Assignments Art 141

ALEXIS PIKE

For this assignment you will be presenting your camera,
and demonstrating how the meter works, along with your
f-stops and shutter speeds. You should also be able to
demonstrate how to change the ISO settings on your camera, as well as how to overexpose and underexpose your film. Some of you may have more
advanced mechanics such as depth of field preview button, built in flash, and other misc. functions. You will need to demonstrate how these functions work as well. You should also know an approximate age for your camera, and the type of lenses that you have. To find out how your camera works read your manual. If needed you may want to purchase a manual, or look online for documentation on your camera. Separate handout to be given in class.

PHOTOGRAPHIC HUNT. Turn in one roll of color slides or a photo cd, that correspond to the photo hunt list. You will present your slides in class, and explain what images match what items on the photo hunt list, and why you choose to photograph the subject. The hunt list does not have to be followed in order when photographing.

Photo Hunt List.

CONTROLLING IMAGE FOCUS WITH THE APERTURE--10 images, color slides or photo cd
This portion of the assignment deals with depth of field. Five images should represent shallow depth of field and the other five image should represent maximum depth of field. I highly recommend you photograph the same subject using both maximum depth of field and shallow depth of field.
CONTROLLING ACTION/MOVEMENT WITH THE SHUTTER--10 images, color slides or photo cd
This portion of the assignment will represent five "freeze action" shots with a fast shutter speed and five "blurred" or "panned action" shots with a slow shutter speed. Select subjects that will benefit from the assignment, in other words don’t photograph
still objects, find subjects that are in motion.

Examples & Help

COLOR AT NIGHT/COLOR TEMPERATURE--10 images, color prints, or photo cd.
Corresponds to field trip

Helpful Hints

IMITATE DUANE MICHALS or ROBERT FRANK--5 b&w images, prints or photo cd
Imitate photographer Duane Michals’ or Robert Frank’s work. You will be shown video of both of their works, along with examples at the online syllabus. Think of it in
terms of creating images that would fit in a book of their photographs. Basically Duane Michals works with the idea of consecutive images/photo stories. His subject matter
resembles dreams shown in a sequence of images. He uses techniques like blurring the subject, creating sets, including text, and moving in on the subject. Frank on the other hand is known for his political work The Americans, which looks at society in a
critical straight forward manner. I do not expect the work to be a exactly like theirs, but I would like to see you work with themes similar to theirs.

Duane Michals & Robert Frank's work

FINAL SERIES--5 b/w or color images (only prints mounted or over-matted)
Investigate something YOU are interested in. What is your photographic language? You may utilize concepts from former assignments or create your own. Ideas to explore
could be portraits, documentary work, photo story, photos interpreting your dreams, landscapes, cityscapes, street photography, still lifes, etc. Do something that interests you. Be prepared to present the work in class. You should mount them on
mat board, using either spray adhesive, photo corners, or an over mat.Remember: A series is a body of work that represents a consistent theme, all prints must relate to each other.

Examples of series of works by artists

Throughout the term you will complete exercises found at the web site for the text, "Photography". This is an interactive site, and will benefit your understanding of photography. You must complete the multiple choice, true and false, and fill in the blank quiz for each chapter. You should email the results to me at: alexis.pike@pcc.edu

The web site address is: www.prenhall.com/horenstein