RETURN OF THE BLOG!!!

YES! A new blog response!

Do a couple quick celebrity morphs at:

http://www.morphthing.com/morph


How well do you think this website works?

Were your 'morphs' convincing, or just funny?

What celebrity would you add to this library/list that is NOT HERE now???

If you were to morph yourself with a celebrity, who would you morph with???

We will be DOING THIS -(much more professionally, with PhotoShop)- in class tomorrow- which 2 celebrities will you use for YOUR computer Morphing project???

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FINAL project idea

Telling me your final project concept by Friday Feb. 3rd is worth 10 points...

REMEMBER: this is a STORY told through 20 photos, assembled in a PowerPoint slideshow and PRESENTED to the class on FINALS day.

#1- what is your STORY

#2- How will it be VISUALLY linked? (the shots should look like a series of work)

FACE FILTER assignment

This is worth 10 points and DUE in your FILTERS PhotoBucket album by Friday Feb3rd.

You will apply 15 different filters to the same celebrity photo and LABEL EACH ONE with the specific filter you have used.

Post all 15 of these shots in your PhotoBucket FILTERS album.
Fill out an EVALUATION SHEET and turn it in by Friday.


Easy!

NOT A BAD IDEA....

There will be no NEW blog entries until NEXT week, but it would be a good idea for you to spend a few minutes scanning back over the BLOGS from the first half of the TRI to see if you missed any.

You will be given 30 points this 6 wks. and 30 points on the NEXT 6wks. grade for your blog/response completion.

Were you absent a day?

Did you just skip a day and think "I'll do it later" ?

Double check!

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Abstract Still Life

To me, the ABSTRACT still life photo is the most difficult to DO RIGHT.

Take a look at TOTKU's work.

http://www.totku.com/3.html

And write 3 sentences about WHERE YOU COULD GO here on campus to get a good abstract photograph.

OR discuss WHY someone would be attracted to THIS type of photography instead of photographing people or RECOGNIZABLE things...

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still life assignment

This assignment is only 7 photos, BUT each one should be a very thoughtful and CONTROLLED set up of objects.

For full credit, you'll need to post each ORIGINAL IMAGE in your STILL LIFE folder in PhotoBucket AS WELL AS each image AFTER IT has been edited.



This assignment is DUE Jan 26th and will be worth 40 points... Yes, it is a BIG ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And it is the last grade before the MIDTERM grades are out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1- Symmetry- In this picture, you are trying to take a picture that looks the same on the right side as it does on the left side, the objects do not have to be exactly the same, but it should be compositionally close...

2- Abstract - This is a photograph where you can't really tell what the objects IS.. It should be an interesting shape, texture, or pattern, pleasing to the eye- but a mystery!

3- Food - You're going to be arranging some food to be aesthetically pleasing... This can be anything food related, an obscene amount of plentiful overload, a football party spread, a birthday dessert, a romantic dinner, food growing in the garden, a meager snack, or your favorite meal... be sure to control the frame and only include things you INTEND to be in the picture!!!

4- Non-Sequitor- In this shot you are putting some object (or group of objects) in an unusual place for them to be in- By placing objects out-of-context, you create new meaning... A stuffed animal placed in an oven becomes a metaphor for animal abuse... A book in a tree translates into The Tree of Knowledge...

5- Ancient History - In this picture you will be photographing a thing or collection of things that are OVER 10 years old... Decaying and moldy objects can still be quite photogenic!!!

6- Chaos - This picture will depict the disorganization of life- you can find a place that is messed up or create a space that is messed up, BUT THINK ABOUT IT!!! Looking down in a garbage can at school may not be as photogenic as a drawer full of jumbled colored pencils... They are both 'chaotic' but the pencils would definately be more worthy of a photograph...

7- METAPHOR- your challenge in this one is to arrange objects that REPRESENT one of these 4 BIG themes- Love, Death, Family, or Power. How can you illustrate the idea of POWER by using large or small objects? Can you find objects that depict a visual notion of what LOVE is? This one is a 'toughy'... It may help you to look up the word METAPHOR, if you just don't 'get it'...

Still Life Photos

REMINDER- The NATURE assignment is DUE TODAY!!! Don't forget to turn in a SELF EVALUATION sheet! I am grading these .t.o.n.i.g.h.t.!!!

So your NEW assignment -(I'll talk about it Wednesday)-is STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY, see the Blog post before this one.

As always, it is good to see how some
PROFESSIONALS approach this subject-
To INSPIRE you...
Scroll down through these 35 examples of amazing recent STILL LIFE photographs-

http://www.thephotoargus.com/inspiration/35-superb-examples-of-still-life-photography/

The questions are-

Which one of these do you think was the hardest shot to set up?

Which one do you think uses LIGHTING or COLOR the best?

Which one do you think is too CLUTTERED?

Which one do you think is the MOST DRAMATIC or EMOTIONAL?

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snow blog today

NO BLOG TODAY.

See you Tuesday.

Maybe...


...If we aren't buried in a mountain of snow...

Your Top TWO

Out of the SEVEN tips that are described here for getting good fashion shots:

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/7-tips-from-professional-fashion-photographer-adriana-curcio


Which TWO do you think will be the ones that YOU will focus on when you are completing your FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT?

Is there a TIP here that you hadn't thought about?

Is there a TIP here that you just don't think you're able to incorporate?

Is there a TIP here that you don't understand?

Is there a tip here that you think might apply to ALL AREAS of photography???
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FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER evaluation

Today's blog may take you 15-20 minutes-
YOUR REPLY TODAY IS WORTH 15 POINTS (so make sure you do it correctly...)
BUT
the best way to approach your OWN fashion photography is
to acquaint yourself with what's currently being done.
TAKE SOME TIME and look at these links.

Your BLOG REPLY will be a bit different today, you will RANK the following sites from 1-7 (#1 being the best)

Then you will explain WHY you liked the one you LIKED THE MOST and why you ranked the last one at #7 (.w.h.y. was it so bad???)

FOR THE FULL 15 POINTS
Use all of the following terms in your explanation- LIGHTING, mood, FACIAL EXPRESSION, backgrounds-locations, POSES, and focus.

a) http://www.imagefactorywest.com/fashion-photography/fashionphotographer.html

b)http://cartright.com/

c) http://www.tarunkhiwal.com/

d) http://www.juliakennedy.com/portfolio2.htm

e) http://4-optic.com/

f) http://www.econephoto.com/fashion.html

g) http://www.richardavedon.com/#mi=1&pt=0π=3&p=-1&a=-1&at=-1

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STREET FASHIONS

Much different than 'runway' or 'magazine' fashion photography, this type of fashion photography is more about what REAL PEOPLE are wearing RIGHT NOW.

It is more of a documentation than a sales pitch.

Check out


http://www.streetpeeper.com/

... And click on a couple country links on the RIGHT SIDE box...

Which country do you think has the most PROGRESSIVE or INTERESTING street fashions?

Which country (other than the USA) do you think YOU'D fit in with YOUR own STYLE???

Which country do you think has the WaCKIEST or CrAZIest fashion sense???
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THE FASHION ASSIGNMENT

FIRST OFF: Fashion Photography is -h-a-r-d---
So, do not underestimate how difficult it will be to get good shots where you control focus, background, people's expressions and poses, AND THE LOOK OF YOUR CLOTHING ITEMS!!!

These 10 shots are DUE, in your FASHION album, on January 20th- for 30 points.
Don't forget to LABEL EACH IMAGE and fill out an evaluation sheet once they are posted...

ALSO- read the EDITING REQUIREMENT at the bottom of this post - it is NEW and it will be EXPECTED on this assignment (and all future assignments in this class)

THE FIRST STEP is to choose your item and RESERVE IT with Mr.L... I cannot have 30 people doing 'shoes' as their item...

The 10 shots consist of:

#1- ISOLATED item- just the item, by itself, looking PERFECT with a completely neutral background.

#2- ENVIRONMENT item- just the item, in a set-up environment created for it (or appropriate for it)- think of the cowboy boots on the bail of hay in the barn- you find or create a background that FITS your item.

#3-#4-#5-#6- MODEL shots- you need someone to model your item as you take various shots- each shot is different- try to control the background and CONTROL YOUR MODELs poses and facial expression!!!

#7-#8-#9-#10- THE SCENARIO- your are telling a simple 4 step 'story' where your model is DOING SOMETHING while wearing the item. As simple a story as playing fetch with the dog- or as complex a story as a boyfriend breakup...

EDITING REQUIREMENT- in your FASHION album you need to post all of your ORIGINAL photos with the title : ORIGINAL
and then each shot should be edited in photoshop elements and re-posted with their assignment title: ISOLATED, ENVIRONMENT, MODEL, or SCENARIO

IF this doesn't make sense, ASK ME! I will take off a significant amount of points for posting/labeling images incorrectly!!!!
CLICK ---this link--- to see an example of how I want these titles and edits to look in YOUR album.