Last Chance

Just a reminder that your extra credit assignments or redos of previous assignments are due this coming Wednesday. Please re-submit in whatever format originally submitted. Digi=digi, prints=prints. If possible, please include the original work so that I have something to compare it to. On Wednesday you will have plenty of work time.

You can do an HDR image or Panorama as extra credit to make up for a late assignment or part of a missed class.

Post either to your Flickr page and send me a fresh link. If you've forgotten how to do them, there should be links on the blog with directions.

Let me know if I'm missing you. At times e-mails get lost in the shuffle.

Sites for Technical Learning

Ken Rockwell: http://kenrockwell.com/

Luminous Landscape: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/

Alternate Final

Constructed

5+ 8.5x11 prints

In this assignment you will be asked to construct a tableau, fiction, a manipulated scene - or combine photography with other mediums such as drawing, sculpture, etc. Since the advent of photography a powerful characteristic has been its connection to the existing world. Although it has been demonstrated again and again that a photograph is deceiving, people still believe that it recreates "reality."

Consider these possible approaches:
tableau scenes
heightened theatricality
still-life photography
digital manipulations
text and image combinations
make your photograph 3D or combine it other mediums

Artists to consider:
Chris Engman: http://www.gregkucera.com/engman.htm

Jeff Wall: http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2007/jeffwall/

Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison: http://www.parkeharrison.com/

John Baldessari: http://broadartfoundation.org/artist_12.html

Sandy Skoglund: http://www.sandyskoglund.com/

Ana Mendieta: http://www.akinci.nl/Ana_Mendieta/Mendieta.htm

Croissan'wich

There are startlingly few images of the Croissan'wich available on the internet.

Hot Wacks

Dylan:
http://antovich.tumblr.com/

Erik:
http://erikturnquist.tumblr.com/

Isabelle:
http://ijwoodward.tumblr.com/

James:
http://wraxawru.tumblr.com/

Juliana:
http://mar-mal-lover.tumblr.com/

Kathleen:
http://pygmygoat.tumblr.com/

Kelly:
http://kellyjgraham.tumblr.com/

Tiffany L.:
http://tiffanyyl.tumblr.com/

Renee:
http://rtakara.tumblr.com

Christopher:
http://kreestofar.tumblr.com/

Stephanie:
http://stougas.tumblr.com/

Tiffany V.:
http://mymorningcupofcoffee.tumblr.com/

Portrait Images

We may give the studio another shot this week or the week after but I've posted our images to the Art Student Share for your access.

Final Project

The final project is an open assignment and opportunity to apply the numerous ideas we have explored term in a way that best suits you. What kind of working method did you enjoy the most? You don't need to think of only the recent printed assignments, but everything we have done that could be called art. Whether it was a game of charades, photographing symbols, eating food together, writing about other people's work in musical chairs, making collages, or just taking pictures of family members, this class has been about taking everyday experiences and twisting them in simple ways to make art. Don't make art; make what you already do into art.

The content of what you produce for the final project is up to you, but I will require a written, paper proposal submitted next Wednesday containing a general description of your project and the approximate number of images and prints you anticipate making. The proposal will be followed on Monday with a short, to be scheduled, meeting with me or Jason, to talk about what you wrote as well as what you have produced so far. Also, if you don't feel comfortable doing whatever you want for a final project, I will also create an alternate assignment which will be posted shortly.

Final Critique/breakfast party
8:30-10:20 a.m.
Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2009

If you are unable to attend, I will require a written assignment TBD to make up for your lack of participation.

Project redos and extra credit assignments will be due Wednesday, June 3rd.

If you are interested in using the studio again for your own exploration, please let me know and we can schedule time for you to use the studio with supervision. Because of the high-voltage nature of strobe photography, students are not allowed to use the equipment by themselves. Because studio photography is a new concept I would prefer that you not do it for the final project, but it could be a fun chance to make portraits of your friends or play dress-up.

Hot Links/Tumblr/Your Madness

Make a Tumblr page with ten images collected from the internet:

http://www.tumblr.com/

Here are some links to get you started:

http://iheartphotograph.com/

http://www.pictureyear.blogspot.com/

http://beautyinphotography.blogspot.com/

http://chngyaohong.com/blog/


http://www.artfagcity.com/

On Wednesday you will share your new site with us, as well as the photo book you picked from the art library.

Avedon in the New York Times

The above picture looks like it has suffered from some compression, per our demo image of the beach ball!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/fashion/14AVEDON.html?_r=1&ref=style

Cute Art

Homework for 5/13, due 5/20

DREAMS
inspired by the work of Wendy Ewald

To dream some of the dreams I've dreamed, my mind has to be five or six times as big as the world
-Darlene Watts, Kentucky
I think there are some things like clouds in my mind. When I imagine lots of things, the clouds fill up as if it's about to rain.
-Teresa Lopez, Mexico

Your assignment is to create the visual representation of dreams. Can you write about and picture your dreams and fantasies? Is there a way in which your imagination can shift its stance?
Produce 6-8 images, 5x7” or lager, and associated contact sheets.

Possibilities:
Describe life from the viewpoint of a character or an inanimate object or narrate a fantasy.
Use an object as a kind of totem, or magical object
Have friends or props to enliven the images
Use light and dark to differentiate from everyday life. What could you do with flash at night, or by playing with lamps, flashlights, and candles?

In-class:
Write three dreams you can remember, or make up ones if you can't remember anything, paying attention to the images that come to mind. Read what you have written aloud and have classmates suggest few photographs that could be made to describe the dream.

Extension:
If someone dreamed about a frightening dog, how could you photograph a dog to make it look frightening?
Write a descriptive list of things/scenes you might photograph.
The pictures will probably be more successful if you create single images but you can use multiple images that tell a dream story.

For Wednesday-Breakfast As Art

"The line between art and life should be kept as fluid, and perhaps as indistinct as possible..."
-Allan Kaprow, 1966

"John Baldessari once told me that in making art what is important is not what you make, but the stories that come out of making it. After an object is gone, the stories will be around. Aren't stories involving other peo9ple and situations a bit more interesting than ones about just you, alone, in your studio?"
-Mungo Thompson, 2000

Vik Muniz: http://www.vikmuniz.net/www/index.html

Tom Friedman: http://www.designboom.com/portrait/friedman.html
http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/beverly-hills-2006-10-tom-friedman/#/images/1/

Rirkrit Tiravanija: http://www.operacity.jp/en/ag/exh31rt.php
http://www.gavinbrown.biz/artists/view/rirkrit-tiravanija

Breakfast:
Do something, anything, that involves yourself and at least one other person. Bring something, anything, to class at 10:30 that is evidence of the work. The piece can take almost any form you like but it needs to be in a form that will allow the rest of the class to discuss it later.
Consider how this engagement with someone changes your own practice. What is the role of the group? How can you turn the disadvantages of a group into an advantage? How could you turn food into art, or how can you utilize the power of an omelet to change society?

-apologies and honors to Ken Fandell for inspiring this assignment

QTPFSGUI

Open source HDR software: http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/

Today!

Bitspace!
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/essentials/16-bit/page-3.php

HDR in Photomatix!
http://www.hdrsoft.com/gallery/index.php

Speed of Art!

Hello,

I won't e-mail everyone regarding the image quality of their uploaded files. It is an inefficient use of time to look at everything so I'm only going to look at them if your prints look off- that way I can have something more tangible to work from.

A number of people still uploaded jpegs or more than just the images they showed in class so it's hard to open everything and hope that it actually reflects your work.

Thanks,

Gregory

How do I make a portrait?

Richard Avedon Foundation: http://www.richardavedon.com/

Here are some good portrait tips: http://www.photographytips.com/page.cfm/368

How long will my photographs last?

http://www.wilhelm-research.com/shutterbug/hlwy.html

Homework for 5/6

Assignment : Portrait : Due for Wednesday's class 5/13
Produce three portraits and one self-portrait. They may be people you know or don't know. They can be candid or not, but should reveal something about you and/or the person photographed that is somehow different than ordinary snapshots you might make of them. Produce at least four prints and include printed contact sheets for images shot. There is no minimum or maximum number of images to shoot, but keep in mind that your contact sheet will represent all of the work you put forth...or didn't.

August Sander: http://www.masters-of-fine-art-photography.com/02/artphotogallery/photographers/august_sander_07.html
Diane Arbus: http://www.artphotogallery.org/02/artphotogallery/photographers/diane_arbus_01.html

Assignment: Make a photo-collage in the style of David Hockney done in Photoshop:
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/photoshop/articles/phs8ppphotomerge/phs8ppphotomerge.pdf
Post your new Hockney-style image by Saturday 5PM to Flickr. We will look at them on Monday. It does not need to do be a portrait. You may choose whatever subject you wish. Think about making your images all with the same camera settings so you can make an adjustment and apply it to all images in Lightroom before exporting to Photoshop.
This is a completion assignment. You will not receive a letter grade.

Assignment: Load your Symbol images to the server by the end of Wednesday
http://everest.art.washington.edu:8000/Login
Did you get the name and password from class? Normally I will not ask you to make both prints and upload images, but in this case I would still like to see you RAW+sidecar images to evaluate your image-manipulation skills.

Optional: Make an HDR image to share with the class. We will work on this in-class on Monday. If you would like to get started, look at the directions listed here.
http://photocritic.org/hdr-photography-how-to/
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=hdr

Extra credit: Make a panorama image by to share with us. This panorama will make up for a late assignment you may have had. You may do this any time but send me an e-mail to let me know that it is on your Flickr page for credit.
http://digital-photography-school.com/creating-a-panorama-with-photoshop-and-photomerge

I apologize for my over-reaching of activities with today's class! We will talk more about Photoshop and HDR on Monday as I didn't give you quite enough to work from.

Homework 5/4

Submit contact sheet(s) and 6-8 prints for Wednesday’s class. Your prints may be no smaller than 5x7. For this assignment I am not overly concerned with print quality, but will be in the future. Consider this a test-run for future print projects. Try inkjets, laserprints, thermals, and c-prints to see what works best for you, but for whatever you do make all the prints you turn in of the same output method and size.