Monday, May 14, 2012

Week #14: 5/14/12




"Don’t pack up your camera until you’ve left the location."  - Joe McNally - From the book: The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters by Joe McNally

"Technique undoubtedly helps make photography magical, but I prefer to work with atmosphere. I think that the obsession with technique is a male thing. Boy's toys. They love playing... but once you've perfected something you have to start searching for a new toy. I would rather search for a new model or location."  - Ellen von Unwerth

"The world is one huge canvas, find your location and expose your film passionately!"  - Steve Denby

Top ten reasons to date a photographer
1) They work well in the dark
2) They’re used to funny smells
3) They make things develop
4) They work well on many settings
5) They know how to focus
6) They can make big things look small and small things look big
7) They work well from many different angles
8 ) They zoom in and out. And in and out and in and out and in and out...
9) They shoot in many different locations
10) They can find the beauty in anything
- Anonymous


Final Project Work-In-Progress Critique

© Joe Mcnally

© Joe Mcnally

© Joe Mcnally

© Joe Mcnally
© Joe Mcnally

© Joe Mcnally

© Joe Mcnally

© Joe Mcnally


Be aware that you should have the following when submitting your final project:
  • Model and Property Releases
  • Lighting Diagrams / Data Sheets (with camera info, focal lengths, distances, heights, light modifiers, etc.)
  • Equipment Lists
  • Call Sheets
  • Optional Shooting Permit (bonus points for this!)
  • Contact Sheet of Outtakes (with your professional looking info on top/bottom!)
  • Self Critique



Due Next Week:
  • Journals
  • Final Project
  • Department Archive Assignment + Final Project Images (see below)


Please prepare Digital Files for the Photography Department archives
(Required of All Major Photography Classes)

Image prep guidelines:
  • Please submit ALL 3 assignment image files plus your final project via CD/DVD 
  • Files should be 72 DPI and 1600 pixels at the longest dimension 
  • Save as the highest quality JPEG (.jpg) file format 
  • Please name the files as follows:  "PH361_StudentsLastName_001.jpg"



Monday, May 7, 2012

Week #13: 5/7/12 WIP Crit

"The students think that I am teaching photography... but not really. Creativity cannot be included in the syllabi." - Lakshman Iyer

"People say photographs don't lie, mine do." - David LaChapelle - Collector's edition of Life, the Eisie Issue, spring 1998 , Page: 137


Final Project Work-In-Progress Critique


Next week please bring your final project imagery for a work-in-progress critique.

© Julia Fullerton Batten

© Julia Fullerton Batten

© Julia Fullerton Batten

© Julia Fullerton Batten

© Julia Fullerton Batten

© Ulrike Kestere

© Ulrike Kestere

© Ulrike Kestere
© Tamas Dezso

© Tamas Dezso

© Tamas Dezso