Last assignment clarification...

Hi Everyone,

Let me clarify the last assignment a bit... The idea IS to use resources found online, not necessarily your own images.  The main focus is a re-visit of geometric composition found in 360° city scapes in the links posted in the syllabus.  Each city view could provide dozens of good geometric compositions... the goal is to pick out strong, compelling geometric compositions from the endless possibilities...

Here is a cut and paste from the syllabus....

Week 7 Virtual photography trip...The art of photography as you have seen by now includes the judicious selection of line, geometry, proportion and scale... Light is central but also design plays a big role. This project asks you to visit Paris, London or the Sistine Chapel. Zoom around... become the photographer and capture several images that show your sense of design and proportion... Edit in Photoshop for light, contrast and hue/saturation. Post your best 6-10 on the blog

Tip: zoom in, expecially looking down... Here is a shot of Parisian roof tops from the Paris-26 gigapixels site:

http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html

Article about the London immersion

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1330811/The-incredible-360-degree-panoramic-photo-London.html

And the site: http://www.360cities.net/london-photo-en.html

Another (maybe better) London... http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html

Sistine Chapel, The Vatican http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

NYC at night http://www.airpano.ru/files/Millennium-UN-Plaza-Hotel-New-York-Night/2-2 ( you can turn off the Tom Jones music)

150 more linked here: http://www.airpano.com/List-Aerial-Panoramas.php

Zoom in, Zoom around. Find a compelling "shot"... use the snipping tool (windows) or if on a Mac the screen shot of the portion you want is done by pressing Command-Shift-4. A cross-hair cursor will appear and you can click and drag to select the area you wish to capture. When you release the mouse button, the screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop. 

Open Photoshop and then open your saved files... edit them for light, focal point, etc...

Parisian rooftops crop: