As soon as you finish off your animations for the Alive project we will be moving on to our next project, the theme of which is Distortion. Lots of you will choose to photograph people as part of this project, so it is important that we understand how to do this successfully before we begin working on it. During your lessons you will be researching different types of lighting within portraiture. You will be completing a shoot at school which explores these types of lighting, but I would also like you to complete a photoshoot at home since you have access to a range of different locations, props, costumes etc outside of the school setting.
Task 1: Green (grade 1/2) a) Take one photoshoot (with at least 6 photos) of the same person, with each photograph using different lighting:
Spotlight
Side lighting
Back Lighting
Soft/diffused lighting
Natural lighting
Creative/unusual lighting
Vary your distance from the person, their expressions, their poses etc.
Amber (grade 3) a) Take one photoshoot (with at least 12 photos) of the same person, with each photograph using different lighting (2 photographs for each type of lighting):
Spotlight
Side lighting
Back Lighting
Soft/diffused lighting
Natural lighting
Creative/unusual lighting
Vary your distance from the person, their expressions, their poses etc. Use compositional guidelines in your photographs (such as simplicity, dramatic angles, rule of thirds) to make your portrait more successful/interesting
Red (grades 4+) a) Take one photoshoot (with at least 18 photos) of the same person, with each photograph using different lighting (3 photographs for each type of lighting):
Spotlight
Side lighting
Back Lighting
Soft/diffused lighting
Natural lighting
Creative/unusual lighting
Vary your distance from the person, their expressions, their poses etc. Use compositional guidelines in your photographs (such as simplicity, dramatic angles, rule of thirds) to make your portrait more successful/interesting.
Task 2: a) Upload your photos to your site. b) Put a title above your gallery of 'Portraits and Lighting shoot - development'. c) Caption each of your photographs with the type of lighting you used.