Creative Photography Lab

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Talking T o Yourself

CreaT ive PhoT ograPhY lab

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1. Choose either an activity or a person

to cover. The subject should be

something you aren’t already too

familiar with. The photography and

research should go together, and you

are the audience.

2. Make arrangements to access your

subject. If it’s a person, see if you

can shadow them for part of a day.

If your subject is an activity, nd out

schedules and see if you need

permission. You could follow a vet

around for a day or go to a model

airplane show.

3. Shoot in black and white or convert

the image later.

4. Be sure to have plenty of memory-

card space and shoot like crazy.

5. Look for the off-stage moments

between the action shots.

6. Shoot even if you aren’t sure of

exposure or focus.

7. Do a quick edit of your images soon

after you are nished shooting. Then

come back a day later and reevaluate

your selections.

Settings

“ Black and white are the

colors of photography. To

me they symbolize the

alternatives of hope and

despair to which mankind

is forever subjected.”

—Robert Frank

Is photography fact or ction? How you approach any subject is affected by your opinion, and

therefore the images will have a particular slant. In this lab, imagine you are a reporter and you

have been assigned to cover something or someone with an in-depth essay.

Document

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LAB

• ash off

• PAS: A snapshot mode is

best. Use black-and-white if

you have it.

• DSLR: Use an auto mode that

allows you to move fast and

shoot in lower light situations.

Give up depth of eld for

stop action.

• smartphone: Shoot multiple

shots of each scene and edit

out the best shots later.

These images are from a project documenting people in rural villages in Nicaragua.

Let’s Go!

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Talking T o Yourself

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(Text)

Creative PhotograP hy Lab

1. Choose either an activity or a person

to cover. The subject should be

something you aren’t already too

familiar with. The photography and

research should go together, and you

are the audience.

2. Make arrangements to access your

subject. If it’s a person, see if you

can shadow them for part of a day.

If your subject is an activity, nd out

schedules and see if you need

permission. You could follow a vet

around for a day or go to a model

airplane show.

3. Shoot in black and white or convert

the image later.

4. Be sure to have plenty of memory-

card space and shoot like crazy.

5. Look for the off-stage moments

between the action shots.

6. Shoot even if you aren’t sure of

exposure or focus.

7. Do a quick edit of your images soon

after you are nished shooting. Then

come back a day later and reevaluate

your selections.

The more time I spent with the people, the more intimate and fun the images became.

Is photography fact or ction? How you approach any subject is affected by your opinion, and

therefore the images will have a particular slant. In this lab, imagine you are a reporter and you

have been assigned to cover something or someone with an in-depth essay.

Document

Let’s Go!

(Ray)

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