2020 SPRING CLASS HOME PAGE

WOW! WE STARTED OUT AT THE SAME TIME THE PANDEMIC DID, AND WE PUSHED THROUGH TO THE END DESPITE THE LOCKDOWNS, THE SPIKES, THE UNREST, AND THE TURMOIL. AND NOW WE ARE HERE AT THE END. I CANNOT TELL YOU ALL HOW IMPORTANT YOU WERE TO MY WELLBEING THROUGHOUT THIS PAST YEAR+. YOU HAVE. I WILL  MISS OUR MORNING AND EVENING MEETINGS.

YOUR LOGINS SHOULD BE ACTIVE IN THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE 2021 SPRING, AND THE 2021 SUMMER (STARTING IN JUNE). YOU ARE OF COURSE WELCOME TO SIT IN AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH ANY CLASS YOU WISH TO. AND OF COURSE THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET AS WE GO ALONG.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU… AND HAVE A GREAT ADVENTURE OUT THERE MAKING GREAT IMAGES!

MAKE SURE YOU REQUEST TO BE ADMITTED TO THE FACEBOOK PRIVATE GROUP.

GOOD APPS FOR CREATING MOOD BOARDS:
Pinterest
Mood Board
Milanote
Niice
Canva
Pixieset

RESOURCES

STILL LIFE AND PRODUCT BOOK

BUILDING A SCRIM (CREATIVELIVE)

Spring 2020 UPLOAD FORM

Remember to refresh the page between uploads.

IMAGE SIZE:
1200 pixels on the longest side.
LIGHTROOM:
Images saved at “Medium” JPG / 400K or less.
PHOTOSHOP:
SAVE FOR WEB>MEDIUM>50

NAMING CONVENTION 
2020 SPRING Group | spring-2020-first-last-assignmentnumber.jpg *
EXAMPLE: spring-2020-don-giannatti-4.jpg

* assignnumber is numeral

BOTH CLASSES:
USE -a, -b, -c for appending multiple images.
EXAMPLE: spring-2020-don-giannatti-4-a.jpg, spring-2020-don-giannatti-4-b.jpg

THIS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THESE CONVENTIONS.

PLEASE REVIEW NAMING CONVENTIONS BEFORE UPLOADING!

Our uploader has changed, but this one is very simple. Browse for the file and upload it. If you are not familiar with sizes and naming conventions, please see below.

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TWO WEEKS OUT ASSIGNMENT

NEXT WEEK’S ASSIGNMENT

LIGHTING CLASS ONE: INTRODUCTION

LIGHTING CLASS TWO: THE DISTANCE OF THE SOURCE

LIGHTING CLASS THREE: THE COLOR OF THE LIGHT

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT INFO

Assignments are posted on Saturday mornings, usually by Noon, Pacific. You have two weeks to create the image and submit it on the upload form. PLEASE CHECK the date of the assignment so you will know if you have enough time to do the current assignment, or go to the next assignment listed below that makes more sense for your time frame.

I look forward to seeing what you do with these real-world assignments.

Tips:

• Allow enough time to do the assignment correctly.
• If you are having some creative challenges, ask for help on the FB community.
• Search Google for examples of what you are trying to do.
• Sketch with pen and paper, or camera to find your image.
• Gather all of your props and styling tools before you begin the shoot.
• If possible, make sure you can leave your set up until after you have received some feedback from the Facebook group, or you know you got the shot.
• Sketch/photograph and measure your set – you must remember to do a behind the scenes shot (BTS) so you can upload it with your image. BTS shots are a big part of the success we have at P52.

USE THESE PRODUCTION SHEETS FOR MANAGING YOUR WORK.

“What I’ve Learned So Far”

My book on a life in photography is ready for you to download and enjoy. Just click the link and save it to your desktop.

Stories, information, opinion, and more about the creative life and how to deal with many of the distractions that arise.

What I’ve Learned So Far (soon to have a new name… this one is not working.)

HOW THIS ALL WORKS

THE BASICS OF LIGHTING

This set of blog posts are the basics of understanding light in a way that you may not be thinking about now. I call it Subject Centric Lighting, and it means that we think about the way subjects deal with the light by reflecting it back to the camera. Go here.

IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR LIGHTING, THIS SET OF 9 CLASSES WILL HELP YOU IMMENSELY
SUBJECT CENTRIC LIGHTING

LIGHTING COURSES AT UDEMY (NO COST)

These courses are free and will really help you to learn some lighting and how to use a lightmeter.

Portraiture with Inexpensive Gear
Using a Lightmeter