Task 1

Create and publish a contact sheet (evidence of a photo-shoot)

Then develop and publish a blog post with the following…

• Describe and explain what a CONTACT SHEET is…
• Create a gallery / grid of images from a recent photo-shoot and upload to a blog post
• Answer : Why are contact sheets useful / essential ?
• Try annotating / colour coding / cropping / arranging your contact sheet to show the start of a selection process
• Look at the examples below which include work by William Klein and Elliott Erwitt. Both photographers were known to include contact sheets as part of their final images as well as experiments.
• Remember…you can Add your images to a Powerpoint, then convert to a JPEG and upload to the blog using JPEG File Interchange Format or try creating them as screen shots.

 

 

 

 

Task 2

Photoshop experiments based on your selections from your contact sheet

Layer Adjustments

Task 3 Practical / photoshoot

Respond to Albert Renger-Patzsch 1897-1966

We will aim to expand our approach to photographing things around us…whilst responding to influential approaches in the development of modern photography.

By responding to The New Objectivity you will be able to classify a greater range of your images whilst learning more about the Formal Elements and Adobe Photoshop techniques including :

• Cropping
• Image Adjustments

Extension : Karl Blossfeldt (1865 -1932) vs Maholy Nagy (1895-1946)

Both photographers were revered for their objective approach to photography…and were re-known for applying technological approaches to creating their imagery.

Maholy-Nagy

Karl Blossfeldt

Compare and contrast the 2 approaches by analysing a key example from each artist and responding with your own examples.

Try to demonstrate core skills eg :

• Camera : Manual Focus (Blossfeldt)
• Photoshop : Multiple exposure / blending options

Describe, explain and evaluate your process carefully.