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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...
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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...
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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....
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Assignment: Weather has played a significant role in demographic shifts – whether from colder climes to warmer, or in the impact of bad weather on the economy. A major online magazine has given you this assignment. A single lead story image (600x400px) for a post on the impact of (dramatic?) weather on your area. I will leave it up to you to know whether your particular story is slanted in...
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Assigned by a national magazine for a photograph of a local entrepreneur, you have two weeks to put together something cool. This photo will run as either a full page lead to a story or a cover. That will be an 8.5 x 11 size. You may shoot to layout if you wish or simply shoot the images making sure that the intended layout will fit. You may shoot directly to the layout (download it here in PSD...
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Assignment Three is a simple still life shot. First – there is a difference between product shots and still life. Product shots show, well, products – tech or cooking utensils or cameras. A still life can be made up of items that are not for sale, but instead are used to project an idea, thought, or feeling. Still life can be an exploration of color and contrast and texture and...
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