Journal Entry for 4/14

1. What is your favorite image of Jennifer Greenburg’s and why? Post your answer as a comment on Jennifer Greenburg’s post and be sure to reply to at least one other person’s post.

2. What are some examples of text that we see but take for granted? How can we put our own photographic style onto the text that we come across? Which font on dafont.com best matches your personality?

3. Read over the Jargon Dictionary on Digital Photography School. What were three terms that you were familiar with? Which three did you not know about?

Journal Entry for 2/25

1. What is your favorite picture of Richard Ross’s pictures? Post your decision and explanation as a comment in the Richard Ross Post.

Oh and Mr. Emmert says that you can no longer use the phrase “eye-catching” in your explanation anymore.

2. What is the theme of this series? What would you write about if these were your photographs for the photo series assignment?

3. Seeing as how the triptych photo challenge is a district-wide photo challenge, how can we make our triptych pictures better than any other school?

journal entry for 4/11

1. What are two concepts that you learned in class this term that stand out to you the most?

2. Why do you think those two concepts stood out above the others?

journal entry for 4/10

Much of the work of Karl Kleiner represents a world which most likely one that does not exist in reality. One of the places where we as photographers can get ideas for photographs is through our dreams.

What types of dreams have you had that you could photograph?

Give as much visual information in your descriptions as possible.

Example (and a real dream Mr. Strong had): I lived in a futuristic society, where specific information on how you were to dress for the day were put into your house on a neatly-folded pile of clothes. If I were to take a picture of this, I would have a stack of folded clothes, with instructions printed out from a computer.

“Buttton Down Shirt, XL, one button after the next. Put on while standing in front of mirror.”

journal entry for 4/09

Today’s Photographer of the Day uses nature and framing devices to add a sense of place to their photographs.  In what ways do your photographs have a sense of place?

How do you give your pictures a sense of place? If not, how could you?

Journal Entry for 4/08/08

Where do you think Raphael Neal finds inspiration for his pictures?

What is the evidence for this in his pictures?

The picture of the conjoined twins is called “Homage to Brian DePalma”

Who is Brian Depalma?  How is this work a homage to him?

journal entry for 4/7

Journal Entry for 4/7

How did today’s warm ups (one on food photography and one on portraits) help you with this week’s photo challenge and weekly assignment, respectively?

 

 

 

Journal Entry for 3/10/08

We see a lot of storytelling in the work of Ellen Kooi.

In what ways are you using storytelling in your photos?

How could telling a story with your photos make your pictures more engaging to the viewer?

Journal Entry for Friday, March 7th

What are two things stood out about this class this week?

How have photo challenges changed the way you take pictures?

Journal Entry for 3/5

What has been your favorite assignment this term so far? Why is that so?

Read Ian Aleksander Adams’s comment on yesterday’s journal entry.

What do you think he meant by the “importance of new media communication”?