Project 4 / Image
- composition basics
- rule of thirds
- depth of field, exposure
- manipulation & correction
- analog vs. digital
- file formats, hi-res/low-res
- historic & contemporary imagery
- appropriation vs. stealing
- juxtaposition
- Gestalt Psychology, laws of organization
Connection Progression Project: (formal qualities of imagery)
Students practice the fundamental principles of photography and create an accordion book of 15 sequencial images that explore the properties of gestalt psychology (law of closure, similarity, proximity, symmetry, continuity, & direction). Using photoshop, students manipulate the scale, contrast, and color of their imagery while cropping and framing each image to fit within a rythmic sequence.
Single Frame Narrative / Photo Illustration Project
(meaning and narrative through image juxtaposition) Students explore the juxtaposition of various types of found imagery (photographs, diagrams, drawings, textures, text) to create new meaning in a single frame narrative that portrays their alter ego. Students move from recording and representing to speculating, altering, and re-imagining though the use of photomontage and experimental mark-making.