ASSIGNMENT: Photo Story, Round 2

For Friday, November 20, by 5 p.m., please put an additional set of images (4-6) on the server from your ongoing photo story. You should be developing the story now – seeing what elements are needed to help the reader understand this visually and link to the audio you’ve already recorded.

Go back and listen to the audio (or, if you’ve been ambitious, the edited version of it) and remember that if they say it, you need to show it. What have the talked about? Do you have an image that illustrates that?

ASSIGNMENT: Stop, Pan and Blur

One stop, one pan and one blur on the server by 5 p.m. on November 6. You’re looking to freeze a body in motion for the stop – so choose your subject carefully. For the pan and blur, think about the examples we used in class and choose a subject that will repeat it’s action.

Lab Hours

On Monday, October 19, the lab will only be open from 3:30 to 5 p.m. (instead of the usual 6:30). Normal hours will return the following week.

ASSIGNMENT: The Photo Story, Part 1

By 5 p.m. on Friday, October 23, please put a 3-5 photo package from your story on the server. This should include on portrait of your subject.

Also, please email me a 2-3 sentence summation of what your story is going to be so I can keep track of them. Thanks.

Bad Reporting

Here’s the story I mentioned in class that features no quotes from the business owners. One of them has left a few comments, though.

Diffused Light in the News

Classmate Aaron Marshburn sends along this collection of images from the dust storms in Australia as an example of diffused light.

ASSIGNMENT: The Beauty of Light

Choose two of the three kinds of light (hard, soft and diffused) and make a feature or general news photo that shows the beauty of light. Wrap your subject in it, evoke a mood. Make a connection with your reader through color, tone and direction.

Due on the server by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 2.

For inspiration, go wander through the work on National Geographic. Or search for the work of Sam Abell, David Alan Harvey or Jay Maisel – all do amazing things with light.

Lance Armstrong Shoot

Here’s the link to Robert Seale’s tale of shooting Lance Armstrong … in four minutes.

Lab on Friday

I’ll open the lab from 10-11 on Friday.

ASSIGNMENT: Long, Medium and Close-up

Due on the server by 5 p.m. on Friday, September 25. From one newsworthy event, shoot a long, a medium and a close-up. Tell a story in three images, each image should tell a different part of the story. Make sure your captions and file names are following the standards we’ve set out.