micro macro photo project

Mrs. Conger

MICRO MACRO PHOTO PROJECT

On Study Wiz there is an article for you to read right now.

After you read the article there is a Google doc. you will need to fill out.

There is a link for that as well

WIGANS ARTICLE

WILLARD WIGANS

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01298/oscar-needle_1298168i.jpg

http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/11-mini-willard-415.jpg

*Born 1957 in England*Creates sculptures that fit into the eye of a needle or on top of a pin*Some sculptures are carved from a grain of sand

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/microscopic.asp

WILLARD WIGANS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1615000/images/_1619232_snowwhite300.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SZx2oaxuJSA/RadeJOjU07I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/stoAaEO9r18/s400/WillardWigan6.jpg

Uses fibers and dust particles to create sculpturesHe uses a single piece of facial hair as a paint brush

He works in between breaths

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB2gxIDeUMs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpCepHgSL2c

WILLARD WIGANS

You will be taking a series of photos from several distancesYou will be creating one series of photos inside and one

series outside

First you must choose and interesting subject *For this picture you will use the macro setting on your camera (very close picture)

Second you will step 100 feet away from this subject, and take a picture

*Then you will be taking pictures for every 10 feet closer you get to your subject

MICRO MACRO PHOTO SERIES PROJECT

Before taking your photos think about: How interesting is subject matter How interesting is the composition

How will you show various types of perspective in your photos

Can you tell a story with your photo series

SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER

ACCORDION ALBUM

Demonstration on Study Wiz

Your photos will be glued down onto the pages in consecutive

order

One series will be pasted on the front

pages of the accordion and the other series will be pasted to the back

side of the accordion

*After your photo’s have been taken you will each create a cover for your album

*This will be a 4x6” cover

*It will be made from the images you took

*You will cut and arrange the images in an interesting way

*Be creative and don’t rush through

*The cover is what will make a viewer want to look at your pictures or not

COLLAGED COVER