Final Portfolio

Please submit the following for your final portfolio:

Due: 12/10 (5pm). This is Wednesday of Exam Week. Earlier is fine.

JPEG, in the class drop box on the server:
1200x1200 pixels, quality:12, sRGB

20 images total, pulled from the following. Examples from all listed below should be represented in your final selection of images

1. Various shooting exercises (composition, depth of field, motion, sign diptychs, etc.)
2. Project: Images in a theme
3. Project: Narrative
4. Project: Photo Extended
5. Project: Fictional Reality

When making choices, prioritize the strongest images. Choose carefully to present your strongest work. Consult with instructor and classmates. But please make sure that all major projects are represented. It is okay to have more images from one project/assignment than another. You may also include images that have not "fit" a specific assignment, provided they were shot for this course. If you have questions, please ask.

Naming protocol:

lastname_project_number.jpg

Examples:

jordan_depthoffield_1.jpg
jordan_panorama_2.jpg
jordan_project2.jpg

Final Project: Fictional Reality

Due Dates:

• White Screen production shoot: Monday 11/17
• Preliminary critique Monday 11/24
• Final critique Wednesday 12/3

©Loretta Lux

©Kelli Connell

Create something that is both possible and unlikely, at the same time. Create a character and place them in an environment or situation. Something might be weird, strange or just "off". How is the line between fantasy—reality blurred? Consider myths, fairy tales, other stories. Or make something up. Move beyond the simple and silly to something that works on many levels. What questions are raised? Beyond that, anything goes. There's a lot of latitude for creative interpretation. 

Think big for this one... props? costumes? styling?

Integrate the subject with the unlikely background/situation. Unify lighting direction, scale, point of view, shooting angle, etc., so that it truly appears that the subject is occupying the unlikely place.

There are just a few technical ground rules for this project.

1. At least 16" x 20" @300 dpi. All component pieces should be at adequate resolution
2. At least one of the main subjects should be shot with white screen techniques
3. The white screen subject should be masked and appropriately integrated into the new background, with scale, perspective, point of view, light quality and direction convincingly matched.
4. The finished image should "read" realistically and convincingly as a single, genuine photo

Gregory Crewdson
Grace Weston

AES+F
Kahn and Selesnick

Bill Finger

Patrick Nagatani

Sarah Anne Johnson

Loretta Lux

Wendy McMurdo

Kelli Connell

Cornelia Hediger

Gillian Wearing

Student Work: