STARBUCKS 4th ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION
BENEFITING
AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON
Starbucks
Montrose & Hawthorne
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008
5pm-9pm
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
A Tedious Explanation of the f/stop
This website has an 8 page article on f-stop and aperture that will (no doubt) be of use to each of you. Very helpful!
http://www.uscoles.com/fstop.htm
http://www.uscoles.com/fstop.htm
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Critique - Mel Roschal
Thoughts About the Critique Process
I was a little surprised by the critique process. Not necessarily the feedback we were expected to give, but the content of the critique. I didn't realize for our photograms we were supposed to communicate so much. I thought it was an assignment designed to get us used the dark room, the enlarger, and mixing chemicals. Then Shannon started with questions about how Angelica could have portrayed more information about her family in her cards photogram, and how we could have all taken our ideas further. WOW! and whoa Nelly! I didn't realize we were supposed to convey all of that.
Overall the whole experience was fun and it helped us all "break the ice" with eachother, so that was great. I think the feedback from peers will get more and more critical as we get further into the semester and more confident with the art form.
I was a little surprised by the critique process. Not necessarily the feedback we were expected to give, but the content of the critique. I didn't realize for our photograms we were supposed to communicate so much. I thought it was an assignment designed to get us used the dark room, the enlarger, and mixing chemicals. Then Shannon started with questions about how Angelica could have portrayed more information about her family in her cards photogram, and how we could have all taken our ideas further. WOW! and whoa Nelly! I didn't realize we were supposed to convey all of that.
Overall the whole experience was fun and it helped us all "break the ice" with eachother, so that was great. I think the feedback from peers will get more and more critical as we get further into the semester and more confident with the art form.
SUBJECT MATTER - Mel Roschal
For this assignment, I was excited and overwhelmed at the technical aspect of what was required. I have a much better understanding of the camera, F stops, and shutter speed. For my subjects I chose several different ones.
For the motion part of the assignment, I first chose water fountains. The first fountain didn't work out so well as a "motion" capture. The actual "motion" of the water on the rocks of the fountains didn't really look like motion, so it turned out to be a depth of field picture. Plus I got kicked off of the property where I was taking the pictures - my church. The second fountain I found had three huge spouts of water coming up and the sun was in the right position, so this time I got permission and fired away. This turned out to be my best shot of all. I captured the movement of the water, the lighting was perfect and I think I did a pretty good job at keeping the "thirds" rule in mind. The next motion picture I was able to capture, came out really well too. It's a shot of my son, Spencer, practicing soccer in the front yard. You can't really see him because he's in motion so he's just a blur, but it's a very cool shot.
For the depth of field part of the assigment, I started with my car. Sounds a little lame, but I LOVE my car, plus it has my name in chrome on the back so that's the shot I took. The other part that interested me is that the car is black and it's ALWAYS washed to a high glossy shine, so I wondered what the reflection of trees and the sky would look like in the final print. The next scene was a statue of Mark Twain, in front of Spencer's school. It's a bronze statue and it makes me laugh all the time. I'm not even sure you can call it a statue. It's Mark Twain sitting on a park bench reading a book. When I was leaving the school one day to go take my second scene shots, I glanced over at the statue and couldn't resist. The sun was behind me, Mark Twain looks great that day, and the curvature of the building behind him seemed pretty interesting. Finally the last shot was again at Mark Twain Elementary. There's a really cool marquee sign in front of the school and the shadows of the trees around were almost point towards the sign. I decided I would try this shot and figure out the whole being in the canopy, taking your reading outside the canopy, and all that jazz. It was a good learning experience, but didn't come out as a great shot.
For the motion part of the assignment, I first chose water fountains. The first fountain didn't work out so well as a "motion" capture. The actual "motion" of the water on the rocks of the fountains didn't really look like motion, so it turned out to be a depth of field picture. Plus I got kicked off of the property where I was taking the pictures - my church. The second fountain I found had three huge spouts of water coming up and the sun was in the right position, so this time I got permission and fired away. This turned out to be my best shot of all. I captured the movement of the water, the lighting was perfect and I think I did a pretty good job at keeping the "thirds" rule in mind. The next motion picture I was able to capture, came out really well too. It's a shot of my son, Spencer, practicing soccer in the front yard. You can't really see him because he's in motion so he's just a blur, but it's a very cool shot.
For the depth of field part of the assigment, I started with my car. Sounds a little lame, but I LOVE my car, plus it has my name in chrome on the back so that's the shot I took. The other part that interested me is that the car is black and it's ALWAYS washed to a high glossy shine, so I wondered what the reflection of trees and the sky would look like in the final print. The next scene was a statue of Mark Twain, in front of Spencer's school. It's a bronze statue and it makes me laugh all the time. I'm not even sure you can call it a statue. It's Mark Twain sitting on a park bench reading a book. When I was leaving the school one day to go take my second scene shots, I glanced over at the statue and couldn't resist. The sun was behind me, Mark Twain looks great that day, and the curvature of the building behind him seemed pretty interesting. Finally the last shot was again at Mark Twain Elementary. There's a really cool marquee sign in front of the school and the shadows of the trees around were almost point towards the sign. I decided I would try this shot and figure out the whole being in the canopy, taking your reading outside the canopy, and all that jazz. It was a good learning experience, but didn't come out as a great shot.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Famous Photographers
Spend some time looking at the work of famous photographers, and let me know several names/particular photographs you are interested in seeing up close and personal. I will be submitting a list to the MFAH on Monday morning - your submissions must be in before then.
Masters of Photography
- site was down earlier, but the list is a good one
Famous Photographers Slideshow
Photography Collection at the MFAH
Masters of Photography
- site was down earlier, but the list is a good one
Famous Photographers Slideshow
Photography Collection at the MFAH
Monday, February 11, 2008
Blog 3: Subject Matter
For the first roll (shutter speed) I chose to photograph cars at different angles. I was going for a birds eye view, more of a cats view, and then of an ant. I wanted to show what a car was like to different subjects. We each see items in different ways and I wanted to portray that. While shooting though, I realized that I would have to change my ants view and put it more at an angle between the cats view and the birds eye view. I felt a bit uncomfortable laying on the ground so near to moving cars. for my second (and partially third) roll I went more for signs that interested/amused me, that seemed somewhat out of place but still had a meaning to what they stood for. For example a bus stop in the middle of construction that no bus would be able to reach, etc.
All in all, I enjoyed taking these pictures, thought I wasn't quite fond of the moving bridge of doom that would shake anytime a car went by and a fast speed.
All in all, I enjoyed taking these pictures, thought I wasn't quite fond of the moving bridge of doom that would shake anytime a car went by and a fast speed.
filters
Using the filters has been an interesting experience, I see a difference when I print, the Red filter makes the pictures very dark. On my landscape photos I used red, yellow, and yellow/green. I am still printing my portrait where I used all five colours. The yellow filter made my landscape picture made the spanish moss on the tree really show up. Unfortunately, on the night pics the red was too dark but with yellow and yellow/green you could read the signs better than without a filter.
Blog Entry #3: Filter Practice
Using different camera filters has been a learning experience to say the least. It is very interesting to see how the filter affects the print. Not only can you control contrast between colors but you can control what color you want to "pop-out" more in your photograph. By the end of the semester I would like to be more familiar with my filters and know exactly what each of them can do for me with out having to think twice. As of right now my favorite filter to use is the orange filter. I hate when my blue sky bleeds onto the rest of my paper and this filter makes that not happen, it is my new lifesaver. I have just purchased some used filters off of ebay and I can't wait until they arrrive in the mail to test them out.
subject matter
From exersice #2 i deside to shoot at the freeway and some of the bigest buildings of huoston at first i did not know my theme becase i just was having fun with the camera but then i saw some buildings that i really like how they look from far away so i deside to take some pictures and is only to show what man can create and is not only the big buildings but big routs also.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Subject Matter
Through our first and second assignmnet I actually understood why developed pictures come out the way they do. Once I saw my contact sheet I was excited to see the different results using a certain f stop and shutter speed. I had limited time to go and shoot my subjects so I really didn't spend time looking for what I wanted. I love to take pictures of anything that catches my eye. For this assignment my subjects weren't something I would really want to capture with the exception of a few. I just chose those so I can see and understand the different settings on my camera and what we talked about in class. I love to take pictures of sunsets, sunrises, buildings, various nature scenes, including different bodies of water. I do enjoy taking pictures of people as well but mainly when it's family and at times of those I don't know. I guess it all depends on my mood. I can't wait for our next shooting assignment so I can capture what I really enjoy.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Subject matter.
Post a one-page statement about the subject matter you have approached on this assignment. Consider the people, places, or things that you have shown through your photographs, and how/why you may have decided to photograph them.
With the assignment, it is sort of a beginning for me. we had to shoot in each appature, and each shutter speed. i focused on mostly buildings. i did not want to shoot people just yet. i wanted to focus on the assignment, so i cld really see the results. i focused on buildings and trees and stuff. i decided to photograph them to break the framing edge. i did not want a composition that was directly at the center. so i had it run off the page, on at least one side, but not on all four sides. i now this can also be done when enlarging, but just like shannon said, i wanted to show what i saw when i was shooting. i didnt want to alter the image just yet. maybe in future assigments, i will experiment with that. i like the whole Nature theme i picked. i photographed trees and buildings, both individually, and together in a composition.
With the assignment, it is sort of a beginning for me. we had to shoot in each appature, and each shutter speed. i focused on mostly buildings. i did not want to shoot people just yet. i wanted to focus on the assignment, so i cld really see the results. i focused on buildings and trees and stuff. i decided to photograph them to break the framing edge. i did not want a composition that was directly at the center. so i had it run off the page, on at least one side, but not on all four sides. i now this can also be done when enlarging, but just like shannon said, i wanted to show what i saw when i was shooting. i didnt want to alter the image just yet. maybe in future assigments, i will experiment with that. i like the whole Nature theme i picked. i photographed trees and buildings, both individually, and together in a composition.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Bill Brandt at the MFAH!!!
Just wanted to let everyone know the Museum of Fine Arts currently has Bill Brandt's work up in the Audrey Jones Beck building! You should check it out if you have time... Also, it's free to go on Thursdays.
Critique 1 Photograms
I am really not good at being judgmentally of subjects pertaining to the arts but from seeing the different styles of photograms that originate in the minds of my fellow classmates allow me to see how we are our own creators of art. I guess critiquing other works and attempting to determine what the object is according to my perception and come to the realization that what I saw and expressed in the photogram was nothing like the the person was trying to project. So critiquing allows us to see what the persons intentions are.
Due Dates, Assignment #2
Photo 1:
Blog entry #3: Subject Matter
due Tuesday, 2/12
Critique: Exposure Exercise, 4 final prints (2 from shutter speed, 2 from aperture)
Photo 2:
Blog entry #3: Filter Practice
due Tuesday, 2/12
Critique:
5 filters (red, yellow, yellow-green, orange, your choice)
Print a total of 10 photographs: 1 landscape, 1 portrait for each filter. Try to keep your images on topic, in order to develop your final portfolio for this semester. Be prepared to discuss your initial proposal and how it has changed thus far, if at all.
Blog entry #3: Subject Matter
due Tuesday, 2/12
Critique: Exposure Exercise, 4 final prints (2 from shutter speed, 2 from aperture)
Photo 2:
Blog entry #3: Filter Practice
due Tuesday, 2/12
Critique:
5 filters (red, yellow, yellow-green, orange, your choice)
Print a total of 10 photographs: 1 landscape, 1 portrait for each filter. Try to keep your images on topic, in order to develop your final portfolio for this semester. Be prepared to discuss your initial proposal and how it has changed thus far, if at all.
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