2022 SPRING ARCHIVED ASSIGNMENTS

This week we turn back to the three wine bottle shoot of a few weeks ago, but now instead of shooting one (or two) images to capture the scene, we are going to shoot all the items separately and assemble them in Photoshop. First, it will be important for us to...

"THE BOYS OF SUMMER" Baseball… played the world over, this game is one of heroes and villains, intrigue, and skill. “The Boys of Summer” is a term used for baseball players, and I think a play or movie too. No matter, we are using it as the title of this assignment....

When we are going into this assignment we want to think about LIGHT. This is an image-story about light. Not just lighting, but light itself. The subject matter may be whatever you want it to be, but the idea of light, the capabilities of light, the structure and...

No, I haven’t lost mine… I want a shot of marbles. Easy to find, and easy to shoot… well, they are easy to find anyway. This is part still life, part concept. The article that is being illustrated is headlined: “We Haven’t Lost Our Marbles… Yet” - and it is a tech...

SPORTS DRINKS. All the rage and a multi-billion dollar business. And so many terrible ads... sigh. The creative team "I know what we'll do, we'll just put the bottle on a white background cause that's all we need to do and we aren't feeling all that creative today -...

IT IS TIME TO PREPARE YOUR PORTFOLIO AND YOUR BUSINESS TO GET STARTED. Below are links to the first two modules of Find Photo Clients NOW. The password is below the left link. Please take some time to work on these two very important modules. We will be referencing...

THE NARRATIVE PHOTOGRAPH DUE NOVEMBER 15, 2022 FROM WIKIPEDIA Narrative photography is the idea that photographs can be used to tell a story. Allen Feldman stated that "the event is not what happens. The event is that which can be narrated". Because photography...

You have been called upon to create a poster for the local Chamber of Commerce, or whatever they call it where you live. A co-op of businesses that help drive interest in the community. The ‘Chamber’ needs your help. And an image… a really good image. The gig is a...

2022 SPRING: 30: ASSIGNMENT THIRTY: PEOPLE IN SPACES DUE SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 You have been contacted by "Interior Design" magazine. They want you to shoot a promo shot for an upcoming trade show in your town. They also want you to match their style with something...

I am so late with this. But we were scheduled to have an "Open" week here abouts anyway, so here you go. Redo an assignment you know you could have done better. Catch up an assignment you wanted to do but missed. Or simply impress us with some absolutely awesome photo...

SPRING 2022: 26: ASSIGNMENT TWENTY-SIX: THE INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL SANDWICH The Most Incredible Sandwich… EVER! DUE AUGUST 9, 2022 The client, a small regional restaurant/catering chain, has introduced a new sandwich line to complement their other prepared foods. But...

https://project52pro2016.com/location-product-lighting-exercises/ This will be fun. And challenging. Really challenging. WATCH: https://youtu.be/UvYuQ4Qyiqc   The details. Read them. Twice or more. You have just been contacted by a local Coke ad agency for a set...

A Three Shot Advertorial (Assignment 22) ASSIGNMENT DUE DECEMBER 7, 2021 Advertorial Explanation Word Origin noun 1. an extended newspaper or magazine text advertisement that promotes the advertisers product or services or special point of view but resembles an...

2022 SPRING: 21: ASSIGNMENT TWENTY ONE: WOMEN'S SHOESDUE JULY 5,2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLCPtY-QVjY One of the most photographed women’s fashion accessories is the shoe. From sports shoes to impossibly high heels, women’s shoes come in all shapes and...

HELL ON WHEELS:A Coffee, Burger, and Pie Restaurant needs a new Menu Cover A local company is franchising a new burger store… retro design, servers on roller skates, old-time fun. And it is mostly for upscale people who like to dress downtown… $30,000 Harleys and Mint...

18: ASSIGNMENT: PIZZA: WONDER FOOD OF THE GODS THE BRIEF: What the client wants is a shot of her pizza as a homemade favorite. They use all traditional ingredients, and they use fresh ingredients whenever possible. They add little twists to the popular pizza dish by...

THE ASSIGNMENT In this assignment, you will have to very carefully follow the brief(s) for the shoot. The client is a small PR firm in your area, and they are handling the promotion of a regional classical music string quartet. The quartet is made up of University...

Good Afternoon, Arthur DyrektorCreative Director De Luxe +    I hope this note finds you well.   I need your creative eye and work again.   For this coming year, we are focusing on creating a new line of upscale women’s fashion accessories.   We provide a full line to...

SUMMERTIME - AND THE LIVIN' IS EASY NOTE: THIS IS ALSO A "FREE WEEK" SO YOU CAN CHOOSE TO DO ANY OF THREE THINGS: ONE:You can redo a previous assignment that you feel you can do a whole lot better.One assignment. TWO:You can do an assignment you missed and get closer...

A LITTLE SOMETHING TO HELP US PLAN We are going to start our business planning, but not in the dry “business school” sort of way. We aren’t in business school – we are photographers. Planning our business means that we have to also think about what we do as...

ASSIGNMENT: PROMOTIONAL IMAGES FOR A COFFEE SHOP BRIEF Your town or area just got a new Coffee Bar in a newly gentrifying part of town. Because you are doing your marketing right, you knew it was opening soon (business licenses are posted in the newspaper) and did...

  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....

This assignment we will tackle cutlery as either a chef's tool, or an 'everyday carry' knife (pocket knife) Things to think about when shooting cutlery: The texture of the blade.Show this by making sure you have a continuous highlight on most of the blade. This...