Posted by Codejoy
Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:46:00 GMT
So my first photography class did not go the full length it was supposed to (12pm-6pm). We got out early and it was a nice introduction to the dark room, what the class is about the inner workings of the camera etc. I even learned something, what a range-finder camera is specifically. It was a good class and our first assignment was "Found Photo". That is we are supposed to bring in a photo that evokes emotion for us and talk about it. The photo I am kicking around is this one. I am not a fan of Annie just cause shes on top, but she is good. This photo is awesome and it made me realize that vanity fairs covers are always top notch. What I like about this photo is the fact that you have two cold hearted criminals on the cover with this beautiful woman as a stark contrast to them. The kicker to me is the fact that the lighting is rather warm (Without being overly warm) one would expect it to be a colder color cast, so I wonder what she is saying about these cold gangsters, is it that they are really not as bad as they seem? We all did see the last episode though right?
EDIT: I had misread the assignment to be a photo we liked technically, and then I wrote here how it was to be evoke a feeling. Then I realized that the assignment really did state to show something that evokes emotion. So this image doesn't make sense for the real assignment. Will be posted the new image I choose soon...
Posted in Photography, Deep Thoughts | Tags annie, class, fair, photo, photography, sopranos, vanity | 3 comments
Posted by Codejoy
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:00:00 GMT
I got into the photography class I wanted to this semester. It is a photography I class, aka photography 270. Its every Saturday for like 6 hours, makes for a long Saturday but I am very excited to be taking the class. The first assignment is to bring in a photo that makes us think, or evokes some sort of emotion and then talk about it. I think I have that covered, though I can tell the class is going to be VERY time consuming and that worries me since its been a long while since I've had to worry about such time constraints. More later... oh and hi (ya been a while since I blogged)!
Posted in Me, Photography | Tags art, class, photography, school | 3 comments
Posted by Codejoy
Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:39:00 GMT
So no updates to the blog, no updates to my flickr. Ya its safe to say I am in a bit of a slump, I keep hoping its one of those brooding slumps where I remerge stronger and better than before, but really I think its just a slump brought on by the busyness of the holidays. My photography is sucking as of late, my technology hates me (built a "cheap" computer that went over budget and then missed the mark of doing what it was built to do but I am still trying). You know its bad when i don't even have an image to go with this post, wait let me put one up.
Posted in Me, Rants | Tags blah, blech, slump | 3 comments
Posted by Codejoy
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:44:00 GMT
I know there are some non-techy visitors I have at this blog, but sometimes I have to get on my soap box and preach the gospel of technology and kids. There is this initiative that has been in the works for a while called "One Laptop Per Child" (OLPC) which basically means that kids in poor and developing nations can get a laptop that is built for their environment to use and get on the internet with. The background of this initiative is located here. I bring this up now cause it is the season for giving, and this OLPC has a new initiative "Give one, get one", where you can essentially donate 399$ to the organization and receive one of their OLPC laptops and also by doing so, send one to a child in a developing nation, 200$ of that can be a tax write-off. Get this: the laptops can be "wound up" for power, one minute of cranking is 10 minutes of use. How about that? So if you can, please Give one, get one.
Posted in Me, Deep Thoughts | Tags Childs Play, Give one get one, OLPC, One Laptop per child, Penny-Arcade | 3 comments
Posted by Codejoy
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:04:00 GMT
So I have to say, this show has its ups and downs. I do wonder as to the prowess of all the photographers. They get worked up over a shot and cannot go with the flow so it seems, plus it seems the lighting has been setup for them in most of challenges. They have light set up, light meters at the ready and high quality equipment? Where is the challenge? Their imagination? Sure but um, that should be there already. I dunno, I haven't seen anything yet that I didn't have an idea for. It is sort of funny, they are supposed to be working twards becoming fashion photographers but one couldn't guess this the way they go about the shoot. Interesting.
Posted in Photography | Tags fashion, photography, shot, The, vh1 | 2 comments
