Week 6 Wrap-Up

E. Buguet, Psychic Levitating a Chair

Hi Everybody!

I hope you all had a great week. Scholars, I hope that the portfolio review was fantastic. I'm looking forward to hearing about it.

It's hard to believe that we are at the halfway point already! I will be checking in and sending out midterm reviews in the next few days, so please keep an eye out for that.

On to this weeks homework:

Photography has a history of "proving" (or disproving) the mysterious, the pseudoscientific, and the fantastic--everything from bigfoot sightings to ghosts, psychic phenomena to flying saucers and everything in-between. With the Halloween season upon us, I'd like you to create and post a photograph that documents or captures whatever "strange phenomena" you'd like. Try to make it as convincing as possible. We'll take a look at everyone's photo at the start of class next week.

Next week, we will be taking a field trip, so please be on time, come with your cameras charged and Metrocard fare ready.

In the meantime, please be in touch with any questions!

Week 5 Wrap-Up

Hi Everybody!

Our first crit went great! You all did great job and I can't wait to see what you do next.

Next week those who weren't in class may have a chance to share their work--please come prepared.

For those who weren't here, post 20 images from your series to the blog before next week.

We will also be taking a field trip next week--please come with a metro card with at least two rides on it, and be sure to pack lightly (camera, notebook, writing utensil). Don't be late!

On to this week's homework:

1. Post the images that you showed in class to the blog. If you weren't in class, post the 20 images you would have shown and please bring them with you to class next week--we'll take a look at them as a group then.
2. Post one new image from your series that responds to the feedback you received in class.
3. If you weren't in class, keep working on your images and be sure to leave comments on your classmate's work.

That's it for now! As always, please be in touch with any questions, and see you next week!

week 3/4 hw

Min depth of field 

blurred motion

Min depth of field 

freeze motion

freeze motion

Blurred motion

candid portrait

portrait

long night exposure 

max depth of field 

Max depth of field 

portrait

street photography

blurred motion

street photography

hw 1

What is Street Photography? Here are some ideas.

Diane Arbus, Child with a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962

Hi Everybody!

Here are a couple of articles to help give you more tips and tricks on shooting street photography:

What is Street Photography?

A How-To Guide for Beginners

A Rookie's Guide to Developing Street Cred

Hopefully this will help get you started!

Week 4 Wrap-Up

Olivia Bee, Untitled

Hi Everybody!

I hope you are having fantastic weekend!

This week we continued to work with manual exposure and refining our metering skills while shooting in DUMBO at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Keep track of any questions or difficulties that come up while working this way and bring them with you to class or feel free to email me.

Now on to this week's homework:

--We revisited our manual exposure assignments from last week with an emphasis on Street Photography. Please post one image for each of the following (in a "Street Photography" style:

• Frozen Motion
• Blurred Motion
• Shallow Depth of Field
• Deep Depth of Field
• Best portrait of a stranger from today's class
• Best candid portrait of a stranger from today's class
• Long exposure at night

Don't forget to include your exposure (ISO, shutter speed, aperture) for each. 

--Next week is our first crit. For next class, bring 20 images from your series. During class, we will have time to separate the 20 images into a folder with your name. We will have a very little bit of time at the start of class if you need a little help getting your images sorted, but please come as prepared as possible.

-If you won't be in class next week, post your ten images to the class blog by FRIDAY night at the latest.

Also, for those that need it, my email address is dyerj at gmail dot com.

That's it for now! Contact me if you have any questions about your series or next week's class.

motion

stranger

Stranger.

f/4.5   1/400   ISO 400

Minimum depth of field & Maximum depth of field

f/4   1/100   ISO 100

f/10   1/13   ISO 100

Frozen Motion & Blurred Motion

f/4    1/320   ISO 100

f/18   1/15   ISO 100

More Info about Exposure

Stuart Palley, Terra Flama I

Hi Everyone!

Today, we began looking at (and working with) Manual Exposure. If you missed class (or would just like a refresher), here are a couple of helpful articles about exposure for your reference:

• The Ultimate Beginner's Introduction to Exposure
• A Comprehensive Beginner's Guide to Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO
• Perfect Exposure Every Time: A Guide to Metering in the Viewfinder

Please be in touch if you have any additional questions!

Week 3 Wrap-Up

Hiroshi Sugimoto, Union City Drive-In, 1993

Hi Everybody!

I hope you are having fantastic weekend!

This week we concentrated on manual exposure and refining our metering skills. If you aren't already, please shoot in full manual mode for the rest of the semester. It may feel clunky now, but I promise that it will get much faster and feel more intuitive very quickly, as long as you put in the time now.

Keep track of any questions or difficulties that come up while working this way and bring them with you to class.

Now on to this week's homework:

-If you haven't already, post last week's assignment to the blog.

-Please shoot and post the following images, shot entirely in manual mode:

1. Maximum depth of field (as much in focus as possible)

2. Minimum depth of field (as little in focus, besides your subject, as possible)

3. Blurred Motion

4. Frozen Motion

5. Portrait of a stranger

If possible, please include your exposure (ISO, shutter speed, aperture) for each. If you aren't sure how to find this info, I will show you in more detail next week--we can always add this info to your post later.

That's it for now! Contact me if you have any questions.

"Experimental"

Depth

Frame

Background/close up

Viewpoints

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invisible yazmin

Hey my name is yazmin  im 16 im into photography and other majors in art like fashion design and visual arts im passionate on the things i like.I enjoy being outside im a shy person and a serious looking one but ones you start talking to me im friendly and outgoing and i love animals.

patterns

background/viewpoint

Experiment

background yazmin

balancing elements

Depth

Rule of the Thirds/ a Funny story

rule of thirds by yazmin

Viewpoint

Framing

Balancing of Elements

Leading lines