Topic 1: Action/Sports Photos: My sports/action subject is of people running the LBCC track.
Topic 2: Shooting Sports: Captions are really important because without them you may take a photo the wrong way. Looks can be deceiving. Something could look racist for example but be something totally different. To freeze action you need a high shutter speed. This helps keep the image from looking really blurry. Photographers freeze the action to get the individual(s) to be in focus and make for a great photo. Don't ever stand behind people when photographing them! It's always better to show their faces.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Free Shoot (Week 6 Photos)
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| Tommy the turkey strutting his stuff at my grandparents home in Lebanon, Oregon. |
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| Road headed to my grandparents house in Lebanon, Oregon. |
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| Part of my grandparents driveway in Lebanon, Oregon. |
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| Bonnie staring at me in my grandparents kitchen in Lebanon, Oregon. |
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| Bonnie daydreaming about little mice in my grandparents living room in Lebanon, Oregon. |
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| Sunny giving me a dirty look for using my flash. |
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| Sunny posing for a picture...maybe all is forgiven? |
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| White Tiger aka Makuba not enthused about the pictures. |
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| White Tiger sitting patiently secretly wanting me to go away. |
Friday, May 27, 2016
Week 6 Blog Forum
Topic 1: My Hometown:
I am going to photograph Albany because I've grown up here and spent most of my life in Albany. I could take photos of hasty freeze, the courthouse, downtown library, Albany hospital, and the various people there. Probably the portrait subject will be hardest for me because not many people like their picture taken.
Topic 2: Guest Speaker:
http://www.karlmaasdam.com/portraits/go0fxm1b8yiyxrp5piuye6qa9ytegx
I am going to photograph Albany because I've grown up here and spent most of my life in Albany. I could take photos of hasty freeze, the courthouse, downtown library, Albany hospital, and the various people there. Probably the portrait subject will be hardest for me because not many people like their picture taken.
Topic 2: Guest Speaker:
http://www.karlmaasdam.com/portraits/go0fxm1b8yiyxrp5piuye6qa9ytegx
This photo stands out to me because the black background is perfect and the photo really shows this young womans strength.
I notice the lighting technique used to make the background dark instead of white.
Questions for Karl-What's your favorite photo, How do you change the lighting, How patient do you have to be?
Stephen Wilkes Report
I had chosen Stephen Wilkes as my photographer of the week. He opened a studio in New York City in 1983 where he shows off much of his work, his work has been featured in many popular magazines and museums, and he was born in 1957 in New York. What stands out most about Stephen Wilkes photos is that most of them are multiple photos in one and are very unique. His "claim to fame" would be either his Ellis Island or Day to Night photos. Where he waits for hours to be able to combine multiple photos into one to make an artistic overall photo. About his Ellis Island photos: "In 1998, a one-day assignment to the south side of Ellis Island led to a 5-year photographic study of the island’s long abandoned medical wards where immigrants were detained before they could enter America. Through his photographs and video, Wilkes helped secure $6 million toward the restoration of the south side of the island. A monograph based on the work, Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom, was published in 2006 and was named one of TIME magazine’s 5 Best Photography Books of the Year. The work was also featured on NPR and CBS Sunday Morning." Not only is he a great photographer but he is such an artist too!
stephenwilkes.com
Week 5 Blog Forum
Topic 1: FAVORITE PHOTO STORY:
I enjoyed the "show of hands" photo story because they each had a story to tell and were all very symbolic. What caught my attention most about these photos was the great creativeness behind each photo and how right away you can tell what's going on and who the person is supposed to be (a grandmother, photographer, tattoo artist for example)...I also loved that there was hardly any challenges in getting the photos, just a bit challenging finding certain people/variety. The theme or visual consistency was hands and what stories they tell about a person. The pictures told such captivating stories on their own with such unspoken narrative. Beyond taking photos the photographer needed to figure out what stories he wanted to tell and how he would tell them. Getting the photos from a nice third person perspective but showing the true raw emotion is the sort of good techniques needed.
Topic 2: YOUR TWO PHOTO STORY IDEAS: I enjoyed the "show of hands" photo story because they each had a story to tell and were all very symbolic. What caught my attention most about these photos was the great creativeness behind each photo and how right away you can tell what's going on and who the person is supposed to be (a grandmother, photographer, tattoo artist for example)...I also loved that there was hardly any challenges in getting the photos, just a bit challenging finding certain people/variety. The theme or visual consistency was hands and what stories they tell about a person. The pictures told such captivating stories on their own with such unspoken narrative. Beyond taking photos the photographer needed to figure out what stories he wanted to tell and how he would tell them. Getting the photos from a nice third person perspective but showing the true raw emotion is the sort of good techniques needed.
- Family
- Day to day life
- Any time
- Home
- Pets
- Pet lifestyle
- Any time
- Relative's home
- This would all be set up sorta like reality t.v. Nobody will really know I'm there but they will...if that makes sense.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Week 5 Photos
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| Members of Bible Baptist Church in Lebanon, Oregon. |
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| Lydia playing the piano for morning service at Bible Baptist Church in Lebanon, Oregon. |
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| Bruce Sr. singing out of one of the churches hymn books at Bible Baptist Church in Lebanon, Oregon. |
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