Portraiture

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Please download the attached booklet from last year to look at portraits that Mrs. Leather will refer to in today's class.

Week's assignment:
Portraits-create a final collection of excellent portraits that capture not only the physical attributes of the subject, but the inner qualities of the person as well. (4 excellent photos to turn in my week's end).
These final 4 excellent photos should be uploaded to the google drive/classwork/portraits. And finally, make your own folder under portraits by giving it a name. 

Weekend Homework due 3/23:
Portrait: Create an excellent portrait of 2 people you know well. These could be family members or friends. Upload to portrait folder linked here. These need to be uploaded by 3/23, 8pm. Anything later will lose one letter grade. (directory: google drive/homework/portrait-make your folder)


Grading:
These will be evaluated based on:

1. Camera skill (solid good exposure)
2. Demonstration of narrow depth of field-model in focus, background defocused in at least 1
3. Composition-intentional thought has gone into how you are aligning aspects of your photo for optimal composition
4. Demonstration that you as photographer control the shot

Classwork Monday/Tuesday (when complete, please work on portraiture shots, week's photo assignment-listed above)

In groups, find examples of portraits that demonstrate the following concepts and put them into a shared google presentation to share with the class. In your presentation, show at least 8-10 examples of your research topic, siting what you like, do not like, challenges facing the photographer, challenges facing the model or subject of the portrait.

Variety of camera angles and or perspectives, variety of shots with model/subject looking in different ways, direct at camera, but also away from camera.
(jessika, corinne, rahul)

Differences in depth of field, from narrow/shallow to wide.
(tomas, caitlin, alison)

That use props to further tell a story about the person
(nina, andrew, erin)

Interesting use of composition, perhaps breaking standard compositional rules
(patrick, jimmy, ryann)

Show surface beauty, inner beauty and capture both-compare and contrast all 3
(jason y., brooke, carolina)

Studio indoor lighting, outdoor lighting, 3 pt lighting, dramatic lighting, pattern lighting
(samantha, daniela, taylor, jimmy)


Photographers to research (you must use at least 2 photographers from the first group below, and 2 photographers from Asia, as grouped in the second grouping).
You may also use photographers you find on the web through Google. 

Steve McCurry
Jousef Karsh
Irving Penn
Mary Ellen Mark
Joe McNally
Annie Liebovitz
Gregory Heisler
Peter Hurley

Daido Moriyama
Raghu Rai
Chien Chi Chang
Ho Fan