Final Project

Project based on approved proposal

Due Dates:
Prelim critiques, November 25 and December 4
Final image due at the very latest: December 11

Exhibition

All files to be considered for the exhibition must be turned in by end of class, Monday December 2nd.

Images should be at least 16" x 20" 300 dpi, flattened PSD files.

Final Porfolio

Final portfolio will consist of two formats to turn in

Digital

Due: 12/4. All images due, with exception of image(s) for final project

16 jpegs, 1200 pixels longest side, high quality.

Naming protocol:

lastname_project_number.jpg

Examples:

jordan_fieldtripone_1.jpg
jordan_fieldtripone_2.jpg
jordan_project2.jpg


Images can be pulled from any assignment or project from the course. Images must have been shot for the course. All project images must be represented in the portfolio.

Images should be the very strongest produced in the course. Revisions to project images are welcome. If so, please indicate that they are revisions in their title. For example: Jordan_proj2_rev.jpg

Printed

Due: 12/11

Of the above images, create 6 high quality prints. Please include all project images in your selections, including final. Prints should be professionally presented, either window matted or sleeved in a portfolio book.

Also add a jpeg of your final project image(s) to your digital submission, now that it is completed.

Print quality is important

Project 2: Using the Human form for Art

© 2012 Heather Orlando

Dates:

Proposal: Monday, 10/28

Prelim: Monday, 11/4

Final: Wednesday, 11/13

Create a body of work that explores the human form in some way. These can be portraits, abstractions of the body, nudes, theatrical, conceptual, or other. Worked toward a cohesive group of images that are aesthetically and conceptually related. Plan to submit between 5-7 final images, in print form as well as digital (jpegs 1200).

Create most appropriate studio lighting design to support your images. 

Proposals should be 1 page, referencing the work of two established artists as inspiration

Work will be evaluated on the following criteria:

• Original, inspiring, and creative idea/vision/approach
• Quality of lighting design
• Quality of photographic design
• Technical (camera, lighting, file management, etc.)
• Deliverables (prints, files, etc.)
• Growth of the project over the course of the assignment

Proposals, prelim and final critiques will be graded.

Portrait Exercise 3: Multiple Light Low Key, Multiple Light High Key

Due: Wednesday 10/30

Based on the demo and reading (pages 206-223) create both a low key portrait and high key portrait. Develop images to a portfolio level. Images can be related, in some way, to your figure project, but should be distinct from them. For instance, perhaps you might use the same subject, but for this exercise, images should be more in the realm of a formal portrait.

Portrait exercise 2 (group): Key/Fill ratios

Portrait 1: Key Light quality and placement

Due: 10/21

The first portrait project explores how size, quality and placement of the key light can affect the rendering of the face. This is one of the most important concepts of portrait lighting design. Please read pages 193-206 for further discussion and visual examples.

Take your time with it. Correct exposure, appropriate f-stop, focus are all important.

Create portfolio worthy portraits that explore the following:

• Fairly tight framing that features head and shoulders, without cutting them off.
• Black background. Hint: create adequate distance between subject and background material
• Thoughtful styling...put some planning in and go for it. Move beyond silly mug shots. 
• Use of single light source, no fill light. Reflector okay.

For each of the following, create both high and low contrast examples, positioning the key light as necessary.

1. Explore 45/45 lighting, sometimes known as Rembrandt, achieving what is referred to in the book as the "key triangle."
2. Side lighting
3. Front lighting
4. Short Lighting
5. Broad Lighting