ASSIGNMENT: Campus Feature

One feature photo from the UGA campus, due on the server by 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31. 

Look for a great moment, a telling slice-of-life image that speaks to what living, studying or working on the UGA campus is like in 2009. Think about composition and light, use them to advance the story.

Burnett in Vietnam

Here's the post I mentioned (to the afternoon section) about how David Burnett missed the photo of Kim Phuc running after being hit with napalm in Vietnam. (This came up when someone asked how Nachtwey managed to reload film in combat situations.)

Regardless of this instance, Burnett is still my hero ...

Light Photos!

Even though theyre a little bit late.. I think these are pretty cute/awesome...

Hard Light:
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/best-pod-february-09/piglet-africa.html

Soft Light:
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/best-pod-february-09/birds-rondeau-park.html

Diffused Light (water.):
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/best-pod-february-09/mahout-bathing-elephant.html

ASSIGNMENT: Long, Medium & Close-up

From one newsworthy event, shoot a long, a medium and a close-up. Tell a story in three images, each image should tell a different part of the story.

DUE: Tuesday, March 24 by 7:00 p.m. (Will review in class on Wednesday, March 25)

Light clips

Diffused Light: Picture 1

Hard Light: Here

Soft Light: Picture 11

light clips

Diffused: This photo illustrates diffused light with fog and mist over an ice field on Mt. Tomuraushi in Daisetsuzan National Park (in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island).

Soft:  This photo illustrates soft light over a dining area in the Four Seasons on 52nd Street.

Hard: This photo illustrates hard light with a clearly defined shadow.

Light Clips

Soft Light: Afghan women in a shelter: The light entering through the windows creates the effect of soft light.

Diffused Light: (#11 on Big Picture) Girls react after colored powder is thrown on them: The light catches the powder in the air creating diffused light.

Hard Light: (#19 on Big Picture) A coal worker stacks wood : The harsh, short shadows denote hard light. The color of the light is also that of midday when the sun is high in the sky creating a harder light on the subjects.

, Frannie Fabian