Class Canceled for Friday 7 Feb 2014

I am on campus but I just heard classes have been canceled for today. So I guess we will meet again on Friday, 14 of February. Hope you have a great weekend.

Stay warm,

Ginger

See you at 10 am on Friday

Class will be postponed until 10 am on Friday. Hope your portrait sessions went . I'm looking forward to seeing your images.
G

Wouldn't it be great....

Wouldn't it be great if you entered a portrait you took in this class and you won?

We're on a mission to discover a full range of great 21st century photo portraits. We are open to everything. All points of view. All levels of expertise. All corners of the world. All ideas of portraiture.     to see more go to: https://www.lensculture.com/awards?utm_source=General+List&utm_campaign=9cf6ebdd43-Newsletter+v6&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1724e682d-9cf6ebdd43-68720169

Self Portrait Class Favorite

Karen Havins' self portrait image of how she sees herself was chosen by the class as the image that best fulfulled the class self portrait assignment.  After Karen talked about and explained this image, there was a hush in the classroom.  Her talk was heartfelt and compelling. 

Here is a link to her blog:  http://vindictivephotography.blogspot.com/

Congratulations Karen on your image being chosen by a group of your peers.

Assignment #3: Portrait of Others

The class will be dividing into groups of two to three people. We are going to take a few minutes in class for you to have a chance to 'interview' one another and exchange contact information. Get to know the members of your group and think about how you would like to create a portrait of them.   Set a time and place to take the portrait.

Spend some time thinking about and creating an interesting shot that tells us something about your subject. 

The final images will be graded on the elements of natural lighting, use of compositional tools and how well you captured your classmate's personality. Good luck! 

Post your favorite 5 images on your blog before 9. am.

Due:      Friday, February 7, 2014 at 9 a.m.

What: Bring the files of all your portrait of others images on your hard drive to class. The more images you have the better. We will be using these files for the lab exercise in Photoshop, to begin printing and for your Blog. Since we will be learning how to print your images, if you don't have your images to work with you won't be able to print your images while the lab monitor and I are there to help you.

Remember, your metadata will need to state the images were taken between January, 31, 2014 and the February 7, 2013.

If you have the images posted on the blog by 9am you will receive a 100. If you do not have the images posted on the blog by 9am you will receive a 0.

Remember there are no late assignments accepted or extra credit assignments provided in this class.

Portrait Artists for inspiration

It’s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are. – Paul Caponigro

W. Eugene Smith

Diane Arbus

 

 

 

 

 

 

  





Irving Penn of Pablo Picasso



 

      

Nan Goldin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annie Leibovitz

 

David LaChapelle

  

Mary Ellen Mark

 

 

Ralph Gibson

 

 

Corrine Day

Horst P. Horst

It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter. – Alfred Eisenstaedt

Tips for taking a good portrait

1. Alter Your Perspective

2. Play with Eye Contact

3. Break the Rules of Composition

4. Experiment with Lighting (the most flattering light for most portraits is soft and off-camera)

5. Move Your Subject Out of their Comfort Zone

6. Shoot Candidly, Don't Pose your Subject

7. Introduce a Prop, Let them do Something with their Hands or Body

8. Focus Upon One Body Part – Get Close Up

9. Obscure Part of your Subject

10. Take a Series of Shots

11.  Show the subject and also their surroundings

12.  Capture their spirit, try to show something you remember about that person

13.  Give your subjects some room if you are not doing a close up

14.  Avoid tangents

15.  Avoid cutting off hands and legs at the knees

16.  Remember the rule of thirds!

17.  Expression.  Capture their Expression.

18.  Take A LOT of shots!  Often the best shot comes when you both are exhausted.