Essential Questions:
How do professional photographers take extraordinary photos of ordinary objects?
Who was Edward Weston and how did he take photos that were extraordinary?
What are dynamics in photography?
1. List your learning goals specifically based on the essential questions for the project:
1) Bottles and Glasses:
Goal: achieve the best possible white, gray and black tones, using correct aperture and shutter speed combination. Basically to produce an interesting composition that makes good use of these tones.
2) Water:
Goal: Capture some of water’s different qualities: calm and still, rippling, splashing, falling cascading, moody, etc.
3) Old Things:
Goal: Show how the age of an object influences its character.
2. Brainstorm multiple ideas that meet your learning goals for taking the photos such as who/what/where/lighting/shooting modes/composition/technique:
Tips: Don’t rely on your light meter (use the “point of departure” to get the correct effect)
Background should be true white, but have visible texture to it.
Watch for how the shapes and shadows of the glasses or bottles contrast or reflecting with each other.
Tips: Watch for interesting reflections in water. Try looking for pebbles, fish, etc. in the water.
keep an eye out for floating leaves, sticks, debris, etc. Try shooting a calm surface and then throwing a pebble or something to see the reaction the water makes. you might catch of someone playing or people playing with water.
Tips: look for peeled paint, broken glass, things that have been abandon, used up, worn out. Try to capture the object’s character. Notice how light and texture may help portray that character.
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