MYOFT, part 2

How’s this for a succinct set of concerns?

“The technical aspects of the workshop were mercifully brief:

1. Shoot wide—Peter asked that we use a single focal length wide angle lens in the range of 28–35mm field of view (FOV) either by using a prime or fast wide zoom. If using a zoom, he asked us to actually tape the zoom at that one focal length.

2. Get close.

3. Shoot in shutter-priority mode at a shutter speed sufficient to freeze action on the street (typically 125th or 250th of a second) and adjust ISO so that the resulting aperture is small enough to provide sufficient depth of field.

4. Try to capture the subjects within their context.

5. Watch your frame lines.

6. No flash.

That’s it! We didn’t discuss gear; RAW vs. JPEG; photo editing software or techniques, or any of that.”

Read the rest at http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/07/a-workshop-in-paris.html and our part 1 at https://photodevoto.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/myoft/

2011/07/06
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Class Pictures

How many folks can you identify? Send me names, and I’ll add them to each picture.

Matt Garms, Bonnie Ryan Cullom, Ben “Tape Boy” Johnson, Kelly Novak, Ryan Walsh, Kyle Flubacker, Jill Gray, Ms. Felice, TJ James, Melanie Skelchy…

Patti Soby, Laura Edwards…

Brooke Rogers, Suz Makelow…

2011/06/27
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Here Comes Summer. School.

Summer School Fo-Do, one of the better experiences in Barrington Huge School (if done right, with commitment and enthusiasm) will run from 7:20 to 12:00, June 13-July 1.

Some of you have expressed an interest in picking up work; please e-mail Yours Truly at least one day in advance in order to facilitate matters, and to make sure we’ll even be there. Work pick-up time will be noon on most days.

If you’d like to use the lab on a particular day, likewise get in touch ahead of time to be certain there’s room.

If we’re engrossed in some sort of media presentation, please do not mar our mood by doing anything with the door.

 P.S. As I understand it, this will be the first semester in memory without a mandated fire drill (despite re-tarring the roof), so please, no smoking.
 
P.P.S. Yeah, I know these are the same pictures we posted last year, but really, wouldn’t you do the same?

2011/06/12
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Art Department Awawds

Mike Cygan is the AP 2-D Design Studio Student of the Year!

Molly Hendrickson is the Photography Student of the Year!

More to come…

2011/05/29
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The Seniors’ AP Exhibit

What? No establishing shot?

Pix o’ some adults will have to suffice.

Art sends hearts and lids aflutter.

2011/04/27
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Sister’s City

We are currently displaying work by the photographers who attend Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Ms. Molitor is their teacher (BHS ’92). Methinks this post will expand as information becomes available and when we reciprocate (tomorrow). And yes, I know the center picture has a revised orientation. The three curatrices made an executive decision.

2011/04/06
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MYOFT

Hah thkoo field trips have their advantages and disadvantages. Typically, an entire school day is consumed and transportation is provided. OTOH, that school day comes at the risk of falling behind in some other courses, and those trips are necessarily to destinations that can absorb our numbers; plus, some people simply do not want to be seen on a Big Yellow Safety Bus. What’s a ’tog to do?

How about customizing your own outing?

Consider a set of concerns:

Location: your yard/block; another city; Bhutan.

Companions, for which consider St. Walker Evans’s opinion (taken in context of the 1960s): “Work alone if you can. Girls are particularly distracting, and you want to concentrate; you have to. This is not anti-feminism; it is common sense. Companions you may be with, unless perfectly patient and slavish to your genius, are bored stiff with what you’re doing. This will make itself felt and ruin your concentrated, sustained purpose.”

Time (calendar & clock), variable by light/weather, especially if you’re working solo.

Film & developer combination, not variables for some of us but very critical for others.

Goal(s): emulation of a recognized style (Winogrand, Callahan, Friedlander); nominal subject matter (bullfights @ midnight, fallen horses, lumpen menschen)

See what you can glean from http://2point8.whileseated.org/2005/09/06/rule-1/ (1 through 9, anyway)

Isolate your field trip from everything else. Have a photography to-do list with only one thing — shooting. Figure out how to eliminate other agenda items that get in the way. Suppose you had a to-do list with 10 things:
(1) Clean your room.
(2) Write a paper for Film Crit.
(3) Shoot for a project.
(4) Take a shower.
(5) Answer e-mail.
(6) Meet someone at Einstein’s.

…et cetera… it would be pretty easy to get everything done–except for (3). You would have been busy all day, but being busy is not the same thing as being productive.

2011/03/23
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 Steve Pyke (from “Photographs of Philosophers”):

Sam Taylor-Wood (from “Men Crying”):

Harry Callahan:

Philip-Lorca diCorcia:

Robert Heineken:

2011/03/07
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This year’s STD has run its course.

Senior Teach Day occurred early this year (or so it seems), and once again, the photographer did not see his shadow (hey, it’s a darkroom).

The man known as Saigon took his role in stride. There were no casualties, and he issued only one detention all day. The press sent an unannounced representative:

…others appeared to be making contingency plans.

2011/02/24
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Photograms

A few of us are currently inspiring others in our midst by dabbling in photograms. This process is basic; it seems retro at times, which actually kind of guarantees that it will never “go away;” some value it for its subtlety, some for its potential for simplicity and scale. Here is an exhibit that informs current good work: http://1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com/2011/02/shadow-catchers-camera-less-photography.html

2011/02/18
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