Big Idea - Using Adobe Photoshop - how will I layer urban and natural landscapes to create a social/environmental comment?

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Part 1 - The primary purpose of this assignment is to create interesting and affecting photographs of natural landscapes and people-made cityscapes. Goal - Gathering, exploring and capturing.

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Cityscapes: Human’s influence on the landscape through architectural structures. Explore how human’s influence has shaped the environment we live in. It will be important that you develop a definition of the term "cityscapes" because this will add meaning and dimension to your photographs.  Try out different viewpoints (high and low) making sure your images have a strong Horizon line.  

Possible Location Ideas:

• Bridges showing land and water masses as well as unique angles.

• Monuments or buildings and surroundings

• Dams 

• Cityscapes    

• Structures in the process of being built

Landscapes: Natural landscapes with minimal human intervention/footprint. Think about viewpoint, shoot from higher elevations as well as get low to exaggerate scale. Consider lighting, morning or late afternoon when the natural light enhances textures and creates shadows/contrast.  Make sure your images have a strong Horizon line.

Possible Location Ideas:

• Waterfalls 

• Mountain scenes 

• Lake scenes

• Open fields,

• Ocean views 

Presentation: Students will submit 2 contact sheets 40 images in total.  20 images cityscape and 20 images landscapes. -    4 edited jpegs (2 landscapes and 2 cityscapes) - 300 resolution.

- The edited images should be the ones that you plan to use for part two. Must sharpen, increase saturation, increase contrast using curves, burn edges slightly.