and film cameras besides the well-known inkjet and Fuji Crystal Archive prints done at home and in labs. A film camera gives you more options; use your negatives to make wet darkroom prints on different kinds of papers and tone them differently. Use 19th century photographic processes such as cyanotype or platinum/palladium. Digital files can also be used to create digital negatives for contact printing, if you use one of the older processes. These prints will look unified as a series even if the subject matter varies.

One Genre

make your images go together by sticking to one of the classic genres of photography: portraits, still-life, nudes, landscapes, street photography or architectural photography. Look through photographic monographs at a library to view other possibilities. Ansel Adams was known for his landscape series about Yosemite. Walker Evans did a series of unforgettable portraits of sharecroppers in Alabama in the 1930s. Alfred Stieglitz photographed his wife, Georgia O'Keefe, repeatedly over the years. It doesn't take years to create a photographic series; memorable series have been created in a few minutes, such as Robert Capa's series about the landing on Normandy Beach in World War II.

One Place

One of the surest ways to make a series of photographs work as a group is to photograph one place as exhaustively as you can. A  "place" can be as small or expansive as you wish. It could be your childhood home, a neighbor's farm or one room in a house. Some of the best series of photos about a place include the people living there. The photos show the relationship between the place and the people, as in Shelby Lee Adams' series about Appalachia and its people.

One Theme

A more difficult assignment for a photographic series is to take a group of photos revolving around a theme. The theme could be purely visual, such as "light" or "shadows," narrative such as "dreams" or a concept as nebulous as "freedom." The group will go together better if you use one camera, format, printing process and if you frame the photos the same way.

YOUR TASK: Research some of the photography series and photographers mentioned above. Find a favorite series ON YOUR OWN.

-Create a POST about the photographer- about the series, about the process, etc. .

-link or upload some of his/her images (be sure to caption with a copyright!)

-explain briefly what it is that attracted you to their work

In your research, be thinking about what you might consider doing for a photography series (say, about 9 images- hint!)

Shagun Ray, Vintage Camera Series

Project Graduation T-Shirt Design

As I will not be in class today, please read the following and begin working on your own. You may continue to work on this in the following days and can even do this via drawing on paper if you'd prefer. All of you however, must submit at least ONE t-shirt idea by next Friday (May 3rd). We will of course, be working on a Major assignment in the meantime which I will introduce when I get back...

T-Shirt Design Contest!

 

 

 

What: T-Shirt Design for YOUR graduating class to rock at project graduation this June!

 

Who: You! The senior class members

 

How: There are a few ways you may do this. You could use one of those lame design websites that offer random clip art and don't give you a lot of control OR you can use Photoshop to create a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious design that gets everyone's attention! *I put t-shirt outline images in your sample images folder for your convienence.

 

When: Due By                    Save As last_first_ProjGrad in Minor Assignments folder. Make sure it's at least 300 resolution so printer can enlarge the design without a problem.

 

Entries will be submitted to Mr. Cilento and he and your class officers will decide on a winning design. That design will then get sent to the printer and on June 26th, your classmates could be sporting your fabulous tee!

 

The Fine Print: T-shirt designs must be in school colors (green, white, black & gray) and the base tee-shirt must be white (it is too expensive to print on blck tee's). The design must include "project graduation" and "2013" in some respect. Other then that you have a lot of freedom so get to designing!!! A t-shirt template can be found in your Assignments folder.

PLEASE POST YOUR DESIGN TO YOUR BLOG AS WELL SO WE CAN SEE ONE ANOTHER'S DESIGNS

 

Some tee's from the past....

 

 

Photowalk: Outdoor Portraits

Grab a camers! It's PHOTO WALK FRIDAY! You'll be looking for PEOPLE in scenery. You may pose classmates somewher outside, or you may take candids of people in the places we visit. Think about what makes a good pose, how busy or distracting is your backgound, and most importantly... ANGLES! Up, Down, Side, don't just shoot straight on!

1) Never select all of the focus points for portraits, pick one.

When you pick the autofocus option that allows the camera to select focus points, you are doing your portraits a terrible disservice. This feature of a camera is usually designed to pick whatever is closest to the lens and focus there. In some cases, like with my 1DS Mark III, the camera will choose a cluster of focus points and make a “best guess” based on averaging the distance between all of the chosen points. Using one focus point gives you, the photographer, ultimate control.

2) Always focus on the eyes.

The eyes are the windows to the soul, and should be the focal point of any good portrait. Not only are the eyes the most important part of a good portrait, but they are the sharpest element on the face and should be left that way. When you are shooting with a wide aperture value focused on the eyes, the lens’s bokeh will aid in softening the skin as well.

Image by Geomangio

3) Shoot wide open for shallow depth of field.

There are quite a few reasons to invest in a fast lens capable of wide aperture values; the most common is for shallow depth of field. Now that you can shoot at ƒ2.8 or ƒ4 you should use it. Most fantastic natural light portraits are from wide aperture values and it is all because of the wonderful smooth background blur we call “bokeh”.

7) Shoot in the shade (Avoid direct sunlight)

Direct sunlight is harsh, makes your subject squint, and creates hard directional shadows and unpredictable white balance conditions. When shooting in the shade, there are no more harsh shadows, only smooth milky shadows created by your subject’s natural features. With proper exposure and white balance, you can make these shots look amazing.

8) Shooting carefully on an overcast day.

Natures softbox is a giant blanket of clouds. A good heavy blanket of cloud cover can help you enrich your colors, and make some very smooth and pleasing shadows.

 

Image by Meredith Farmer

13) Keep the power-lines and signs out!

We have already discussed keeping your camera focused on the eyes; keep your mind focused on the image as a whole. Power lines, signs, long single blades of grass, single pieces of garbage, sometimes even trees can be serious distractions from the overall focus of the image… The person you are photographing.

Last, and most important, have a great time shooting, enjoy what you’re doing and it will show in your work, and the expression of your subject.

Read more: http://digital-photography-school.com/13-tips-for-improving-outdoor-portraits#ixzz2QuFRAVsc

Barron Arts Center

You are all cordially invited to join us this evening at the Barron Arts Center for the student works exhibition! Work will be on display from students at JFK, CHS and WHS. Information can be found on facebook.

 

 

The closing is THIS evening, Wednesday April 17, from 7:00-9:00pm, not Thursday as the flyer states.

Assignment: Surrealistic Photomontage

Due: April 23rd 2013

Cassy Siena

Surrealistic Photomontage:The actual image

HOW to COMPLETE PROJECT:

Shagufta Zareen

1. You will need to decide on a theme for your photomontage project. I would like you to write a paragraph based on a theme idea that you have. Some examples of themes could be a memory, dream, social issue, self portrait, and or traveling.

2.Describe the types of images that you are thinking of using and how you are going to manipulate them to support your theme. Bring in 3 original images, one scanned image and one image from a website.

 

This final project will require TWO posts. The first will be an explanation of your plan for the image.

(Example of POST #1)

Title: Surrealistic Theme For my surreal photomontage I would like to do a self portrait. I really liked the art and portraits of Oleg, the artist i did for my surreal artist. In order to meet the number of images i need in this project Im going to do the self portrait in a mirror, using one image of the back of my head and another of my face in a mirror. That's what i know of that part....as for the next part with the other pictures were I have two idea and Im not sure which I prefer yet.

1) The mirror will be partially cracked, each little section of the cracked mirror will have another image of something nice and warm and outside partially see through so that my image is still visible through it. The other side of the mirror will be fine, no cracks or anything. This will represent me in that the half that is intact will be reality, this is me now and what i look like. The cracked half is broken and shows where I want to be and I what I want but cant necessarily get or have so a 'broken' thought I guess.

2) The same idea but this one the image of me and the mirror will have a hand up, one finger out touching. The part were the fingers are touching in the mirror will be rippled like water, distorting the reflection. I will use pictures of water and stuff to make the mirror look watery and reflective.

(Example of POST #2)

Title: "Mirror to the other Side"

And of course, as always, an artist statement. Use this area to explain describe, analyze and interpret your image in comparison with what you had planned, problems you ran into, etc. .

 

 

 

SAVE YOUR FINAL IMAGE IN MAJOR FOLDER AS

LAST_FIRST_SURREAL