2020 SPRING CLASS HOME PAGE
EVERYTHING YOU NEED RIGHT HEREWOW! 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!
ANNOUNCING OPENINGS FOR THE MENTORSHIP GROUP.
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Cold call texts
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Brochures for explaining the value of photography (download and customize)
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Promotional ideas
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Business strategies
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Portfolio reviews
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Social media strategies
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Bidding exercises
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Support for answering RFP’s
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Peer support for motivation
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Access to all Project 52 Assignment roster and extras
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… and a hell of a lot more
REGISTRATION HERE:
ALL PROJECT 52 ALUMNI ARE WELCOME.
(PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY IN AN ACTIVE P52 GROUP.)
FILE, UPLOAD, WEBINAR, AND WEEKLY VIDEOS
IMPORTANT VIDEOS
LEARN TO USE CANVA
CANVA is becoming one of the major creative tools. These videos are very robust and well done. PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE START PLAYING WITH CANVA (Alternate tool is Adobe Express, and we will be looking at it as well.)
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
THE LIST:
This checklist is a good thing for you print out, laminate and keep with you when shooting. It is a deliberately detailed list of what we should be thinking about before we trip the shutter.
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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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GLOBAL WEBINAR LINKS
2020 SPRING GROUP
WEDNESDAY MORNING WEBINAR LINK
8 AM PACIFIC
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WEBINAR LINK
5 PM PACIFIC
Saturday Mornings: OFFICE HOUR
6AM Pacific
(make up class) and Photo Business questions
https://zoom.us/j/683949932
Password: F1ndPh0t0N0w
This class is open to you as well as members of P52. Please review it when you have begun to put your book together and look for work. We will refer to it many times in the class, so becoming familiar with what is there is important.
PLANNING A CREATIVE ASSIGNMENT
TWO WEEKS OUT ASSIGNMENT
NEXT WEEK’S ASSIGNMENT
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT
SPRING 2020: 8: ASSIGNMENT EIGHT: HIGH END SUNGLASSES
ASSIGNMENT: HIGH-END SUNGLASSES THE BRIEF: Sunglass (Lifestyle) for a boutique. $540 pair of sunglasses. (You can use stand-ins of course... heh) With a pair of sunglasses do 2 shots for the brand’s advertising. The images will also be used on their Instagram. The...
SPRING 2020: 7: ASSIGNMENT SEVEN: THE SHRIMP SALAD ADVERTORIAL
NOTE: I was simply unaware that there are multiple strains of shrimp in the world. I am a photographer not an ocean biologist (although I always wanted to photograph Jacque Cousteau) so was blissfully ignorant of the complexity of shrimps. I am referring to what is...
ASSIGNMENT: “ON TWO WHEELS”
ASSIGNMENT: ON TWO WHEELS THE BRIEF: Bicycles: not motorcycles or scooters or any other motorized form of two-wheel transportation. A local bike company is sponsoring a bike safety month and they need two shots for their upcoming promotional materials. Since they are...
LIGHTING CLASS MODULES: APRIL 2020
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
HOW TO SHOOT AN ASSIGNMENT
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
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.
THE BUSINESS BOOK
This book will guide you through a lot of self-awareness and business-related challenges. It is yours with this class. Please do not distribute the book to anyone.
THE TWELVE DAYS OF PROJECT 52: PLEASE READ
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