My Life... My art.
You may have seen the American Express ad's before and now is your chance to 'express' yourself. In our introduction assignment you will literally introduce yourself. Below are two advertisements of Ellen DeGeneres, Tina Fey and Kate Winslet. Study how they are photographed. What props are they using? Do the images look candid or posed? How can you express who you are through one photographic image?
Take at least 12 different self-portraits using different props, in different locations, etc. Try and have someone take the photo for you or use the timer setting on your camera. You can take the pictures at home or bring props to school and have a friend help you take the image. The photographs of Ellen, Tina and Kate were taken by a famous photographer named Annie Leibovitz.
Turn in a contact sheet of your self portraits with the photo you would like to use for the assignment circled. Follow the directions below to finish the assignment.
Take at least 12 different self-portraits using different props, in different locations, etc. Try and have someone take the photo for you or use the timer setting on your camera. You can take the pictures at home or bring props to school and have a friend help you take the image. The photographs of Ellen, Tina and Kate were taken by a famous photographer named Annie Leibovitz.
Turn in a contact sheet of your self portraits with the photo you would like to use for the assignment circled. Follow the directions below to finish the assignment.
Interested in some extra credit? Find out more about Annie Leibovitz and write a photo journal (include one of her photographs) using Word.
Step 1
Open your selected photo of yourself in Photoshop.
Open your selected photo of yourself in Photoshop.
Step 2
File Menu > Open > Graphics drive (G:) > Digital Photography > My Life Template
This is what you will open:
Step 3
Go under Window > Arrange > 2 up Vertical
Select the Move Tool, click on the photo. Hold down the mouse button and the drag the photo into the grey photo goes here area and let go.
Adjust the size of the photo holding the SHIFT KEY and drag inward to the desired size, then click on the check mark.
Step 4
Try making creative artistic adjustments to this photo using Image > Adjustments. In this image below, the colors were adjusted and a lower saturation of color was applied.
Decide on any adjustments you like and apply them.
Step 5
You MUST fill in all of the blanks for each to the items listed.
You can now either type in all of your answers to each of the questions or use the wacom tablet to write in your answers, save this to the correct folder on the V: drive as YOUR LAST NAME_MYLife.psd
If you want to write your answers in with colored pencils or markers, save this to the correct folder on the V: drive as YOUR LAST NAME_MYLife.psd
Step 6
Turn this back into our teacher for grading. WORTH 50 Points