Advanced Commercial Photography

Assignment 1: Documentary Portraiture

•Client: Magazine of your choosing

•Assignment:  10 Digital Image Finals \ 200 Roughs

•Criteria: After speaking to your subject, decide what magazine a series of portraits would be featured in.  Choose a magazine that fits with their interests.  These are documentary portraits, the photos need to tell about the subject without words.

•Requests: You need to get to know your subject well. It should not look like you took the photos at one session or over one day.  Do not make the photos boring!  You need to find and express what is interesting about your subject. Finding what it is and how to make in exciting in photos is the challenge of the assignment.

•Cover Shot Studio Portraits – Create 4 finals \ 100 roughs as extra images shot in the studio for cover options of the magazine.  Make sure the look fits the theme of your other photos.  Variety is key for cover photo.

•Critique: Thursday September 9th, submit final photos on your blog BEFORE CLASS.