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Micro Worlds

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Image by Kalea Jerielle
Image by Manuel Schinner
Image by Daniel Cheung
Image by Vlad Tchompalov
Image by Glen Carrie

Artists you will come across:

Slinkachu

And many more...

MACRO Photography

What is MACRO photography?

Macro photography is close-up photography of objects, including figures, flowers, bugs etc that shows extreme detail.
 

What are important aspects of Macro?
 

Key skills to be learned:

Depth of Field

Composition

Understanding Aperture

Manual Settings

Focal Points

What does a successful macro image look like?

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Sharp Focal Point

Photo taken at eye level

Close to the subject

Blurry Background

Creative

Create a DOUBLE research page in your sketchbooks

Begin to do some research

What can you find?

Make sure you include WHAT macro photography is and a definition

Try looking at some of these

Aperture?

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Remember your KEY WORDS:

These are VERY useful for annotating your images

Focal Point
Framing
Camera Angle - Eye Level
Aperture
Viewfinder
Blurry Background
Depth of Field

Follow this while completing work in your sketchbooks

This is good practice for the future!

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LO: To explore how narrative can be used in an image using macro techniques, by researching artists and creating your own macro world.

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This will give you some inspiration about what can be achieved using small figures

Choose one of these artists and create a page in your sketchbook

Slinkachu

Pierre Javelle and Akiko Ida

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A street artist that uses found objects and a WIDE aperture to create a shallow depth of field in these miniature worlds

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These artists use small figurines to make their small micro worlds. A WIDE is sometimes used to create that feeling of 'miniature'.

JAMIE PRICE

Today, we are looking at photographer, Jamie Price.

Your task is to create a DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD of Jamie and his photography, and explain what type of work he carries out.

You MUST to use all of the following key words:

Focal Point
Aperture

ALSO.....

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Camera Angle - Eye Level
Blurry Background
Subject
Framing
Depth of Field

If you're not sure what a word means - LOOK IT UP!!!

Find one piece of work that is similar to that of Jamie Price's work and make sure you present it on the following page

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