The Assignment:  After an assignment like Portraits, doing a "Vanishing Point" assignment will be much less stressful and more creative.  Anything is acceptable, as long as at least SOME of your photographs' subjects demonstrate the use of a "Vanishing Point."  This can be real or implied, it is up to you!

What is a Vanishing Point?:  In perspective drawing, the "back end" of objects gets smaller as they move to a horizon line.  Theoretically, when the lines hit the horizon, they are so small that they "Vanish," thus the term "Vanishing Point." 

The following drawing of a "railroad track" is a classic image that demonstrates a "Vanishing Point":

Here is a Gallery of "Vanishing Point" Photographs for Inspiration.

Here are the rules to the assignment:

1. You will be creating a portfolio of AT LEAST 15 different "Vanishing Point" photographs.  I do not care what these images are, as you can see from the sample gallery, they can be anything from a train track to a trail of lights.
2. Be creative!  Remember, a small f-stop number such as f2.8, will focus your shot on one particular section of your photograph, a large f-stop number, such as f8.0 will show your entire photograph in focus.  Be creative in the use of these setting to enhance your photographs.
3. Use a Tripod for sharpest focus!
4. I expect that you will probably need to take at least 50-100 photographs to get 15 that are actually worth showing to someone else.
5. Make sure to do Post-processing on your shots, especially if you would like to convert some of your photographs to Black and White.  Save your final photographs for your portfolio into a folder and turn them in at the end of the UNIT.