21: ASSIGNMENT TWENTY ONE: 2017, The Coming Year

21: ASSIGNMENT TWENTY ONE: 2017, The Coming Year

Feb 6, 2017

Every year we get those “What will happen in the upcoming year” and this year is no exception. Well, the exception is you are involved in the art work. “2017; A Year of Change” is the title of the story. Use your favorite genre to give context to the story. If you are...

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20: Advanced Twenty: A Local Pub or Coffee House

20: Advanced Twenty: A Local Pub or Coffee House

Feb 6, 2017

Simple and easy. A one hour shoot. Due this week. Yep. Coffee house or pub. Need the following images: One killer exterior One killer specialty plate One shot of a particularly cool area in the pub One shot of people enjoying a meal or drink there This is the kind of...

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20: Assignment Twenty; A Tryptich

20: Assignment Twenty; A Tryptich

Feb 1, 2017

This will be a nice, creative, personal assignment for you. Not  a lot of parameters, only that the three images work well together. I want them to compliment each other, and keep the viewer looking at them...

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January 2017 “Office Hours”

January 2017 “Office Hours”

Jan 30, 2017

This was a really great meeting folks. I am hoping we can do this level each time. For those who missed it, take some time to go through it and listen. So much good information on all sorts of stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWyDeNxD9w

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19: Advanced Nineteen; A Portrait of Dementia

19: Advanced Nineteen; A Portrait of Dementia

Jan 23, 2017

(EDIT: SEE BELOW FOR FLASH ASSIGNMENT INFO) Dementia is one of the cruelest of all mental diseases. It robs us of ourselves and leaves a reality so out of context that life becomes nearly meaningless. You have been hired by a Mental Health Charity Organization to...

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18: Advanced: Assignment; Games We Play – Marbles

18: Advanced: Assignment; Games We Play – Marbles

Jan 23, 2017

FLASH ASSIGNMENT Yeppers: Marbles. And you have four days... put those thinking caps on. One to Four images of marbles. If you make more than one, make them different but keep the style the same. A quick, fast, creative attack... And yeah, you may feel like you have...

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16: Advanced Workshop

16: Advanced Workshop

Jan 20, 2017

Today a discussion on Instagram / Facebook and what we learned - now how do we respond with our work? I had the workshop on creativeLIVE going in the background yesterday. Some points made me stop and really pay attention. NOTES: 1. Shoot more vertical images. 2. Make...

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15: ADVANCED WORKSHOP: SIXTEEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST

15: ADVANCED WORKSHOP: SIXTEEN COMPARE AND CONTRAST

Jan 13, 2017

Let's discuss styles and how to achieve a style without forcing it or relying on post processing techniques. Before class review these four photographers: Jake Stangel / California Wine in particular Kyle Johnson / Food & Drink in particular Annabelle Breakey /...

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14: Advanced Workshop: Deconstruct

14: Advanced Workshop: Deconstruct

Jan 4, 2017

OK. I want you all to bring an image to deconstruct for this class. An image you have seen and want to break it down to see how it is we could do something similar. Or just upload an image of yours that you want us to deconstruct / critique for you. Images have...

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ASSIGNMENT INFO: Q2, Project 52 Pros.

ASSIGNMENT INFO: Q2, Project 52 Pros.

Dec 26, 2016

(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...

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