12/02/11 - Discussion Topic (in class)

Tim Young - Bicycles, 1995 (page 170 in the old book)

12/02/11 - Assignment#13 - Due 12/09/11 on Tumblr

 Assignment #13

Due 12/08 @9:00PM posted to your Tumblr

5 or more images that show time passing as a “documented” event.

go to 

http://www.jhw.posterous.com/

for example images

11/19/11 - Assignment #12 - DUE 12/02/11

Assignment #12

Due 12/01 @9:00PM posted to your Tumblr

Documentation of Thanksgiving/Fall!!!

Post 5 images on your Tumblr that document or represent the holiday and/or the Fall season.


FINAL Project - PORTFOLIO

Over the break, please look through the images you have shot for our assignments so far (or exceptional photos you may have shot outside of class projects), and bring in 20 images to give to me for your final project.  You will transfer these images to my computer, and I will edit them down to 10 that I will get printed for you.  Please, no cell phone photos!  These will look terrible when printed, as their resolution is not high enough to print well.

11/11/11 - Assignment #11 - DUE 11/17/11

Assignment #11

Due 11/17 @9:00PM posted to your Tumblr 
link to handout is here

PORTRAITS!

·       IMAGE 1 = portrait type HEAD SHOT. 

o   Paraphrased from Wikipedia “A portrait is the capture by means of photography of the likeness of a person, in which the face and expression is predominant. The objective is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is the person's face. A portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the camera. This means the persons face should take up a large portion of the picture. 

·       IMAGE 2 = HEAD and SHOULDERS shot. Should include head, chest, and shoulders.

o   See page 144 in new book, Bruce Gilden “Old Man at a Racetrack, Ireland, 1996” for an example. 

·       IMAGE 3 = 3/4 of the body shot.  Should include ARMS and HANDS

o   See page 130 in new book, Dorothea Lange “Woman of the High Plains, Childress County, 1938”

·       IMAGE 4 = WHOLE BODY SHOT (with environment)

o   See page 131 in new book, Tina Barney “Mom, 1996”

·       IMAGE 5 = EXPERIMENT!  Try different camera angles and show us something unusual

11/11/11 - Discussion topic - Richard Avedon - DUE 11/17/11

Richard Avedon “Sandra Bennett, twelve year old, Rocky Ford, Colorado, August 23^rd, 1980”, page 199 in new book (not sure what page this is in the old book, but the image should be on there, or look it up online)

Handout with questions can be downloaded here 

10/04/11 - Discussion topic - Edward Weston’s “Pepper #30” - DUE 11/11/11

Handout is here if you need to download and reprint.
Page 158 in new book (not sure what page in old book)

Homework handout is here if you need to download and reprint.

(click to enlarge)

11/04/11 - Assignment#10 (due 11/10/11 @9PM)

Assignment #10 (download handout here)

Due 11/10 @9:00PM posted to your Tumblr

Still Life!

Create still life set ups out of objects that have some meaning to you. 

A still life is defined as (from http:// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_life):

 “A still life (plural still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on).”

Use the examples that you saw in class (Alejandra Laviada and Irving Penn) to guide you (links are posted on the blog)! 

Think about how you are using light to shape your still life (Chapter 8 in the book).  Also think about your background….is it a solid color, white, a fabric, or something else entirely?  Does it have a texture?

Post 5 images to your Tumblr

11/04/11 - Alejandra Laviada and Irving Penn

Please take a look at these photographers who have use the concept of "still life" in their work:

Alejandra Laviada
http://www.alejandralaviada.com/

Irving Penn
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2010/11/irving-penn-archeology.html
(view slideshow at the bottom)

10/28/11 - Assignment #9

Assignment #9

Due 11/02 @9:00PM posted to your Tumblr

Document Halloween! and incorporate “Drawing with Light”.  Post 5 images to your Tumblr.

10/28/11 - Discussion Question

Pick one image from Amy Stein's Series "Halloween in Harlem" and answer the discussion questions on the handout from class.

http://amysteinphoto.com/halloween.html

If you lost your handout, you can download it to print out here: http://beatricethecat.com/discussion-topic-form.doc

10/28/11 - Selected Old Halloween Pictures

These images mostly come from the group:  Somewhat creepy and/or beautiful vintage found photos Halloween!

Slideshow of Halloween images shown in class......http://beatricethecat.com/halloween/

10/21/11 - Dionisio Gonzalez and Miwa Yanagi

Dionisio Gonzalez's Favela series
http://www.dionisiogonzalez.es/2004-2007.html

Miwa Yanagi"s Elevator Girl series
http://www.yanagimiwa.net/e/elevator/index.html

10/21/11 - Assignment #8 handouts

Download PDF of Assignment #8 here:
http://beatricethecat.com/assignment8/assignment8.pdf

Download Pixlr info sheet here:
http://beatricethecat.com/assignment8/for_pixlr-layers.pdf

10/21/11 - Images to use for in class Pixlr Demo

#1 - cut an image in half using the marquee tool and flip one side 180 degrees

#2 - cut an image in half using the marquee tool and flip one side horizontal or vertical

#3 - Use the lasso tool to make a selection and copy and paste to alter the image.  You can also use "free transform" to rotate or scale.

#4 - use a combination of the above to create a new composition (you can also add the crop tool)

#5 - use a combination of the above tools + crop + the eraser tool to create a new composition