(Above: Sherry was our driver on the Res. We were shuttled along to Upper Antelope Canyon in a dusty truck. She was a blast.)

As we move into QII with Assignment Fourteen, it is important for us to double down on the learning and effort applied. I want to challenge you of course, but I also know that there are restrictions in all of our lives that make it a bit more difficult to apply an overt amount of time on this project and the assignments. I take this in mind when I assign the work. Having you do something that would entail hours – if not days – in research, prop gathering, and styling is counter productive to what we do here.

But we must at least work toward a standard of work that will indeed bring you benefits in the ability to make money as a commercial photographer.

To that end I am asking you to PLEASE submit a BTS shot of your setup. It would be best to notate it well so that we can see what you did even if you are not there.

One of our members, John Mcallister uses this method to show us how he created this beautiful product shot.

Two things to remember: Accuracy is important, and the size of the file. Be sure to resize your file to the same 1200 pixels on longest dimension and save as a medium JPEG, or – if coming from Lightroom – 1200 x — with a file size of 300K. I so appreciate you doing that.

NOTE: THIS IS IMPORTANT!
PLEASE MAKE THE BTS SHOTS AND SUBMIT WITH IMAGE.

If you have any questions, ask me on Facebook and I will go through making a file the correct size in Pshop and LR.

PUBLIC REVIEWS OF YOUR WORK.

I want to do some critiques of the wonderful work you all do here. I will be using it to teach lighting and creating stunning images on my Lighting Essentials site. I will also discuss how the image “may be improved”. These comments are not meant to bring your image into a bad light, and they will only be on images that are already well ahead of the curve.

I will not be reviewing ‘bad’ images or those that do not meet your high standards as well as mine.

I will not review the image if you do not wish me to. And I will most likely ask during the review if I may review it on LE so you can directly let me know. I think it also important for you to put it in the file name.

Like this: don-giannatti-assign16-nr-1.jpg
First name – last name -assign#-nr-1.jpg where nr means NO REVIEW.

This along with the verbal discussion will be fine.

I am working on a way to link to your site as well. This will be a lot of fun, and I will have a couple of reviews for you all to see before I make them live on LE.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIGHTING COURSE ON LIGHTING ESSENTIALS

Starting in January, I will be teaching a sort of general approach to photography. There will be assignments (not at all like the assignments we are doing in Project 52) and I hope to pass on my way of seeing light as a photographer to others.

There is no charge for this class. You will also see that there is a premium offered for critiques and such. Please be very mindful of your time. Do not sign up for that additional work if you are already struggling with the work for P52. In addition, you will have access to most of the advanced stuff through P52.

Please let your friends know. The class: “Subject Centric Lighting” is free, and there will be a post/assignment every week for 6 months. I know every photographer can benefit from this knowledge, and once they begin to see light as it presents FROM the subject, the entire way of thinking about photography changes.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

ASSIGNMENT SIXTEEN:
The use of cell phones and the safety aspect of the devices.

ASSIGNMENT SEVENTEEN
Sports Equipment / with or without an athlete

ASSIGNMENT EIGHTEEN
Cars, motorcycles, bikes: How We Roll

ASSIGNMENT NINETEEN
CD Cover for Musical Group Classical/Jazz

ASSIGNMENT TWENTY
CD Cover II for Musical Group HipHop/Pop/Country

ASSIGNMENT TWENTY ONE
Free Shoot

ASSIGNMENT TWENTY TWO
Woman’s Fragrance Ad for Consumer Magazine

ASSIGNMENT TWENTY THREE
Men’s Fragrance Ad for Automotive Magazine

ASSIGNMENT TWENTY FOUR
Cosmetics

ASSIGNMENT TWENTY FIVE
Forks and the ‘Best Use’ for these ubiquitous utensils

ASSIGNMENT TWENTY SIX
A Pour Shot