Portrait Project
Portrait photography or portraiture is photography of a person or group of people that displays the expression, personality, and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is usually the person's face, although the entire body and the background or context may be included.
Part 1 Use the Internet to find two selected woks by the photographers below; one historical and one contemporary, who's focus is on portrait photography. Find 2 total school appropriate photos, one from each of two categories (copy and paste your chosen photos into a Google doc) and answer these Portrait Photography Analysis questions handout. Turn this into the Google Classroom site when finished. Category 1 HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHERS (select 1)
Category 2 CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHERS (select 1)
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Part 2
Facial Expressions for Self-Portraits
Take a look and get some ideas here VISUALLY to help you as the photographer work with your partner when you take photos.
Part 3
Students will learn to use a Digital SLR camera with different lenses, different studio lighting techniques with different backdrops and complete a photo shoot of another student in class. Facial expressions, different poses, and camera placement (different angles) will be needed when doing the photo shoot. Various props like hats, glasses, coats, etc. can be brought in to use during the photo session.
After the shoot is complete you will print out a Contact Sheet and Circle the 10 best you want to edit with a red marker. Submit to the class basket.(Worth 25 Points)
Edit 5 portraits in Adobe Camera Raw and edit 5 portraits in either one of these two free online editors; befunky or picmonkey.
3 out of the 10 Color Photos must be edited and saved as Black and White photos.
After the shoot is complete you will print out a Contact Sheet and Circle the 10 best you want to edit with a red marker. Submit to the class basket.(Worth 25 Points)
Edit 5 portraits in Adobe Camera Raw and edit 5 portraits in either one of these two free online editors; befunky or picmonkey.
3 out of the 10 Color Photos must be edited and saved as Black and White photos.
Steps
Team up with 1 other person in class for this project
Take 24 to 36 photos TOTAL of your partner:
Look over the posing boards to help you come up with ideas as you do your shoot.
Watch the VIDEO below to get an idea on how lighting placement can determine the outcome of your photos:
Take 24 to 36 photos TOTAL of your partner:
- (12-18 photos) in our photo studio against the Black backdrop
- (12-18 photos) in the art hallway against the White backdrop
Look over the posing boards to help you come up with ideas as you do your shoot.
Watch the VIDEO below to get an idea on how lighting placement can determine the outcome of your photos:
WORKING TO GET RIGHT SHOT
Learn how to photograph and pose your subject, by watching the video below. It will teach you to:
Move closer to your subject. Shoot from the ground looking up, from a higher point, from the right or the left. As the photographer, you MUST MOVE, ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT from your subject.
Learn how to photograph and pose your subject, by watching the video below. It will teach you to:
Move closer to your subject. Shoot from the ground looking up, from a higher point, from the right or the left. As the photographer, you MUST MOVE, ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT from your subject.
At the end of each photo session, I will download the photos and share a folder with everyone to access the photos you took of your partner.
You will edit 5 photos using Adobe Camera Raw and edit 5 photos with either of the free photo editing services Picmonkey and BeFunky. Use any of the free creative effects on other of these sites. Explore the sites editing effects and even combine multiple effects for greater variation in your photos.
3 of the 10 finished edited Portraits of your partner must be black and white photos. The remaining 7 can be combinations of any of creative effects in Camera Raw or Picmonkey and BeFunky.
You will edit 5 photos using Adobe Camera Raw and edit 5 photos with either of the free photo editing services Picmonkey and BeFunky. Use any of the free creative effects on other of these sites. Explore the sites editing effects and even combine multiple effects for greater variation in your photos.
3 of the 10 finished edited Portraits of your partner must be black and white photos. The remaining 7 can be combinations of any of creative effects in Camera Raw or Picmonkey and BeFunky.
Save
Save these edited portrait photos as JPG files (ALL 10) to your Google Dive folder as (PORTRAITS_ 1, 2, 3, etc.).
Then turn these 10 editing portrait photos into our Google Classroom site for grading.
Then turn these 10 editing portrait photos into our Google Classroom site for grading.