Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Elizabethan Gardens project

As of this afternoon, we will have all taken our field trip, and should have lots of great photos to use in our projects. There will be three projects to turn in as a package from the field trip photos. First we'll do a photo montage which will consist of a background photo with five smaller photos pasted atop. The five photos should have some special treatment such as beveled edge, drop shadow, etc. These will be found under Layer Styles (or use the cursive 'f' at the bottom of the Layers palatte). Play around with the positioning of these photos, as this can easily make or break your project! Think about the design elements we've studied. The second project will be a collage which will use elements of several different photos, with varying opacity. It will be done in the form of an advertisement poster for the Elizabethan Gardens, and should include the name. This one should be very creative and can use special effects. The third item you need in your project package is a final 5x7 of your best photo, cropped, color corrected, enhanced as you see fit. If you did not take the trip to the gardens, you are still responsible for the project. You should take garden photos to use. I don't want to see old photos you've used many times. Take some new ones! First period's three-part project will be due Friday, November 3rd. Third period's project will be due at the end of class Monday. Fourth period's will be due at the end of class Tuesday.