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togish1
2nd of January 2010 (Sat), 01:55
hey everyone...im stumped...i have a project to do...take 6 different images of a person or object and visually describe them in each image

how do i "visually describe" a person?

do i take a pic of the person with a lot of color to show that shes a colorful person?

give me some concepts/ideas, to help me out...i will try to recreate everyones concept if i can
jimz66
2nd of January 2010 (Sat), 11:31
HMM someone wants us to do their homework.......
togish1
2nd of January 2010 (Sat), 12:13
no its not that, im just stumped on how to visually describe someone...i dont get it
Sam
2nd of January 2010 (Sat), 12:52
no its not that, im just stumped on how to visually describe someone...i dont get it

You are in the wrong class and taking up the wrong hobby then. Being able to describe something visually is the point of photography in my opinion. What jumps out at you when you sit and talk to that person?

Look at it both literally and figuratively. If you wanted someone from another country speaking another language to look at your photo and understand the subject matter how would you set up the shot?
Hawk's Feather
2nd of January 2010 (Sat), 12:55
This seems to be a "favored" assignment for profs to give out. Does a business suit represent a business person, does a pair of worn work books represent a person that doesn't work in an office, does a little girl in a ballet outfit represent a future ballerina, do callused hands represent a worker? It all depends on what the prof is feeling like that day. For me - what I saw and what the prof saw were never quite the same. Maybe that is the reason I got a B in that class.

Jerry
TeeJay
2nd of January 2010 (Sat), 13:16
I think you are confusing the term "describe" in your project with the assumption that you are to describe them in words?

A visual description entails taking some angle or aspect of a persons personality or aura and showing or emphasizing that aspect visually within the photo (I think!)

Think of it as maybe taking photographs of the person "doing their job", with the photograph "describing" their occupation.

TJ
togish1
3rd of January 2010 (Sun), 18:11
Well I have to take 6 new images just for this...but I guess ill have to figure something out. It's to get into the school and not for a grade.
asysin2leads
5th of January 2010 (Tue), 12:14
I actually posted in the identical thread you started over here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=804340).