OBJECTIVES: STUDENTS WILL USE LAYERS IN PHOTOSHOP TO COMBINE MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS OF A SUBJECT INTO A SINGLE IMAGE, SIMILAR TO DAVID HOCKNEY'S "JOINERS."
DAVID HOCKNEY
- Born 1937
- English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer.
- Interested in how 3-dimensional space can be portrayed in a 2-dimensional image.
- Combined multiple viewpoints of a single subject into a photographic collage called a "joiner"
- Joiners aimed to create an image that was able to show reality how we experience it (in fragments, not as a whole), and to show the passage of time.
SHOOTING INSTRUCTIONS
PHOTOSHOP INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1: CREATE A FOLDER FOR YOUR PHOTOS!
- First, create a folder with all of your 40+ photographs in it.
- Click on your finder in the bottom-left hand corner of your desktop. (Blue Face icon) - On the left-hand side, click on your "Pictures" folder. - Now click the Gear Button at the top. - Select "New Folder" from the drop-down menu. - Rename your new folder after the assignment- "Hockney Photos" or something similar. |
STEP 2: CREATE A NEW, BLANK CANVAS IN PHOTOSHOP!
STEP 3: DRAG AND DROP YOUR PHOTOS ONTO YOUR CANVAS
- Use your MOVE tool to RESIZE the image, MOVE it and ROTATE it to where you want it.
- Make sure you make it small enough that you can fit all of your other photos on the canvas. -HINT: HOLD DOWN THE SHIFT KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD WHILE YOU RESIZE YOUR IMAGE!!! This will keep the ratio the same as you re-size, so your image doesn't get "squooshed" or "stretched out" looking! - Click the "Commit" Check Mark in your tool options bar when you are done re-positioning it. |
TROUBLE RE-SIZING? HIT "COMMAND T" ON YOUR KEYBOARD (FREE TRANSFORM)
STEP 4: ADD A SHADOW TO YOUR PHOTO!
STEP 5: REPEAT STEPS 3 AND 4 WITH ALL OF YOUR OTHER PHOTOS UNTIL YOUR IMAGE IS COMPLETE!
step 6: add drop shadows to show the differences in photographs.
STEP 7: SAVE AND TURN-IN via Google drive.
- When finished, go to FILE > SAVE AS and save your image as YOUR NAME_HOCKNEY.JPEG
- Click OK. - When the ".JPEG Options" box pops up, REDUCE YOUR IMAGE QUALITY to decrease the file size. - Notice what size your file is on the right-hand side of the box, you want to reduce quality until it is under 1 MB. - Then click OK. |