Project #2 Assigned 09/24/13. DUE 10/08/13

 Project #2

Exterior photographs: Capturing the city and the land.

Composing in camera for photographing cityscapes and landscapes

1. Using your understanding of camera function, go outside and photograph the cityscape as well as the landscape. Do not make people the main focus (no portraits). Pay attention to composition, your intention with the image, and the conception framework behind creating the image.
   
   
   What to bring on critique day: On critique day (10/08/13) you will be presenting 2 photographs of landscapes, and 2 photographs of cityscapes (they can relate to each other, or contrast each other). 4 images total. All images need to be 8x10 inches or larger. Please bring push pins and arrive early to install your work. Grading will be based on composition, content, execution of idea and class participation. Please take good care of your images, so that they aren't bend or scratched.

Freedom is Motorbike Exhibition at LBCC

Press Release:

Long Beach City College Art Gallery is pleased to host the exhibition Freedom is the Motorbike from September 3 – October 12, 2013, with a reception on Tuesday, September 3, 7-8:30 pm. Included are works by Vietnamese artists living all year or part of the year in Vietnam, from Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Hue. The artists in the exhibit are Dinh Q. Le, Hoang Duong Cam, Linh Nguyen, Ngo Luc, Nguyen Thanh Truc, Pham Thu Hang, Phan Quang, The Le Brothers, Tiffany Chung, Tran Luong, Tuan Mami, UuDam Tran Nguyen.

In Vietnam motorbike is the primary means of transportation. Many begin riding the bike in early teens albeit eighteen is the legal age. Most continue until they’re too old to ride. During heavy traffic motorbikes use even the sidewalks, or ride on the wrong side of the street. The riders seem to abide by no absolute rules, except passage and modest safety. Given that Vietnam is governed by a communist system, one imagines restrictions beyond our own capitalism in the United States. It is also interesting to note that 35 percent of the population of Vietnam is under the age of fifteen, and 70 percent under the age of thirty-five. Seems inevitable that this should signal a youthful direction.

Internet has become as important as the motorbike, and even more powerful for permitting travel beyond borders. The riders maneuver the arteries of the city with their motorbikes similar to how Internet users get to negotiate the veins of cyberspace. Internet also permits the possibility of this exhibition, since many works in the exhibit are digital photo or video files that have been transmitted for translation into photos or videos for presentation. Thetravel through borders is also represented in three-dimensional forms. It denotes multiple meaning and amongst them is the reverberation of moving away from rigidity toward fluidity within each construct of time and space.

The exhibition aims to address the inevitability of growth and change in this age of post medium. The prevalent power of technology and communication signals the predictability of change and progress in Vietnam and is examined here within internationalism of its efficacy.

These are free events. Parking is available for a $1.00 fee in designated student lots, such as Lots C, D, E and F in unmarked slots.

Please contact HK Zamani at (562) 938-4815 for further information.

Week 3, Some images from Chapter 1 and Chapter 8.

Week 3, Some images from the artist group F64.

Week 3 Camera Function Lecture

Here are some of the images and diagrams that will help you understand camera function. I will talk about these in depth in class.

^ What your camera looks like inside.

^ Three different ways to read your built in light meter.

 

^ Aperture / f stops 

^ Examples of how aperture and f-stop are used.

Some nifty cheat sheets on how to make the perfect exposure using f-stop and shutter speed.

 

 

This is what your auto focus will look like inside your SLR, DSLR or point and shoot camera.