Symmetry and Order

Objects Neatly Arranged

• Have a look on Instagram or Google images for the artist @AdamHillman. He takes photographs of neatly arranged items. They are fantastic.

• Have a look at this presentation that explains this technique in more detail.

• Then gather stuff around your house, and to shoot against a solid surface like a piece of white paper. Shoot from above to get that lay flat sort of look. This should take you 30-60 minutes of shooting and editing.

• You can use basic office/household supplies and paper backgrounds to create compositions that represent specific Elements of Art. It would be a good idea to shoot with the 1:1 ratio Square format.

• Edit one picture to perfection using Snapseed, and then when you open up your next picture to edit, choose "last edits" under the "looks" section of Snapseed, so your pictures are edited all in a consistent way. You can choose if you want them in color or black & white, but they must all be consistency edited (and punching with color/contrast/clarity).

• You will then create a GRID collage of 9 images in PicCollage so that they look like a grid.

• Go back to Google classroom and turn in your collage.

WAGOLL

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

Meticulous Photography

Want to learn more? Check out this assignment that introduces you to the work of the fantastic artist Emily Blincoe. You will learn how to use Photopea to edit your photographs.

Symmetry vs ASYMMETRY

One of the most common compositional elements that all artists use is symmetry and asymmetry. Symmetry is when all of the compositional elements are equally pleasing on either side of the frame, and asymmetry is the lack of symmetrical elements or when the framing tends to favor one side over the other.

The other piece to think about with symmetry/asymmetry is the use of negative space and balance—allowing the negative space to actually become a compositional element to balance out your photograph.

• You must photograph 8 pictures focusing on symmetrical and asymmetrical elements. You can photograph architecture, people, still life, or anything you see that is either balanced or not. Think about shapes and arranging objects in a pleasing manner if you cannot locate naturally occurring symmetry.

• Our living spaces are filled with symmetry and asymmetry, take a look around the room. See what you can find.

• Think about using the rule of thirds and allowing negative space to be an important element in your composition when doing asymmetry.

• Take both symmetrical and asymmetrical images for your 8 shots, I'd like to see both. So put 4 asymmetrical shots on one collage and 4 symmetrical on another collage. All shots should be edited (using Snapseed).

WAGOLL

Below are examples of the symmetry/asymmetry collage you will create following this lesson:

Mirror Dimension Editing Challenge

Put yourself into a cityscape! For this shoot, I want you to use a city you find on google or a stock photo site, and then take a picture of yourself using the self timer or have someone take a picture of you. The image can be of your backside or front. Just imagine what you would look like flying. You will then use this image to put yourself flying through a city.

Watch this YouTube video which shows you how to create a really cool 'mirror dimension' using Snapseed: