FINAL: SELF-PORTRAIT, Part 1 (Daydream/Nightmare)

RATIONALE:
To make images that are visual representations of what the two words - daydream & nightmare - mean to you, and to practice creative problem solving by thinking metaphorically and representationally.

DIRECTIONS: 
The first part of the FINAL: SELF project is about visual metaphor.
Visual metaphor is the representation of an idea through place/person/object/time/composition/color/etc.

First: Think of nightmare. What does that mean to you? What is the first picture that comes to mind? THAT could be your starting point.

Then: What is the image you conjure when thinking of daydream? THAT could be your starting point.

Next: With what you have access to in your personal life, how can you photograph THOSE ideas in way that will produce a well lit, purposefully composed images with visual metaphor?

1. Make 3+ photographs that represent your definition of what a "daydream" looks like.
2. Make 3+ photographs that represent your definition of what a "nightmare" looks like.
2. Think outside the box to a sunny pleasant place...and inside to a dark corner of the box.
3. You will be putting together a diptych next class. It will serve you to have THREE+ photographs of each idea to mix-and-match for the best possible combination to convey your narrative.
4. Test your creativity in new and challenging ways.

NOTE: You must be in one of the photos of the final diptych. No, do not make one of those ubiquitous selfies where you're trying to look good, but rather put yourself in the photo in some other way. 

INSPIRATION:
Arthur Tress. CLICK HERE.
People lost in daydreams. CLICK HERE.

 

FINAL SELF-PORTRAIT - Plan Your Triptych

SYMBOLISM in PHOTOGRAPHY. (CLICK HERE).

Using the brainstorm packet you have received...

1. Identify the SYMBOLISM you will use in each photo.
2. Sketch/list/plan EXACTLY HOW the photos will LOOK in the end - this will (perhaps) make the creation of them easier/faster and accurate to your vision.

PROJECT #14: MOSAIC PORTRAITS

DIRECTIONS FOR CLASS TODAY:

1. Make enough photographs of your subject to assemble a grid portrait of that person. 

    *Play with (slight) distance of camera to subject, the focus of the subject, etc. 

2. Develop each of the NINE images in some way (B/W, cross process, tint, light leak, etc.)

3. Assemble the photos in the template -- CUT OFF parts of the photos as needed (Marquee tool + Delete)

4. Flatten & save as .JPG

5. Drop your DEVELOPED PRACTICE mosaic to the DRIVE.

6. Post to your blog in a post titled "MOSAIC PRACTICE"

DIRECTIONS FOR HOME:
The same as in class, but choose a different subject matter. 

Complete a GRID mosaic, or branch out to a FREEFORM mosaic.

Bring all photos to next class. 

MINIMUM DUE FOR EACH MOSAIC:

Assemble (in Photoshop) TWO grid/mosaic portraits - each comprised of at least NINE images. 
Make one grid & one mosaic - each of a different subject.

INSPIRATIONS:
Mark Guglielmo. CLICK HERE.
David Hockney. CLICK HERE.
More Hockney Collage. CLICK HERE.

GRID MOSAIC EXAMPLES:

FREEFORM MOSAIC EXAMPLE: