Student Example:

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Jessica M, per 5, created a triptych of two 5x7 prints and an 8x10 taken on a recent trip into the city. Good job!

More Examples of types of shots below:

When you mount your 3 Photos, they will need to be fit together like a puzzle as above; perhaps one big and two smaller.

BE PREPARED TO WRITE ABOUT THE COMPOSITION RULES YOU SEE IN YOUR PHOTO AND HOW AND WHY YOU BELIEVE IT IS SUCCESSFUL. SEE THE EXAMPLE WRITINGS ON THE 3 PHOTOS BELOW!

Q4  Assignment C & D
(Photo 2) MAIN PROJECT

​Triptych
​- tell a story in 3 photographs;

C) FILM for this PROJECT is due the friday after we come back from the Spring break--MAY 3rd (worth 100 pnts), each week late will be minus 20 points.

D) Three prints are Due mounted for Progress Reports on May 17th.

​Vocabulary: trip·tych; a set of three associated artistic, literary, or musical works intended to be appreciated together.

You will "TELL A VISUAL STORY" about a subject, a person, an object, or a place AND CREATE THREE DYNAMIC PHOTOS BY KEEPING IN MIND THE FOLLOWING:
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR BEST WORK OF THE YEAR;
EACH PHOTO MUST HAVE INTERESTING COMPOSITIONS
EACH PHOTO SHOULD BE IN SHARP FOCUS.
EACH PRINT SHOULD HAVE A FULL VALUE SCALE WITH STRONG CONTRAST.
EACH PHOTO SHOULD BE A WORK OF ART!
THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY, EACH PHOTO SHOULD BE SOMETHING ANYONE WOULD FRAME AND HANG ON THE WALL!

EXAMPLE:
THE 3 photos below to "tell a visual story" about the style and beauty of antique cars, THESE PHOTOS ARE NOT REPETITIOUS - EACH HOLD THE VIEWERS EYE AND HAS A MAIN CENTER OF INTEREST (SO SHOULD YOURS): 
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"THE COMPOSITION RULES USED ARE FILLING THE FRAME, USING DIAGONALS, SIMPLE BACKGROUNDS. THE LEADING LINES DIRECT THE VIEWERS EYE TO THE HEAD AND "DISK" WHICH IS THE MAIN AREA OF INTEREST IN THE PHOTO, THEN THE HIGH CONTRAST LEADS THE VIEWERS EYES DOWNWARD IN A DIAGONAL AND BACK UP THE WINGS- THE EYES TRACE THIS TRIANGULAR SHAPE AND STAY ENGAGED IN THIS PHOTO."
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"THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE WHEEL CREATE LEADING LINES THAT TAKE THE VIEWERS EYE ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PHOTO, A DIAGONAL SHIFT STICK PULLS THE VIEWERS EYE UP TO A BRIGHT CORNER WHERE THE DARK HANDLE IS IN HIGH CONTRAST TO THE BACKGROUNDAND AGAIN THE CURVE OF THE DASHBOARD BRINGS THE EYE BACK TO THE WHEEL. THERE IS A FULL VALUE SCALE AND INTERESTING AREAS OF HIGH CONTRAST."
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"THE MAIN AREA OF INTEREST IS CLEARLY THE HEADLIGHT WHICH IS OFF CENTER AND HAS AN INTERESTING PATTERN - LEADING YOUR EYE UPWARD TO A DIAGONAL PATTERN WHICH SENDS THE EYE DOWN TO THE LEFT TO THE GRILL- THE GRILL HAS MARVELOUS CONTRAST THAT IS PLEASING TO THE EYE AND LEADING LINES OF THE PATTERN SEND YOUR EYE BACK TO THE HEADLIGHT; FULL CIRCLE! "
Your Assignment: "Tell a Story" -  create a set of 3 to 5 prints that tell the story of a thing or place (No pictures of pictures please, no posters, original photographs only.)
For example your photos could could be a collection of interesting doors (or windows) on a certain street you know of, or they could be of your Fathers tools photographed in dramatic lighting, or on a wall in his garage. You could focus on different photos of your Aunt's collection of vintage depression glass pieces, or just make the story about interesting shadows. Try to capture details others may not notice, but you do.
(please-no full faces can be recognizable, for instance a single eye would be fine

More Examples for content/subjects/themes:

  • Carnivals are fun places to bring your camera!
  • different kinds of Vintage door Knobs and latches (visit historic sites)
  • old car details; wheels, spokes, key in ignition (find one at a car show)
  • house details: chimney-fireplace, window, ornate molding (go to one historic site)
  • child with their toys (no faces, a hand on a toy, a shelf with a toy)
  • a collector with their collection(different kinds of bottles)
  • an artist’s hands (painting, sketching, holding, working)
  • one roll devoted to “reflection”-all kinds, in mirror, puddle, body of water
  • aspects of a beach:  (an old storage outhouse, life-guard watch-stand, clump of grasses, a shell, a seagull looking out to sea)
  • about Caligraphy (the inkwell, the pen, writing)
  • Silhouettes
  • Musical instruments
  • Shadows
  • A greenhouse (plant leaves, plant pots, greenhouse window/door) 
  • worn garage tools, shot in an interesting way
  • Winter
  • ​Church steeples
  • ​Places to Go: take a day-trip to a place like: The Floyd Estate, Montauk Point-Shadmoor State Park https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g48194-d532149-Reviews-Shadmoor_State_Park-Montauk_Long_Island_New_York.html  , The Manor of Saint George https://liparks.net/parks/st-georges-manor/, The Wertheim Wildlife Refuge https://www.fws.gov/refuge/wertheim/ , the Vanderbilt Museum, Sagtagos Manor, Planting Fields Arboretum https://plantingfields.org
  • A nearby park like Southhaven County Park at left is a terrific place to shoot some film and complete the project!