Mid-term Assignment Parts I and II

The mid-term assignment will test your ability to make a series of photographs of a scene that cannot be photographed as a single image. 

Part I:  Panoramic Print

Make a series of single images; then using PhotoShop’s merge engine make a seamless panoramic image. Think ahead. Shoot more variations than you may need. It works best with no less than four vertical images and try to keep the horizon line level.

One print due with longest dimension 20 inches printed on 24-inch paper. 

Part II    Inspiration by David Hockney

Make a series of single images that at first glance gives us a false impression that the viewer is looking at one place but upon closer inspection the viewer notices that the space has been expanded or condensed. With this option the photographer will need to study the place to be photographed closely and think about what it is that needs to be expressed in the photographs by changing the point of view, angles and /or varying the subject to camera distance to help alter how the subject is perceived. This series of images can be printed either vertical or horizontal; whichever best conveys the space in question. 

One print due with paper size no smaller than 20 X 24 inches.

Both Assignments Due: Monday, 5 March, 2012

1.)  Be able to identify Cubist works (namely the works of Picasso and the
      Cubist-inspired works of David Hockney).
2).  Continue development of your compositional skills. 
3).  Continue developing awareness to the visual aspects of your surroundings.
4).  Continue development of being able to pre-visualise the final image.  Think of what the final composition will be while shooting.
5).  Continue the development of critical analysis by commenting on the work of your fellow classmates on their class blogs.  Please be ready to make meaningful comments during the class critique.