I took photos in front of Target, Boarders, Petco, Albertsons (in Hayden) and a few other places (a few photos per location). While I was at Albertsons, a manager came out and asked what I was doing. After I explained it to her, she had no problem with it but suggested I ask permission beforehand when standing in front of a place of business. It sounds like a respectful thing to do and I wish I would have thought about it sooner.
Another thing I wanted to mention is that some locations produced quite a few willing folks and others did not. I think I got 5 to 10 unwilling people for every photo I got. I just thanked the unwilling, wished them a good day and moved on. Don't be discouraged if people turn you down. A friend thought it was helpful to have her student ID in a little pouch hanging from her neck to show to people who were suspicious of us.
I ended up taking photos of more people than I needed and I am glad I did because several of them did not turn out well for one reason or another. I took photos of 21 people in order to get 14 keepers.
It was fun. Enjoy and good luck!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Assignment 1 - Best and worst of set
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Ethan Klement of Las Vegas, NV, Age 1.5 Photo taken with permission from March Klement |
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| AJ Nussbaum of Seattle, WA, Age 18 |
The first photo of Ethan turned out well. I like the shallow depth of field that gives the photo a nice soft look which I think is fitting for the subject but I do wish I had been able to keep more of the shopping cart out of the photo. The second shot of AJ did not work out since I changed locations to a nice, sunny spot from the shade where I took the previous photos and forgot to take a photo of my hand or look at my exposure meter and readjust my exposure so it is over exposed.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
Welcome to the class blog
This isn’t your typical photography class. This will take a lot of time, effort and dedication to the assignments. We don’t have many assignments in this class. But the few that will be given, have to be treated just as if they are term papers. You’ll need to do some research, set up times to photograph your subjects or activity, and if needed, go back and shoot some more. Spending 15 minutes on an assignment won’t cut it and it will show in the edit. You’ll use this blog to post your images from your assignments. And you and your classmates will provide feedback on the images. This doesn’t mean a simple, “Nice picture” comment. You’ll need to analyze the picture and see what you like about it and what you don’t like about it. You can’t progress in photography if you don’t know what you need to fix or what you’re doing right.
Participation makes up 10 percent of your grade, so make sure you’re getting in the mix on this blog and in the classroom.
Participation makes up 10 percent of your grade, so make sure you’re getting in the mix on this blog and in the classroom.
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