17 September 2021

PROJECT #2: The Photographic Alphabet

DIRECTIONS.
1. Using your photographer's eye, find the letters of the alphabet.
2. Letters are NOT to be printed, fabricated, or arranged to create a letter. 
3. Let the randomness of the world give you your photos
4. Once you have your photographs, on a new canvas in Photoshop, assemble a phrase or sentence that has personal meaning.

CANVAS SIZE:
15in width
14in height
300 resolution
White background

This is an exercise in observing the world around you as it is.

*Example: Do not photograph the 'F' in the Fred Meyer sign...or move a garden hose into the shape of and 'S.'

 


DESCRIPTION.
As photographers, we often look for interesting situations, places, and things that have the potential for making good photographs. Sometimes we see something that looks like something else, such as a cloud that looks like an animal, car, or face.

Turn your skills of perception toward finding and photographing things that look like letters of the alphabet. For this project, you will FIND and photograph 26 letters of the alphabet. Do not photograph letters that already exist (i.e. on a store sign, etc.), or arrange subject matter to form a letter. This project is  about observation and learning to see the world in a new way.

RATIONALE: 
The project is an exercise in training your eye to see what you normally would not see. Stretching what your eyes see, and your mind perceives, is an exercise in creative seeing and thinking.

A FEW IDEAS:
Textism.com HERE.
Cheesy, but fun HERE.
Full alphabet HERE.

WHAT NOT TO DO:
Actual letter HERE (Not to be done this way).
Photographic alphabet around the house HERE.