Conceptual Photography. Concept photography Photography that illustrates an idea – involves some intense analyzing of a “message” you want to strongly.

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Conceptual Photography

Concept photography Photography that illustrates an idea – involves some intense analyzing of a “message” you want to strongly convey – involves careful consideration of your audience and how the message will touch them most powerfully – centered on emotions, and the telling of a story in its message

When thinking about how to shoot for a concept, you must think about these things first…

Conceptual Goals 1.Concept: What is your message? Example: Love 2.Angle of the message: What specifically about your message are you trying to communicate? Example: Love Is your angle the true love of family or the true love of kindred spirits? The bitterness and pain of broken hearts, or the recovery? 3.Audience: Who is your audience? Who do you have in mind when you are shooting? Example: Is your story written for first time high school lovers, or 50- year marriage partners? 4.Emotional connectors: In what ways can you cause your story to resonate best with your audience? The love that brings a sense of belonging? The love that will last forever? The pain of betrayal? The despair of no hope for recovery?

5. Creative composition: Depending on your audience you will compose your scenes differently Example: An audience of high school students may require edgy, high contrast, and inventive imagery. An audience of older couples will perhaps be impacted more by elegant, soft, and expressive imagery. 6. Dynamic artistry: Think about camera angle, type of lighting, color, venue, depth, and motion…all such factors will influence the overall outcome of your concept shot. 7. Story telling quality: In one image, does your concept tell the complete story? A picture is worth a thousand words, so one image can capture depth of story. It will simply take some time in thought, and some well developed shots

1.Concept: Love 2.Message: Broken Heart 3.Audience: Young women who lost their first love 4.Emotional Connector: Feeling of aloneness and walking away from what once was 5.Creative composition: Taken from the ground so the broken heart is considered first before the girl; the girl is anonymous adding to mystery of who is experiencing the broken heart 6.Dynamic Artistry: The broken heart is in 2/3rds of the frame dominating the image, but attention is given equally to the girl due to the fact that she is walking toward the vibrant blue ocean 7.Story telling quality: Does this single image describe the feelings, the experience, and the hurt of a broken heart?

Project 4: Emotion Choose a concept within the arena of emotion Shoot 1-2 rolls of film to create your concept or 25 digital images Requirements – Must have contact sheet film or digital – 4 prints that best show your concept – Answer all of the 7 Conceptual Goal on a separate document