Recycled Toy Project

Recycled Toy photoshoot

Conceptual photography a genre of photography that illustrates an idea

Juxtaposition: an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

1. Select toy. Write it here:____________________________________

2. Create the toy’s character: what is the toy’s name? What situations/scenarios could the toy be in? What is the story? What kind of action would take place?

3. Theme: Is your background image chosen from this list?

Utopia/Dystopia

Ecological disaster

Renewable energy

Alternative energy

Recycling

Global warming

Oil production

4. Set construction

Cardboard base

Designed with minimum 3 pieces of fabric and glued down

Additional set “dressing” to provide depth to your photos (foreground)

5. Background projection: images on your computer screen you find and use as a background

Image search

Five Hi-resolution images in desktop folder and in Google Drive

6. Go to Apple Menu>System Preferences>Desktop and Screensaver and drag your folder to the system preferences side bar.

7. Select the image you would like to use.

8. Move and store any folders and files from the desktop so it will be clear when you begin photographing

9. Juxtaposition: check to make sure:

Does your use of toy and background together suggest a contrasting effect? (the toy with an image of one of the themes above as background)

10. Framing

Before you have taken the photo have you made sure everything you like is within the frame of your camera. Also is everything you do not like excluded from the frame?

11. Are all of the following shots covered?

Master shot

Medium shot front

Medium shot side right

Medium shot side left

Closeup front

Closeup left

Closeup right

Shooting up (worms eye view)

Shooting down (bird’s eye view)

12. Save each of your images as lastname_firstname_per_recycledtoy_medium_front, etc

Store on your Desktop and in Google Drive. Share when assignment completed.