Monday, September 23, 2013

Photo Assignment: Unit 1 - How can photographs capture our perceptions of NYC? Due Tuesday, October 24th


After examining the work of several NYC photographers for style and subject matter, take 5 photographs of your New York City that demonstrate your own relationship to the city.  For each photograph try to use one of the following techniques/terms when planning the photo.


PHOTO COMOPOSITION TERMS:
(Or – how to sound smart when looking at art)

Composition – how the image is set up (for example, what is in the foreground, middle-ground, background), what you choose to put in the frame

Foreground – What is in the front of the photograph

Background – What is in the back of the photograph

Frame – The borders of the shot.  The frame dictates what you include or exclude in your shot.

Juxtaposition – Setting one item in your frame next to another to highlight their differences (example: old and new, tall and short, light and dark)

Contrast – The lights and darks in your shot (example: shadow and light, light building next to a dark one)

Angle – Taking the photo from above, below, to the side, a long shot, close-up or straight on to highlight what is in the image (example, a long, lonely road from its center, or a tall building looking up from below)

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