Artists are always looking to each other for inspiration, and the same goes for photographers. One of the best ways to learn a new skill, or approach while you're learning is to mimic someone who's great! For this shooting assignment, I'd like you to first think about why you chose this photographer in the first place, what excites you about his/her work? Tap into this interest again, and pay attention to your peers as they present, there's inspiration everywhere!
Sketchbook Assignment (25 points): Using one page in your sketchbook, create 3-5 thumbnail sketches that illustrate several potential approaches to this assignment listed below. Nothing fancy or elaborate, just sketch/collage/and write out ideas that will allow you to pre-visualize and help you prepare for your shoot before you go out and do it!
Here are a few potential approaches to this assignment:
1) Recreate a photo: As closely as you can, use similar lighting, composition, and point of view to recreate an image your photographer made.
2) Borrow a compositional approach: What point of view do your photographer tend to use? How does he/she crop or emphasize the main subject of the photo? How might you use this approach yourself? How does your photographer present his/her images when they're finished?
3) Explore a similar concept/idea: What subject matter does your photographer tend to focus on? Why? What metaphors, moods, or other expressive elements does he/she explore? How might you explore these as well?
4) Experiment with a camera technique: These photographers pioneered new photo techniques that later became trademarks for their style. Double exposures, crazy depth-of-field, selective focus, slow shutter-speeds are all camera techniques that you can try out!
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