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Looking At... Thinking About… Learning From PHOTOGRAPHS
If you look carefully, you will see more. If you know more, you will look differently. - Unknown
What is the MOST IMPORTANT part of this photograph?
Why is this the MOST IMPORTANT part?
What IDEA does the MOST IMPORTANT part of this photograph communicate?
What objects, images, symbols, etc. communicate this IDEA to the viewer
What is IMPORTANT in YOUR LIFE that relates to the IDEA in the photograph
If you were creating a photograph or using the IMPORTANT IDEA from your
life, what images, objects or symbols would appear in your composition?
Create a sketch or description of your new photograph.
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Amanda Linn- Toasterart@Yahoo.com
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Name _________________________________
Criteria |
1 Poor |
2 Moderate |
3 Good |
4 Excellent |
Technical Qualities Exposure, burning, and dodging, dirt, dust, stains... |
Poorly executed, little regard for print quality |
Technique may be erratic with little sense of challenge |
Most technical aspects are successful; materials generally well handled |
Excellent print quality |
Composition Eye movement, space, usage, organizations, etc. |
Composition is poor, little consideration |
In contrast to work that receives a score of 1, there is at least some sense of decision making |
Composition is generally purposeful |
Excellent. Composition is purposeful |
Content Fulfills the assignment, shows intent |
Solutions tend to be trite |
Shows a sense of effort and some decision-making |
The level of work may be inconsistent, but the work is strong enough to offset its weaknesses |
Shows a sense of inventiveness or imagination, a sense of styles, or engagement with experimentation. |
Communicative Properties Visual impact, emotional reaction, mood, etc. |
There is little, if any evidence of thinking |
Work shows a real sense of effort, but problems are not successfully resolved. |
There is successful engagement with some aspects of communication through technique |
Shows obvious evidence of thinking, it may address fairly complex visual or conceptual ideas, the image is presented in an effective way to communicate. |
Comments:
x5 / 80 points