Project #9: Shadow World

Today's assignment is to make shadows the subject of your pictures.  Get creative and think outside the box. Try some pictures of people, animals, objects, etc.

Project #10: Forced Perspective

Forced Perspective is a technique by which you place objects in your photos to make them appear bigger or smaller to the viewer.  Your assignment is to create some images using this effect without the use of digital manipulation.

I'm including many examples here, but if you do a Google Search [try this] you will get countless more.

Project #7: Leading Lines

Leading Lines are a key composition technique.  This week I want you to focus on taking pictures with "leading lines."

A good (short) article can be found here: http://www.photographic.com/issue-2-mastering-composition/0409LINES/

Some examples of leading lines in photographs:

 

How to use Leading Lines:

Project #8: Abstract

Abstract Photography: Like abstract art, Abstract photography concentrates on shape, form, color, pattern and texture. The viewer is often unable to see the whole object with the focus on only a small part of it.

 

 

 

 

Even the human body can be photographed in the abstract: