Edward Burtynsky Article in the Vancouver Sun

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/science/Acclaimed+Canadian+exhibit+examines+impact/6074304/story.html

Portfolio Guidelines

Portfolio Presentation Guidelines:

·         Include your best and most recent work (12+) images.

·         Present work in a professional book, binder or case.

·         Include a cover page of your name, year and an optional image to represent your work.

·         Include an Artist Statement an overview of your process, areas of interests and future endeavors.

·         A title index of the photographs included in the portfolio.

·         Include only finished or completed works, no flaws.

·         Organize your work to fit together in a meaningful sequence.

·         Careful what goes beside what, the photos will affect each other.

·         More than one image on one page are considered one piece ie. diptych or triptych.   

·         The images should be the same size- there are exceptions, but for the most part.

·         Consider the layout of your photos in your portfolio before you buy a book, if your images are too big for your portfolio, then they might not fit on the page if they are landscape orientation. It is awkward to have to turn the book when looking through.

·         Make sure to use archival tape to fasten your images to the page.

·         If you are sending your portfolio to a post-secondary institution, check with the requirements of the school. Each school has different expectations.

 CD Portfolios of year end show

·         Make sure that your work is as finished/complete as possible.

·         Include a color printout of the work as well as a copy on disk format with attached list of instructions and programs used.

·         Make sure you label your CD.

·         Label the contents of the CD.

·         Put your CD in a CD envelope.

11 Colour CD Cover Project

Florence and the Machine

Rolling Stones

Photo Series: Take a series of high contrast B/W photos for a CD cover inspired by music. Your images should be distinctly inspired by a musical genre or style of music. The music is up to you- could be a remake of an already existing CD for your favourite band, or a CD cover for an independent band, or for an imaginary band. Your series will be photographed with black & white film, but printed monochromatically using the colour printer.

Part 1- Colour Test. Try printing 2 monochromatic colour prints 5 X 7 one primary and one secondary colour print.

Part 2- Planning
Select your music and plan out how you are going to represent it visually. Select 6 songs to inspire your CD cover. Either choose one song for each of the images, or make a booklet representing the overall style of music.

Journal:
Elements of Design- Find one photo for each element of design line, shape, texture, form, colour.  or

Principles of Design- rhythm, repetition, balance, contrast, pattern, movement. 

Cold Play

Colour Wheel of Photos- Organize a series of photos in a sequence relating to the colour wheel. see colour wheel below.
Find 5 Colour CD Covers

 
Part 3 Photographing Elements of Design: Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Colour. You can also explore the Principles of Design: rhythm, repetition, balance, contrast, pattern, movement.

Each of your images should purposefully include at least one of the Elements of Design (but colour is hard to do in BW film, that will happen in the darkroom), or Principle of Design in each photo.  

Part 4 Colour Darkroom:
Print a BW contact sheet, make sure you have included all of the elements of design. Then print six 5 x 5 prints (red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple). They are square to fit the proportions of a CD cover, so consider the format when you are shooting, you will have to crop off part of your photo. You are to print your photos on colour paper with the colour processor. You are to use colour filters to create mono-chromatic (one colour) colour. Remember that the colour on the enlarger will make the opposite effect on your print. Adding a yellow filter creates a purple print.

Random Roll

Part 1- B Block
For many of you, this is a chance to catch up on Random Rolls. For others, this is a chance to get ahead. Here are a few suggestions of Random Rolls to try:

1. Short depth of field and dead flowers (some of you still need to do your "APERTURE" Random Roll).
2. New growth, shapes and textures
3. Slow shutter
4. Portraits and landscapes long depth of field.
5. Make ugly look beauitful
6. Directions to somewhere...
7. Explore colours, shapes and lines of the new tennis court.
8. Colour Balance- Remember this one? Some still have to try this 
9. Take a whole random roll on "M" make adjustments to imporve.

Take a random roll of 20 or more and then print out a contact sheet and hand it in by the end of the day. This is your attendance and assignment for the day. Be creative and have fun...

Part 2- E Block
Grade 11-Histograms
http://youtu.be/Q3yiz1sBKLc
Take all photos on "M" but use the histogram to guide your exposure selections change the aperture or shutter to compensate, try 20+ and go outside.

Grade12- Macro Photography
http://youtu.be/2F_xfKcxvro
Watch this extreme macro tutorial and then try some, you will have to access two lenses, take turns

Random Roll Day

Hi Folks, while I am home sick, I want you to take advantage of this beautiful day and take some photos. Make sure you take 20+ photos and print a contact sheet by the end of class and hand it in by the end of class.

Option #1

Sunny Day Photos, a few things to try: shoot into the light, look for shadows, try over exposing a little, add a fill flash to a portrait, play with white balance, experiment with depth of field, and horizon line...

Option #2

Grade 12s start your Abstract Self-Portrait project with a random roll today go out with a camera and photograph objects, your challenge is to make simple everyday items look interesting.

Grade 11s work to develop your Book project ideas both with examples from the internet post to your journal and with a random roll.

Photo Survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GZ95VB6

12s Studio Still Life/Abstract Self-Portrait

This is a 2 part project. First we are going to learn about lighting objects in the studio. Then you are going to use the different lighting effects to creatively and stylistically light objects that represent something about you.

Studio Still Life

You are to create three studio still life compositions using metal, glass and textured objects. Compose a series of photos for each object; include backgrounds, a table and covering, and use one or two lights. Here is the Still Life Project Criteria


Abstract Self-Portrait
Create 5 interesting, creative, and eye catching images that represent something about you. This is sort of a photo essay of yourself except the images are going to be abstract photographs of objects that represent aspects about you. When you abstract things photographically, you don’t have to make it completely unrecognizable; though you should choose an attribute of that object and really explore it through the lens. Your compositions challenge the viewer to notice basic essence of objects.

Look for elements of design (shape and colour) and use the principles of design to help you compose the items that you choose to represent you.
Abstract Self-Portrait Criteria