Summer In December

So... the problem is...

We have seen soooooooooooo many nature photographs, it is really hard to capture a unique image that makes someone take notice.

Clark Little does this by photographing a natural phenomenon we've all seen before- but he does it in a cool way.

Check out his 23 pics at:
http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/03/the-most-beautiful-waves-ever.php?page=1

What are some problems he might have with his method?

How could he use this idea to photograph some other aspect of nature?

How could YOU use this idea to photograph something (other than waves)???

What are some ways could he make money off of these pictures???
Who would buy them?
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Nature At It's Finest

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/nature-weather/

I could spend all day at this site.

The galleries are limitless and the photos are stunning.

NAT GEO photographers get to travel the world and point their lenses at the most exotic locations on earth...

Instead of giving me your opinion about this work, I just want you to honestly take a look at some of these pictures and think about this question-
because you just might be answering it some day for real-

Where would you like to go on vacation, when you're an old, wrinkly person, maybe too old to have much 'traditional fun', but just because it is a beautiful place to go and take pictures?

If you can't get 3 sentences out of that - then write about 3 different locations...
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EXTRA CREDIT over the break

You can watch this movie BEFORE the end of the 6-wk grading period (Jan. 26th)
BUT the contest is due by the 4th of JAN... So, it is a bit more urgent!!!


Opportunity #1- see BORN INTO BROTHELS, a great documentary about a photographer who dares to try and change the lives of some 'street kids'.

Let me know when/if you see it and I will ask you ONE QUESTION about it (verbally)- answer it correctly and get 10 points!!!

Opportunity #2- Enter this CONTEST by Jan.4th- click the link, read the rules, and submit your pics... To prove that you sent pics I will need to see the RECEIPT email that OREGONlive will send you AFTER you submit a pic to them...

THE CONTEST LINK IS HERE:
http://www.oregonlive.com/photo-contest/index.ssf/2011/11/holiday_lights_photo_contest.html

Have fun!

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Nature Photographer: Bill Atkinson

Check out a few of Bill Atkinson's galleries at:

http://www.billatkinson.com/CatalogIndex.html

AND THEN answer a couple of these questions:
What do you think of his work?
Which particular gallery did you like?

What do you think is difficult/challenging about doing this sort of work?

What type of people do you think PURCHASE his work?
Could you ever see yourself taking photos as good as his????
What would you need to do that?

What do you think of his PRICES????
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the nature assignment

ALL 12 OF THESE shots are DUE, in your NATURE album, in your PhotoBucket, on FRIDAY JAN.13th for 25 points.

Images should be labeled with word(s) in BOLD below.

1)A bug's eye view of nature

2)Architectural detail- a close up shot of 'part' of a man-made thing

3)Clouds - either total sky or with 10% land/trees in the frame

4)Nature takes over- nature reclaiming its territory from man

5)Man's Impact on nature- good or bad

6)50/50- a composition that is 1/2 nature- and 1/2 man made

7)Wild animal- not a domesticated pet

8)natural Water - drops, reflections, puddles- NATURE oriented, not sinks or drinking fountains or man-made sources

9)Nature inside- some element of the natural world that has been brought inside

10)Street scene- a shot that includes the street and buildings- but almost ZERO traces of nature

11)Goldsworthy shot- make something OUT of nature, while IN nature (google image search 'andy goldsworthy' to see what this means- if you missed the presentation in class)

12)Nature Panorama - composed of a minimum of 5 separate shots and assembled in photoshop

Extra Credit Opportunity

GO SEE and take photos of the band
She's Not Dead
at BRANX theatre at 7pm on Saturday

Tickets are $8 from Jess (back row of this class!)
or $12 at the door.

This is worth 15 points of extra credit!
Just show me your pictures on MONDAY!!!

CORBIJN

http://www.corbijn.co.uk/

Check out the work of ANTON CORBIJN at the link above.

He has been taking portraits of rock stars and actors for decades.
He started out just taking pictures of his skateboarding friends.

Sounds like a 'dream job', but-
What are some possible problems a photographer could have working with RICH, FAMOUS, and BEAUTIFUL people?

What celebrity would you most like to photograph? If you had the opportunity.


How would you describe Mr. Corbijn's 'style'???
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Cindy Sherman

Check out the SELF PORTRAIT work of Cindy Sherman at the link below.
Click the arrows right below the images and take a look at some of her 'character' self portraits.
She was (and is) a very successful photographer who used HERSELF as a subject for about 30 years...

What do you think of her idea?
What do you think of her work?
WHY MIGHT someone only use THEMSELVES as a subject?

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/sherman/sherman_7_full.html

PORTRAIT assignment

A BUG'S EYE VIEW PORTRAIT
You will be taking 5 portraits of 5 different people.

ONE of these should be a SELF PORTRAIT... of YOURSELF.
(this can be done with the camera TIMER or with the assistance of another person)

This assignment is only graded on THREE factors:

#1- crisp FOCUS (avoid low-light situations)

#2- CONTROL of the background (nothing unplanned or accidental)

#3- EACH one of your portraits should ILLUSTRATE a different one of the 26 compositional techniques (such as rule of thirds or worm's eye view)



THIS assignment is DUE on December 16th- in your 'portraits' PHOTOBUCKET album.

EACH shot should be labeled with the COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUE you are using.

This assignment is worth 25 points.

Homeless Portraits

Today, go to http://www.homelessimages.com/SlideShows/Menu.html and check out the GALLERIES.

1)Describe one image that specifically stuck in your head.

2) These portraits are fairly candid (taken with little consideration to framing, lighting, or pose), yet they still read as a solid body of work-
What makes these portraits good?

3) What other 'sub culture' could you see yourself spending some time photographing/documenting? (like policemen, anime fans, the elderly... etc...)

4) HOW can photographing an issue like this help solve the problem at all?

HEY YO !!! DON'T FORGET!!!!! If you aren't writing 3 sentences or if you FORGET TO END WITH YOUR first initial and LAST NAME- I cannot give you any CREDIT!!!
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Secret Self Portraits

Check out the clever self portrait work of Liu Bolin at:

http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/meet-the-real-life-invisible-man.html

What do you think of this idea?
Do you think a self portrait NEEDS to feature the person's face?
What is he telling you about HIMSELF with this work?
Think psychologically, if a person does not include their FACE in a self portrait, what does that say about them???


For Further investigation....
http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/07/19/camouflage-photography-by-desiree-palmen/

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FACE your POCKETS

THE IDEA of including a PROP or ITEM in your self-portrait that reveals something about you - is as old as photography itself...
The struggle is how to do that in an ORIGINAL WAY.

Check out this concept:
http://www.faceyourpockets.com/index1.html

What do you think?
Are there any possible problems with this?
Is this an accurate portrait of a person?
What would doing this tell us about YOU????
Does this tell you more about the person than a smiling headshot would?
Can you think of a reason someone would NOT WANT to do this???

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(... if you have access to a scanner, making one of these self portraits and sending it in to this website is a chance for some extra credit- let me know if you actually do it!!!)
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Photographic compositional techniques

The FIRST step in this project is to IDENTIFY the concept, SEARCH online for photos that illustrate each concept, and then SAVE/POST them in your PhotoBucket folder called COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES.

Each photo must be LABELED (or renamed) with the CONCEPT it applies to / illustrates.

You will be finding/saving/posting/labeling a total of 26 images.
It is 100% fine to ask a friend to explain a concept to you if you do not fully understand it. It is also 100% OK to ask a friend what keywords they searched for to find a certain picture.

FOR INSTANCE- you will only find photos of actual SPOTLIGHTS and such if you search for the STUDIO LIGHTING photo under the heading STUDIO LIGHTING... You have to search for a type of photograph that would be taken in a studio...

LASTLY- ONLY PHOTOS COUNT- drawings or computer generated images are not acceptable!

Photo1- formal balance

Photo2- informal balance

Photo3- selective focus/depth of field - foreground in focus

Photo4- selective focus/depth of field- midground in focus

Photo5- selective focus/depth of field- background in focus

Photo6- the rule of thirds

Photo7- another rule of thirds (to make sure you 'get' it...)

Photo8- leading lines - into the background

Photo9- leading lines - directing you towards a subject

Photo10- low horizon line

Photo11- high horizon line

Photo12- framing with nature(this does NOT mean a photo in a frame...)

Photo13- framing with architecture

Photo14- angle- bird's eye view

Photo 15- angle- bug's eye view

Photo16- angle- straight on (eye level)

Photo17- camera distance to subject- close up

Photo18- camera distance to subject- moderate

Photo19- camera distance to subject- far

Photo20- lighting- spot light (single powerful source)

Photo21- lighting- soft lighting

Photo22- lighting- natural lighting (also called 'available' light)

Photo23- lighting- studio lighting

Photo24- lighting- back lighting

Photo25- frozen motion

Photo26- motion blurred for effect

When you have completed this assignment please fill out an evaluation sheet in the cabinet located directly under the TV.

Thanks!

THE DAILY JASON

Click this link:

http://daily.jasonfletcher.info/

Check out the bulk of work here, maybe even view the video in it's entirety.
What do you think of this guy's project?
WHY do you think he did this?
Would you ever do it?
WHAT could be learned/gained from doing this????

Give me your intelligent opinion!
"This sucks" or "this is awesome" will not count as an intelligent response.

DON'T forget- replies need to be 3 sentences long!
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PHOTOBUCKET ALBUMS

LISTED BELOW ARE THE EMPTY ALBUMS TO CREATE IN YOUR PHOTOBUCKET ACCOUNT
After you have CREATED your PhotoBucket account, you will need to add the following albums to it.

EACH ONE should be a separate album on the HOME PAGE.
This is how you will 'turn in' your photographic assignments.
The most common mistake is to create SUB-albums WITHIN albums (do not do that!).

PLEASE use the EXACT titles listed below!

compositional techniques
PORTRAITS
Group 1
Group 2
GROUP 3
DELETING
Inserting
ENHANCING
Fashion
FILTERS
Merging
COLOR exercises
Still Life
Nature
CONTESTS
FINAL PROJECT
text week
EXTRA CREDIT
and
the DUMP (this is where you will DL all of your raw, unedited images)

PERIOD FOUR DIGITAL - day one

This is a BLOG Test, to get you familiarized with how to respond to this.

Enter YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS movie in the text box.
Write THREE sentences about WHY you like this movie.

END the post with your FIRST INITIAL and LAST NAME (N.Liebrecht)

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Feel free to post comments about other people's selections- BUT keep it friendly and light- Yes, yes people... It is possible to DISAGREE without being MEAN...

NO CYBER-BULLIES PLEASE!!!!