Hi, Im studying photography at university at the moment and I have been given my project brief which i'm having some trouble with. I need to take a set of three photos that depict 'time passing' but we cannot use cliched ideas and concepts such as a photo of a watch, clock, food being eaten(and other things that typically come to mind when you think of showing time passing by). Any ideas? We have been told to 'think outside the frame' and come up with original ideas, so dont hesitate to put any strange or different ideas down, many many many thanks, Hannah x
2007-02-06 04:03:22 · 18 answers · asked by peroxide.pixie 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
hmmm.. how about taking them quite literally with the words they've used... and setup scenes where the word 'time' passes through the frame of the picture... it could be stuck to the back of somebody's t-shirt, written in the dirt on the side of a 'dirty' white van, or written on a floating balloon.... the possibilities are endless and you could have quite a bit of fun with it too...
have a think about it... oh, and if you like the idea could you send me a link or something so i can see what you've done? good luck...
2007-02-07 18:55:50 · answer #1 · answered by muppet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-20 08:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a picture of something outside such as a building or tree, take them at different times of a bright sunny day to show the light and shadow that move and change on the object as the day progressed. Stand in the same place and be sure to photograph several things so you can choose later what shows the passage of time best. Just be sure not to face North and south so the sun will never shine directly into the camera. I hope this helps. Photography is awesome! Good Luck and Have fun!
2007-02-06 05:49:02 · answer #3 · answered by DB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My partner completed his degree in photography and a while back he had a similar project and he did this: Ist photo he crouched down to represent him in a sort of young and unblossomed way, then half stood up dressed as a chef (prior to studying photography), third photo standing tall with his camera and degree, he then super imposed them to create 1 photo, took him a while to get the images that would blend to create 1 photo to represent the passing of time, got an excellent mark though
2007-02-07 01:27:48 · answer #4 · answered by mia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-02-14 04:34:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about a picture of a really old mountain or something like the Grand Canyon (just an idea because I don't know where you live). It changes over time but its never really noticeable because it happens so slowly....
Or maybe sand dunes in the desert. Or a picture of your family... e.g. Grandmom, Mom, sister, her kids..etc. You could find a really old picture of an old woman or man when they were young. And have it restored and enlarged and block-mounted. Place it on a plain white background and have them Seated in front of it. or could seat them in the same place where the original was taken if possible but somehow include the old pic in the new pic.
2007-02-06 04:18:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hannah
My friend used a flowerbed of roses to show the east/west exposure of the sun movign over the flowers as the time passing item. The shadows were really neat.
She used two cameras, one on a timer for every twenty minutes at one shot at one angle for a 12 hour day.
The second one - she took detailed shots of the roses and the am dew, the harsh midday sun, the dryness of the petal at midday, the shadows of later afternoon and the "decorative lighting" under the roses at night.
She got an A and several of her pieces were on a showing.
She also reserached those roses and submitted them and they were published. Used in both a advertisment and cataloug.
She is a dark Gothic kinda girl and the "roses" have become her forte. Who knew. The shades of day on a graveyard are not as commercial.
Good luck!
2007-02-06 05:08:46 · answer #7 · answered by Denise W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take a series of three photos of some place pretty on campus that can show early morning light, afternoon light and evening light - activity would also be good - like early morning students, afternoon playing, and evening buckling down to study.
Good luck - sounds like a fun project!
2007-02-06 04:25:18 · answer #8 · answered by typewithnospaces 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may be one of those cliches you mentioned but rather than guess, I'll let you be the judge.
How about if you took a flowerpot and put it outside and took a photo early in the morning, then at noon and then in the late afternoon. The shadow location, or rather the different places of the shadow, would depict the passing of time.
Good luck and best wishes.
2007-02-06 09:01:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmm... how about this: a massive ice cube and then a blow dryer and you blow dry the ice cube. Slowly. and then take pictures of it as it gets smaller. And then, if people don't get it, have a clock in the background too. But wait, have the clock go BACKWARDS, so that people get really confused. And then it is not a cliche. It is just a mess.
2007-02-06 04:09:10 · answer #10 · answered by urrrp 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋