Individual Meetings on Dec 6th and 8th

 

Photography, etc.

 “Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.” 

― Buddha

blogs

www.wordpress.com

www.blogger.com 
www.facebook.com 
www.youtube.com 
www.vimeo.com
 
website

http://www.godaddy.cmom/default.aspx

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/

business card & postcard

http://us.moo.com

http://americasprinter.com/

http://www.modernpostcard.com/

books & magazines

http://www.blurb.com/

https://www.lulu.com

http://www.aandibooks.com/ 
http://www.magcloud.com/

photography guide

http://photographmag.com/

photography site

http://www.americansuburbx.com/

http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/

http://www.aperture.org/

http://www.photoeye.com/

grants

https://www.lbcc.edu/foundation-scholarships-and-grantshttp://www.artslb.org/services/grants/
http://www.visitcenter.org/

http://www.calhum.org/

art fairs
https://www.spenational.org/conference/location

http://www.photola.com/

http://www.fotofest.org/

http://2019.palmspringsphotofestival.com/
http://www.laartshow.com/

https://whitney.org/exhibitions/2017-biennial

http://www.artbasel.com/

http://www.labiennale.org/en/Home.html

gallery

http://www.ccgalleryguide.com/

http://bergamotstation.com/

history

http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/

lectures

https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/?month=12&day=3&year=2018

Printer Choice for Photographer
https://www.adorama.com/alc/what-is-the-best-printer-for-photographers
https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-photo-printers
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/buying-guide/8-great-pro-grade-photo-printers

Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light

 How did Richard Avedon influence fashion and fine art photography?

Ronald Fischer, beekeeper, Davis, California, May 9, 1981 (left); 

Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955 (right)

Extra Credit: Artist Interview

 This is an extra credit for 10 points.

Work with your classmate partner (or self interview), pick out 5 questions and interview each other.  Use smart phone or camera to record the interview.  Due November 11 in your google drive folder.

Link to interview example 

Please introduce yourself?

What’s your background?

How did you start making art/photography?

Why do you make art/photography?

Why is making art important?

What role does the artist have in society?

Professionally, what’s your goal of being an artist/photographer?

What is your purpose in making art? (hobbies, passion, job, money, fame, power, inspiration, etc.)

Name three artists you’d like to be compared to?

How have you developed your career?

How do you seek out opportunities?

 

What activity do you most enjoy doing?

What research do you do?

What book do you read?

What's the last great book you read?

What inspires you?

Who are your biggest influences?

What's the last show that you saw?

What's the last show that surprised you? Why?

What's your favorite place to see art/photography?

What’s your favorite artwork?

Do you collect anything?

What work of art do you wish you owned?

Do you have a gallery/museum-going routine?

 

What project are you working on now?

What is your most important artist tool?

Is there an element of art you enjoy working with most? Why?

What does your work aim to say?

How does your work comment on current social or political issues?

What are the values and beliefs of the culture in which your artwork was made?

Is there an artwork you are most proud of? Why?

What do you see as the strengths of your artwork, visually, technically, or conceptually?

 

What is missing from your artwork?

Who do you think was your artwork created for?

How do you personally relate to/connect with your arts?

What do you want people to remember about your artwork?

What memorable responses have you had to your artwork?

What do you like about your artwork?

What do you dislike about your artwork?

If you could change your previous artwork, how would you change it? Why?

How do you title your artwork and why?

How long will it take you to finish an artwork?

How do you know when a work is finished?

If you could have a group exhibition or collaboration with 3 other artists, who would they be and why? 

Photoshop Basics

 Basic photoshop skills:

- Tools:  size, rotate, crop, touch-ups
- Layers: Brightness & Contrast, Levels, Color Balance
- Formats: jpeg, tiff, psd
- Extra Tools: Color correction, adding vignette, removing unwanted objects

Assignment: 
Use one of your Personal Vision images for this assignment.  Apply a few basic tools, layers, save it as Tiff on your google drive folder "Photoshop"

Examples:

Jaylene Contreras (original version)

Jaylene Contreras (edited version)

Photoshop Layers

Guest Lectures on Friday, Sep 30th

 

Movie Review

— Complete project "Personal Vision" (updated new images if needed)

— Read Chapter 1 "About Art Criticism" LINK

— Pick one of the following movies to watch over the weekend (you may have to rent them from Amazon or YouTube).  Take notes of what you have learn from the professionals, share your notes in class on Oct 4th.

Manufactured Landscape, Watermark, or Anthropocene – Edward Burtynsky Link

Albassross - Chris Jordan Link 

Salt of the Earth -  Sebastião Salgado Link

A Document Film - Ansel Adams Link

Waste Land - Vik Muniz Link

Leaning into the Wind - Andy Goldsworthy Link

 

“The job of the photographer, in my view, is not to catalogue indisputable fact but to try to be coherent about intuition and hope.” 

– Robert Adams