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Nov

Two-Day, Two-Photo, Photo Challenge: Opposites Diptych

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Two Days, Two Photos, forty eight hours of pure pixel madness. Are you up to the challenge?

For this week you will create a Diptych, or two photos placed side by side, usually in a frame.

One photo will be the opposite of the other.

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This assignment is due on Tuesday, November 24th.

For all the examples you could ever dram of, click here for the flickr gallery.

AND: Here is a tutorial on how to create a diptych…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisasolomon/144284135/in/set-72057594131460626/

Nov

Photographer of the Day: Corrine Botz

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“The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death” is an exploration of a collection of eighteen miniature crime scene models that were built in the 1940’s and 50’s by a progressive criminologist Frances Glessner Lee (1878 – 1962). The models, which were based on actual homicides, suicides, and accidental deaths, were created to train detectives to assess visual evidence. This seven-year project culminated in an exhibition and a book The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death (Monacelli Press, 2004).

The models display an astounding level of precision and detail: shades can be raised and lowered, mice live in the walls, stereoscopes work, whistles blow and pencils write. My photographs highlight the models’ painstaking detail, as well as the prominence of female victims. Through framing, scale, lighting, color, and depth of field, I attempt to bring intimacy and emotion to the scene of the crime. I want viewers to feel as if they inhabit the miniatures – to lose their sense of proportion and experience the large in the small.

Nov

10 Rules for Editing Digital Images

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Wedding Photographer Martin Whitton Shares his rules for Editing Digital Images

1. Tone of space (a room, for example) should be balanced and neutral, with no overall bias;
2. Blacks (like tuxes) should be black;
3. Whites (like wedding gowns) should be white;
4. Don’t over-saturate images (my personal pet peeve)! Final edited image should be representative of what the human eye saw when photographing occurred;
5. Flesh tones should be realistic and consistent. If he looks red and she looks pale white, something’s probably wrong;
6. Image should be level or straight. Use reference points within image to determine this;
7. Fix and remove any “red-eye” issues when flash is used;
8. Sharpen all images last, and do it sparingly;
9. Save images based on their intended use; images being posted online can be as small as 500 kb. Images that will be printed should probably be 1-2 mb (minimum);
10. For easy tracking and identification, rename/save images based on the event, like – “Jane & John Wedding 1”.

http://digital-photography-school.com/10-rules-for-editing-digital-images

QUESTION: DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT. WHY OR WHY NOT? POST YOUR ANSWER AS A COMMENT TO THIS POST. THEN RESPOND TO TWO OTHER PEOPLE’S POSTS

Nov