Activity 4- CREATE A STORY  – ILLUSTRATE YOUR OWN IDEA

The three photo stories shown above were planned, and created by the photographers.

Each story started with an idea that that could not be communicated through documentary photos.

The photos needed to be set up and staged, or manipulated using Photoshop.

Choose one of these photo stories and the these questions…in this Google Form.

1. What is the story about?
2. Could the story be communicated as effectively using less photos?
3. If you had to remove one photo from the story, which one would it be?
​4. Why did you choose this photo?

Illustrate a dream, a journey or a poem using  photographs that are morphed together in Photoshop. You may use your creative skills and create this assignment in any manner, as long as you have at least 4 photographs in your series.

Write a description that explains your idea in a Google Doc you add to the Google Classroom Assignment. Maybe it includes the song lyrics, the poem, of the story you are trying to tell.

Here is a suggestion for one way to do this assignment. A simple way to do this project is to start with two photographs that will be morphed together in multiple steps so you end up with a series of photos.  These two photos must illustrate a dream, a journey or a poem.  This is how Duane Michal’s created his Human Condition series ( in the gallery above).

 

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Directions:
Open first photo in Photoshop.

Save this as a .psd and label morph1.psd

Place a second photo on top of photo 1 as a layer in the same way.

Using Blending modes and/or Opacity Levels blend these photos together. The blend should be a slight change.

Export as a PNG and label morph2.png

Change the blending and/or opacity so photo 1 blends a bit more with photo 2.

Save as a PNG and label morph3.png.

Keep repeating until photo 1 is no longer visible and photo 2 is the final photo in the series.

Assessment:
-Created a series of photographs that illustrate a dream, a journey or a poem.
– Series has at least 4 photographs.