Assignment 8

New photographs must be taken - all photos must be taken with a digital camera. Students will upload the project photos to Picasa, create a Facial Expressions page on their Digital Portfolio sites, and embed the project photos on the Facial Expressions page. Excellent quality work is expected.

Facial Expressions: Take shots of five the following facial expressions: Joy/Happiness, Anger/Rage, Fear/Surprise, Sorrow/Depression, Humor. Try for different angles and unusual lighting to add to the mood. Do remember to pay attention to your depth of field and focus when composing your images. Remember to pay special attention to the lighting and background.

Be creative and have fun. Students will have until the end of class on May 23, 2011 to complete this assignment – No Lates!!!

Scoring for each photo is as follows:

1. Creativity: 10 points (Original idea. Full credit given to concepts where thought has been given to details.)

2. Sharpness: 20 points (Subject is sharp and detailed. The Depth of Field is appropriate for that subject)

3. Arrangement: 10 points (Thought is given to the arrangement of both the subject and the lighting.)

4. Lighting: 20 points (Lighting is appropriate to the mood of the subjects.

5. Photoshopping: 20 points (touchups including levels, etc.)

6. Notes: 20 points (Aperture, Shutter Speed, Date, explanation of series with intentions, and Title of Photo) *required

This project is worth a total of 500 points (up to 100 points for each print).