•Compose
a David Hockneyish photo with a very
strong center of interest. It can be a landscape, portrait of an object or a
person.
•If
your camera has a Program mode (P) you may use it for this assignment. Be
careful to get the correct exposure for each shot. Do not change the aperture
or white balance during the shooting. You must also make sure your camera is
correctly focused
for each shot.
•The
idea behind Hockney’s approach is to
photograph a large scene by breaking it up into many smaller ones. You must
think of your scene as having an invisible grid with overlapping squares placed
upon it.
•Begin
shooting with only your waist turned three-quarters to the left. Continue to
shoot your first horizontal row of photos,
remembering to always overlap the photo you just took, until you reach a
position where your waist is turned
three-quarters to the right.
•Begin
to shoot the second row of horizontal photos as you did previously, but you
must also overlap the top of this row
with the bottom of the last row. Continue to shoot the entire scene always
overlapping both vertically and horizontally
until you complete the scene. Your goal is to have at least 36 photos of your
subject.
•Practice
putting the scene together in photoshop, overlapping photos on individual layers. All layers in
photoshop
should
be labeled.
•Choice: You may have your images printed as 4x6
and piece them together manually or you can compose in photoshop as a 10x15 final image.
Due Dates:
•October 12, 2012
•Print
image as a 10x15. I want to see your printed image before next week so we can make any corrections if needed. This image will be used for the matting demonstration.
•There
will be a matting demonstration.
•October 19, 2012
•Final
10x15 prints matted and ready for final critique.
•Final
montage of 4x6 images ready for final critique.
