Martin Parr: Back to the book

Article about photo books.

2011 F295

The 2011 F295 Symposium: Further Explorations on the Idea of a 21st Century Photography, will be held in Pittsburgh PA USA from June 2-5, 2011.

More info: here.

Pinhegg

How to make a pinhole camera with an egg.

Photo by francescco

Photography Book Now Competition, New Student Category

Photography Book Now 2011, our celebration of the most innovative photography books and the people behind them, is here, and the call for entries is on!

Now is the time to break out your creative genius. Make and enter a photography book, or enter one you've already made. This year, we have four categories: Fine Art, Documentary, Travel, and—for the first time ever—a Student category.

And here's another first: In addition to a $25,000 grand prize, we'll be awarding $5,000 to each category winner.

Last year we had more 2,100 submissions from Blurbarians worldwide and this year, we're hoping for even more. Lead judge Darius Himes will be joining us again along with a panel of renowned editors, publishers, and photographers. Stay tuned—we'll announce our panel of jurors soon.

In the meantime, check out our new PBN site, enter your book, and watch this video to get Darius Himes's insights on PBN's judging criteria.

Happy (photography) bookmaking,

The Blurberati

Article: Photography, Memory and a Wave of Destruction

AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev

In his classic book Camera Lucida, the French semiotician Roland Barthes sought to overcome the death of his mother as he analyzes, over and over again, a photograph of her. In one of his most famous quotes, he writes ‘death is the eidos of photography’. In other words, photography operates on the idea that the photograph will, eventually, outlive the subject photographed.

Read the full article here: http://visualcultureblog.com/2011/04/photography-memory-and-a-wave-of-destruction/

Extra Credit

Attend the Crisis of the Real discussion on Tuesday, April 19th, 7pm at Pittsburgh Filmmakers Library and either email me your thoughts or post them on your blog. I will up one of your project grades by a full letter.

Join us in the Library for a discussion about the crisis of the real in media. This will be an open discussion moderated by Head Librarian Jess Weichler and Associate Professor John Cantine of Pittsburgh Filmmakers.

We will be discussing the effect of digital manipulation on the historical relationship between film, video, photographic images and reality. In the age of Photoshop and AfterEffects can any image have the impact that comes from observing a moment of captured reality? Have film, video, and photographic images ever conveyed reality? Has the method of manipulation simply become more sophisticated?

Scale Styles in Image Size (Photoshop)

If your image has layers with styles applied to them, select Scale Styles to scale the effects in the resized image. This option is available only if you selected Constrain Proportions.

Curatorial Assistant Position Available | Women in Photography

Looking for an internship?

Dear Friends,

Women in Photography, a project of Humble Arts Foundation, is seeking a curatorial assistant. Please see details below.

Administrative duties:

Track and organize website email account daily

Respond to basic inquiries and forward important emails to curators

Assist in gathering show materials from artists and ensure that submissions have all necessary and correct information

Site Production:

Produce monthly shows, following site standards

If interested, curatorial opportunities available

Skills needed:

Excellent written and verbal communication

Photoshop, resizing for web, color profiling, etc

Basic blog or web production skills (Wordpress)

Must be reliable and able to work autonomously from home

Hours and Compensation:

This is an unpaid internship

7-10 hours a week, from home

If you would like to apply, please send a cover letter and a resume to womeninphotography@gmail.com. In your cover letter, please be sure to mention why you think you would make a great candidate for this position.

Men are encouraged to apply.

About WIP

WIPNYC was launched in June of 2008 by Amy Elkins and Cara Phillips. As an internet-based project, WIPNYC is an outlet to exhibit work outside of the traditional model of the commercial art world, allowing it to reach a global audience. Mixing emerging photographers with artists that have achieved high levels of success within fine art and commercial worlds, the project is designed to be a resource for photographers, editors, curators, gallery owners, and viewers alike to discover and enjoy the work of female artists. WIPNYC presents a solo exhibition of work from select photographers every third Tuesday of the month. wipnyc.org

Call for Artists

The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden in South Salem, NY announces a call to artists for its Second Annual Art Competition showing its final winners from June 23rd to September 8th, 2012.

This will be a regional art exhibition, open to all artists, 18 years of age or older residing in NY, NJ, CT, MA and PA. Original works in any media will be accepted. Please click on the link below for more information on this competition.


http://www.hammondmuseum.org/call_for_entries.html

Student Grant Competion

http://www.editorialphoto.com/

You all should know who Elliott Erwitt is now after one of the student presentations. Apply while you're still a student!

EP Education Grants Photo Competition 2011

© Teresa Juarez, EPEdu 2009

In an effort to recognize and support emerging photographers, EP is pleased to announce our Third Annual EP Education Grants student photo competition!

DEADLINE EXTENDED to April 15, 2011

We're especially excited that new for 2011 is a top Grand Prize chosen from among the finalists by internationally-acclaimed Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt consisting of a Sony a850 camera with Sony CZ 24-70/2.8 lens worth more than $3500, courtesy of Sony. That means more than $5000 in prizes for the Grand Prize winner!

In addition to Mr. Erwitt who will choose the Grand Prize recipient, the panel of judges will also include renowned photojournalist Ed Kashi, EP Board Members, and other industry guest judges to be announced shortly.

Eligible contestants must be enrolled in an accredited, full time college photography program in the U.S. or Canada during the 2010-2011 school year. Previous winners are not eligible to enter again.

Deadline For Entries: April 15, 2011, so don't delay!

Full details at editorialphoto.com/epedu » »

DIY Pinhole Hassleblad

http://pinholehassleblad.tumblr.com/

Digital C-Print

Click here to learn what a Digital C-Print exactly is.

The Robot Book by Thomas Jackson

The Robot Book from Thomas Jackson on Vimeo.

See the still images on his website.

Video and Animation

Photoshop CS4 Video and Animation Help

Video on Image Sequencing & Importing Images to Animate

Video on Working with Video Layers

Supported video and image sequence formats (Photoshop Extended)

Color Management Notes

Color Management in Lightroom

Soft Proofing in Photoshop

ICC (International Color Consortium) Profile: In color management, an ICC profile is a set of data that characterizes a color input or output device, or a color space, according to standards promulgated by the International Color Consortium (ICC). Profiles describe the color attributes of a particular device or viewing requirement by defining a mapping between the device source or target color space and a profile connection space (PCS).


Gamut or Color Gamut: a certain complete subset of colors.


Creating a printer profile with the EyeOne Match

Extra Credit!

Go see Annie O'Neill talk on Thursday, March 31 at Filmmakers, write a paragraph on your blog about her and her work and I'll add points to one your project grades.

Artist Talk Thursday, March 31 at 6 pm

Beyond the Print

For this assignment, you will need to think about how you can take your images beyond just the print form. This can mean the images stay in a digital form, i.e. video, animation, web (and by web I don't mean on your blog, I mean an interactive website). You can print but go beyond just the print on the wall, think about making them sculptural or have them interact with each other or the space around them. How you show your work will change what images you shoot. This is less about WHAT you shoot and more how you present the images, how they work as a whole.

Please read A Sea of Griefs is not a Proscenium from your readings tab. We will talk about it at the critique and it relates nicely to the assignment. So if you're looking for inspiration, read it now.

Critique on April 4th.


Marlo Pascual

Follow the instructions here to learn how to select hair and other fine detail in a photograph. This is very useful when trying to cut something or someone out from the photograph, or to cut the background out from around them.

Also, here's a video on the Refine Edge tool that is new to CS5, should be a much quicker and easier way to cut someone out of a background, hair and all, especially if there's a plain background behind them.

A New Look at Old Photographs

These two projects take re-purpose and recreate old images:
Looking into the past
Back to the Future

Call for Science Photographs

Technical Presentation Schedule

2/21 Brittany Harrington -- Photomatix
2/21 Travis Mitzel -- Alien Skin
2/28 Renee Diehl -- Creating your own preset in Lightroom
2/28 Sarah Devine -- Backing up files/making catalogues/ back up workflow in Lightroom
3/21 Priyanka Kochhar --
3/28 Lisa Cirincione -- Creating a photo book
4/11Stephanie Vegliante -- Photo Tools, Photoshop Plug-In
4/11 Briana Hawkins -- Web backup, Dropbox.com
4/18 Tyler Jackson -- Photomerge
4/18 Marcus D Johnson-Theophile -- List of sites to post info for Ad. work
4/18 Tony Roscoe -- When and how to create a watermark
4/25 Sarah Shank -- Websites for fine art opportunities
4/25 Katie Remele -- Photo Resize (Upsampling)

Theoritical Presentation Schedule

2/21 Stephanie Vegliante -- Lewis Hine
2/21 Sarah Devine -- W. Eugene Smith
2/28 Lisa Cirincione -- Edward Weston
2/28 Travis Mitzel -- Ralph Eugene Meatyard
3/14 Briana Hawkins -- Brett Weston
3/14 Katie Remele -- Nick Brandt
3/21 Renee Diehl -- Elliott Erwitt
3/21 Tony Roscoe -- Gertrude Kasebier & Yousuf Karsh
3/28 Tyler Jackson -- Nan Goldin
3/28 Priyanka Kochhar --
4/04 Brittany Harrington -- Gregory Crewdson
4/11 Marcus D Johnson-Theophile -- Annie Leibovitz
4/11 Sarah Shank -- Stephen Gill

Hit That Shutter Call

Hit That Shutter 2011 Undergraduate Photo Survey, apply here.


Awards:
• The top selected student photographer will receive a cash prize of $500.00 in addition to being included in the annual publication (book) and included in the Best of Show Exhibition.
• The top three selected student photographers will be included in the annual publication (book) and receive copies of the book. They will also be included in the Best of Show Exhibition.
• Top 10 selected student photographers will be included in the annual publication (book) and receive copies of the book.
• Featured artists (instructors) will also be include the annual publication (book) and receive copies of the book. See HitThatShutter.org for details about submitting your work for featured artist.
• The instructor listed on the entry form will also receive a cash prize of $500.00.

Digital Manipulation

For this assignment you must create 3 digitally manipulated images and print them out at 11"x14" or larger. You can either composite 2 or more photographs to create one image or edit something out of the photograph. Relate all 3 images to each other conceptually or stylistically.

CRITIQUE: 02/28

Read: Photography and Belief under the "Readings" page above.


Artists to look at:
Alexander Apòstol
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
Charles Cohen
Nancy Burson
Nils Orth
Scott Griesbach

Alexander Apòstol

From the series:
"Residente Pulido"

Meissen
Fotografía Digital
200 x 150 cm
2001

Portfolio Progression

This semester you will work on creating a portfolio of 20 prints which you will turn in as a final project. This will be a work in progress throughout the semester with scheduled critiques along the way. You will need to turn in a proposal, along with 5 prints (8x10" or larger) for the first of the portfolio critiques on February 21st. The written proposal should explain what you are going to photograph, how you will accomplish the project (i.e. set up times with models, location scout, gain studio access, etc.), and if you have any ideas of how you would like to present the work (including a print size you're thinking about). Please print out the proposal and turn it in on the 21st or email it to me before 6pm on the 21st.

Critique: 02/21
5 prints & proposal

First Assignment

Due next week, 01/31: Blog set up with link list to classmates' blogs. Also post an image you feel connected to in some way onto your blog, explain why you choose the image. Email me your blog url and your name.


Due 02/07:
ASSIGNMENT 1: COPYCAT
Choose 2 photographs that you did not take and try to recreate them as much as possible. You will need to try to match the lighting, subject matter, and composition of the images while shooting. After-wards, you will try to match tone, saturation, and cropping in either Lightroom or Photoshop. Post original images along with your copied images of them to your blog.

Bring in at least one copycat image next week (01/31) to work on. Critique on 02/07.

“Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.”
-Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
"When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other."
-Eric Hoffer

Presentations

This semester you will be required to do two presentations, one technical and one theoretical.

Theoretical Presentation:
For this 20 minute/20-40 slide presentation you can either present with one other classmate or alone. You have a few options on subject matter, choose one:

*One photographer's life and work. (Check on the "Photographers & Artists" link list I've created on this blog for some ideas.)
*Two photographers, compare & contrast. They should be bound by at least one common element with two different approaches.
*A trend or theory in photography, show work by several artists for support.

Presentations will begin on 02/21 and run through the month of March, I will assign you a date.


Technical Presentation:
Technology changes way too fast for us not to rely on some sort of community with which to share information. You (alone) will share information with your classmates for at least 10 minutes on something you believe might be of interest to the class. I've created a list of topics for you to choose from or if you have an idea not listed here please let me know. These presentations will run almost every class date for the reminder of the semester, I will assign you a date once I have your topic.

Some ideas:
*Creating your own preset in Lightroom
*Creating actions in Photoshop
*Upsizing with an interpolation software like Photo Resize (aka Genuine Fractals)
*HDR
*Photomerge
*Creating a Collection in Lightroom
*Creating a Contact Sheet to Print in Bridge & Lightroom
*Creating your own metadata in Lightroom & Bridge
*Batch Function in Bridge
*Creating a watermark for your images
*Backing up work online
*Making a book (online sites)
*Plug-ins for Lightroom or Photoshop
*List of sites to post info for Ad. work
*List of sites for Fine Art opportunities


Please email me a topic for this presentation by 02/07.