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Photo Journal/Exercise 1: DESIGN ELEMENTS part 1: COLOR, TEXTURE, PATTERN 2008-03-07 18:15:32 This first exercise is to get you started on taking pictures... Lots of pictures. Or if you already have lots, then sort them into the three categories. The idea is to take pictures of Design Elements, so you have to pay careful attention to composition.Take about 100 shots of a combination of anything that has Color, Texture, or Pattern, as the primary focus of the picture. They may and often overlap each other, as sometimes for example a certain texture on a wall may have a vibrant and interesting color on it, etc.I'd like to post YOUR best results here. So please post me a link to your photos for this exercise and also for future exercises.Here are just a few examples:Taken in a temple in China (if I remember correctly, around Hangzhou). I was first interested in the bright yellow color Read more:Photo
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A Documentary Photo Exhibition "Spirit of Purity: Sedulur Sikep (Samin Community)" by Pieter Dwiyanto 2008-03-07 14:45:31 There's going to be a DocumentaryPhoto
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today at the French Cultural Center (CCCL) Surabaya. It's by a Visual Communication Design alumni of Petra, Pieter
Dwiyanto, whom created the documentary for his Final Project. He spent about a month in the secluded Samin community around Blora and Pati, Central Java. His interaction with them has continued since, and has brought him to this exhibition where he'll also invite Gunretno, a local figure from the Samin community, to have an open discussion during the opening. All are invited. It's up until March 11th.
Photo Journal/Exercise 2: DESIGN ELEMENTS part 2: LINE, SHAPE, FORM 2008-03-07 14:43:25 Continue the Design Elements exercise with Line, Shape, and Form. Take about 50 pictures for this one, then choose 10 of your best. You may sort out your old photos or better yet, take new ones. Lines may be straight, curvy, diagonal, in repetition, etc. The simple difference between Shapes and Forms is that Shapes are 2 dimensional and Forms are 3 dimensional, showing more shadows and highlights that show depth and mass. The most basic shapes are usually silhouette pictures, but try to find others.But please remember that I'd like to post YOUR BEST PHOTO results here. So feel free to post me a link to your photos.Diagonal lines provide great composition for your photos. This is one example of the use of diagonal lines created from the perspective of the boat sail frame and the wooden pole Read more:Photo
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Photo Journal/Exercise 3: MUSIC - Abstraction & Staged 2008-03-07 14:38:37 Pick out a song that you like from a band or any musician. It could be instrumental or with lyrics. Then try to photograph something inspired by that music. Get image ideas from its melody, its rhythm/beats, its lyrics, etc. Be poetic. Be artistic.There are 2 sub-challenges for this exercise.The first is to shoot abstract photos, and the second is to create staged visualizations of it.Make about 25 photos of a combination of both types, abstract & staged. Then choose the best 3 for each. Both types are very different in their thinking and process of creating.The goal of this exercise is to have us translate the language of music into the visual language, which most of the time can speak about similar things, such as rhythm/pattern, melody/line, moods/textures or colors, and so on --thi Read more:Photo
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Fine Art Photographer Kaoru Tohara 2008-03-06 18:09:06 I finally got in contact again with one of my professors Brenda Mitchell, and her spouse, my mentor-friend fine art photographer Kaoru Tohara, whom I've had worked for also. I remember those days working with Kaoru setting up and sorting out about 700+ photos shot for an online TOEFL test. Anyway, this is his website www.sureshot10x.com with his most recent works of Portraits and Pittscapes (Pittsburgh cityscapes) you should check it out! I see his works as genuinely spirited, and also something that has to be seen/or met in real/in person. All works are silver gelatin prints.
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XP Class of 2007 for Epson Art Photo Award 2008-02-17 09:45:36 These are the selected 10 people of XP class of 2007 to have their photos sent to the Epson
Art PhotoAward
. Not everyone was entered into the competition even though there was a maximum of 12 students per class. These 10 people happen to have their works related stylistically to the competition. And each person’s submission of 6 photos were selected again before their shipment to Germany. So some have 5 and some have 6 photos. Here are the 10 people sorted by ID#: 1. 42404006 Fenny Limanto2. 42404046 Heru Wibowo3. 42404076 Henny Hendrawaty4. 42404078 Dody Tanujaya5. 42404088 Yohan Ariel6. 42404098 Ronald Eka Putra7. 42404147 Yohanes Natalukita8. 42404174 Vicky Tanzil9. 42404211 Sumitro10. 42404219 Sofian Best of luck guys. The best yet would be if we get Best Class. But hopefully at l
The Selected 30 and the Unselected 25 for the XP Class of 2008 2008-02-12 02:38:29 I have finally chosen 30 names from 55 applicants. Sorry, I have to limit the class in order to be effective and to fit into the lab. So here are the Selected 30:1. 42404121 Anna Halim 2. 42405004 Hendry Prabowo3. 42405014 Sonya Y.J.4. 42405023 Andre Ruland5. 42405031 Jesica Jeanette6. 42405037 Jerry7. 42405038 F.Grace8. 42405046 Stefanus Angkawijay9. 42405049 Maria Hendriani10. 42405057 Jonas N.11. 42405060 Sandra F.12. 42405070 Yoansevin Kansil13. 42405075 Angga Andinata14. 42405076 Andreas B.S.S.15. 42405077 Antonius Teiseran16. 42405091 Meilisa17. 42405116 Sheraphine Friska G.18. 42405117 Ivan P.19. 42405118 Maximilian Y.C.20. 42405122 Osel Gunarso21. 42405123 Arianto Widjaja22. 42405135 Christiandi23. 42405144 Asthararianty24. 42405155 Yogo Adi P.25. 42405190 Pangky Purwanto26.
Your FREE Image Stabilizer for Any Camera 2008-02-10 23:42:40 A smart alternative to tripod...not for long or multiple exposure shots though :)here is another link about string tripods.
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Welcome XP Class of 2008 Applicants 2008-02-08 01:18:51 To DKVers of UKP... Welcome
to the experimental photography blog.The presentation for the introduction to the class can be downloaded here: send me your photo portfolio, either in a link to your photoblog or in a CD or printed in an album by this Wednesday 16.00 WIB.I'll announce the selected 25-30 here and in front of my office at P.305A.Hope to see some exciting works this semester.
PHOTO EXERCISE 01: COLOR 2008-02-08 01:16:19 For my class, I assign students to make weekly photo journals; which is a journal of photos they take every week following a given topic or specific brief I give out at the end of each class session. For naming's sake, I'll call it PHOTO EXERCISE.This first one is a photo exercise I usually assign on the first day of class.THINK OF A COLOR, AND TAKE PICTURES OF ONLY THAT ONE COLOR, OR HAVING THAT COLOR AS THE FOCUS OR SUBJECT MATTER.I usually assign students to take 100 pictures for the whole week, and then choose 10 to present in front of the class.This photo exercise is good for warming up with the photo taking skills, and for getting back into shooting a lot of pictures. And also to coach our eyes to see and seek things around us, to be more aware and perceptive.Discussions of this pres
PHOTO EXERCISE/CHALLENGE RESULTS REQUEST 2008-02-08 01:15:29 With my posts of photo exercises/challenges, I'm hoping to be able to get photo results from anyone. Please link me to your photo site or blog and I'll feature your photo on this blog if it can become a good example for the specific photo experiment. Of course I'll give the appropriate credit for the photographer and direct link to his/her site.I'm hoping, slowly but surely, to compile many featured exercise results here in this blog.
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PHOTO EXERCISE 02: PERSPECTIVES 2008-02-08 01:14:29 PICK JUST ONE SUBJECT MATTER AND SHOOT IT IN 50 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES/POINTS OF VIEW(this means that you can explore different angles, lighting, weather conditions, compositions, emotions, environment/surroundings, etc. with --remember: just one subject matter).Pick your 10 best, and the more varied the perspectives or points of view, the better!This experiment forces us to push the possibilities of a given subject matter; that you can tell different stories with just one subject matter, or shed different lights on one event, or even show an unseen aspect of the subject matter.
PHOTO EXERCISE 03: MUSIC 2008-02-08 01:13:27 This is one of my favorite challenges/exercises in photography.THE CHALLENGE IS TO PICK OUT A SONG THAT YOU LIKE FROM A BAND OR ANY MUSICIAN. IT COULD BE INSTRUMENTAL OR WITH LYRICS. THEN TRY TO PHOTOGRAPH SOMETHING INSPIRED BY THAT MUSIC.THERE ARE TWO SUB-CHALLENGES FOR THIS:ONE - IS TO AIM FOR ABSTRACTIONS OR, IN OTHER WORDS, MAKE ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHSTWO - IS TO HAVE NON-ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHS, THIS MEANS WITH CLEAR REPRESENTATION OF SUBJECT MATTERSThe goal of this exercise is to have us translate the language of music into the visual language, which most of the time can speak about similar things, such as rhythm/pattern, melody/line, moods/textures or colors, and so on.
PHOTO EXERCISE 04: JUXTAPOSITION 2008-02-08 01:12:47 One of the trade secrets or strategies of advertising and contemporary art is the unexpected juxtaposition of things unrelated to attract attention, shock, puzzle, or question people's perception of those things. We can look at Oliviero Toscani's works for example for the United Colors of Bennetton campaign.This is just one example of many. And when we realize this, we can start to be aware that we are a part of the photograph, because as a viewer, we start to interpret what we see according to our background knowledge, and give NEW meaning to the things posed together on the same scene/photo. So meaning doesn't necessarily comes from the photo, but from the viewer.Ok, before going too deep with this... Because this is a hard one. THE CHALLENGE IS "SIMPLY" TO MAKE PHOTOS OF JUXTAPOSED THIN
Dove and Spiderman 2008-01-16 15:45:41 Today, with digital technology, we have the power to create virtually any image we want. This power in technology, just like anything else, is a double edged sword. You can use it for something positive or negative. It is up to you to decide. As some of the things I like to show as an introduction to a digital imaging class are the unethical uses of digital imaging, such as the OJ Simpson cover on Time magazine and Brian Walski's altered photo in LA Times. Another is the Dove viral video campaign "evolution".So it's important then to note what Peter Parker a.k.a. Spiderman
said that "With great power comes great responsibility."
Good Visual vs Good Image 2008-01-15 03:11:07 A friend of a friend photographer once said that in photography there are two different types of good photos. One is photos with good visual and another is photos with good image. You're now probably confused as I was when I heard it.So what's the difference?Well, he explained that good visual photos are photos that have been set up to look good, with an expensive camera, good lighting, planning, post editing, and all that. Maybe some examples would be a fashion photo or a stock photo. And then good image photos are photos that may not be created with the best lighting or equipment, but they capture the best moments, the best feeling of the moment, and they can speak poetically and emotionally "underneath". Some perfect examples for these may be from social documentary photos or journalism Read more:Image
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HDR comparison test between Photoshop and Photomatix 2008-01-10 22:21:13 This is just a quick comparison
test for a HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography using Photoshop
and Photomatix.These are the 5 exposures I use (-2 -1 0 +1 +2):And these are the results:HDR with Photoshop (added with some high pass filters):HDR with Photomatix:HDR with Photomatix & finalized in Photoshop (with high pass):I know these are not plain HDR's, but already further edited. And of course they have been tone mapped differently because each program uses different calculations. And I don't know why when using HDR usually lends itself of using the High Pass filter, maybe because it enhances the overly sharp quality and the "hyperreal" effect of HDR. But from the results --after using High Pass-- Photomatix seems to have a more illustrative feel than Photoshop. Photoshop is still bet
THE BIRTH OF XP (Experimental Photography) 2007-12-21 22:13:08 It has been two years going on three now, for the photography class that I teach. It has evolved a couple times up to now. This class was designed firstly for an elective course for the sixth semester students at the Visual Communication Design department of Petra Christian University, Surabaya, Indonesia. It was created to fill the need of a more focused and intensive course for those students who are more interested in photography, especially digital photography.The name "experimental photography" came up because it serves a more open engagement for the course and how it is going to be taught. It brings up ideas of a more creative approach in learning photography. And it's a catchier name for students, too. So then it was shortened to "XP" which is even easier to say.Before the 2nd half Read more:Experimental
Photo Journal/Exercise 4: JUXTAPOSITION - Creating New Interpretations 2008-03-14 01:18:42 One of the trade secrets or strategies of advertising and contemporary art is the unexpected juxtaposition of things unrelated to attract attention, shock, puzzle, or question people's perception of those things. We can look at Oliviero Toscani's works for example for the United Colors of Bennetton campaign.This is just one example of many. And when we realize this, we can start to be aware that we are a part of the photograph, because as a viewer, we start to interpret what we see according to our background knowledge, and give NEW meaning(s) to the things posed together on the same scene/photo/frame. So meaning doesn't necessarily comes from the photo, but from the viewer.A good example would be a Popeye action figure next to an olive fruit. Although these two are unrelated in the type o Read more:Photo
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Photo Journal/Exercise 6 (Photo-DI): High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography 2008-03-25 23:13:48 Now moving fast from the past to the future in the second digital imaging exercise.... it's HDR Photo
graphy!High DynamicRange
or HDR photography has been a popular technique since the emergence of digital cameras. It is a technique where 3 or more different exposures of the same picture are taken and merged or composited together to show each photo’s best detailed areas and give the maximum range of details and “information” from the darkest to the lightest parts (dynamic range) in “one” photo.It is closer or even higher than the dynamic range of the human eyes, where for a digital camera can only capture a third of our dynamic range in a single shot. The result image of a HDR photo in general looks very sharp with long depth of field, clearly detailed in the darkest to lightest Read more:Journal
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Photo Journal/Exercise 5 (DI): RESTORATION 2008-03-25 16:31:35 Old family photographs are such precious artifacts. Going through my father's bookcase I found an old album containing old photographs of my late great grandfather's family. My father only remembers his grandfather and grandmother in these pictures, other members he can barely remember.These photographs carry such interesting clues to the past ways of life, especially about the Chinese Indonesian families during the early 1900's. Note that the men in these pictures wear European (Dutch) style suits, whereas the women wear traditional Javanese dresses. And there's a plant sticking out in the middle of the picture that might be seen as funny. Why didn't they just move it and replant it after taking the picture? But I think it can also be seen as respectful towards all living things, includin Read more:Photo
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Alignment in Photomatix 2008-04-02 18:41:47 I've found that Photomatix’s alignment wont work properly in itself. This means that the option below it, which is “Attempt to reduce ghosting artifacts” must always be checked also to get the best result. Like so...Here is an example of alignment WITHOUT the Attempt to reduce ghosting artifacts:You can see above at the HDR viewer window that the alignment isn't perfect.And here's WITH the ATTEMPT TO REDUCE GHOSTING ARTIFACTS on:Here the alignment is much better.Here are just a couple examples of HDR results. The first one is merged into HDR & Tonemapped in Photomatix, Photomerged/Stitched & finalized in Photoshop. The second is fully done in Photoshop.
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PROJECT 1 (DI): SURREALISM 2008-04-09 20:16:04 The first Digital Imaging Project is to create a surrealist image that has to do with the human condition. It's HUMANITY as the big theme and it must contain elements of a human being and his/her surrounding, environment, nature, civilization, social/cultural condition. Find ideas from your dreams, fantasy, songs, poetry, literature, art. A good surreal-photographic image should give one or more of these feelings:- dreamlike (melancholic, horror,...)- illogical (proportions, placement,...)- unexpected (juxtapositions, combinations,...)- absurdity- element of surprise- liberate imaginationAt the top of this post are a couple of books for reference.Other references you could find with the works of Salvador Dali (paintings), Rene Magritte (paintings), Alessandro Bavari, Maggie Taylor, and Dom
Digital Creative Jeffrey Sebastian Lecture 2008-04-09 19:01:12 Visiting Lecturer JeffreySebastian
(2003 graduate of Petra's Visual Communication Design major /DKV'99), who's currently a digital creative freelancer, gave a showcase of his works yesterday in class, and revealed a recent project and case study from client Star Mild's ad agency. You can see his resume and some of his works on his site at creativetrees.com.This will be followed later this semester by a three-day Digital
Imaging seminar and workshop scheduled in the end of May. The event will bring in some of the top photographers and digital creatives from Jakarta to explain and demonstrate to us about the DI industry and also the whole process from planning to execution. The seminar will be open to the whole Visual Communication Design department. The 2-day-workshop, however, will be lim
Works of Tetsuya Tamano 2008-04-14 03:23:48 Here are some samples of the work of Tetsuya Tamano.Tamano Tetsuya developed this body of work during his residency at Fábrica, Benetton’s communication research and development centre. When asked to develop a visual project to depict his view of contemporary society, Tetsuya came up with these strong and often disturbing images; he worked using digital technology, so as to better express his world views, and in keeping with Fábrica’s philosophy, in its role as an applied creativity laboratory (its name comes from the Latin word meaning workshop), of experimenting with new forms of communication.
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How Will You Look in Four Years (When You're President) 2008-04-18 09:48:15 I got this interesting "exercise" :) from popphoto.com where each candidate took about four hours of retouching. To mimic the ravages of time, they did the following:- Used the Burn and Dodge tools to deepen wrinkles and paint in age spots.- Cloned the eyebrows and moved them lower.- Used the Liquify filter to hollow out cheeks, make jowls, thin out lips, and enlarge ears and noses.- For Clinton and Obama, brought in forehead wrinkles from separate photos and used the Match Color tool to blend them in.- For Obama, painted in gray hair on top of his current hair; for Clinton, desaturated with the Sponge tool to make her grayer.Then another usage of these public figures' faces with digital imaging I found in this really smart ad, coming out on perfect timing, utilizing the moment.This remind Read more:Years
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Cartoons Untooned 2008-04-22 05:22:05 I got this from trendhunter recently..Human cartoons are realistic interpretations of famous cartoon characters. In this case, we have Homer Simpson, Mario, and Jessica Rabbit in the flesh.The artist, who goes under the name Pixeloo, writes on his website, “There isn’t really a strong reason I’m keeping this anonymous, I just kinda decided before I started that that’s how I wanted to do things. I work with Photoshop almost daily in my profession. I don’t feel like I get to have much fun with it lately though and this is my outlet.” The artist used various textures of human skin and pieces of various faces to compose the image. The result is frightening impressive. Take a look at the making process of Jessica Rabbit below.
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