Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Week 1:

Good afternoon!

In case you didn't catch it, my name is Jonny Long and I'll be learning alongside you over the next several months. I'm a photographer/filmmaker/creative enthusiast. As visual artists we have the unique privilege of viewing people, places, objects, shapes, animals, and such in unordinary ways. What others view as mundane, we might find beautiful and inspiring. We find the simplistic with the "complex" and discover the complexity of the "simple." In other words we look at things differently, which is awesome!

While we will have many goals as we tred along, my overall wish is that you will discover the amazingness of your own eye. Every individual is blessed with the ability to view things differently than anyone else can. Every individual see's things from a different perspective. More powerful than the most expensive technology you can buy, whether it's camera's, computers, software, etc., is your own eye.

Your assignment for next wednesday, Jan. 19 is as follows:

1. Make sure you are following the class blog here
2. Create your own blog and go through the design options we go over in class to personalize it as you wish.

3. On your blog, in 2-4 paragraphs, answer the following questions:
How do you view the world around you? What inspires you? Who inspires you? How do you see your personality coming through your photography? What are your hobbies? What genre of photography interests you the most and why (wedding, portraiture, landscape, wildlife, children, sports, etc.)?

4. Lastly, utilizing any type of camera you'd like, whether it's a phone camera, point and shoot, or DSLR, find and take 7 images that you believe will give insight into your personality and post them to your blog.

If you have any questions during the week please don't hesitate to shoot me an email at jonny@verylongmedia.com

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