Wednesday, January 19, 2011

week 2 photo school student

Well survived the first week of school and wow it was interesting to say the least. New teachers new classes and a lot more to learn. At least this quarter we start to get into the best part of the photography program. I started the lighting basics course where you really start to learn what light does and how it affects your pictures. The instructor we have was a corporate photographer for NIKE for 15 yrs and really knows his stuff on lighting so this is very exciting time for me. I look forward to this class each week. Definitely start to look at how light affects each object that you photograph and how that can be changed. Photography is light don't forget.The first two weeks was planning for and photographing the flat paintings downstairs. Doesn't seem real tough till you have to set your light to get true color and detail. 77 shutter accusations for 5 total pics. Less than some of the other groups too I think.  Also I am taking an image manipulation class which is a photoshop class. Then there is  Art History. Pretty sure I have never met a teacher that can spew more information in 2 and half hours in my life.. Wow she is quick with info but it is interesting so it helps. Interesting fact I didn't know was the rocks at Stonehenge weigh between 40-45 TONS! Some came from over 150 miles away. Amazing how all that happened. Fridays bring a class to me for the first time at this school and it is Photojournalism. This week is capturing the dramatic moment interesting concept and definitely a lot harder than one may think it is. Well not to much to say in this blog but next week in lighting is properly lighting two dimensional so it should be fun. It is going to be a steep learning curve but in all will help me make incredible improvements in my photography resulting in better pictures. Really now starting to see the benefit of taking the picture correctly the first time and not worrying about photoshop as it save time and ultimately will save money. Until next time keep clicking away!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Welcome to my Blog.

Well here we go into the world of blogging.  Never thought I would ever get into this but I always have so many ideas floating around in my head about my passion of photography I thought I would start one. If you read my introduction you know I am a student studying Photography and Design and I love it. I have been doing photography for over 20 years now but this education is a dream come true. Not only is it a great chance to learn from people that have or still actually do work in the field it is an amazing opportunity to be surrounded by incredibly creative minds. The people I go to school with are all very talented and have amazing skills but like me are looking for the things that will bring them from good to GREAT! I will be great I know that nothing will stop me from that.
Tomorrow starts the third quarter of school and from the very first day we were expected to use our cameras but this quarter brings the classes I have been seriously waiting for. Lighting!! So excited for this class and I can't wait for it to start. Photography is light and the proper use of light brings a photograph from good to Amazing. Those are the steps I am looking to make.
Speaking of lighting and photography I can't wait to find out what the next project we get to do is but I do have some ideas of my own. Down the line I have some amazing Ideas and I am always looking for models who may want to help me out. If this is you please let me know as I would love to bounce some ideas off of you.