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BIG IDEA:
Creating mood and emotion through facial expressions
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
How can we show mood and emotion in photography?
Why is it important to capture human emotion via photography?
OBJECTIVES: Students will…
Explore the work of Jill Greenberg
Demonstrate mood and emotion through a variety of portrait that show multiple facial expressions.
Photograph a person or yourself in such a way that captures specific moods / emotions
ARTIST STUDY - JILL GREENBERG MOOD / EMOTION GRID....
Insert the first content block with one image and text to the right of the image.
Google portrait of photographer Jill Greenberg
Drag one of the Images of Jill Greenberg to the image box. Be sure to adjust the image so that the entire image is showing.
Insert the content block with 3 image blocks
Do a google search for portrait photography by Jill Greenberg - Choose the 3 images that stand out to you the most and place them into the image blocks.
COPY THE TEXT BELOW AND PASTE IT IN THE TEXT BOX NEXT TO THE IMAGE OF JILL GREENBERG.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON YOUR PORTFOLIO. Adjust the text as you write your response.
The photograph that grabbed my attention first was__________________ because
Jill Greenberg's work stands out in the photography world because _________________________________
What strikes me first about her photography is the __________________________ because
(examples: subject matter, contrast, lighting, composition, posing, etc.)
I like / don't like Jill Greenberg's photography because _____________________________________
What can you learn by looking at her photos and apply to your own photography?
Publish - Publish - Turn in Via Schoology
Mood Emotion Portraits - Intro and Moodboard
Why is it important to capture human emotion via photography?
Portraits that capture human emotion are powerful because they foster empathy, allow for self-expression and discovery, and can connect viewers to a subject's story on a deeper level, transcending simple snapshots into meaningful narratives.
Fostering Empathy:
Photography has the unique ability to make us feel what others feel, by capturing moments of joy, pain, or vulnerability, and reminding us of our shared humanity.
Self-Expression and Discovery:
By capturing emotions, photographers tap into their own perspectives and interpretations of the world, and viewers can reflect on their own experiences when observing thought-provoking portraits.
Emotional Connection:
Portraits, whether artistic or clinical, can evoke a range of emotions in the viewer, allowing for a deeper connection with the subject and the story being told.
Revealing Inner Personality:
Portrait photography aims to capture the personality of a person through their expressions and emotions, creating portraits that stay with the viewer.
Beyond the Surface:
Emotional portraits tell a story beyond the surface, allowing viewers to see the inner world of the subject.
Artistic Expression:
Artists use facial expressions and body language to convey a range of emotions, from joy and sorrow to curiosity and more, drawing viewers in with their ability to communicate emotion.
A "mood portrait grid" refers to using a grid structure to help with the creation of a mood board, specifically when focusing on portraits or images of people, to organize and visually present a collection of images, colors, and styles that evoke a particular mood or theme.
Create a mood / emotion portrait moodboard
Create a moodboard in google drawing.
Title the moodboard Mood / Emotion Portraits
Choose a background color that does not distract from the images and text.
You are to do a google image search and look for individual mood portraits (not grids)
You will need a total of 12 different mood / emotion portraits
Be sure they are close up (just below the shoulders to top of the head)
Be sure to label each portrait with the type of mood / emotion
File - Download - Jpeg
Create a new page on your portfolio - Title the page Mood / Emotion
Upload your moodboard to your portfolio
Publish - Publish - Turn in link to Schoology
Planning the photoshoot
Open your Google Sites portfolio - Go to the Mood / Emotion page - Under you moodboard, insert a text box, Add the list of 16 mood / emotions you plan to photograph
Choose 1 partner to work with
Your backdrop should be simple and clean (white material, black material, Brick wall etc...)
ALL of your photos should be either vertical or horizontal (they all have to be shot the same way, so no turning the camera around).
Shoot in Portrait Mode
Your photos should be shot at close distance, headshot style (waist/chest/shoulders /neck and above)***Don’t cut people off at the neck!!!!
You should stay in the same place for ALL your shots so that the shots are the same distance. The portraits should look the same except for the facial expressions and if you include hands. The same negative space around the portrait.
Shoot A LOT of images, not just 12, so you have options to choose from. At least 16 should be good!
View the list below for some mood / emotion ideas. You can also recreate your moodboard or look up different moods and emotions.
Today, Student A will photograph Student B.
Tomorrow, Student B will photograph Student A.
*** The more pictures you take, the better chance of getting that perfect shot.
SUCCESS CRITERIA FOR THE PHOTOSHOOT:
You must include the 16 different moods / emotions you plan to have your model demonstrate - These should be included on you portfolio.
You must take at least 16 portraits of the same person
You must have at least 16 different moods / emotions demonstrated in your photographs. They should be obvious.
All portraits must be from the same distance, with the same amount of negative space around the person.
You must take the pictures in portrait mode with your phone
All subjects must be in focus and the background blurred.
Editing Your images
Choose your favorite 12 images to edit.
Open Photoshop
Open your first image
Don't crop!!! If you need to crop, you will do this later.
At the bottom of the layers panel, click on the adjustment tool - Black and White
Click on the adjustment tool again - Levels - Auto
Click on the adjustment tool again - Curves - Auto
File Export - Export As - Jpeg ****BE SURE TO CHANGE THE FILE NAME EACH TIME YOU SAVE AN IMAGE!!
Turn the eye off of the portrait so you can no longer see it.
File - Place embedded - Your next image
Drag the image so it is under the adjustments but over the last portrait. This will automatically use the same adjustments as the last image.
File Export that image to a Jpeg
Follow these steps until all 12 of your images are edited to look alike and saved to your computer graphics (P) drive.
Inserting your Images into a Grid and Saving
Step 1:
Step 1:
Open Photoshop
Click on the blue oval that says New File
Click on Custom 11x14 - Portrait
You will first need to create a grid to get equal squares
At the top of the screen, go to View - Guides - New Guide Layout
Columns = 3
Rows = 4
Leave the Width and Height at 0
Make the Gutter (space between images) 0.167in
Make the Margin 0.067
Click the box to Center Columns
Click OK
Step 2:
Step 2:
File place embedded - Choose your 1st edited image
Click on the image thumbnails in the layers panel. Ctrl T - Adjust the size of your image to fit in the grid box. Try to center the portrait, line the image up with the bottom grid line of the 1st box. Click Done.
You will notice the image extends into the next box.
Step 3:
Step 3:
On the tools panel to the left of the screen. The second tool down - Click on the rectangular marquess tool.
Click on the top left corner of the square and drag down to the bottom right corner of the square to select everything inside of the box.
Click on the mask icon. (this can be found directly below your image, or at the bottom of the layers panel) it looks like a rectangle with a circle in the middle.
Step 4:
Step 4:
File place embedded - Choose your 2nd edited image
Click on the image thumbnails in the layers panel. Ctrl T - Adjust the size of your image to fit in the grid box. Try to center the portrait, line the image up with the bottom grid line of the 2nd box. Click Done.
You will notice the image extends into the other boxes.
Step 5:
Step 5:
The Marquess tool should already be selected. If not, On the tools panel to the left of the screen. The second tool down - Click on the rectangular marquess tool.
Click on the top left corner of the square and drag down to the bottom right corner of the square to select everything inside of the box.
Click on the mask icon. (this can be found directly below your image, or at the bottom of the layers panel) it looks like a rectangle with a circle in the middle.
Step 6:
Step 6:
If you notice, my left image doesn't have the same amount of space around it as my second image. To fix this, do the following.
Select that layer in the layers panel. If you are not sure which layer it is, turn the eye on and off to find out. Click on the layer MASK and delete it.
No Click on the thumbnail of the image in the layers panel. Ctrl T (adjust the size) then you will need to use the marquess tool to select and mask that area again.
Step 7:
Step 7:
Follow steps 2 - 3 until you have all 12 of the boxes filled with a different mood / emotion.
Step 8:
Step 8:
When you are finished, YOU MUST go to File - Export - Export As - Change to JPEG, right below - slide the slider all the way to the right for best resolution - save to your (P) drive.
Upload your grid to your portfolio and turn in Via Schoology
Success Criteria for your Mood / Emotion Portrait Grid
Your images are to be organized in a symmetrical grid.
The images must be evenly spaced out on the grid.
You should have 4 rows of 3 = 12 images
All photos should be the same size and the same direction (vertical or horizontal)
All images should have the same amount of negative space around the portrait
All images must show a different emotion / mood
All images must be in focus
All images must be black and white
All images must have the correct exposure (not overexposed (too light) not underexposed (too dark)
All images must have the correct contrast (blacks are black, whites are white, gray tones in between.
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