Final Project

Your Final Project will consist of a portfolio of 10 (ten) related images. They have to relate to each other in a consistent theme. They don't always have to tell a story, but could be related by angle, subject matter, tonality (high-key/low-key), light, texture, etc... The individual images should tell me a story, but if the final ten images don't tell a continuous story, they should relate to each other in a different way.

I want you to post all ten of the images to your blog, do some writing about your portfolio and things that you feel you succeeded at, things you think you could have done better and write about the imagery itself. Tell me why you shot what you did, and how you went about it.

I want you to print all ten of your images as well. The prints are DUE at the beginning of the second-to-last class period that we will meet. We will spend two full class periods discussing everyone's work. I want to have EVERYONE turn in ALL of their prints at the same time. The lab will be closed for printing and image manipulation at that time. You can continue to blog, but I will shut down the server and no further work on prints or images may be done.

You also will need to turn in your camera at that time and any other materials that belong to the school. The memory card and your box of paper is your property. Keep track of it, you will use them next year.

If you still don't have a final project idea you should be thinking very hard what you want to do it on. Feel free to e-mail me about some ideas you may be having.

Good luck, I can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

Assignment #7 - Re-Do

So here is your Assignment #7:

Choose one of your assignments that you are not very happy about and re-do it. The criteria will be exactly the same.

Don't just do it again, do it BETTER! Think about all that you have learned and apply it to your re-shoot.

If you don't do it better, don't do it at all.

Due: Friday, December 11th...(at the beginning of class...).

Tree of Utah #2

On I-80 at mile-marker 36 is this little tree. I went out this morning at 5am to take this photograph. I got there about 30 minutes before the sun cleared the horizon. This image was made about 10 minutes before sunrise. This is the sweet light. I hope you have all seen it by now.



Tree Of Utah #2, Near Wendover, Utah, 2009

Photos From Mars

Take a look at these shots. They are amazing!

Link to article in the Boston Globe.

Today's Shot

Shooting With 11x14, Near Stansbury Island, Great Salt Lake, 2009

So you think my assignments were hard?

Watch this!

Thanksgiving Challenge - Extra Credit

Pretend you are photographing a big assignment for Gourmet Magazine. Photograph the creation and finished product of your Thanksgiving Feast. Concentrate on LIGHT, getting focus SHARP, good tight composition, and last but not least, TELL ME A STORY. Shoot the people making the food, some portraits of the cook/chef would be nice.

This should be FUN for both you and the people that you are photographing. If you get in the way and are making things worse for everyone, consider backing off and shooting the wide shot. Also consider *HELPING* a little bit. It will go a long way to making those people who are actually *making* the dinner happy with you.


Also, a nice image of the table with all the food spread out, the family in their holiday finery preparing to chow-down would be fun.

Good luck and don't get too sick!