The document is a workshop presentation on using 5 eyes (points of view) for better photography. It discusses looking at the work of other photographers for inspiration, understanding current photography trends, developing concepts and choosing a style, mastering camera controls, using post-processing techniques, sharing photos for feedback, and finding venues to exhibit work. The overall message is that becoming a better photographer is a journey that involves lifelong learning by observing others, experimenting, and getting input from peers.
4. Using 5 Eyes for Better Photography
Your Unique Vision !
5. Using 5 Eyes for Better Photography
Warning:!
There is a lot of information!
in this presentation. !
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Do not let it overwhelm you.!
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Becoming a better photographer is a long journey. Enjoy!
the freedom, the exploration, the fun in the process. Learn
at your own pace. Help others. Stay at it.!
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Before you know it, you will be a better photographer.
6. Seeing through Others Eyes
• Look at historical photographers(books, museums, internet)
• Look at contemporary photographers (Internet, museums,s
• Look across genres, and cultures (museums, travel)
Sally Mann
7. Seeing through Others Eyes
Borrow ideas, recombine, translate,
evolve, experiment, but do not copy.
8. Seeing through Others Eyes
Learn from the past:
Jacob Riis, born 1849, his book
How the Other Half Lives
changed perceptions of the poor
in New York City and led to tenement reform.
One of the first to use inside flash.
20. Seeing through Others Eyes
Be aware of current trends in photography:
Lyle Ashton Harris
Collaging
21. Seeing through Others Eyes
Be aware of current trends in photography:
Alkadhi
Collaging
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Informal compositions / series
Richard
Billingham
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Informal compositions / series
Richard
Billingham
Story Still Matters!
24. Seeing through Others Eyes
Be aware of current trends in photography:
Informal (too strong) lighting
Terry Richardson
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Creative presentation
JR
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Creative presentation
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Mixing with other mediums like performance
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Mixing with other mediums like performance
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Mixing with other mediums like video, sculpture
Khaled Jarred
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Collaboration
HayaTodd Drake Nushmia
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Concept Driven Photo Series
Strangers
Touching
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by Richard
Renaldi
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Using Old Photography Techniques
Heather OelklausJoni Sternbach
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Be aware of current trends in photography:
Elin Oharas Slavic
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Lingering Radiation (contact print of x-ray
exposed from A-bombed tree stump fragment)
34. Seeing through Others Eyes
Look Across Genres and Cultures:
Some of my influences:
Rembrandt
Max Beckmann and Joseph Beuys
35. Seeing through Others Eyes
__ Research several favorite photographers or trends in photography
learn something new about each. Contemporary practices you can choose from:
__Deadpan
__Typology
__Collaging
__Informal Compositions
__Informal lighting
__creative presentation
__mix with other mediums
__Collaborate with a group or other artists
__create a concept first then make series
__use an old photographic technique ( you may need to take a class in this)
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__ “Borrow” from a specific photo by each and create your own version.
What did you learn?
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__ Visit a gallery or museum (in life or online) and find a new photographer or artist
that inspires you. Research them online. Journal about why you like their work.
Be specific about what you like and brainstorm ways to use the influence.
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__ Look at the photos of your peers at the workshop. Tell someone why you like their
photography.
Activities:
36. Conception: Your Mind’s Eye
• What do you want to say?
• What is the best approach?
• Staged vs Street Photography?
• Good Design delivers contnet. Do you know your Design Principles?
37. Conception: Your Mind’s Eye
• What do you want to say?
Conceptual Spectrum: !
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< Beauty….Self exploration…Looking at Others….Sales…..Propaganda >
38. Conception: Your Mind’s Eye
• What do you want to say?
Conceptual Spectrum: !
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< Beauty….Self exploration…Looking at Others….Sales…..Propaganda >
Appreciation >Preservation > Understanding> Empathy>Activism….Income… Goals of the State
Results in:
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• What do you want to say?
Conceptual Spectrum: !
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< Beauty….Self exploration……Looking at Others……Sales…..Propaganda >
Individual Choices Other’s Choices
COLLABORATION
40. Conception: Your Mind’s Eye
• What do you want to say?
Conceptual Spectrum: !
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< Beauty….Self exploration……Looking at Others……Sales…..Propaganda >
Complex Content:
Personal+historical+factual+fantasy
Can be multilayered.
Can be open to interpretation.
(PostModernism)
Simple Content
41. Todd Drake creates art that addresses human rights issues among marginalized communities. Working
collaboratively with community members, Drake creates images that are both specific and universal and
March 3 - 28, 2014March 3 - 28, 2014
TODD DRAKETODD DRAKE
presents
Double Vision
Perspectives from Palestine
et al.et al.
Conception: Your Mind’s Eye
Looking at Others: My personal Interest
42. Conception: Your Mind’s Eye
Thinking carefully about and identifying what concepts
most interest you gets at the most important
question you have to answer
as a photographer:
43. Conception: Your Mind’s Eye
Thinking carefully about and identifying what concepts
most interest you gets at the most important
question you have to answer
as a photographer:
WHY take Photos?
52. Conception: Your Mind’s Eye
Activities:
• As a group, place words in a cup that represent ideas
in which you are interested. Read the contributions as
a group and pick one or combine a few to create a
concept. Create a constructed reality that relates the
idea. Each of you photograph it and compare.
• Create your own concept and create your own
personal constructed reality. Take a series of photos of
the scene.
• Think of a concept and take a walk. Look for photo
opportunities that capture the concept.
53. Conception: Your Mind’s Eye
Design Principles: !
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Balance (Symmetric, Asymmetric, Radial
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Scale and Proportion
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Rhythm and Repetition
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Focal Point
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Economy and Unity
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106. Conception: Your Mind’s Eye
Create a photo or series of photos that clearly exhibit the principles of design:
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Activities:
107. Seeing through (and controlling) your Camera
DSLR CAMERAS
MEDIUM AND LARGE FORMAT
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Camera
Lens
How long light
comes in
Size of hole - how much light
Sensitivity of
surface
recording
the light
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Camera
Lens
Shutter speed
F stop (Aperture)
ISO
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Manual Settings
F stop
ISO
Shutter
Speed
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ISO: Can effect quality of photo, making it more or less “granny”.
Shutter Speed: Also “freezes” motion
or shows motion as blur.
F Stop: Also effects what is in focus or not. Called depth of field.
128. Seeing through (and controlling) your camera
Activity:
__Find the f-stop, shutter speed control, and ISO control on your
camera. Set up a still life or group of people and photography the
subject while adjusting each of these controls.
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__Dim the lights and try the same adjustments. Can you capture a
photo in low light?
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__Adjust the manual settings so your f-stop is a large number, like 22.
Notice what is in focus and out of focus as compared with taking the
same photo with a low f-stop number.
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__Adjust your shutter speed and freeze (clearly) something moving.
Adjust it again and show the same object moving in a blur.
136. RGB
CMYK
72 DPI for online
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300 DPI for printing
Check file size to make sure it will print well!
You cannot go UP in size!
137. RAW= greater
detail but giant files
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JPG=less details
but manageable file
size for emailing,
posting, etc. Can
corrupt a photo when
opened and closed
a lot.
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TIFF=no compression.
Best used in when working
photo up in photoshop.
138. Seeing the photo as a painting
Activities:
_ Crop 3 of your favorite photographs using photoshop
or another application to improve some Principle of Design.
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_ Alter the color and contrast on a photo to improve its appearance
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_ Get really creative and alter a photo making it into something entirely
new.
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_ Alter a photo in a way that cannot be noticed like removing
a distracting detail.
139. Seeing through Reflection: Sharing and Critique
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Venues for sharing your work: traditional, new, creative
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Good and bad of social media. (Copyrights)
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How to get useful feedback: from others, from yourself
140. Seeing through Reflection: Sharing and Critique
Venues for sharing your work:
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Traditional: Galleries, Museums, Group Shows, Solo Shows, Coffee Shops,
New Venues: Online, Rice Paper Graffiti, Pop Up Galleries,
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141. Seeing through Reflection: Sharing and Critique
Venues for sharing your work:
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Good and bad of social media. (Copyrights)
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Khalid Albaih
142. Seeing through Reflection: Sharing and Critique
Venues for sharing your work:
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Good and bad of social media. (Copyrights)
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Khalid Albaih
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A few good friends (fellow photographers)!
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A good school/class!
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Join a photo club!
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The Photo Community on Google+
https://plus.google.com/communities/
101451257802046158545
Getting Feedback:
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__ Select your favorite 3 photos. Find a good printing
outlet and print them. Examine the quality of the print
compared to the original. Compare the color, clarity,
and darkness, of the prints against the digital version.
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__Visit a Photo Club in real life or join a virtual on-line
photo community. Study others photos without becoming
discouraged. Ask for advise and keep to heart only the
criticism that seems far. Watch for patterns of critique being
sure not to put too much weight in any single
negative feedback you get. We ALL remember the negatives
more than the positives.
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__Find a venue for exhibiting your work. Keep the promises
you make to deliver the photos for the show. Start with a few
group shows but go to a solo show as soon as possible. Your
ego will thank you!
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_Find a new photographer whose conceptual interests are the !
same. Study their portfolio and take notes. Select one thing from !
their work you like and seek to add it to your own photos. Give !
yourself assignments to do this. !
