Free Photography Talk

Aperture Foundation at The New School presents Confounding Expectations - Photography in Context: Framing the Presidency

11/12/2008 7:00 p.m.
The Aperture Foundation, the Photography Department of Parsons The New School for Design and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School present a new season of panel discussions focusing on photography. The second event is “Framing the Presidency,” which will explore the collision of photography, mass media, and politics in the 2008 presidential campaign and beyond. Artists and media experts will share their experiences and explore the power of photography in constructing our image of the presidency.

Panelists include photographer Tim Davis; Robert Hariman, chair of Communication Studies at Northwestern University; and others to be announced.

Presented with generous support from the Kettering Family Foundation and the Henry Nias Foundation. The program is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Location:

Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street

Admission:
Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served

Class: October 28, 2008: DARK ROOM EFFECTS

Many of you have mentioned an interest in still life photography. Above is a great shot that was in the NY Times Mag this weekend by Kenji Aoki.

Today in Class we will look at Chapter 9 in Martin Evening's text: DARK ROOM EFFECTS

In partners, we'll do the "split color toning" exercise which begins on page 451.

Please read this whole chapter for homework by next week.

We'll also have a slide lecture and look at some photographers' work, including:

Irving Penn
Kenji Aoki
Stephen Lewis
Robert Polidori
The Bechers

Homework Due next week, NOV. 4

1. Don't forget to Vote! November 4th is election day!

2. Reading: Chapter 9, Martin Evening Text (starts on p.447)
***Choose 3 different darkroom effects from the chapter and apply them to 3 OF YOUR OWN IMAGES. Bring the files to class, or put them in the folder in my Drop Box called "Darkroom EFfects HW". Title them with your name and the effect.

3. Bring several (about 15-20) of your best photos to class for a critique/ group edit. Prints are preferable (any size is fine), but digital photos are fine too.

4. Create a PROFESSIONAL blog for yourself. You can do this for free if you have a gmail account (blogspot.com). Wordpress is another option. Start uploading a bio and images, and in class we will add to it. A more final version of this blog will be due the following week, NOV. 11.

Even if you already have your own website, create a blog to feature more of your work that's not on your site. For example, I have a website which shows mostly just my food photography, but then I also have a wedding blog which I send to potential wedding clients. I also have a food blog which I post new projects to, as they come about. Make this blog useful to you! As you look for photo jobs or assisting jobs by sending out postcards or emails, it's important to send a link that potential clients/employers can look at. If you have a website, this is ideal. If you don't, then the next best thing is a blog. It's free!

Options for your new blog:

-A specific photo project you're working on. You can post new photos to it weekly.
-A place for employers to see your bio and download your resume.
-If you don't have a website, use it to showcase a sampling of your work. Arrange it in sections, if you have several types of photos you want to show. But keep it simple.


As you create your blog, make sure you change your image color profiles to sRGB, which will make your colors look right when uploaded to the internet. In CS3, go to EDIT> COLOR SETTINGS. Make sure they are the appropriate size as well: about 600x600 pixels is more than enough. In CS3, you can go to FILE> SCRIPTS> IMAGE PROCESSOR to change a folder of big images to small jpgs in an instant.

Aperture Internships/ Work Scholar Program

Something you may want to look into?

http://www.aperture.org/internships

Printing

Printing is sometimes the biggest challenge in photography- getting the print colors to match the screen can be brutal, and ink & paper are expensive when wasted! You may want to opt to have a lab do it for you. Here are 2 reasonable options.

A great place to get digital inkjet prints made is at the DOC at SVA. A small hidden photo printing lab (all digital) that is open to the public and reasonably priced. All the info is here:

http://mfaphoto.schoolofvisualarts.edu/?page_id=46

Printing
Epson 4800, 8-color UltraChrome inks
$8 per 8.5×11″ sheet paper
$10 per 11×17″, 13×19″ sheet paper
$25 per linear foot for roll media (250 wt glossy, matte, or luster)
Roll paper width is either 16″ or 17″ wide depending on paper in stock.

Large Format Printing
Epson 10600, 6-color Archival inks
$26 per linear foot (singleweight paper)
$50 per linear foot (doubleweight paper)
Roll paper width is 44″ (maximum printable area 43″ wide)

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To get Digital C-Prints Made, I go to PRINT SPACE:
http://www.printspacenyc.com/
7th Floor
151 W 19th St, New York, NY 10011
(212) 255-1919 x7

CS4 Talk tomorrow!

APA|NY and liveBooks present:
a First Look at Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2
featuring Julieanne Kost

Learn more about the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and get familiar with the new features that make them the gold standard in digital imaging. Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 software offers more intuitive access to its unrivaled power for greater editing freedom and significant productivity enhancements so you can composite images and achieve amazing results more efficiently than ever before.

About Julieanne Kost:
Joining Adobe in 1992, Julieanne has learned her craft through hands-on experience and now serves as the Senior Digital Imaging Evangelist. Spanning digital imaging and illustration, her role includes customer education, product development, and market research. She is a frequent contributor to several publications, a speaker at numerous design conferences and tradeshows, and a teacher at distinguished photography workshops and fine art schools around the world.

Herself a passionate photographer, she combines her background in psychology in creating artwork, seen in several showings and published in several magazines. She is the author behind Window Seat - The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking and the Photoshop Fundamentals and Advanced Photoshop Techniques training DVDs published by Software Cinema. http://www.jkost.com/

WHAT: APA presents a First Look at Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2
WHEN: Wednesday October 22, 2008 - doors @ 6:15PM, program @ 7PM
WHERE: The Actors' Movement Studio, 302 W 37th St, 6th Floor (between 8th & 9th Ave) COST: Free to attend but seating is limited: first come, first serve

Erwin Olaf Talk

Tonight, we will be spending the 1st half of our class at Aperture Gallery for a talk by Erwin Olaf, a Dutch photographer. Meet there at 6:30pm.

For his website, click here.

He is represented by Bernstein & Andriulli.

To see a video interview with Olaf, click here.

For a press release on Hasted Hunt's website, click here.

Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, between 10th and 11th Aves. 4th Floor.
http://www.aperture.org/events/detail.php?id=444

The 2nd half of class (beginning at about 8pm) will be held in our normal room, C306, and we'll be looking at the midterm projects then.

See you all tonight!

Erin
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Excerpt from an interview with Olaf:
F STOP: What inspired your move from black and white to color?

OLAF: Photoshop.

F STOP: Photoshop?

OLAF: Absolutely. I hated color photography till the early nineties… When Photoshop came along I could control the colors like I could control black and white in the dark room. This was really an eye opener for me. In the beginning I was aggressively against Photoshop. The first series I did with color was called Mind of Their Own, which was portraits of mentally disabled people. I burned the negatives to create a dream world. It was the first time I gave in to color photography. The strange thing is that I burned the negative because I was a little bit against Photoshop because I though “why, spend $1000 on Photoshop when I can burn the negatives in ten seconds for $1?” But after that I really started to embrace Photoshop.

F STOP: Do you have a standard kind of post-production regime?

OLAF: I work with several retouchers for every project. It’s like in the film industry, there’s an editor. I see myself more as a director nowadays than as a pure photographer.

Reminder: Midterm Due This Week (10/21)

For the midterm, you are required to create a photographer's promotional piece: basically a professional postcard, double sided that shows all your contact information, what kind of work you are looking for, and at least one of your images.

*Choose an image that you can retouch. I want to see before and after of this image when you turn in the assignment.

This can be printed anywhere: at Kinkos, in the FIT Lab, at home etc. It should be on card stock, double sided paper. Make sure you pay close attention to color management. If you are using a professional print lab, ask what color space your document should be in for their printer. Make sure the color space of your document matches the printer's. Most inkjet printers use Adobe RGB 1998. Laser printers differ, so make sure to ask. Vista Print is a good website to use for printing large quantities of promotional materials, but for this assignment, you only have to make 2 postcards.

Class 10/7 (Week 6)

In class this week, we will go over 2 separate categories:

1. Workflow Strategies

How to batch process a folder of images in the raw window, Photoshop & Bridge
How to write actions and apply them to a folder of images
How to Automate Contact Sheets
How to turn a large folder of Tiffs into JPGs or vice versa. (File > Scripts> Image Processing)

2. Pen Tool & Paths

We will continue to practice Pen tool techniques. We'll learn how to combine Pen Tool and Channels to make an effective mask. See handout for instructions.

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Homework:
For Next Week: Chapter 9: Classroom in a book. Vector Drawing Techniques and the Pen Tool. Please do the reading and the exercises as well. All the image files can be found on the CD that accompanies the book.

MIDTERM PROJECT!!! Due in 2 weeks: OCTOBER 21st.

For the midterm, you are required to create a photographer's promotional piece: basically a professional postcard, double sided that shows all your contact information, what kind of work you are looking for, and at least one of your images. (Choose an image that you can retouch. I want to see before and after of this image when you turn in the assignment). This can be printed anywhere: at Kinkos, in the FIT Lab, at home etc. It should be on card stock, double sided paper. Make sure you pay close attention to color management. If you are using a professional print lab, ask what color space your document should be in for their printer. Make sure the color space of your document matches the printer's. Most inkjet printers use Adobe RGB 1998. Laser printers differ, so make sure to ask. Vista Print is a good website to use for printing large quantities of promotional materials, but for this assignment, you only have to make one postcard.

For a note on rasterizing type, click here. If a type layer needs to be rasterized, you will be prompted by Photoshop.

Pen Tool HW Due 10/7

HW: Pen tool this file that we started in class. It's on the CD that came with the Evening text in Chapter 8 images, or you can download it here:

See you Tuesday!
http://rcpt.yousendit.com/612162165/490eb3fe7fd73b14a4448c237a932a53

Creative Quarterly Contest, deadline 10/31

For all the info, click here: http://www.cqjournal.com/callforentries.html

It's time to get your entries ready for our next show. Our first combined show had leading design firms, illustrators, photographers and fine artists submitting right alongside students and faculty from leading art schools and colleges.

Some of our big winners were Laughlin Constable, Teknika Design, O Group and our schools included Art Center, Tyler, Academy of Art, RISD, MICA, FIT, RIT, SVA. For a complete listing of all winners click here. Medal winners are listed below.

Keep in mind our low entry fees--$10 each--and you can enter online. And if you're a winner, great exposure in the next issue of Creative Quarterly (Take a sneak peek at our current issue). All entries must be uploaded or postmarked no later than October 31, 2008.

We're now two shows in one, professional and student.

Eligibility:
Working professionals, undergraduate or post graduate students and faculty in graphic design, illustration, photography and fine art
Categories:
Graphic Design--editorial, Identity, packaging, posters, books and advertising.
Photography--both fine art and commercial.
Illustration--print and animation.
Fine Art--painting, drawing, printmaking, multi-media, pottery, sculpture.

All winners will be exhibited in the next issue of Creative Quarterly due out at the end of the year.

Click here for more details about entering online and entry forms.

Questions?

Contact us at shows@cqjournal.com or at the studio, 718 435
4047.

Entries for CQ14 must be to us no later than October 31, 2008

Photo Contests at CENTER

Center For Fine Art Photography

OCT.14 DEADLINE:
It is not always the subject, but the Negative Space around the subject that makes a photograph truly stunning. This exhibition will highlight the compositional element that makes up the space not commonly seen.

Juror: Brooks Jensen
Brooks is the founder and co-editor of the publication LensWork Magazine. He is a prolific writer and photographer. His podcast and published interviews of the famous and not so famous provide valuable content for the community of photographers.

Exhibition and Awards:

* With selection for this exhibition, artists and their work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and others who appreciate the fine art of photography.
* Juror's Selection award: $300 Director's Selection award:
* $200 Gallery Visitor's Choice Award:
* $100Two Artists' ShowCase Online subscriptions - the Center's new online image marketing website (preview at www.artists-showcase.org)
* All exhibitors are included in the Center's online galleryInclusion in the Center's 2008 Exhibition Collection CD which is distributed to selected galleries, collectors, design houses and corporations world wide

For more info: http://www.c4fap.org/

OTHER CONTESTS:
Idea of Self

Deadline November 12, 2008

How do you see yourself? How do you think of yourself? How do you think other people see you? Are you the fly on the wall or the center of attention? The Idea of Self stretches further than the self portrait, and into the recesses of the mind, spirit and our subconscious.

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Perspective

Deadline December 9, 2008

Perspective can be the point of view from which you are standing when you release the shutter, or reflect your state of mind at the time when the image is created. Are you up high, or low to the ground? Maybe you are high on life, or down in the dumps. All these perspectives can greatly influence the message and impact of your photograph.
What is your Perspective?

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All of the Center's juried exhibitions are open to all domestic and international, professional and amateur, photographers working with digital or traditional photography or combinations of both. The Center for Fine Art Photography invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative, experimental and mixed techniques are welcome.

Information and online submissions at The Center for Fine Art Photography at www.c4fap.org or email questions to exhibitions@c4fap.org.