"Photography
records the gamut of feelings written on the
human face, the beauty of the earth and
skies that man has inherited, and the wealth
and confusion man has created. It is a
major force in explaining man to man."
-Edward
SteichenMORE
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This
week we will develop
film from Assignment
#2 and create a
contact sheet for
the film.
There will be a demo
on contact sheet
printing and
enlargement
printing.
Read
the section in our
course book on
contact sheet
printing. 138 in the
old book, page 203
in the new book.
We
will read and
respond to questions
from Susan Sontag's
essay In Plato's
Cave.
Extra
Credit: In a few
sentences, offer
your interpretation
of Plato's
Allegory of the
Cave. Worth 20
pts. Post your
response to our Forum.
You will need to
sign into our forum
to post your
response to this
discussion.
For
shooting assignment
#3 I want you to
concentrate on
composition. There
are many ways to
compose a
photograph. There
are
"rules"
that people often
use, but
ultimately the
composition of your
photograph is
entirely up to
you. This
exercise in
composition will
help you identify
aesthetically
pleasing
compositions when
photographing and
allow you to make
composition
adjustments based on
your own aesthetic
choices. You
may find yourself
already making these
composition
decisions when
framing your
images. Use
all 36 frames of
your film to explore
the following
composition
techniques:
Framing
Diagonal
or Crosslines
Rule-of-Thirds
Isolated
Subject
Filling
the Frame
50/50
/ Symmetry
Centered
Focal
Point
Shoot
at minimum one
picture for each
technique (some
pictures may utilize
more than one
technique
simultaneously).
-
1
J.
Szarkowski
-
Introduction to the
Photographer's Eye
Open Lab Schedule This
Week
