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Richard Avedon - Master Photographer

Here is the first in a series of 9 videos on YouTube about Richard Avedon and his lighting techniques. It's called Darkness and Light.

Click here to view them: Richard Avedon

The 60 Most Wanted Photoshop Tutorials

There has to be something useful in this bunch of tutorials. Check them out. Tell me what you think.

60 Tutorials

Check out this technology in a music video

Watch this video and post a comment below. What do you think? Future possibilities?

This is done by Arcade Fire and needs to be opened using Google Chrome. It uses Google earth and street view and combines it with the footage shot for the video and it's based on the address you enter. Very interesting!


http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/

Year One optical Devices

Laura Hayes and John Howard Wileman Exhibit of Optical Toys



Here is an example of an old-school optical toy. Check out this great site and post your opinion of it on your blog. You can comment on the layout of the site, your favorite toy and how it works, or any other opinion you have concerning the site. Remember to search through many pages on the site to see how all of those toys work!

Surrealism in Art and Photography

Surrealism is an artistic movement that was founded in the early 1920s. It's influences include Sigmund Freud (famous psychoanalyst who was fascinated by the subconscious mind and dreams). "Surrealism style uses visual imagery from the subconscious mind to create art without the intention of logical comprehensibility." In other words, it doesn't make sense in the real world, only the surreal world. Surrealism includes an element of surprise and uses unlikely juxtapositions and blends dream and reality.

Please research Surrealism in Art and/or photography and create a vuvox presentation that includes the following: (Please post your finished vuvox presentation on your blog by Wednesday Nov. 2, 2011. Ready to present please!)

1. What is Surrealism? (In your own words please!)

2. Pick one Surrealist artist and briefly discuss their view on surrealism, the years they produced art (or birth-death), and who they are as artists in general. Were they part of other artistic movements?

3. Show 8 examples of Surrealist art by the artist you have selected.

Please pick one artist each so that we can cover all of them.

Man Ray, Salvador Dali, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Hieronymus Bosch, Yves Tanguy, MC Escher, Erik Johansson (modern day photographer), Jerry Uelsmann (modern photographer who worked with negatives to create surrealist photos).

4. PLease include any and ALL links that you have used to find your information. Please do not copy and paste directly from these links!! That's called plagiarism and it's a big fat NO-NO!

5. You can include a reference list at the end of your presentation, but you MUST embed a minimum of 3 links (they could be videos, audio interviews or just other websites with more information) into your vuvox presentation.

6. Don't forget to use hotspots and cutouts. Make the presentation surreal, but make sure we can clearly see and identify the artist's works, as well as the text that answers the questions above.

This is a precursor to your Photoshop assignment, so start thinking about ideas for your own photoshopped surrealistic dreamscapes... here are a few kind of fun ones to whet your appetite.

http://www.alltelleringet.com/

SLR Camera Simulator

Check out this camera simulator. It allows you to change the settings on the camera and see the results. You can vary the lighting, the camera/subject distance, the focal length of the lens, ISO, aperture and shutter speed. It's really cool. Try it out. Hopefully it will help you understand the impact the various settings have on your final image.

SLR simulator