Photos #3, The Black and White Collection

The Black and White Collection

For your 3rd photo assignment you are going to do a photo collection.  This means that all of your pictures will be related in some way.  You may decide on the content of your collection and compose the pictures however you’d like (following the rules of composition).  You need to keep in mind though, that the final product will be black and white images in a collection of 4.

Here’s the step I suggest you follow:

1.    Decide what you want your collection to be about.  Think about things that are interesting to photograph that are somehow related.  For example: Different Pieces of Architecture, Natural elements (leaves, trees, stones), Kitchen Items, Geometric Shapes, Sports Equipment and athletes etc.  The possibilities are endless!

2.    Think about how you can take the picture in an interesting way and also make the blacks and whites of the photo stand out.

3.    Take the pictures!  Take more than you need so you have a lot to work with as you create your collection.

4.   Use Photoshop and convert all your images to black and white.  After you desaturate the images, make sure you use brightness and contrast to make the images dynamic black and whites.

Your color images will be due in class on November 4th.. You will need to turn in 12 images (3 sets of 4).

You will then have time in class to turn the images into Black and White.

Your finalized Black and White Collection will be due on

November 8th.