I'm taking four classes this semester:
DIGITAL WORKFLOW
I missed the first meeting of the Digital Workflow class but the instructor sent the Syllabus and first assignment to me - I'm supposed to think about and decided how to organize my LightRoom catalog. Seems simple enough but I'm been tinkering with this problem a long time. I try one organization then find it does not work - so through all the catalogs away and start over [:( Maybe I get get it right and permanent this time.
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
I keep taking this class, hoping that one day I will really "get it". I know a bit more than I did the first time I encountered "contemporary photography" but I'm a long way from understanding this genre. The Instructor sent a couple of essays for us to read. The Family of Man - A Reappraisal of "The Greatest Exhibition of all Time" by Bill Jay and The Last Picture Show by Douglas Fogle. First assignment is to find letters in the environment - not actual text but forms and shapes that look like the letters of the alphabet. Captured some images Saturday and again today - it was fun.
STUDIO PRACTICES
I so need to learn how to use my flash. First assignment design a cover for the Super Bowl program. Bring three designs to class next Thursday. Right now I'm thinking I will take photographs a young boy - Ali_ all dressed in foot ball gear - several different poses. I was in Barnes and Noble this morning looking a magazines looking for different poses - will look at some stock photos too.
BLACK AND WHITE LAB
Black and White Lab starts Friday, February 5th. Gives me a couple of weeks to decide what body of work I would like to pursue. Black and white flowers are great but so common. Would love to do some street photography - but don't know If I can shoot a roll of street photography each week - need something I can do closer to home.
