PGY2101 Visual Literacy
Meeting Hours: 11:45 am- 1:40pm
Location: ARCH 120
TA: Sue Montoya
Email: s.montoya001@ufl.edu
Assignment 2: The
Frame Up
Critique Date: October 21st
Critique Date: October 21st
Photography
is an art of observation. It has little to do with what you see and everything
to do with how you see it.
-Elliott Erwitt
Objective:
Now that you have an understanding of the basic mechanisms of the camera and how to control the technical quality and character of your images, it’s time to focus on composition. Many of the same strategies employed in design, drawing and sculpture can be employed within the photographic frame. Strategies such as symmetry, rule of thirds, figure ground, contrast (tonal and content), balance, leading lines, visual weight, etc. can be employed to add dynamism to your images. For this project, challenge yourself to use the frame as the space to express how you visualize the world around you. Question the way things are supposed to look and highlight the unique way the photographic apparatus mediates our perceptions. Remember, as useful as understanding the elements of good composition can be, using a formula for making photos will only render formulaic images.
Now that you have an understanding of the basic mechanisms of the camera and how to control the technical quality and character of your images, it’s time to focus on composition. Many of the same strategies employed in design, drawing and sculpture can be employed within the photographic frame. Strategies such as symmetry, rule of thirds, figure ground, contrast (tonal and content), balance, leading lines, visual weight, etc. can be employed to add dynamism to your images. For this project, challenge yourself to use the frame as the space to express how you visualize the world around you. Question the way things are supposed to look and highlight the unique way the photographic apparatus mediates our perceptions. Remember, as useful as understanding the elements of good composition can be, using a formula for making photos will only render formulaic images.
1) Complete
10-12 fully edited images, converted to black & white.
2) Produce
at least one interpretation of each of the compositional elements discussed in
class.
Grading Criteria:
25pts Complete list
and number of images
25pts Originality/Creativity
25pts Craftsmanship/Technical Proficiency
25pts Formal Elements of Design and Composition
25pts Originality/Creativity
25pts Craftsmanship/Technical Proficiency
25pts Formal Elements of Design and Composition
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