2019: 52: ASSIGNMENT FIFTY TWO: FINAL WRAP UP
THIS IS OUR FINAL MEET. Assigned photograph is one of your own, but one that shows me your style as you see it today. I want to discuss where you go from here, we will look not only at this image, but also the body of work in your portfolio. I have put a Facebook post...
2019: 51: ASSIGNMENT FIFTY ONE: FIGHTING THE OUTBREAK
FIGHTING THE OUTBREAK "This is now a war, and we MUST win this thing", Virologist Newman Podhead said in a recent interview. Your job is to create the image that will be in the editorial in a consumer magazine. They want a deep dark foreground, the subject of your...
2020-20: ASSIGNMENT TWENTY: STILL LIFE WITH A SINGLE FLOWER
STILL LIFE WITH ONE FLOWER. SHOW THE FEELING OF ISOLATION OR LONLINESS DUE MARCH 31 We are going to create a simple still life. The client is asking for a minimalist approach. His shop is quite modern and he sells... whatever it is you are going to shoot. He wants a...
2019-44: ASSIGNMENT 44: A SINGLE PROP WITH A PEOPLE ASSIST
This assignment is similar to many we get in the commercial realm. It is usually for an ad or a collateral piece and it features a product, thing, item, or widget. In order to give the thing scale, or to show it as a dimensional item, a person is included in the shot....
2019: 42: ASSIGNMENT FORTY TWO: A FREE SHOOT
AHH, HERE IS OUR LAST FREE SHOOT OF THE CLASS. I want you to really work on something that can open your portfolio. Try to say something about your style. If you are a minimalist, be very minimalist in the image... but make it stand out like crazy. BOLD. DRAMATIC....
2019: 28, ASSIGNMENT TWENTY EIGHT: WOMEN’S SHOES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLCPtY-QVjY One of the most photographed women’s fashion accessory is the shoe. From sports shoes to impossibly high heels, women’s shoes come in all shapes and configurations. It is estimated that the average woman will spend over...
Creative Assignment, January 2024: Creative Storm #1
ASSIGNMENT: CREATIVE STORM # 1 THE BRIEF: You are to choose something very ordinary, and rather small to make photographs of. Purely creative photographs. Pushing your creativity as far as you possibly can within a short time frame. POSSIBLE SELECTIONS: Corks Paper...
2019-20-ASSIGNMENT TWENTY: A PERFECT PICNIC WITH OR WITHOUT PEOPLE
Here is the shoot of a lifetime delivered right to you by our old buddy Artie DiRectoor. A lifestyle shoot for a medical and health system based in your town needs an advertorial, and you - lucky devil - are tagged for the shooter. Specifics: Layout is...
2019: 19: ASSIGNMENT NINETEEN: CD COVER FOR MUSICIAN
ASSIGNMENT: CD Music Cover Art THE BRIEF: A regional music producer for Indy bands and musical groups has a new artist they would like to feature. The artist is young, but blends the styles of country, pop, and jazz with a special sound all his own. He/She...
2019-8: ASSIGNMENT EIGHT: Textural Contrast: Concept
ASSIGNMENT: TEXTURAL CONTRAST THE BRIEF: We want to see some contrast between textures on in the subject matter you choose. The type of assignment is up to you but I would like to make sure you understand the difference between a commercial image and a...
2019-7:ASSIGNMENT SEVEN: WORKING BY HAND
ASSIGNMENT: WORKING BY HAND The "Handmade Economy" Our project is to create a photograph of hand/hands for a magazine article: “The Handmade Economy” and how handmade works are becoming a major new industry growing in cottages and homes and small...
04: ASSIGNMENT FOUR: “Heroes Among Us”
ASSIGNMENT: EDITORIAL PORTRAIT FOR A REGIONAL MAGAZINE THE BRIEF: There are heroes all among us and the magazine has commissioned you to make a photograph of someone in your town, Heroes come in all shapes and sizes and ages. Heroes do big things, and...
2019-2: Assignment Two: A Vision Statement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1123&v=RaJb4HR6GMw 1. We “Make” not “Take” the photograph.Taking the photograph means something entirely different than what we do when we make decisions on lens choice, POV, light, angles and even that...
Assignment One: Photographing a Stranger
Our first assignment is what I call the "eat the frog first" assignment. (If you have to eat a frog at the meal presented to you, eat the frog first gets the worst out of the way and you can enjoy the rest of the meal.) Works the same in most other areas of life. For...
MEET AND GREET: I WANT TO GET TO KNOW YOU GUYS
THIS WEEK: April 3 meeting. We will do a meet and greet and get to know a little about your experience, your gear, and what aspirations you have. This will be fun and relaxed. Be prepared to tell us about your best day making photographs, what you love to...
Welcome Videos from March 27, 2019
WELCOME VIDEO MORNINGhttps://youtu.be/607pvjDEdbwWELCOME VIDEO EVENINGhttps://youtu.be/kiGrY9ARWKU