Photography for Artists & Designers

Art & Design 265: Project

 

Project: Snapshot, Documentary, Image

Week: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16

Prep

Read the essay on Snapshots, Documentary Photos and Images

Found Alternate Treatments of a Theme/Subject:

Select a single theme or subject.
(e.g. foliage, children, children in poverty, sidewalks, crowds, profiles, signage, automobiles, hats, lifestyle....)

Find a variety of images that deal with that theme or present that subject.
Explore many images online. (e.g. Flickr, etc.)
Find 3 images that, to you, qualify as snapshots.
Find 3 images that qualify as Documentary photos.
Find 3 images that, in at least some respects, qualify as Images.

Create a G+ album for this project: 021_Snaps, Docs, Images

Turn in:
— Upload the images to a G+ photo album inside the project album (Found Samples)
— In the comments for each image, designate it as a snapshot, as a documentary photo, or as an image. (recalling that a photo can fit more than one category.)
— Write a critical description of why and how each photo fits into itscategory.

 

Process

Photographed Treatments of a Theme/Subject:

Select a single theme or subject.
(e.g. foliage, children, children in poverty, sidewalks, crowds, profiles, signage, automobiles, hats, lifestyle....)

Explore ways to shoot images related to your theme/subject in different ways.
How might the casual, impromptu attitude of a snapshot be captured graphically? How would arrange such a photo?
How would a documentary image be set up? Would be like a magazine ad image? An image for a catalog?
What could you do to create a genuinely moving or evokative image? How might your image actually express a point of view about your subject/theme?
Plan, sketch and shoot pre-shots to explore compositions that treat your subject in distinctive ways.

Create & present 1 image that, to you, qualifies as snapshot.    (shoot/edit at least 5; save 4+ as roughs)
Create & present 1 image that, to you, qualifies as a Documentary photo.    (shoot/edit at least 5; save 4+ as roughs)
Create & present 1 image that, to you, qualifies asan Image.    (shoot/edit at least 5; save 4+ as roughs)

Required

Turn in:

Downsize images to 4Mpix JPGs before upload.

Project Photo Album:021_Snaps, Docs, Images

Sub-Album/Folder: Found Samples (9+ images) (discussed above, under Prep)
Sub-Album/Folder: Roughs (12+ images)
Sub-Album/Folder: Final Series (3 images)

For Final Series:
— In the comments for each image, designate it as a snapshot, as a documentary photo, or as an image. (recalling that a photo can fit more than one category.)
— Write a critical description of why and how each photo fits into itscategory.
— Discuss why the image might not fit ideally into its category.

 

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