First two assignments

 We are just getting some momentum now... you should be comfortable posting to the blog, your Google Drive folders are created and have been shared with me using jnevins@albertus.edu

At this point we need to focus on the first 2 assignments.  You can get some ideas what my past students have done by clicking on the links at the top of the syllabus for past blogs.  

Let's get started shooting new work for the assignments... it is okay to show us other work but that is in addition to the new work for the class assignments, not in place of...  It goes without saying that it is the new work that will count for your grade.

Assignment 1 asks you to look at structure and geometry in the built environment.  That can be around your house or as I suggested, in a town environment.  Read through the assignment carefully and click on the links for ideas and inspiration.

Introduction to Composition

We will learn to use line, mass, value (tone), contrast, color, and selection consciously in the creation of your images.

A big part of the photographer's art lies in one's ability to organize the visual chaos of the visible world. You learn to clarify, simplify and present your environment with intention and control. Here, we will learn to go way beyond "taking pictures", accepting whatever "comes out of the camera", and move to "making photographs" through your careful looking at your subject before shooting.

Take at least 50 pictures for this assignment and put them in your Drive in the assignment 1 folder.  Pick your strongest 6-10 and edit them to bring out the focal point using feathered selections in Photoshop.  Put the edits in a sub folder.

Assignment 2 asks you to design with shadows as well as light as shape... from the syllabus:

Shadow and Light

Shadows take on a materiality that is just as strong as the architectural elements depicted, perhaps stronger. Use the widest focal length setting on your lens. Look for shadows as geometric form this week. Start around your home, downtown, or anywhere your travels take you. Look down, look up, fill the frame.

Light reflecting directly off water can be interesting... throw in dramatic clouds...perhaps at sunset... convert to black and white...

Chairs, railings, your back deck, light streaming in through windows casting shadows.... shadows made by people walking downtown..

Take at least 50 pictures for this assignment and put them in your Drive in the assignment 1 folder.  Pick your strongest 6-10 and edit them to bring out the focal point using feathered selections in Photoshop.  Put the edits in a sub folder.

Have fun with this!