TASK MON 17 Jan – FRI 21 JAn 2022

This week your priorities are...

Blog Posts to make :

  1. define “identity” and explain how identity can be influenced by “place”, or belonging, your environment or upbringing /gender identity /cultural identity /social identity / religious identity / geographical identity / political identity / lack of / loss of identity / stereotypes / prejudices etc

2. Add a mindmap and moodboard of ideas and starting points, inspiration

Choose a range of photographers that you feel explore identity as a theme and create a CASE STUDY on Claude Cahun and then compare Cahun to a chosen artist (that will have an influence on your final outcomes re : MOCK EXAM)

3. You should have 2 x photoshoots complete and imported to Adobe Lightroom by the end of this week ready for the start of the Controlled Conditions next Monday 24th January…

REFER to THIS BLOG POST

File Handling and printing...

  • Remember when EXPORTING from Lightroom you must adjust the file size to 1000 pixels on the Short edge for “blog-friendly” images (JPEGS)
  • BUT…for editing and printing when EXPORTING from Lightroom you must adjust the file size to Short edge for “high resolution” images (JPEGS) like this…
  • A5 Short Edge = 14.8 cm
  • A4 Short Edge = 21.0 cm
  • A3 Short Edge =29.7 cm

This will ensure you have the correct ASPECT RATIO

Ensure you label and save your file in you M :Drive and then coip across to the PRINT FOLDER / IMAGE TRANSFER

For a combination of images, or square format images you use the NEW DOCUMENT + PRINT PRESETS on ADOBE PHOTOSHOP to help arrange images on the correct size page (A3, A4, A5)

The process for your project should include blog posts 1-5 by the end of this week

  1. Mood-board, definition and introduction (AO1)
  2. Mind-map of ideas (AO1)
  3. Artist References / Case Study (must include image analysis) (AO1)
  4. Photo-shoot Action Plan (AO3)
  5. Multiple Photoshoots + contact sheets (AO3)
  6. Image Selection, sub selection (AO2)
  7. Image Editing/ manipulation / experimentation (AO2)
  8. Presentation of final outcomes (AO4) ENSURE THIS IS A SEPARATE BLOG POST
  9. Compare and contrast your work to your artist reference(AO1)
  10. Evaluation and Critique (AO1+AO4)

If you feel that need for help, come along to Camera Club on Wednesday Lunchtimes…

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Remember to use technical vocab – use this to help you

STUDIO PORTRAITS 1

To get you started we are going to learn some more studio methods…using a variety of simple lighting techniques. Oliver Doran will be joining us, and running a few MASTERCLASS sessions . Here is his website for you to explore..https://www.oliverdoran.com/

Oliver has been influenced by the likes of Platon, amongst others…http://www.platonphoto.com/menu/

Monday 22nd Nov – Task

Develop and write an introductory blog post…

Use the information below to help you create the content for your blog post…

Early Pioneers…

Louis Daguerre France (18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851)

  • French artist and photographer
  • invention of the daguerreotype process of photography
  • worked closely with Joseph Niepce
  • an accomplished painter
  • developer of the diorama theatre.
Louis Daguerre, Photo Pioneer Honored By Google: Interesting Facts - HISTORY
Louis Daguerre – early Daguerreotype – c. 1850
How Daguerreotype Photography Reflected a Changing America | At the  Smithsonian | Smithsonian Magazine

Henry William Fox-Talbot (1800 – 1877) UK

Fox Talbot was an English member of parliament, scientist, inventor and a pioneer of photography.

Fox Talbot went on to develop the three primary elements of photography: developing, fixing, and printing. Although simply exposing photographic paper to the light produced an image, it required extremely long exposure times. By accident, he discovered that there was an image after a very short exposure. Although he could not see it, he found he could chemically develop it into a useful negative. The image on this negative was then fixed with a chemical solution. This removed the light-sensitive silver and enabled the picture to be viewed in bright light. With the negative image, Fox Talbot realised he could repeat the process of printing from the negative. Consequently, his process could make any number of positive prints, unlike the Daguerreotypes. He called this the ‘calotype’ and patented the process in 1841.

victorian photography | Victorian photography, Henry fox talbot, History of  photography

Julia Margaret Cameron (11 June 1815 – 26 January 1879) UK

She is known for her soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorian men and for illustrative images depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature.

Much of her work has connections to pictorialism and even movements such as The Pre-Rapahelites, and often had a dream-like, constructed quality to the images.

Sir John Herschel ,1867

Robert Cornelius (1809-1893) USA

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Cornelius’s 1839 photograph of himself. The back reads, “The first light picture ever taken”. The Cornelius portrait is the first known photographic portrait taken in America,

Henry Mullins Jersey (1854-1921)

Portrait by Henry Mullins, 1849

(Jersey-based) See also Ernest Badoux, William Collie, Charles Hugo, Thomas Sutton

20th and 21st Century Approaches

Watch : Rankin on “beautiful portraits”

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Studio Lighting

Exploring Technique

1. Natural Light

In most cases we can make use of natural or available / ambient light…but we must be aware of different kinds of natural light and learn how to exploit it thoughtfully and creatively

  • intensity of the light
  • direction of the light
  • temperature of the light (and white balance on the camera)
  • making use of “the golden hour”
  • Using reflectors (silver / gold)
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White Balance (WB) and Colour Temperature

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  • Explore using diffusers (tissue paper, coloured gels, tracing paper, gauze etc) to soften the light
  • Try Front / side / back lighting
  • Compare High Key v low key lighting
  • Exploit Shadows / silhouettes
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2. Studio Lighting

Using artificial lighting can offer many creative possibilities…so we will explore :

  • the size and shape of light
  • distance from subject to create hard / soft light
  • angles and direction…high, low, side lighting
  • filtered light
  • camera settings : WB / ISO / shutter speed etc
  • reflectors and diffusers
  • key lighting, fill lighting, back lighting, 1,2+3 point lighting
  • soft-boxes, flash lighting, spot lights and floodlights
  • chiarascuro and Rembrandt lighting
  • high key and low key lighting techniques
  • backdrops and infinity curves
  • long exposures and slow shutter speeds
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Chiarascuro used to illuminate features
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Johannes Vermeer, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, 1665—-chiarascuro as employed by the Dutch Masters
Francesca Woodman (Author of Francesca Woodman)
Francesca Woodman created blurred (self) portraits, due to movement and long exposure times), who are merging with their surroundings,

Using Flash

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Bouncing the flash to soften its effects

Above : An example of “bouncing” the flash to soften the effects and create a larger “fill” area…try this wherever there are white walls/ ceilings

Flash units offer a range of possibilities in both low and high lighting scenarios that you could explore such as…

  • flash “bouncing”
  • fill-in flash
  • TTL / speedlight flash
  • remote / infra-red flash (studio lighting)
  • fast + slow synch flash
  • light painting c/w slow shutter speeds

Evidence of Your Learning

During this unit we would expect all students to complete 2-3 blog posts  detailing how you are experimenting with various lighting techniques eg CHIARASCURO / REMBRANDT LIGHTING

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Rembrandt Lighting

Add information / links showing how Chiarascuro has been used since the Renaissance in painting…but also how it used now in photography and film

You must describe and explain your process with each technique…add your images to your blog as you progress, print off your successful images and evaluate your process using technical vocab and analysis skills. Think carefully about the presentation of your ideas and outcomes…compare your work to relevant portrait photographers as you go eg

Annie Leibovitz, Irving Penn, Rankin, Richard Avedon, Yousef Karsh, David Bailey, Mario Testino, Steve McCurry, Jill Greenberg, Nick Knight, Tim Walker, Corrine Day, Jane Bown, Rineke Djikstra, Thomas Ruff et al…

Thomas Ruff | Portraits (1989) | Artsy
Thomas Ruff
Philip Toledano- Days with My Father
Sebastião Salgado se une a grandes nomes em apelo pela proteção dos  indígenas contra a Covid
Sebastiao Salgado
David Goldblatt - 126 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy
David Goldblatt- Soth Africa / racial segregation / gender roles / status
Alec Soth: Gathered Leaves | AnOther
Alec Soth- social documentary and representation
The first Scandinavian retrospective of Rineke Dijkstra | Wallpaper*
Rineke Dijkstra- youth and transition to adulthood

Expected Final Outcomes by Monday 7th December 2021

  • A Case Study and Practical Responses to a photographer who employs a range of lighting techniques
  • 1 x Final Portrait using natural light + analysis and evaluation
  • 1 x Final Portrait using 1 point lighting + analysis and evaluation
  • 1 x Final Portrait using 2 point lighting+analysis and evaluation

Show you can provide evidence of head shots, cropped head shots, half body, three-quarter length and full length portraits.

Show that you can employ interesting angles and viewpoints…

Make sure you ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN YOUR BLOG

  • Why do we use studio lighting?
  • What is the difference between 1-2-3 point lighting and what does each technique provide / solve
  • What is fill lighting?
  • What is Chiarascuro ? Show examples + your own experiments

Independent Study

  1. You must complete a range of studio lighting experiments and present your strongest ideas on a separate blog post
  2. Remember to select only the most successful images
  3. You should be aiming to produce portraits that show clarity, focus and a clear understanding of a range of lighting techniques
  4. Editing should be minimal at this point…we are looking for your camera skills here
  5. But…be creative and experimental with your approach “in camera”…extremes, uniqueness and possibly thought provoking imagery that will improve your ideas and outcomes.
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Hendrik Kerstens (in response to Dutch Masters paintings)
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David Bailey
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Richard Avedon
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Anton Corbijn…natural light

https://www.wefolk.com/artists/nadav-kander/information

“People and Places”

Further Explorations

John Coplans : Self-Portrait (Hands Spread on Knees)
1985

LINK TO JOHN COPLANS

Always follow this 10 step process to ensure that you are covering all areas of study for this unit…

  1. Mood-board, definition and introduction (AO1)
  2. Mind-map of ideas (AO1)
  3. Artist References / Case Studies (must include image analysis) (AO1) re : environmental and candid portraits
  4. Photo-shoot Action Plan (AO3)
  5. Multiple Photoshoots + contact sheets (AO3)
  6. Image Selection, sub selection (AO2)
  7. Image Editing/ manipulation / experimentation (AO2)
  8. Presentation of final outcomes (AO4)
  9. Compare and contrast your work to your artist reference(AO1) and show analysis of at least 1 of your images
  10. Evaluation of your images, process and Critique of your final outcomes(AO1+AO4)

Always refer to this to help you with image analysis, knowledge and understanding etc

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Resource Packs are stored here…

M:\Departments\Photography\Students\Resources\Portraiture\TO DO

and here : M:\Departments\Photography\Students\Planners Y12 JAC\Unit 2 Portrait PhotographyINDEPENDENTREADINGRESOURCETASK