Chris' Photography Class Blog

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Class Field Trip: Color in Plant Life

This assignment was to place the color red in the bottom left of each of the photos.

Color is light reflected off of objects. Color has three main characteristics: hue (the name of the color, such as red, green, blue, etc.), value (how light or dark it is), and intensity (how bright or dull it is).

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Class Field Trip: Space in Plant Life

Bushes of the B-Wing (and Trees)

Space is the area between and around objects. The space around objects is often called negative space; negative space has shape. Space can also refer to the feeling of depth. Real space is three-dimensional; in visual art, when we create the feeling or illusion of depth, we call it space.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Class Field Trip: Form in Plant Life

Forms are three-dimensional shapes expressing length, width, and depth. Balls, cylinders, boxes, and pyramids are forms.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Gordon Parks Movie Notes

On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life?

The doctor plunged his body into a tub of icy water.

Where was Gordon born? (what state?)

Kansas

What did Gordon's college adviser, Ms. McClintock tell him about college?

She told him not to waste his time in college because they he was just going to end up as

How old was Gordon when his mother died?

15 years old

Where did Gordon move after his mother died?

St. Paul, Minnesota

Did Gordon graduate from college?

Yes

How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career?

He went to Frank murphy and told him he wanted to photograph fashion.

What is a "double exposure?"

It is the repeated exposure of film to light, which leads to white, ghostly pictures

Who was boxer Joe Louis?

He was the husband of Martha Louis, who helped Parks by encouraging him to move to Chicago.

What instrument did Gordon play?

The piano

What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?

To combat American poverty and document it.

When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.?

Buy a topcoat, get something to eat, and go watch a movie and tell Stryker what he thought about it.

Who was Ella Watson?

An African American woman who worked as a maid in the FSA building he talked to Stryker in.

What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?

A little wood farmhouse, where he imagined people with long stretched faces in front of it.

What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?

He learned how to approach people when he wanted to take photographs of them

Friday, February 27, 2015

Class Field Trip: Shapes in Plants

Featuring photos from MSJ's Garden Club

Shape is a closed line. Shapes can be geometric, like squares and circles; or organic, like free-form or natural shapes. Shapes are flat and can express length and width.