David Hockney

Born 1937
English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer.
Interested in how 3-dimensional space can be portrayed in a 2-dimensional image.
Combined multiple viewpoints of a single subject into a photographic collage called a "joiner"
Joiners aimed to create an image that was able to show reality how we experience it (in fragments, not as a whole), and to show the passage of time.

REQUIREMENTS FOR SHOOTING:

- Choose whatever subject you like- person, place, object, etc... (see ideas below)

- Shoot a scene, with a MINIMUM OF 40+ PHOTOS

More is always better.

- ZOOM IN and shoot CLOSE UP shots of different fragments of your subject.

- Shoot the entire scene, try shooting a whole row across the top of your subject, then shoot a whole row below that, then below that, etc until you know you've covered you're whole subject.

- Each shot should OVERLAP the next, so that you don't have any gaps in your final piece.

- Don't move from where you are standing during the entire time you are shooting. Keep your zoom the same as well.

- Try tilting your camera left or right as you shoot to get interesting angles.

Take 40 to 50 photos of one person, place or thing.

Shoot row by row overlapping each shot

Try to shoot a little above the object and go all the way down the object with the photos.

In InDesign:

File New: 17x11 INCHES
Click the Frame tool on the toolbar
While holding down the mouse button drag to make a box and then with your left hand click the right arrow to make 8 boxes and the up arrow to make 7 rows.
Use your Move Tool at the top of the toolbar to click in the first frame.
Click Control D.
Select ALL the photos from the folder.
Click Open
You will now be able to click into each frame and deposit a photo into each frame. Delete any empty frames.
Use your move tool to move each photo around to overlap and create an image.
THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME. DO NOT RUSH.
When you are finished click File>Export and save as a PDF.

Open Photoshop:

File>Open>Choose the pdf you just saved.
It will open in a box, make sure the resolution is 300 and hit Open.
Go up to Image >Canvas Size> Change it to inches and make each dimension 2 inches larger.
Hit ok.
Use the black and white circle at the bottom of the layers to add a solid color background.
Click the picture layer and go down to the fx at the bottom of the layers panel and Choose Drop Shadow.
Play with the distance and spread sliders until you like the shadow.
File Save a Copy as a jpeg and upload to Classroom.

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