Friday, January 28, 2011

Also, some children photography.

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Oh, stumbleupon, you're so good to me.
Some crazy animal photography!

I think my favorite is the first one of the white tiger, but they're all great.

Portrait Video Help

I know some of these videos are long and some are a little pointless but there are some good tips in these portrait tip videos if you take the time to watch them.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Alec Soth

This goes along with what Patti was saying in class and the website that Emily posted a couple days ago about Alec Soth, his exhibition, and his new book called From Here to There: Alec Soth's America. check it out..



Saturday, January 22, 2011

Lighting tutorials

I came across a lighting blog while flipping through things on blogspot and this one tutorials blog was particularly interesting. I know we are working on the basics but this blog has some very advanced lighting set ups that are interesting to see how they are done.
Hope everyone has a great weekend and good luck with printing for everything!
-Victoria

Friday, January 21, 2011

Fredrik Ödman

The other day I was sitting in K-lab when Kirby's class came in. They were doing a book share and this one kid showed a website. I thought the photographer Fredrik Ödman had some amazing work. I especially liked his work titled bent stories.

Parting Glance: Milton Rogovin, 101

I don't know if anyone else saw but less than an hour after lecture on Tuesday a post was made on the NYT Lens blog announcing the passing Milton Rogovin, the photographer from Buffalo that Greg had cited influencing him to become interested in photography. The post is mostly an overview of Rogovin's documentary work career with a worthwhile link to a multimedia segment made of his stills with his narration. I just found it a sad and interesting coincidence that the first time I heard about this photographer was when Greg was telling us how Rogovin was still alive and living in Buffalo where you could visit him and from his work that we saw and the description that Greg gave it seemed to me like he would be a very interesting person to talk to, but then the second time was later that night when I saw this post:

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/parting-glance-milton-rogovin-101/

Photographer to check out

http://joelgrimes.com/2/Artist.asp?ArtistID=12191&Akey=P7FJP8B4

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Should you work for free?

http://jhische.com/workforfree.html

Joel Grimes

Just thought I'd post this guy's website on here. I'm sure most of us have seen at least a few of his shots and many are done with a really simple three light set up. Two rim lights (often strips) and a main light or even just a silver reflector to fill in the face.

iPad Portrait Lighting

Here's the link to the article (and video) of iPad lighting arrays.

http://www.diyphotography.net/huge-ipad-arrays-used-as-portrait-lights

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

(Copied from the word document sent be email 11/30/10)
The Robert E. Elder Scholarship


The Elder Scholarship supports a first year student, who retains good academic standing,
through four years of study in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. The amount
of the scholarship award, is a minimum of $1,000 and is renewable each academic year for
each of the four years of the recipient’s undergraduate study.

Submission Deadline:

Friday, January 28, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Submit portfolio to Donna Sterlace, Gannet Hall, 7B, Room #2159

Entrance Requirements:

You must have first year status in the School of Photographic Arts and
Sciences (SPAS) and maintain good academic status throughout four years of
academic study;

For continuance of the Elder Scholarship, you must enroll and attend courses
in one of the programs in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences in
pursuit of a degree.

The chosen recipient will communicate with Scholarship donor of their
selection via a thank you letter or card.

Portfolio Submission Requirements:

To qualify for consideration of this Scholarship, you must submit a portfolio of your
photographs. These can be photographs from your past involvement with photography or
new images made during your first months at RIT.

Submit ten (10) of your photographs in a Printlux Portfolio Box (purchased
from the Digital Den) with your name and student number on the box and
clearly marked on the back of each submitted print.

Images can be prints (silver, ink-jet or other digital process),
transparencies or a mix of each. The maximum size is 13”x19”.

The portfolio should reflect your achievement in terms of a cohesive body of
work, visual quality of the images, craft, presentation and creativity.

The Elder Scholarship committee is composed of faculty representing each discipline in
SPAS to ensure impartiality in the reviewing and judging of portfolios.
The selection of the recipient of the Elder Scholarship will be announced early in the
spring quarter. At this time, all students will be notified to pick up their portfolios from
Donna Sterlace in Room 2159.

The recipient will receive an updated award letter from the Office of Financial Aid which
will include confirmation of the amount the recipient will receive. This scholarship is automatically renewed each year (up to 4 years) the student remains in good academic
standing until the recipient completes their undergraduate degree. The Recipient is
required to write a thank you note each year to the donor.

Friday Night Friday 1_14_2011

COME JOIN US!

Friday, January 7, 2011

Strip Lights

I know that we were talking about strip lights in the studio and someone was wondering about them. I was searching a lighting website and I stumbled across this DIY for strip lights.
It's pretty labor intensive but if you wanted to take the time if you really enjoyed that look of lights, more power to you!


Best of luck in the studio this weekend, everyone!