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TASK 1
You must introduce the new topic : PORTRAITS
Ensure your blog posts are clearly CATEGORISED
Remember… your images must include a caption…this is especially important if they belong to someone else (copyright etc), and helps clarify which images are yours for assessment.
Try adding hyperlinks to use websites / blogs / video URLs or embed relevant YOUTUBE clips to help illustrate your key points
CREATING A VISUAL MOOD-BOARD
- Choose a range of portraits / self portraits to develop a grid of images to show your understanding of what a portrait can be…
- You must include a range of approaches to portraits in your mood-board…
- Define what Contemporary Portrait Photography is…
- formal (posed) and informal / candid / natural
- head-shot / half body / three quarter length / full length body shot
- high angle / low angle / canted angle
- colour vs black and white
- high key (light and airy) vs low key (high contrast / chiarascuro)
- archival imagery (past / historic)
- current / contemporary approaches
- futuristic approaches
3. Develop a blog post that includes your imagery and label the images accordingly
TASK 2 CREATING A MIND-MAP
We will be studying the history, theories and concepts of portrait making…their purpose and role in our day to day lives too.
- Design a mind-map / brainstorm / spider-gram / flowchart of portrait based ideas
- Think about the ways in which we use portraits, and what they can say about us / reveal / conceal
- define what a portrait actually is
- Add your mind-map to a blog post
HALF TERM HOMEWORK TASK (1)
We will begin the unit by looking at ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS, which depict people in their…
- working environments
- environments that they are associated with
“An environmental portrait is a portrait executed in the subject’s usual environment, such as in their home or workplace, and typically illuminates the subject’s life and surroundings. The term is most frequently used of a genre of photography”
Here are some examples…
Look at these influential photographers for more ideas…
- August Sander (1876 – 1964)
- Paul Strand (1890 – 1976)
- Arnold Newman (1918 – 2006)
- Daniel Mordzinski (1960 – )
- Annie Leibovitz (1949 – )
- Mary Ellen Mark (1940 – 2015)
- Jimmy Nelson (1967 – )
- Sara Facio (1932 – )
Key things to consider with formal / environmental portraits…
Technical= Composition / exposure / lens / light
Visual= eye contact / engagement with the camera / neutral pose and facial expression / angle / viewpoint
Conceptual= what are you intending to present? eg : social documentary? / class ? / authority ? / gender role ? / lifetsyle ?
Contextual=add info and detail regarding the back ground / story / detail / information about the character(s) / connection to the photographer eg family / insider / outsider
- Take 100-200 photographs showing your understanding of ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS
- Remember…your subject (person) must be engaging with the camera!…you must communicate with them clearly and direct the kind of image that you want to produce!!!
- Then select your best 5-10 images and create a blog post that clearly shows your process of taking and making your final outcomes
Remember to show your Photo-Shoot Planning and clearly explain :
- who you are photographing
- what you are photographing
- when you are conducting the shoot
- where you are working/ location
- why you are designing the shoot in this way
- how you are going to produce the images (lighting / equipment etc)
THIS HOMEWORK IS DUE IN WED 7TH NOVEMBER
New Deadline : Monday 12th November 2018