Framework Capturing the world through photography, video and multimedia

http://framework.latimes.com/2010/12/27/my-photo-new-years-resolutions/

The last of the Kodachrome...

Very long story - short version - I spent the last 2 days shooting Kodachrome - overnighted it to the lab - Thursday - noon - is the last day for Kodachrome processing.

These will be used as part of the analog sample set we are creating thru the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Mellon Foundation....

A Picture's Worth Our take on the photo industry, photographer websites, selling photos, SEO, gear and more.

http://blog.photoshelter.com/2010/12/our-favorite-photo-blog-posts-of-the-year.html

Interesting stuff and tons of links - check it out...

Long Exposure!

In addition to a few tips, this site has a ton of fantastic long exposure shots!

http://www.smashingtips.com/long-exposure-photography-shots

Let It Dough! - cool piece from NYTimes

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/let-it-dough/?ref=opinion

2010 National Geographic Photo Contest

The winners have been announced and they are some phenomenal shots!

Check out the winning photos here.

First Moving Magazine Cover

Remember when we were talking about how everything was going to be digital with magazines on iPads soon? Well, Emma Watson is the first! I couldn't find the actual link but here's the video on my tumblr:

http://kelsicles.tumblr.com/post/2341024537/organizationxiii-dobbyhasnomaster

Words to KNOW! Urban Dictionary: PHOBAR

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2010/12/urban-dictionary-phobar.html

PHOBAR: -adjective, Acronym for ‘PHOtoshopped* Beyond All Recognition.’ A play on the the more popular acronym FUBAR: ‘F’d Up Beyond All Recognition,’ PHOBAR** refers to an image, usually a photo of a person, that has been retouched and airbrushed with digital image manipulation software on a computer so significantly, that the person in the photo is barely recognizable.

Borderless printing HOW TO - check it out

http://lightroomkillertips.com/2010/video-the-trick-to-borderless-printing-in-lightroom/

Check this out

http://theanthropologist.net/#/Urnatur/BackToBasics/Pictures
Interesting "narrative" - simple, rich....

Chernobyl

Thought this was really interesting, so I posted the link. Can't remember why I was researching Chernobyl but I found a great photo essay by a Magnum photographer and a video where he talks about his experience. http://www.mediastorm.com/publication/chernobyl-legacy

High Speed

I am not sure if we have any biomed photography kids but I still find these very interesting.

High Speed Photographs

Best Portrait of 2010 by Time Magazine

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2036251,00.html

Tonight - Come on over and say hi, make something...

I will be there.....hope to see you!

Patti has been outdone.

Professor has a camera implanted in his head for an art project.

Current Obsession:

Pink paint chips.

This is pretty cool, it's on netflix

www.designfloat.com

Some xray photography.

I thought this was pretty interesting and it reminded me of a more technical version of the scan-o-grams.

If any of you like funny cats as much as I do...

Here is a video of two cats playing patty-cake.

Weekend Assignment_Week one

Also sent as PDF via email 

December 1, 2010

Weekend Exercise

DUE Monday 12/6/10

·      Experiment with all of the settings on your strobe and camera to see what works and doesn’t work for lighting, exposure, aesthetics

·      Experiment with exposure times, pop flash and night photography

·      Work in teams to help each other sort things out and to assist each other

Equipment

·      DSLR camera,

·      Variety of lenses 

·      Strobe

·      Gretag MacBeth

Requirements

·      Read Chapter 11 Lighting in the “Essential Way”

·      Page 181 – 193 is about lighting in general and is helpful to review so you are thinking about placement of light and cause and effect.

·      Page 194 – 203 illustrates the different ways to use the strobe on location.

Demonstrate a variety of flash methods

Adjust your exposure based on your results

·      Page 196 shows a variety of examples

·      Page 197 talks about Inverse Square Law and how you might utilize that in your work

·      Direct on the camera

·      Off camera

·      Diffused strobe on and off the camera (use something translucent to soften the effect of the flash - like fabric or plastic - think of the examples from Tuesday’s lecture…)

·      Bounced Flash

·      Flash with ambient (existing) light

·      Flash as fill light

·      Dragged shutter with flash or slow synchro settings

Subject Matter/Concept

This is an exercise -  the subject matter is not critical. Your goal is to select an area that you can work comfortably in and experiment and determine the kinds of question you need answered for Monday’s class. Truly play, but document as much as possible = write down what you have done, settings, diagrams etc in your tear sheet journals. The more you document. The better you will understand how this works and the easier it will be to reproduce the results. Documentation allows you to clearly describe what you did and makes it easier for us to trouble shoot with you. Otherwise, we are all guessing.

Quantity

You should expose @ 200 frames or more…

Shoot enough to find what works

What NOT to photograph

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/photos

by: The Oatmeal

Enjoy!

Katie Takes a Tumble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt-UskO_dbM