ASSIGNMENT: “THE MYTHS OF MONEY”

ASSIGNMENT: “THE MYTHS OF MONEY”

Sep 2, 2018

Well, currency to be exact. The job at hand is to create a photograph for a brochure cover. for a financial institution. The client is a financial services company. They help people take the mystery out of financial planning. The point of this brochure is...

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Cleaning Up an Image: and Free Freq Separation Action

Cleaning Up an Image: and Free Freq Separation Action

Aug 31, 2018

This technique is very popular among portrait and fashion photographers. Here is another use of this technique to clean up metal, wood, chocolate and other difficult surfaces we all have to shoot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeTIcm4vQIw

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ASSIGNMENT: CONSUMER PET MAGAZINE

ASSIGNMENT: CONSUMER PET MAGAZINE

Aug 14, 2018

Different versions for photographers with specialties they are pursuing. The assignment is for a new pet food or pet accessory – your choice depending on how you want to work this into YOUR book. (Note: the use of an animal is, of course, optional, but...

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ASSIGNMENT: EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION FOR A MUSICIAN BIO

ASSIGNMENT: EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION FOR A MUSICIAN BIO

Jul 21, 2018

ILLUSTRATING LYRICS Here is one area that is particularly challenging, but ultimately rewarding. We have been asked to create an image for a magazine discussing Joni Mitchell and featuring one of her pieces. The piece is "Song For Sharon" and was one of...

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SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: THE LIST

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: THE LIST

Jul 20, 2018

I was asked if there was some sort of list of things I look at or think about before I click the shutter? There is. I used to have a checklist that included "was the film loaded correctly" and "are the dark slides clean" and such. We don't do that anymore,...

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Assignment: Portrait of a Musician

Assignment: Portrait of a Musician

Jun 23, 2018

PORTRAIT OF A MUSICIAN This is an example of what we call a “press junket” shoot. A musician is ready to release an album in a few months, so they need some PR photographs to start to prime the marketing pumps and get the info out to the world. These are...

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ASSIGNMENT TWENTY NINE: INDUSTRIAL BEAUTY SHOT

ASSIGNMENT TWENTY NINE: INDUSTRIAL BEAUTY SHOT

Jun 9, 2018

INDUSTRIAL BEAUTY SHOOT This assignment is based on the assignment David Eustace was given by US Power Gen. LINK to the article here. You are to gain access to a manufacturing plant to spend a half day there making images that are interesting. Portraits, landscapes,...

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Assignment: Shoot a Triptych

Assignment: Shoot a Triptych

Apr 21, 2018

ASSIGNMENT: SHOOT A TRIPTYCH DUE MAY 5, 2018 THE BRIEF: There are not a lot of parameters for this assignment, only that the three images work well together. I want them to compliment each other, and keep the viewer looking at them to find something fun....

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Assignment: SUMMER! (With A View Of How You Work a Shot)

Assignment: SUMMER! (With A View Of How You Work a Shot)

Apr 14, 2018

ASSIGNMENT: SUMMER IS COMING Due APRIL 28, 2018 THE BRIEF: Well, SUMMER is moving right along, although it missed its connection for the midwest and upper New England part of the states. Rest assured it will be here soon. The summer is a time for...

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Assignment: Editorial Portrait

Assignment: Editorial Portrait

Mar 31, 2018

ASSIGNMENT: EDITORIAL PORTRAIT Due April 14, 2018 THE BRIEF: This is an editorial portrait. It is specifically for a regional magazine and it is all yours creatively. This is far more of a challenge than it may seem at the first moment of excitement when the Art...

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