Forced Perspective Period 4 and 6- One Photo /period 5- Two Photos *Since you are only turning in 1 or 2 photos, they should be perfect!*
Forced Perspective is a manipulation of the viewer's perspective of space through distorting the proportions of objects in the photo. A person’s eye visually perceives objects farther away as smaller scale than objects nearer to their eye. That is why you could measure a mountain in the distance as smaller than a person up close. Did the mountain shrink? No, our eyes only read the landscape that way. So, in order for forced perception to work, we play a trick on the viewer’s eye! Photography captures space and flattens it onto a two-dimensional surface…so we can create an illusion in this flattened reality that small objects, like a bucket or toy, have grown to monstrous sizes, or that large objects like the Eiffel Tower have shrunk to a hand held size.
Scale- the relationship of one object’s size to another; comparing sizes. It is all relative. For example: a tissue box may not seem very big compared to a car, but it is huge compared to a lady bug. Space- measurable distance or area. In a landscape image, like our photos, it is the distance seen in the foreground (front) to the very background (horizon line) of the photo.
HOW DO YOU DO THIS? *You will need to use a higher aperture number to get all objects in focus. Adjust your shutter speed slower and ISO higher to get proper exposure. *You will need to work with one another to get proper spacing between objects (near and far) and their poses to get the illusion to work. This takes some trial and error and teamwork. *You will probably take several dozen bad shots before getting one good one, so check and retake A LOT!
You will need one photo that you took for your webpage (not one that you posed in- this isn't modeling class, I want to see your photography skill!). Publish your page and post your URL to Canvas under Forced Perspective.
How you will be assessed: All parts of your photo are in focus There is a noticeable manipulation of space Photo is properly exposed Good composition