Assignment Eight: Recipe and Ingredients for a Regional Magazine
Photo by John Kleb. Shoot the ingredients for a salad (your recipe) on a white background. Keep the shot very tightly framed. We need a little white space at the foreground for some type. Regional magazine wants a one page article shot for their upcoming issue. Specifics: magazine is 8×10.5″ tall full bleed image, with recipe text over image prefer to put text on the bottom area of the image, but NOT a deal killer they want the shot on white (a stylistic format they use) prefer something simple like a salad or desert whimsical...
read moreTry “Improvisation” To Build Your Vision
I believe that photography is “jazz with a camera”. Always have. The improvisational function of what we do is so similar to a jazz musician that the allegory works incredibly well. In this post I show you one of my recent “improvs” with a handfull of seashells. The point is to narrow the scope of the project to a confined area / time allocation. This increases focus. Your energy level stays high and you are pushed by the constraints of the situation. Read the article at Essentials for Photographers and let me know...
read moreAssignment Seven: A Cellphone Portrait
Assignment Number Seven: A photograph of someone using a cellphone for a local communications company point of purchase display and matching brochure. This is what the art director gave you for the job: Click to make larger. And yeah, this is exactly the kinds of things you can get. I have gotten layouts that looked like gorgeous illustrations and layouts on napkins. This is an example of the latter style… a quick ‘idea’ scribbled down during a hurried meeting. Your assignment is to shoot an image to this layout. A POP...
read moreNew Book Available At Amazon
This was a pretty fun book to work on. I wrote it and then illustrated it. The first book was written to the images I had. Next time a happy medium… both were not the ideal way I would like to have done them. I hope the folks who like light will take a few moments to view the book. I am hoping for some early deliveries so I can go through it myself. Hope you enjoy it if you decide to purchase. From the publisher: Lighting Essentials: Lighting for Texture, Contrast, and Dimension in Digital Photography by Don Giannatti AVAILABLE MAY...
read moreGear Pages Added.
I see where a lot of the Project 52 folks are asking about some gear ideas for the assignment work. You do not have to spend a lot of dough on this stuff, but it is always good to have a bit of gear around for the times you need it. I have posted the Speedlight Gear page and you will find it under the About button on the nav link. Full disclosure – the links include my affiliate code, so I do make a tiny percentage from Amazon on your purchases. It is not added to your price, but taken from the Amazon part of the transaction. I will add...
read morePROJECT 52: PRO EDITION: ASSIGNMENT ONE
Chocolate: We will be doing the same as the regular Project 52 on some assignments – others will vary quite a bit. For this assignment, an art buyer has asked to see some of your best chocolate shots for a possible chance at a regional ad for chocolate importer. She is not clear about the parameters of the gig, but it will be a multi shot project meant to inspire more sales in the region you are in. This is a wonderful opportunity of course, but your chocolate shots are a little low. You must shoot some creative for this presentation...
read moreAssignment Six: Chocolate… Sweets for the Sweets
A local restaurant has decided to run a special on chocolate on their menu for the next month. They need something that says, no – SCREAMS Chocolate!!! People or still life or cute little furry animals or fish… … well… probably not fish… but you get the idea. Chocolate… and they are featuring chocolate candies, pie, cake, ice cream, and specialties. Chocolate. It’s that simple… and that hard. Oh, and the finished art work is a square… that is predetermined by their menu, so no options...
read moreImportant INFO on the PRO 52 Group
I am so glad to announce it starts today. You will be getting an email titled: “P52 Pro News and Assignments” in case you want to add it to your spam filter. After you signed up, you received an email from me with instructions on signing up for the newsletter. Most did, but a few are missing. If you did NOT receive that email from me, with a link to the MailChimp Newsletter signup, contact me ASAP. I mean like – today! The first newsletter goes out later today and I want everyone on it. There are a few very important things...
read moreStill Life Videos (Tutorials)
Here are three examples of shooting still life with very simple materials. You can see some additional videos from YouTube...
read moreIf you need inspiration. . .
Read this: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/01/rant-i-love-photography/ Yep. What he said. Me, too. I love photography. I lost my grandfather about a year ago. The last time I saw him was for a very short visit on New Years Day, 2011 – he passed away in February 2011. That day, my grandfather gave my son a wooden school bus that he had made for him and I snapped a few photos. Disgusting overhead, flickering florescent lights, not stellar composition – but I wouldn’t trade these photos for anything. I love...
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