Landscapes

Here a link to some amazing landscape photos! There's so beautiful.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Yb6Ck/www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/article/detail/1957/amazing-places-to-experience-around-the-globe-part-1

Stumble Stumble

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/6wgrGK/www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/liu-bolin-is-invisible_n_1279640.html?1329335783/

This week's blog is also from StumbleUpon! This concept is really cool, the photographer camouflages himself into his pictures.

Better Late Than Never...right?

Recently all my nephew will talk about has been volcanoes, and last night while on Stumbleupon the first site it sends me too is this: 

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1Wppwc/pinktentacle.com/2010/02/photos-of-sakurajima-volcano/

Makes me wish I could see an actual volcano eruption, from a safe distance. 

On to the next assignment!

http://www.thephotoargus.com/inspiration/35-superb-examples-of-still-life-photography/

We are just about to start assignment #2, Studio Still Life, and assignment #1 is sort of close to being done. And by that I mean we have 2 or 3 of the 7 photos done. Still life should be an interesting time, having complete control of the entire shoot will be a nice change. I also have to put together a portfolio of my art so that may lead into a two birds, one big ol' rock type situation.

Today I Googled 'still like photography' and found a link to "35 Superb Examples of Still Life Photography", and they are rather excellent. A few are pretty typical, they show a firm understanding of photography and lighting techniques but they lack creativity quite a bit.

Light Photography

http://www.designer-daily.com/20-amazing-examples-of-light-photography-7628

Just read this article on light photography, something I've never done but can't wait to try in the near future. It seems to have endless options, and would never be a dull shoot.

http://photo.net/learn/portraits/

I just read this article about portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman. It's not a very in-depth article about the technical aspects of portrait photography but it does emphasize the importance of the people skills required of the photographer to be truly successful. It also discusses environmental portraiture, which is part of our assignment, and lighting ideas if a studio is not available to the photographer. 

Portaits

I just started my last semester at Rocky Mountain College, an incredibly bittersweet feeling. One of the classes I am taking is a photography class and already I know it will be a great experience, even if I do feel a bit in over my head. Our first assignment will be studio portraits in groups, so I've been looking at different portraits on Google for inspiration and to focus on lighting. I am trying to determine what the light set-up might be for each photo I come across, which is what we did in class on Thursday.