Just came across another video from a fellow student for Multimedia I. We worked together on our first project – Unknown – a fictional trailer. She then changed classes so we were no longer able to work together. Here is her and her partner’s final project.
I just loved it.
By Daria Blevins and Netasha Hurst
May 15th – Aday.org presents a challenge to everyone who has access to a camera. Join hundreds, thousands or more that will record and upload one photo today. What’s in your world?
A day. Today.
Make the shutter click.
The semester may be over. We may have a month long break before hitting the grindstone again but that doesn’t mean we should put down our cameras. Every week, every day there are other aspiring photographers out there getting better than you/me/us. We must sleep with our cameras, eat with them, run with them, shower with them. Well, maybe not the last one.
The motivation and momentum of class assignments can force us out of our comfort spheres to shoot things we wouldn’t normally. With a break in assignments I found some calls for entries that can serve the same purpose [I found the first two here]. Here are a few. As Tami Chappell says – Get out there and make some pictures.
I.
Slow Exposures 2012 – a celebration of the rural south
Deadline: June 15, 2012
Enter here.
II.
PDN Faces Portrait Photography Contest
CATEGORIES
• Animal Portraits
• Commercial/Editorial/Assignment
• Personal Work
• Babies/Children
• Self-Portraits
Deadline: May 23, 2012
Enter here.
III.
PDN Objects of Desire Photography Contest
CATEGORIES:
Food & Still Life
Objects & Interiors
Beloved
DEADLINE: July 12, 2012
Enter here.
Just wanted to re-post some of the other videos made my classmates concerning the theme of light. The first here I’m a little partial to (I am the STAR!). Everyone put in a lot of work and effort and I think it shows for these, our final project videos.
Enjoy.
Nick Nesmith & Eddie Silva:
Gregory Castillo & Claudia Carillo-Odom:
Davison Wheeler & Richard Donaldson:
Nick Smith & Marcie Cabarga:
Erika Wynn & Genevieve Garcia:
One of the best of the Final Fours in my opinion were the photographs of Claudia Carillo-Odom. Her theme was Bowling Alleys and I thought her final shots were pretty dang fantastic. Just wanted to re-post her final four images here and give a link to her blog so you can check out the rest of her stuff. A star on the rise…
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Final Critique was yesterday for our Final Four images. I was lucky enough to be in the final three. Not sure if that means anything or not this semester, considering the huge talent of our class.
The guest reviewer was … MICHAEL SCHWARZ!!
It was great to hear the very constructive opinions of not just Mr. Schwarz, but also Tami Chappell, Kyle Petersen, Claudia Winters, and Amanda Abercrombie Gardner.
mine!
This critique they also called on individuals in class to give their opinions and I think we have come so far since last semester. Everyone’s critiques were informed, constructive and honest. Not only are we becoming better at what we do but also in how we talk about what we do. I’m really impressed with so many of my fellow classmates. They have really raised the bar this semester and I’m proud to be among them.
Final assignment: Make a short video (3-6 minutes) in any genre involving, loosely, the theme of light.
Makensie and I paired up again to work on this project. Our idea – a short film involving a chance meeting at a traffic light. Oh. At dawn. We somehow talked the wonderful and talented Chrissie Larkin and John Boynton into getting up before 6 am and meeting us in downtown Atlanta to do all our filming in a short 40 minute time slot. They were fantastic and shooting actually went over by about 40 minutes. Which is great that we got so much footage, but proved to be a nightmare in editing, since the light was changing so rapidly. We also added a bunch of timelapse videos we made of dawn, dusk and traffic lights. I really enjoyed shooting those, even though they also involved getting up pre-dawn, finding parking, spilling coffee multiple times all over myself, and setting up. Secretly, I loved it all.
I’m learning a lot. I’m learning my strengths, weaknesses, likes and dislikes. I’m learning that I have a LONG way to go as far as shooting goes. Everything I shot was either framed awkwardly or had too much shake. However, I LOVE editing. Not sure about Final Cut Pro X – it hasn’t been as user friendly as they”d like you to believe. And I’m still pretty much clueless about color correction. Aach!! But I love piecing together bits here and there to make a cohesive whole.
Final analysis: Many headaches and hurdles but definitely worth it.
I love food photography. I love food. I love cooking. I love eating out at restaurants. I love it all. I especially love food blogs. Especially ones that combine delicious recipes with beautiful photos.
Saveur Magazine recently held their annual Best Food Blogs Awards and one of the categories was for Best Food Photography. Until coming across the competition I had somehow escaped knowledge of this year’s winner : GastroFOTOnomia.com. But since then I have been a regular follower. Written by Manny Rodriquez, gastroFOTOnomia is a beautiful merging of good food and amazing photography. Whether I will ever become a food photographer or stylist is uncertain. But what is certain is that I will continue following Manny and try not to drool on my computer while looking at his beautiful photos.
Former classmate and fantastic photographer, Christina Conrad, is now an intern with the wedding-photography-sensation of Leah and Mark (leahandmark.com). I’ve been following this husband and wife team for about a year and a half and have loved their approach to wedding photography and internet presence. Every few months they take on a batch of 5-7 interns and teach them their method. Their photos are beautiful, joyful and lovely. Much like Christina. I’m so proud I could spit. However, I will refrain from spitting and instead just make a blog post and wish her the best of luck. Soon, you’ll be able to follow her progress through this link here. Way to go Christina!!
During Spring Break Brooklyn, my sister and I ventured to the amazing Fort Greene area, [also the place of my future home I decided. I absolutely fell in love with the neighborhood] where we saw Pina at the BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), after dining on the patio of a cute restaurant at dusk. Aaaahhh, I just love Brooklyn.
Pina is a documentary/dance/art movie by Wim Wenders, about the acclaimed and amazing Pina Bausch, a visionary, a revolutionary choreographer that unfortunately passed away during the making of the film. I was dumbfounded, astounded, amazed and inspired. It was a beautiful film. If any of you get a chance to watch it I highly recommend it.
