"Subject with Composition Rules"

For the last two weeks of 2013, your group will choose a subject and photograph it.

You can choose umbrellas, shoes, people, food, spoons or another object... as long as your group agrees on the subject. Your group will also choose three rules of composition from your list. Since each group has chosen their own list, the three rules may be different for each group, even if a group chooses the same object.

Title your blog post "Subject with Composition Rules"

In the beginning of the blog post, write the subject and list the three rules of composition. You can write a paragraph or list with bullet points.

Take photos! Select, edit and post 5-10 photos on your blog. Do not go to eleven! For this assignment, YOU must take the photos (not a group member)!

After you post your images to the Blogger, choose the best photos from this assignment and post at least one to your Weebly website. Include the website link at the bottom of this post. You should use your group as a resource when selecting your best photos for your website. In the comment section, ask each group member questions about the photos that he or she selected. Why did group members post certain photos on their blog? How did your group members decide to edit? What method did the other photographers use to select their best photos?

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Influences

Photographers are influenced by other photographers, whether they realize it or not. Some of the greatest photographers were influenced by earlier photographers. For example, both Henri Cartier-Bresson and Richard Avedon site Martin Munkacsi as an important influence.

Who was Cartier-Bresso?
Who was Richard Avedon?
Who was Munkacsi?

How were the first two legends influenced by the same person?

Write an essay that discusses each photographer. You may include links to their work, but only include photographs if you have permission. You may talk with your group members, but you should only share research. (I expect something close to a five paragraph essay.)

When you are finished, you may work on other assignments from this class.