Photo Arts

3D

2010-07-07T11:57:00.005-04:00

Hey guys Im not sure if anyone still looks at this, but if youre reading I hope youre having a great summer. I started doing a portrait project with everyone on staff with me wearing 3D glasses with no lenses. It started as a joke, but its something to do and Im having fun with them. Here are a couple that I like so far. Also I would highly recommend toy stroy 3. Hope all is well. miss you all!

Summer transfer newbies - check them out....

2010-06-15T22:03:00.001-04:00

Only 6 in our class and we are having fun - well, I am anyways:)

Great group - think you all will like working with them in the Fall...

How are your summers so far?

Any work to share???

http://summerphotoarts.blogspot.com/

Dinner

2010-05-16T17:55:00.000-04:00

Thanks for dinner Patti! You are the best!

DINNER Friday night

2010-05-13T10:31:00.002-04:00

Hi all,

just a reminder

24 Burkedale crescent

Rochester

14625

North Landing Rd between Blossom and Penfield rd

Turn from North Landing onto Klink Rd

Only right turn off Klink is Burkedale - turn here

Second house on the left - #24 White box with lots of trees and gardens

385-2993

those who have asked about bringing something - suggested that anyone who would like to can contribute parts for a salad or a munchie.

Shoudl have lots of food, and you are all busy - so not a requirement!

Please let me know if you are NOT attending - counting heads to be sure there is enough.

AND

if you have special food needs - LET ME KNOW ASAP!

Final

2010-05-06T03:29:00.002-04:00

I have to choose one of the above images for part of my final. Any thoughts?

the new green shoe

2010-05-04T15:30:00.003-04:00

Christian and Alex had a little too much fun in the kodak quad...

Book

2010-05-03T11:08:00.000-04:00

People & Their Hobbies by Brennah Rosenthal | BOOK INFO

The book is finally done!! Let me know what you think.

collabs- future social networking art

2010-05-03T08:48:00.001-04:00

http://ic-collabs.deviantart.com/

people post simple color patterns / designs and then everyone in an image thread takes time to manipulate / draw and scan / illustrator / optimize it over the course of the thread (it could go from 20 minutes to an hourish)

i've attached an example of a starting picture

pretty interesting

Photoshop CS5 Trial

2010-04-30T12:12:00.002-04:00

After watching the video that Brennah posted about the Content - Aware Fill, I decided to google Adobe CS5 to see when the release date was, and I was sent to cs5.org, the unofficial CS5 blog. First thing I saw was an add for a CS5 trial. Thinking it was too good to be true I clicked the link and it sent me to the adobe website where you can download any CS5 program as a trial. Here's the link for the Photoshop CS5 trial.

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop

2010-04-29T20:59:00.001-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0aEp1oDOI

Patti is this real? This is crazy!

Some recent work

2010-04-28T22:44:00.010-04:00

Here are a few of my recent photos using a Bronica 6x7 film camera.

I'm pretty happy with them, which is nice because things have been kind of foggy lately.
I hope everything's going well for everyone.

-Caitlin :0)

final and such

2010-04-25T19:47:00.002-04:00

This is one of the pictures from my final of environmental portraits. I'm doing about 10 of these.
Alex, this is for you.
Maggie, this is for you.

Final Project

2010-04-22T22:15:00.007-04:00

Heres my final project in a preview. My dad works at JP Morgan and I'm following him around and shooting. Feedback would be great!

Liz

Book In Progress

2010-04-22T12:49:00.002-04:00

I'm currently working on putting my book together and man it's a work in progress!! I'm stating to absolutely love Adobe InDesign. To go along with pictures, I'm scanning objects and sheets of paper where people have hand written what their hobby means to them. Here is what I have for the cover and the first 2 spreads.

George Eastman House

2010-04-17T16:51:00.000-04:00

Reminder that I hope you will be able to join us at the GEH on friday afternoon 4/23

1 pm - entrance is at the back of the building, by the grape pergola.

here is the agenda from Jeff Stoiber who works with the Selznick Film School:

I’ll show that film preservation DVD first, it runs about 30 minutes and then we’ll break the students into two groups – one will tour the Stills vault with Nancy and I’ll take the other to the safety film vault and then we’ll swap groups. After the tours we can meet in the screening room and answer any questions your students may have.

Of course, you will be able to go thru the galleries as well as the house and gardens!

Plan on spending the afternoon.

ROCO 6 x 6 2010

2010-04-17T16:47:00.000-04:00

http://www.rochestercontemporary.org/6x6x2010.html

Think about submitting work - PLEASE?

TwiddleDee

2010-04-16T21:40:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone.

I haven't posted in quite awhile, and might I just say that I miss the days of our photo class.

I'd love to see everyone's newest work, and if you'd like to see some of mine...check it out over here: FLICKR

I'd love any feedback, criticism, or pieces of apple pie that you might have.

Have a lovely night.

PA_3 Classblog

2010-04-12T21:13:00.002-04:00

http://photoarts3.blogspot.com/

FYI - please check this one too!

Hobbies

2010-04-12T20:53:00.003-04:00

So the reason I asked what your hobbies were...I'm doing a book for my final project on people and their hobbies! I took pictures of Seren today here's what they look like, let me know what you think. (Sorry Seren for embarrassing you)

a lot of cara time

2010-04-11T03:33:00.004-04:00

So I'm home for this week and today I needed to break out of my room so I walked to a park near my house with three sets of clothes a camera and a tripod. This is what came of it. The only one I really like is the actual play ground, but im thinking it might be a final project in the making because its something to keep me busy this week that I can continue when I get back to school. Hope everyone is doing well. I miss RIT.

Interesting watch

2010-04-10T20:48:00.002-04:00

Happy Accidents - 2001

(Copyright issues) Photogs Nix Google Books

2010-04-08T09:38:00.000-04:00

http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/455757-Photogs_Nix_Google_Books.php?nid=3470&source=link&rid=7669208

Blurb Widget Makes Online Book Previews Easy

2010-04-07T08:00:00.000-04:00

http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/

See JP's blog for all the latest on Blurb and making books

Blurb’s new book preview Widget lets you preview as much or as little of your Blurb book as you like online. You can embed it on any blog or webpage.
Visitors can view your book as a virtual page turning book or as thumbnails.
They can check Full Screen for a larger preview.
They can click the Share button and help you spread the word.
They can click the Comment button and give you instant feedback.
Or, they can click the Purchase button and get a copy of your book.

This HTML code generates the widget.

You can scale the display by changing the dimension numbers.
It’s easy to implement and use.
Here’s more on how to install the widget.
Find out more about how to Share, Promote, Sell your Blurb books here.
Find out more about my Blurb seminar April 29.

Mark your claendar - FIELD TRIP _ GEH

2010-04-06T18:06:00.000-04:00

Friday April 23

George Eastman House

Afternoon of gallery and house and ground looking

Tour of the archives - film stills and maybe more!

Will meet at the GEH at 1 pm.

Can you come?

Please let me know - I will send a missive when the date gets closer

allegory...

2010-04-06T14:30:00.003-04:00

Here's a little preview of how our allegory shoots went yesterday...

Hobbies

2010-04-06T14:11:00.003-04:00

Please post your hobbies as a comment to this post! I need all of you I can get for my final project!

How To Make a Gorgeous Photo Book – Blurb

2010-04-05T20:26:00.000-04:00

I think you all will enjoy this.

http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/?p=2881&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JohnPaulCaponigroBlog+%28John+Paul+Caponigro+Blog%29

Blurb recently released a great overview of all the issues you need to consider to produce a great photo book – from concept to execution and promotion. Read it and make all your books better.
“Beautiful photo books don’t happen by accident. Talented people invest time and intent using proven design tenets, and the results can be spectacular. To help you up your bookmaking game, we’ve tapped our network of photographers and book designers and collected their best advice on everything from sequencing and layouts to typography and cover design. How to Make a Gorgeous Photo Book includes plenty of tips, tricks, and information to push your creative edge and help you design beautiful books that showcase your best work.”

happy bunny day

2010-04-04T21:47:00.000-04:00

Polaroid Scarves

2010-04-02T14:27:00.001-04:00

Someone is printing polaroid images on silk to be worn as scarves... see more here: Reborn

no RIT email

2010-04-02T11:40:00.001-04:00

Hi Patti,
If you have any emails to send our class this weekend, could you post them on the blog? I can't access my email using another university's wireless it seems.
Thanks!
Chloe

water sculpture

2010-04-02T11:07:00.001-04:00

this is what i've been looking at all history and anesthetics of photo

http://www.liquidsculpture.com/fine_art/image.htm?title=Threadbare#

check it out, it's the bomb diggity

Why We Are Obsessed With the iPad

2010-04-02T07:52:00.002-04:00

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/apple-ipad-hands-on

Say nothing. Just bark. Bark expressively....

2010-04-01T14:20:00.002-04:00

http://strobist.blogspot.com/

"I am the hand next door"

2010-03-28T01:14:00.003-04:00

My friend showed me this a while ago. The first woman is a total nut job, haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viyj_ewUbsY

Hope you find her as ridiculous as I do.
-Caitlin :0)

2010-03-27T14:59:00.004-04:00

Alright I need a little more help please! Do you like the first or the second set better?

Here's my final of the other one!

last minute- help?

2010-03-26T22:08:00.002-04:00

Hey guys, would any of you be willing/able to go down to the MAG sometime tomorrow and photograph Patti's friend Andrea who's having a show there? I told Patti I would, but my work schedule unexpectedly changed and I'm busy all day tomorrow. Thanks!

last project

2010-03-25T21:04:00.003-04:00

I just wanted to post some of the photos I've been taking recently, why not right? Self promotion can't hurt. I was assigned the project of displaying RIT spas students in a more natural or telling way than what is currently on the RIT photography website. I find the first one the most successful, the other two met what I wanted to do, but I want to redo them.

I like seeing people's work, so I'd love to see people doing more of this again. I was inspired by the post earlier to do the same.

also, shamelessly, my website is up and live BrettCarlsen.com , Very excited that it happened finally, waited way too long to do this. I really need feedback to see what works/doesn't works for everyone, want to find out before I pay the web designer.

also, (last thing I swear) brettcarlsen.com/daily is my daily photo blog for my fine art elements class.

2010-03-25T16:53:00.002-04:00

Help! I need some constructive criticism on this. So I shot these in the studio with a spoon and corn syrup...our teacher refrained to tell us that a shutter speed over 1/250 makes the picture totally not work, I figured that out the hard way.

HDR Help

2010-03-22T23:36:00.002-04:00

So Nanette went over the HDR assignment today in M&P and even though the assignment isn't up on mycourses yet, I'm willing to help out anyone who wants/needs help.

Delicious Food and Good Company

2010-03-21T22:34:00.002-04:00

Took a few pics tonight with my point and shoot...dinner was amazing thank you Patti!!

Pathetic.

2010-03-20T20:30:00.002-04:00

When I got home from work today, I impulsively bought a rabbit. Not totally impulsively, I've been wanting one for a long time. The guy at the shop told me it was a boy, but I think it's a girl since I can't find its wee wee. Anyone wanna help me name it?
Note: anyone suggesting names like Angel, Fluffy, Chocolate, Mr. Snuffles, etc., will be shot.

And yesterday I went to Home Depot with Christian because he still hasn't finished his damn bathroom, and I bought some plants. Why am I such a damn woman? Gah.

What do you think?

2010-03-14T11:59:00.000-04:00

Is Photography an ends to a mean?
or
A particular way of doing it?

Is it process driven or practice driven?
Process being - how - format, analog, digital, color, b/w ....
Practice being making images.

How do you see it?

Do you see yourself as a visual artist with a practice in photography?
Does the process dictate the discipline and the practice?
Does the process result from the known practice of photography?

Musings - Nostalgia and humans

2010-03-14T11:50:00.000-04:00

Being vintage, I grew up on film and "real" photo paper, you know the kind that was around before resin coated paper, took hours to wash and then dry. Getting a true glossy surface meant ferrotyping (sp?) a print = having a big, shiny, hot, metal drum that you attached the print to by having a big cotton blanket tightly adhered to it and "baking" the shine onto the emulsion.

4 x 5 and 8 x 10 were commonplace, 2 1/4 and 35 mm were not really serious photography... especially if it was in color!

Personally, photographs on paper were of little interest to me when I was in college.

I hated color photography since it never felt like I saw color.

Consequently, I was in love with original photographic processes and spent most of my time making emulsions from hard to find and decipher formulas.

This WAS - REAL photography!

I could then coat all kinds of materials and substrates...

I then spent many years painting and drawing on all my b/w photographs to create color the way I felt, saw it.

In grad school, one of my professors was a proponent of 35 mm photography.

He believed that if you used a point light source (very focused beam of light) in the enlarger, you could make large prints that were equivalent to a similar print made from a 4 x 5 negative. The focused light wrapped itself around the fine grain film in a way that allowed one to make big prints from a small negative. In many ways, the Point Source method was akin to Clarity, and correct sharpening in digital workflows. Warren Stevens was a VERY smart man.

His hypothesis and procedures were correct of course.

We all did it (Point Source Photography) - mostly to please him.

The results were evident, especially if you followed his workflow (one needed to be meticulous and precise and there was the issue of dust and the subsequent hours of spotting - each print - sigh...)

BUT - we all coveted our Hasselblad negative, and (the becoming vintage) large format films.

After all, 35mm could not be serious enough! We missed the struggles of "real photography" even though this then new fangled thing required more intense "realness and seriousness".

This Professor was a veteran war photographer. He had photographed WWII carrying an 8 x 10 and

4 x 5 camera around. He knew the joys of large format, but knew its limitations and how it held photographic explorations hostage in many ways. Needless to say what it did to his body parts.

Warren (my professor) understood the need to romanticize, love of nostalgia, the exuberance of youth.

He understood that the grass is always greener.

And he truly understood that what goes around comes around. But things only come full circle when we are ready for it.

Using a 4 x5 is valid and important - but the same skill sets can be developed and honed with current technology.

This I believe!

And yes - we will do exercises in 4 x 5 when it is time later in the qtr:)

Is all instant a Polaroid? Is every copy a Xerox?

2010-03-14T11:35:00.000-04:00

I always find it curious:
how we are seduced by nostalgia
anything that seems "better" is remembered fondly
coin things based on most prevalent tag lines
that the "grass is always greener" ...

Yes - a couple PA teachers are using 4x5 as a tool. Some do it early on, others wait until later.
Yes - they are using Fuji instant film.
Goes with the instantaneous nature that digital gives.
Polaroid has gone out of business. A company did buy up many of its assets and I really don't know if it is back in business or not.
Kodak spent many years making instant film as did other companies.

Haloid made the first copy machine (there are still a few in use in the Rochester area by local artists) and then it morphed into Xerox/Haloid and then simply Xerox. A xerox is a company, not a copy of something.

our culture tends to adapt language as we see fit.
Coin a phrase to suit our needs.

Hence
all copies can become a "Xerox" when it is really a copy - photo, electrostatic, laser ...
All instant analogue images can become a "Polaroid" when they are an instant, analogue, image...

here is the link for the Fuji instant film or "FujiPolaroid" datasheet
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/instant_photo/pdf/fp_100c_datasheet.pdf

The red barn hill

2010-03-13T19:05:00.002-05:00

4x5

2010-03-11T13:06:00.003-05:00

So, it's been a little while since I've posted on here, but I've been doing 4x5 like every day and I'm super excited about it. I spent yesterday afternoon working with it in the studio doing self portraits with fuji polaroids, just still trying to get a feel for it. It would've been easier had I remembered the cable release, but I got some pretty neat motion in them.

Anyway, I've never been that big on self portraits, but I think I want to try to continue them using a 4x5, mainly because it's so cumbersome. It slows me down and keeps me from taking stupid random pictures of myself.

So that's where I am right now...

burning bush

2010-03-11T00:23:00.006-05:00

I was walking around one night over break with a couple of my friends from home and shooting. My friend George told me to set up my tripod in a dark place because he has a "surprise" then he proceeded to pull a giant firework sparkler hybrid out of his pocket and swing it around.

I had no idea what he was going to do so i had my camera set at an 8 second exposure. It wasnt till about 5 seconds in that we realized he had set someone's bush on fire. He had to hit it with our coats and throw snow on it and then run away with my camera still on my fully extended tripod.

Thinking about how l started taking photos...

2010-03-10T21:02:00.003-05:00

Hi guys,
I'm feeling nostalgic so I decided to post this. I've just been thinking back to the things that originally got me into taking photographs. It sort of started as a way for me to create reference pictures for paintings; I could never just put an idea from my mind onto the surface without the middle man. But it seemed so cheap to look at images that weren't my own. Like for this painting, I cooked up the idea and then just shot reference photos of myself, the guitar, and the hand. When I think about it now, painting in that manner is almost like manual photoshop. I had all of the separate images that I wanted to make a unified piece and I layered them together. And an oil painting, like a photograph, can never seem to be quite finished, optimized enough. I just really am fascinated with the way different genres and art can link up. It's great to flirt with them all.
Cheers,
Chloe

4 Eyes Photo Contest

2010-03-10T19:46:00.003-05:00

I found this photo contest online. The categories are People & Portraits, Architecture, Nature, Animals & Pets, and Conceptual. There is a $5 entry fee per image you sumbit. The contest is going from March 10th to June 9th.

Grand Prize is a Canon EOS 5D Mark II or a Nikon D700

http://4eyesphotocontest.com/

strobist shopping kit

2010-03-10T11:07:00.002-05:00

bhphoto shopping list

This is a quick list of what I think a good 2 light setup would be, I put this together for stephen but anyone could apply this.

I would buy those flashes used if you were to get them, craigslist or ebay (roughly $60 on ebay)

I personally own those stands (impact 2 stand kit) and have used them for years with no problems.

mpex.com also has strobist kits. these are very similar and include a lp120 flash that has an optical slave built in.

feel free to ask any questions if you have them

Photography Has Changed -- Again

2010-03-09T13:59:00.002-05:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-paul-caponigro/photography-has-changed_b_489108.html

I Entered the World of Chatroulette

2010-03-09T00:17:00.002-05:00

Some scary things happen here.

2010-03-04T23:47:00.001-05:00

So, here's a couple-a images ive taken this vay-cay. I need another week. Patti . Do you think i could just pay RIT straight up cash money for a Masters degree?

A bit of shameless self-promotion

2010-03-02T18:29:00.003-05:00

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything, but I thought this would be pretty intersting.

My roommate Josh (he's kinda a photographer... biomed) and I decided to take six days of our spring break and drive a loop from Rochester, to Ohio, West Virginia, South Carolina, Washington DC, Philadelphia, and back to Rochester. Along the way, we're staying with friends, eating delicious local foods, trying to find random and bizarre sights, and shooting as much as we can.

Of course, we have a blog for the trip:

http://sixdayswithmybff.tumblr.com/

Sorry to self-promote, but I thought you guys might be interested in what I'm up to over spring break. See everyone in a week or so.

Goodbye Little Buddy

2010-03-01T12:43:00.001-05:00

You guys will be happy to know, that I am getting a new phone.

I gave in. And, yes it does have a camera.

That is all.

OW

2010-03-01T11:27:00.001-05:00

Skin Flappers

Aftermath

So this past weekend was RIT's Rock Climbing Club's first competition at west point military academy and this is what happened to me...

Latest Online Phenomenon, Chatroulette.

2010-03-01T10:17:00.000-05:00

Have you checked it out?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/weekinreview/21bilton.html?8ur=&emc=urb2&nl=

Taboo

2010-02-28T03:17:00.008-05:00

I've been rather lazy this break! Here are my taboo images (finally). I'm really happy with them. I haven't uploaded any to flickr yet because I don't think I've really finished editing them, but there is definitely some stuff in my taboo series I'd like to make prints of. I think I'd like to do more of images like these...

IPHONE Photo Contest - time is running out!!

2010-02-27T22:11:00.000-05:00

some very cool pixs here to look at.
if you have an IPhone - you have no reason NOT to enter:)
Wish I had one......

http://contest.adorama.com/about

"The Art World and the Real World: Bridging the Great Divide"

2010-02-27T21:07:00.000-05:00

http://www.whatsgoingon-dawoudbeysblog.blogspot.com/

http://www.dawoudbey.net/

Week 1 in PA-3

2010-02-27T16:22:00.000-05:00

For those of you that this will apply to for next qtr...

PA-3 Section 01

Instructor_ Patti Russotti, patti.russotti@rit.edu

The best way to reach me or to schedule an appointment is by email

Office # 475-6607

Gannett 2234

Break Assignment

This is a free form assignment. The images can be a combination of self portraits, a narrative that is important to you, landscapes, still lifes, or a collection of images that you create over the next week that are of value to you.

Most of you will have no problems coming up with ideas.

IF you do not really know what to do, please contact me immediately for some ideas.

Some of you I know well

Some of you I do not know at all

Some of you may not know each other or the kind of work you prefer to do

This is an opportunity for all of us to get to see how we work and develop a knowledge and respect for each class member.

GOALS

· An opportunity to show your style and imaging preferences to the members of your section of PA_3

· Practice camera and exposure skills

· Optimize all images in Lightroom and build collections that group your images.

Assignment Specs:

Create a minimum of 100 images, more is always welcome

Requirements:

o Use a tripod or mono-pod when necessary

o Hand held exposure meter

o Each lighting situation must begin with a Gretag Macbeth Color Checker or

o Whi-bal card. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Due

Monday March 8, 2010

We will optimize images during class.

OUTPUT costs and expectations

I will expect that each of you have saved enough money to make weekly contact prints, work prints and when appropriate, final prints. Early in the qtr, we will explore a variety of substrates – glossy, lustre, matte etc .., as well as test for scale – which images work better small or large and how does that impact the image.

We will be making our own prints and you may also want to experiment with the ISL and ESP output for large sizes prints.

Expect to spend up to $500 for output costs.

To learn how to print well, it requires learning how to properly optimize your files and then do all the appropriate testing to achieve the correct final print. The only way you know if you have done the file prep right is to make a print! LOTS of prints! Our goal is to begin to understand what is required to optimize, soft proof and make good work prints and final prints.

You will build a portfolio at the end of the year.

Week 1

Monday March 8, 2010

· Introductions

· Course overview and qtr assignments

· My expectations of each of you

· Ingest and optimize break assignment

· Edit and set up collections

· Optimize images

· Create an initial pdf of strongest images – can be multiple collections based on theme and type

Tuesday March 9, 2010

· Crit of images from break assignment

Wednesday March 10, 2010

· Adjust images based on feedback from Tuesday

· Re-optimize where necessary

· Make contact prints

· Make work prints

· Review next assignment

What to bring to class for week 1

· Finished shooting assignment

· Prints to share with class from the last qtr

· Money for your ID to print

· Inkjet paper that you want to make contacts and work prints on

2010-02-26T15:12:00.002-05:00

Hi all,
Are any of you having problems accessing your email? Since they changed the login page for the gmail it hasn't been accepting my password. I recently changed it so I know it's not expiring, and it works to log me onto mycourses and such sites.
Thanks!
Chloe

Lots of references in this link

2010-02-26T14:38:00.000-05:00

http://erikagentry.wordpress.com/

I know I have posted this link before - but wanted to remind you to peruse it again - some interesting articles right now.

new teachers..... argh

2010-02-25T16:40:00.002-05:00

so I've been home for about 12 hours and I'm already going crazy ... although I'm happy to be home. I'm sure you would all agree that it's weird being home and most of your friends are still at college... its strange.

Anyways... I checked my email today and saw I had gotten an email from my new photo teacher...Don
he basically explained what he wanted us to photograph over break.... using a list of words that he attached to the email.
And I sat there for a second... thinking... mhm so this is the guy that is replacing Patti...

Hope everyone has a good break:)
And we are going to Patti's house for dinner when we get back even if I have to stuff you all in my car. We are going. :)

Blaise's Nail adventure ....

2010-02-25T14:28:00.000-05:00

This is what Blaise did last night while building ramps at R.A.S.P.
He was using a very high powered nail gun. Luckily, he missed the bone and it went right thru the fleshy part, so all is well.....
AND, he used his cell phone to capture the moment while in the ER:)

Making a living doing what you love...

2010-02-25T11:03:00.000-05:00

http://www.clarklittlephotography.com/

Example of someone who has a passion, developed a matching skill set and is doing exactly what he loves.

taboo

2010-02-24T18:08:00.004-05:00

Here are some of my photos from the taboo assignment. Unfortunately, most of the film didn't develop (I guess that's what I should have expected from a disposable camera, hah).

-Caitlin

Mental Graffiti

2010-02-24T15:32:00.005-05:00

So I took some photos of my friends performing poetry the other day. I used a 35mm point & shoot film camera for this mostly because it was a spur of the moment thing, and that is all I had on me. They're blurry, yes.. but I think they look sort of interesting. I wanted to maybe integrate their poems into it somehow.. kinda like mixed media. Let me know what you guys think of them or if you had any thoughts of what to do with them possibly, Thanks!

Tabooooooo

2010-02-23T17:34:00.003-05:00

Here's some pictures from my taboo/film assignment

Taboo

2010-02-22T23:02:00.006-05:00

So, these were shot with expired film.. unintentionally..

the aftermath!

Tarnation

2010-02-21T20:54:00.003-05:00

I don't know where to begin this post. I just learned that my friend Luis passed away on Friday. I went to school with him last year in San Francisco. He lived there with his twin brother, Victor. I met them about a year ago and wish I could have spent more time with them. A year ago I went on a spontaneous roadtrip with a bunch of photographers from my school who I didn't really know. Amanda, Anastasiia, Irwin, Brittany, Victor and Luis. Luis was one of 12 brothers and sisters who moved here from Mexico. We drove to LA and after sleeping in parking lots for nights, his parents welcomed all 7 of us into their home, made us coffee and breakfast and pan dulce in the morning. All I could do was smile and say "gracias por todo". They were working on a little zine with black and white film and we ended up forming a close artistic community. I miss them so much. I just don't even know what to say. Because tomorrow I'm going to school to scan film from last year, and I'll have to confront that one-inch rectangle of silver halide molecules forming the image of his face, and I wish I had made more pictures of him. I wish I hadn't been looking elsewhere for beautiful things. I can't imagine what Victor is going through without his other half. It kills me that I'm not over there right now.

There are a million thoughts in my head right now, but for some reason I started thinking about this film called Tarnation, by Jonathan Caouette. The film was created by Caouette from over 20 years of hundreds of hours of old family videos and recordings to tell the story of his life and his relationship with his mentally ill mother Renee. It was initially made for a total budget of $218.32, using free iMovie software on a Mac. This is the first scene from the film, which opens with the song "Naked as we came" by Iron & Wine. There's something really visceral about the song. I can't put my finger on it, but that's what I'm feeling right now. The movie is a beautiful piece of art. I encourage you all to watch it if you have the time.

How do you compartmentalize something like this?

Taboo

2010-02-21T20:53:00.007-05:00

I uploaded the images that everyone didn't see in class. So here they are.

l wish l had a boob picture in here so l could title this "taboob"

2010-02-21T13:48:00.007-05:00

Note: These are all backwards on purpose. I wanted them to look sort taboo in terms of optimizing since they weren't the most taboo things of life.

^Studio peeping

^Potty Peeping

^Awkward Poster

^Awkward Construction

water bottle

2010-02-20T15:10:00.002-05:00

after all of my moaning and groaning about recycling I left my metal water bottle in the room we were in. Did any of you grab it my any chance?

Nationals

2010-02-19T13:23:00.002-05:00

Here's me climbing at nationals, just thought I'd show everyone. The photographer that took these pictures has obviously figured out how to take amazing climbing photos which is still my biggest mystery in life.

Final Crit Location

2010-02-19T09:41:00.000-05:00

THIS IS REQUIRED - PLEASE - ALL BE HERE

Room confirmation for your request on 2/19:

Event: CIAS - Russotti (092)
Reservation #: 20100218-001

MEETING NAME DATE START END ATT LOCATION
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2067-252 class 2/19/2010 2:00 PM 5:50 PM 1 07 1420

Saturday

2010-02-18T20:14:00.001-05:00

This Saturday's my birthday. Does anyone wanna hang out? There will be cake. And I'll be 20.

-Lindsey

Owen+Beauty Dish

2010-02-17T23:05:00.003-05:00

Just wanted to post the results from that beauty dish I built that some people saw. Worked very well I think, this is just an SB-900 on a TTL cable.

What the world eats

2010-02-17T12:12:00.003-05:00

I found an interesting link about a photographer who traveled around the world, taking pictures of families and what they eat on a regular basis. A quote from his website:

Today we are witnessing the greatest change in global diets since the invention of agriculture. Globalization, mass tourism, and giant agribusiness have filled American supermarket shelves with extraordinary new foods and McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Kraft Cheese Singles are being exported to every corner of the planet.

blog feature
TIME Magazine gallery
Peter Menzel

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTIAN

2010-02-17T00:42:00.003-05:00

CONGRATS

soldier

2010-02-16T19:38:00.005-05:00

i was stumbling instead of writing a paper, studying, or optimizing, and i found this and though it was pretty cool.

blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/10/ian-fisher-american-soldier/

Anatomy of an HDSLR Rig

2010-02-16T12:42:00.002-05:00

http://www.calumetphoto.com/p/hdslr-rig?t=CM01&a=CM01

Between the Sheets

2010-02-16T00:58:00.002-05:00

If your sheets had a book typed out on them, which book would you choose?

Mine would be Alice in Wonderland. I feel like that would be cozy.

Sheets

Invisible Man

2010-02-16T00:51:00.002-05:00

I like this man.

The dedication and work that he puts into this is incredible.

INVISIBLE MAN

Psst. Cara I thought you might like him

Repurposing old books

2010-02-15T22:09:00.003-05:00

A neat link I just found on repurposing old books for new projects, decoration, etc.

http://www.writtenword.com/turn-old-musty-books-to-art-and-other-cool-things/

PS: at the request of the members of the blog, only blog members will be allowed to comment on posts now. Thanks for your understanding.

More Helen Fisher - why we love and cheat....

2010-02-15T21:34:00.000-05:00

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat.html

Interesting Faux HDR technique via the High Pass filter

2010-02-15T21:32:00.000-05:00

http://dustinsnipes.com/blog/2009/01/30/tutorial-photoshop-for-70-basketball-portraits-in-in-two-days/

FYI - if you try this technique add the following steps:

Save the file with all the layers as a .tiff.
THEN flatten for printing

This way, if you do not like the results, you can always go back to the original layers and tweak.

Helen Fisher Studies the Brain in Love

2010-02-14T22:06:00.000-05:00

http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/?p=2511&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JohnPaulCaponigroBlog+%28John+Paul+Caponigro+Blog%29

Bruce Gilden

2010-02-11T17:35:00.002-05:00

I wanted to embed this video, but the Youtube version isn't working that well, so here's the link from WNYC: http://www.wnyc.org/streetshots/

I watch this whenever I need a little inspiration-- Bruce Gilden is a New York street photographer, in Magnum, has a snarky sense of humor and makes awesome photographs. Another person to check out if you like his work is Gilles Peress.

Go watch it!

Women, Lipstick and the benefits of mentorship and diversity in friendships

2010-02-11T17:19:00.002-05:00

http://www.ladygaga.com/news/

Uzbek Photographer found guilty of "Slandering Nation"

2010-02-11T16:55:00.000-05:00

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8507519.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/world/asia/11uzbekistan.html

Loverboy

2010-02-11T14:40:00.002-05:00

So I wanted to share something with you all that has been one of my biggest inspirations for a very very long time.

This is a short film written by one of the TAs of the New York State Summer School for the Arts when I attended back in 2008. Every still, every clip I've found something I love. Not only is the writing absolutely amazing, but the cinematography, lighting, acting, and directing is just magical.

The film is something I always kind of refer back to when I'm out shooting. It reminds me that while we should always be looking at photographers, we should also be looking at every kind of art to find something to draw parallels to and inspire us. Plus it always manages to put a smile on my face :)

Lover Boy from Zia Anger on Vimeo.

(Or watch large here: http://www.vimeo.com/9296378)

I made a Jackson Pollock painting!

2010-02-10T19:30:00.002-05:00

http://jacksonpollock.org

Pilfered news.....

2010-02-10T19:02:00.001-05:00

http://www.pdnpulse.com/2010/02/pilfered-magazine-removes-infringements-reimagining-perspective.html

Clothing Optional

2010-02-10T12:26:00.001-05:00

Interesting links

2010-02-09T15:47:00.000-05:00

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html

Some interesting info here and good points - worth the watch.

http://www.macworld.com/article/146194/2010/02/photoshopturns20.html
2o years of Photoshop......

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/02/art-floppy-disks/
Images from floppy disks .......hmmmmm

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/02/10-ways-to-a-geeky-girls-heart
10 Ways to A Geeky Girl's Heart
VALENTINE's Day is coming.........

Todd Hido lecture

2010-02-09T15:38:00.000-05:00

http://www.toddhido.com/

Todd Hido will be in Rochester for a Charlie Arnold Lecture on 2/11 evening.
BUT - based on weather in the country right now he may not make it!
Love his work and think you should peruse his site and consider going to the lecture.
I am still sitting in the airport. Someone remind me to not plan work trips in the winter...sigh

Sun? What's that?

2010-02-08T19:26:00.003-05:00

So, I don't know if anyone else noticed, but we actually had golden hour afternoon sunshine today, for the first time in like 3827349812 months. In case you've forgotten, the sun is a star millions of miles away from earth that gives us heat and light so that plants and animals can live. Anyway, I hope you got out and shot, it was cold but beautiful :)

two photos, field trip

2010-02-08T12:20:00.002-05:00

so two photos taken with the same camera and same lens 24 hours and 6 minutes apart. Very different and both very 'me'. Just thought it was interesting to see how different the looked next to each other.

I also want to say I vote for a field trip where we can shoot and get outside.

Photo Arts

3D

Summer transfer newbies - check them out....

Dinner

DINNER Friday night

Final

the new green shoe

Book

collabs- future social networking art

Photoshop CS5 Trial

Some recent work

final and such

Final Project

Book In Progress

George Eastman House

ROCO 6 x 6 2010

TwiddleDee

PA_3 Classblog

Hobbies

a lot of cara time

Interesting watch

(Copyright issues) Photogs Nix Google Books

Blurb Widget Makes Online Book Previews Easy

Mark your claendar - FIELD TRIP _ GEH

allegory...

Hobbies

How To Make a Gorgeous Photo Book – Blurb

happy bunny day

Polaroid Scarves

no RIT email

water sculpture

Why We Are Obsessed With the iPad

Say nothing. Just bark. Bark expressively....

"I am the hand next door"

last minute- help?

last project

HDR Help

Delicious Food and Good Company

Pathetic.

More musings and questions....

What do you think?

Musings - Nostalgia and humans

Is all instant a Polaroid? Is every copy a Xerox?

The red barn hill

4x5

burning bush

Thinking about how l started taking photos...

4 Eyes Photo Contest

strobist shopping kit

Photography Has Changed -- Again

I Entered the World of Chatroulette

A bit of shameless self-promotion

Goodbye Little Buddy

OW

Latest Online Phenomenon, Chatroulette.

Taboo

IPHONE Photo Contest - time is running out!!

"The Art World and the Real World: Bridging the Great Divide"

Week 1 in PA-3

Lots of references in this link

new teachers..... argh

Blaise's Nail adventure ....

Making a living doing what you love...

taboo

Mental Graffiti

Tabooooooo

Taboo

Tarnation

Taboo

l wish l had a boob picture in here so l could title this "taboob"

water bottle

Nationals

Final Crit Location

Saturday

Owen+Beauty Dish

What the world eats

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTIAN

soldier

Anatomy of an HDSLR Rig

Between the Sheets