Photo Projects: February 2024
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Instructor: Sami Wright (sami.bpw@gmail.com)
Class dates: Wednesday, February 21 | February 28 | March 6 | March 13 | March 20 | March 29 from 6:30-8:30pm via Zoom
Class Material can be accessed at any time in our Photo Projects Class Materials (February 2024) folder
Class Recordings can be accessed and downloaded at any time in our Class Recordings folder
Submit your images each week no later than 12:00pm the day of class.
PHOTO DIARY
Assignment 1: Photo Diary
Over the course of the next week, make photos every single day. The goal of this assignment is to push yourself to start creating more regularly and observe your surroundings on a day to day basis. Think about: what do you like to make photographs of? What do you notice around you? Then, how can you make an interesting image of that thing? What are the five photographs that define the week, and yourself? Submit 5 final images to Dropbox.
Image submission due Wednesday, February 28 by 12:00pm.
MONOCHROME
Assignment 2: Monochrome
Photography that is monochromatic doesn’t have to be just black and white! Monochrome consists of an image consisting of either black and white tones, or tonal values of one color. Focusing your attention on one color when shooting can challenge you to look at your environment in a whole new way. Alternatively, creating work devoid of color forces you to pay attention to light and shadow compositionally.
This assignment is two parts: You will create dynamic monochromatic images in color and in black and white. First, look for colors and create two monochromatic color photographs. Then, change your camera’s Picture / Creative Style to Monochrome and shoot two dynamic photographs in black & white. Think about how each process is different.
Submit 4 final images to Dropbox – 2 color, 2 b&w.
Image submission due by Wednesday, March 6 at 12:00pm.
ABSTRACTION
Assignment 3: Abstraction
Abstract photography is an extremely unique and interesting genre of photography that allows you to really play around with your creativity. Your assignment is to take what you see on a day-to-day basis in your environment and turn it on its head. Create abstracted, unusual or out of the ordinary images of everyday things. Submit 4 final images to Dropbox.
Image submission due Wednesday, March 16 by 12:00pm.
SERIES
Assignment 4: Final Series
For your final assignment you will create a series of images that challenge you to think about cohesion, composition, and most of all, storytelling. Choose a theme you would like your series to center around. If you need inspiration, consider using your series to answer one of the following:
Who are you?
What do you normally never take a photo of?
Who inspires you the most?
What do you love about photography?
What is the first thing you touch in the morning?
What is the meaning of life?
Once you choose a theme, create a series of 5 images telling that story. Be creative with your composition and the details you choose to focus on as part of your storytelling. What visual elements can tie together your sequence of images? What compositional techniques can you use to tell your story?
Please submit a 2-3 sentence description of your series via email.
Submit 5 final images to Dropbox (be mindful of the order you want them to be in).
Image submission due by Wednesday, March 27 at 12:00pm.