Questions and Stalkers

climbing trees

Message: i take time out to play outside when i don't want to do anymore work.

Angle of Message: take time out of your busy schedule to enjoy yourself. 

Audience: everyone is my audience :)

Emotional connectors: i want people to enjoy life more and do things a little more slowly.

Creative composition: i took this picture looking down, so one is actually in the tree and from an angle so the viewer feels as through they are the person in the picture.

Dynamic artistry: again feeling as though you are the person in the tree and there are no hot spots :) even lighting.

Story telling quality: Fun childhood memories.

my first attempt

1. Message: A women struggling to make a profit, and hoping the person she's talking to will help her by buying a bracelet.
   
2. Angle of the message: There's still a sense of hope throughout the hard times.
   
3. Audience: This is for anyone who has any sense of hope... about anything.
   
4. Emotional connectors: I want my audience to want to help her; I want people to want to hear her story.
   
5. Creative composition: The way light is cast on her face draws attention there first before you notice why she's there.
   
6. Dynamic artistry: I didn't want to shoot straight on and I wanted to show that the light that she intended to illuminate her product was in fact illuminating her. I think the lighting actually takes away from the bracelets.
   
7. Story telling quality: This was difficult for me because I normally shoot series that all build on each other to tell the story. I think this captures a story and a sense of emotion... but let me know what you all think!! This is just a first attempt.
   

Meaningful Inspiration

If you're having trouble getting started on your project, you might try looking at examples of meaningful photos on Flckr. Here's one photo stream that I really like (follow link at the bottom):

See the entire stream of photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidhobby/favorites/

This is California Nightlife

60mm, 10", f/14 on ISO 200

28mm, 30", f/14 on ISO 400

28mm, 30", f/14 on ISO 400

Photography Club Art Project

Here's the link to the DPS blog article on Concept Photography. Feel free to use the template that they provide for your own photograph, or, if you prefer, write an Artist's Statement to go along with it.

We want everyone to do this, so take as much time as you need (I just thought it would be nice if we could discuss everyone's pieces on the same day). Grummer and I both believe that this project can help everyone improve their photography.

And remember, if you still have questions about the functions of your camera, or how to go about achieving the effect that you want, ask someone! Me, Grummer and your fellow club members are here to help. This is a club, not a class. So while you may not be getting any credits for this (even though I think we should), I guarantee that you'll get something out of Photography Club if you put the effort in.

Happy shooting.

Professor Angelico

negative space

Let it Snow...in Redlands?

Neg Space

118 mm f/4.5 1/200 sec ISO 250

123 mm f/4.3 1/160 ISO 100

42 mm f/5.4 1/1000 ISO 200

Negative Space: Black and Blues

negative space--chihuly

48 mm, .3", f/5.6, ISO 800

positive/negative

ISO 400, f/5.6, shutter 1/50

ISO 400, f/5.6, shutter 1/60

ISO 400, f/4.0, shutter 1/60

(Positive)^(-1) Space

75mm, 1/320", f 4.5, ISO 400



75mm, 1/100", f 4.5, ISO 100

75mm, 1/500", f 5.6, ISO 100

Dealing w/Negative Space

f-4.3, 1/1250, 6.20 mm

Negative Space

f-6.3, 1/400, ISO-200, 18mm


1/100", f-5.6, 18mm, ISo-800

Negative Space

f/5.6, 1/400", ISO-100

Negative Space

100mm, 1/20", f/4.0 at ISO 400

Fixing a broken leg in Photoshop

I selected one person from each sports team for Fall sports here and with a little scheduling miracle I was able to get them all together for about five minutes to take this photo. It's not an HDR, and the only thing Photoshopped about it is the left leg of Dan, the football player (see below). The trick to the photo was that I scheduled it right at sunset hour on one of the few cloudy days here in Redlands, and I calculated all of my exposure and lighting powers ahead of time. The result was exactly what I wanted.

Before Photoshop:

After Photoshop:

28mm, 1/20", f/6.3 at ISO 640