WEEK 9 IS SELF WORK WEEK: We will not be meeting at school!!!

This week, Week 9 is to be used to work on your final multimedia projects off-site. At this point you should be decided and committed to your subject matter is and you should have begun collecting footage.

To account for attendance this week, you must email a project status update to photoj105@gmail.com by 5pm, Thursday, September 5. 

By Week 10 you should have all footage shot/recorded, and you should have started experimenting/plugging in footage to your editing software of choice.

Happy shooting!!!

Final multimedia projects assigned

Hello everyone, 

You will now be spending the next 4 weeks working on your final multimedia projects. Check the assignments page for exact details and to download the handout that was distributed in class. 

See you next week.

Next up: Environmental Portraits (group and individual)

from the series "Drowning World" by Gideon Mendel

Hello everyone!! This is "Environmental Portraits" week. In the "Lesson Plans" page you will find a list of photographer's work to look at for additional inspiration. Check the "Tutorials" page for the image batch conversion tutorial and of course check the "Assignments" page for the full list of what is due next week. Lastly for those that want a quick refresher on the meaning of "resizing" vs "resampling" images check the "Glossary" page.

Photographers to be inspired by: Gideon Mendel , David Chancellor , Lauren Greenfield , our very own Mark Edward Harris (!) , Thomas Struth, Diane Arbus

FOR THOSE THAT MISSED CLASS: Please note that "Staged Portraits" (as stated in the syllabus) ARE NOT part of the assignment. Only Environmental Portraits.

Happy shooting everyone!

NATURE 'In wilderness is the preservation of the world.' Eliot Porter

1895, Yellowstone River,  photographed by William Henry Jackson

Hello everyone!! This week's assignment is "NATURE." Make sure to check out the "Tutorials" page for some quick tips. Check out the "Lesson Plan" page for a list of the photographers we looked at in class and a pdf of their images.

Happy shooting!!

SPORTS ACTION / SPORTS FEATURE & OUR NEW TUMBLR PAGE!!

James Jeffries knocked to the ground by Jack Johnson in "The Battle of the Century" in Reno, Nevada, 1910

Hello everyone! This week's assignment is to shoot either in sports action or sports feature . Check the assignment page for details.

As also mentioned in class, we now have a password protected private tumblr page. (The password will be emailed to you all). Your top images selected with class input during critiques will be posted to this page. You will be captioning your images at a later date.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MISSED CLASS: 

1. We did not cover "NATURE" this week, just Sports. We will do this at another date.
2. Even if you do not have work, do not let this be a reason to miss class. There are always ways to contribute!!!!

North Hollywood

Photo: www.waterandpower.org

Looking forward to seeing everyone's shots from the North Hollywood assignment. Remember to check the "Assignments" page for details.

NO FIELD TRIP NEXT WEEK (WEEK 3)!!! MEET AT SCHOOL AND BRING YOUR CAMERA!!

We will be meeting at A.I. next week (Week 3); NOT at City Hall. As discussed in class you will be shooting your assignment in and around North Hollywood. Come to class first and then you will have the remainder of the class to shoot. For those of you that missed class, please check the "Assignments" page for more details. You will need to do some research BEFORE you come to class!!

DON'T FORGET TO BRING (OR CHECK OUT) YOUR CAMERAS!!

WELCOME TO PHOTOJOURNALISM 105 / 2255!!!

Hello everyone welcome to photojournalism! It's going to be an awesome 11 weeks!

Please bookmark this website as this will be our one stop shop to keep up with what is going on in class.

To see what we're covering each week check out the "Lesson Plan" page.

To see what assignments are due check out the "Assignments" page.

To read descriptions of the types of images you are to shoot each week, check out the "Glossary" page. For example, for Week 1 the assignment is to shoot  Spot News and/or General News images. They are both explained in detail in the "Glossary" page.

And then of course there is the "News Round Up!" page which will feature selections from each week's roundup.

Have a great weekend and see you all next week!!!