A few Favorite Quotes

Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this: it is the capture and projection of the delights of seeing; it is the defining of observation full and felt.

Walker Evans

Like a boxer trains for a fight a photographer needs to practice by getting out and taking pictures every day. It doesn't matter how many he takes or if he takes any at all. It gets you prepared to know what you should take pictures of or what is the right thing to do and when.

When people look at my pictures, I want them to feel the way they do when they want to reread a line of a poem.

Robert Frank

“I’ve told people in my workshops, over and over again, “if I were choosing between a photographer with a lot of talent and a photographer who was utterly dogged, I’d take dogged every time. These are the people who will keep going back and back and back. Steve McCurry has said that people often want to know how he takes the really good pictures. But he says they don’t really want to know what I do, because if I tell them what I really do—that I go back over and over again—that’s not the answer they want to hear. It’s a remarkably big part of it. Just be absolutely dogged about it. Students and other photographers want to believe in the romance of the moment—that we just happened to get the picture. The idea of the once-in-a-lifetime shot. If I do my job right, it’s my job to go out every day and get once-in-a-lifetime shots.”

Jim Richardson

National Geographic Veteran Photographer – for whole article, click here

Also, see what-i-learned-from-steve-mccurry

Recommended Exhibits & Events at local Galleries:

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Photographic Reflections by Sil Azevedo

DP Review Pictures of the Year

                                             WOLFGANG ZURBORN

                                             Thomas Michael Alleman

Featured Photographers:

Robert Capa

Robert Capa (October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian combat photojournalist who covered five different wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War. He documented the course of World War II in London, North Africa, Italy, the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris. His action photographs, such as those taken during the 1944 Normandy invasion, portray the violence of war with unique impact. In 1947, Capa co-founded Magnum Photos with, among others, the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. The organization was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance photographers.

Source: Wikipedia

John Wimberley

John Wimberley's photographs are populated by an abundance of pictorial elements: clouds, rocks, ravens, stones, mists, trees, grains of sand, feet; and it's extraordinary how he repeatedly gets these elements to work in his photographs…

Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) is one of the masters of 20th century photography.  His body of work includes portraits of statesmen, artists, musicians, authors, scientists, and men and women of accomplishment.  His extraordinary and unique portfolio presents the viewer with an intimate and compassionate view of humanity.

Celebrating the 50^th Anniversary of Robert Frank’s

The Americans

Also check this out, and make sure to look at the map and interactive contact sheets:

Giacomo Brunelli

Haunting B+W images produced with an old film camera

Saul Leiter:
Saul Leiter started shooting color and black-and-white street photography in New York in the 1940s. He had no formal training in photography, but the genius of his early work was quickly acknowledged by Edward Steichen…more

http://www.lensculture.com/leiter.html

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Duane Michals (born February 18, 1932) is an American photographer. Largely self-taught, his work is noted for its innovation and artistry. Michals' style often features photo-sequences and the incorporation of text to examine emotion and philosophy, resulting in a unique body of work…more

D.M. at PDN Legends Online

D.M. at Pace MacGill Gallery_

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Digital Photography

Intro

At Studio

• Foundational photography concepts 
• Essential camera functions
• Mentored, hands on practice shoot
• Introduction to editing tools
• Information on equipment and accessories
• Individual follow up 

Digital Photography

Elements of Design

Suggested Assignments

Ü Suggested output: a series with 5-10 edited images for each study

Lines

Create images that use LINES as their basic compositional element.  Explore different spaces and objects seeking to create images that reflect the theme clearly and creatively.

Shadows

Observe light and shadows and record interesting shapes formed by shadows.  Create images that have shadows, shades and silhouettes as the main compositional element.

Reflections

Using reflective surfaces such as water, glass, mirrors, metallic surfaces, etc, produce images that show creativity, elegant composition and clear intent.

Textures and Patterns

Look around you. Surfaces with different textures and patterns are everywhere. Use your imagination to create images that are unique and creative using different patterns and textures. Wall textures, fabric patterns, nets, scratched surfaces are all inbounds. Let your imagination take over and capture some good ones.

Frames

Photographers often use frames to create their images. Trees, architectural structures, vegetation objects can all serve as frames in order to compose a photograph. The use of frames in photography and painting allows the artist to create compositions that are more personal and that allow the viewer to relate to the subject being photographed more closely.

Color Compositions

Color and its perception is an essential part of visual arts. Being able to integrate color value and use them in your compositions in a way that serves your intention will allow you to create great art pieces. We will have two installments to this assignement

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Analogous Compositions:

These are images that use predominantly colors that are color wheel “neighbors”.

Color Contrast Compositions

Oposite colors on the color wheel make for very interesting compositions, contrasting cool and warm colors in many different variations. Create images that explore the visual possibilities of contrasting colors.

Student Work