Abstraction

Credit goes to Amber Fox of the Facebook group High School Photography Educators for the lesson idea, resources and WAGOLL images.

Abstraction 1

For this assignment you will have four options to photograph in order to create abstract photos.

1. Mix oil and water on a clear plate and put above an iPad with a funky design. Get in close and photograph the bubbles moving and abstracting.

2. Mix milk, food coloring and dish soap. Swirl gently. Photograph the abstract design the colors make. Get in close and fill frame.

3. Fill glass with water and gently drip in food coloring. Must be lit well and have a white background. Get in close, or crop after.

4. Photograph the bottom of your pans from your kitchen. Get in tight and photograph it in HDR. Play with the colors, add a vignette (using Snapseed), paint around the pan to make it super black.

Whichever one you choose, take at least 12 shots and turn in your best three on a collage and a screenshot of your attempts. You should have one style on a collage!

WAGOLL

Below are examples of the collage of photographs you will create following this lesson:


Abstraction 2

There are other ways you can take an abstract photograph using a variety of objects you can easily find around your home. In this next tutorial, Photopea is used to edit your photographs.

Neon Editing

You re going to learn how to create a really cool neon portrait during this assignment. You will need to download the free PicsArt app onto your phone.

  1. For this assignment I want you to choose three of your portraits (or take some selfies) and create THREE different Neon Shapes around the person.

  2. Watch this video which shows you how to create neon art editing:

3. Put all three edited portraits onto a collage using your phone or PicCollage.

4. Go back to Google classroom and turn in your completed collage.