Advanced Photojournalism

ASSIGNMENT: Portfolio

Mark E. Johnson — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:00:00 +0000

Four hours. If you’re done, here are a few things you could do in four hours:

Take a leisurely stroll from Grady to Whitehall Forest and back
Drive to Statesboro and have lunch
Watch The Public Eye (99 minutes), Salvador (122 minutes), Dying to Tell The Story (95 minutes) and Under Fire (128 minutes)
Sit at the front of the lab and watch your classmates panic

ASSIGNMENT: Portfolio

Mark E. Johnson — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:00 +0000

Eight hours left … get to it.

ASSIGNMENT: The Intellectual Photographer

Mark E. Johnson — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:48:36 +0000

Remember that you need to turn in a paper on Thursday, Dec. 1, that talks about what you believe to be the most important photograph ever made and why.

This Week’s Plan

Mark E. Johnson — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:44:17 +0000

Your written story proposal is due at the start of class on Tuesday, Nov. 29. The rest of the class time will be given over to production work for your semester-long documentary project. Please bring your own headphones so you don’t drive the rest of us crazy.

On Thursday, we’ll watch those projects and say our farewells.

Lab Hours

Mark E. Johnson — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:42:20 +0000

Here’s the schedule through the end of the semester:

Tuesday, Nov. 29 – 11-2
Thursday, Dec. 1 – 11-2
Friday, Dec. 2 – 12:45-5
Tuesday, Dec. 6 – 12:45-5
Wednesday, Dec. 7 – 9-5
Thursday, Dec. 8 – 9-5
Friday, Dec. 9 – 9-5
Monday, Dec. 12 – 9-5
Tuesday, Dec. 13 – 9-5

Your deadline is 5 p.m. on December 13 and server access will be shut off at 5 p.m. exactly – don’t push this deadline. Your final portfolio is worth 25% of your grade – it would be extremely difficult to pass this course if you fail to turn it in by deadline.

ASSIGNMENT: Lighting Practice

Mark E. Johnson — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:56:18 +0000

You need to produce six photos for Tuesday’s class. (I’ll give you the first 30 minutes to process and post to the server.)

With one light, a portrait with the background one stop darker and another, different portrait with the background two stops darker.

With two lights, one with the background one stop darker, one at two stops darker, a third at an even exposure and a fourth with the background two stops brighter.

For each set-up, you need to create a simple lighting diagram – an overhead drawing that shows the location of the camera, subject, background and light(s). You need to measure out the distances between the light and subject and light and background. You need the exposure information from the light meter.

Shoot all of this in a darkened space at ISO 100 – no ambient light on this, all flash. If you want to bounce off of walls instead of the umbrellas for some, that’s fine.

Questions? Shoot them to me …

Photo Requests Now Online

Mark E. Johnson — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:32:41 +0000

I have generated a page that will let you input your photo requests online. You’ll still need to bring a printed version to class so do that BEFORE you click submit.

We’ll try this for a week, see how it goes.

ASSIGNMENT: Light

Mark E. Johnson — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:31:02 +0000

For Thursday, Sept. 22, let’s work on some lit portraits. Use your flash, bounce it off of something, balance your ambient and strobe light. Just play a little, see what happens.

VizCamp Dates

Mark E. Johnson — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:30:17 +0000

Make sure your calendar matches mine …

Aug. 25 – Alan
Sept. 1 – Alyson
Sept. 15 – Lane, Andrea
Sept. 27 – Ashlee, Christina
Oct. 13 – Kimberly, Allison
Oct. 20 – Sarah, Gabriella
Oct. 27 – Michael, Melanie
Nov. 3 – Kristy, Elizabeth
Nov. 10 – Devin, Kathryn

Tuesday Class

Mark E. Johnson — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:27:16 +0000

FYI, I’m going to give you guys the first hour of class to work on football/sports images, we’ll start at 3 p.m. Sports photos still aren’t due until Thursday at 2, but several of you asked for time to download Friday’s shoot.

We’ll spend the second hour on flash … I know, you’re SHOCKED.