BEST PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE YEAR, 2014

BEST OF 2014:
National Geographic Winners, Part 1. CLICK HERE.
National Geographic Winners, Part II. CLICK HERE.
National Geographic Winners, Part III. CLICK HERE.
World Press Photo 2014. CLICK HERE.
iPhone Photography Awards 2014. CLICK HERE.
AP (Associated Press) Images of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Wildlife Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Pictures of The Year International. CLICK HERE.
ESPN Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
European Press Agency Best Photos. CLICK HERE.
PDN's Photographers To Watch. CLICK HERE.
Global Sports Best Of. CLICK HERE.
Reuters Sports of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Best World Cup Photos. CLICK HERE.
AP Best Sports Photos. CLICK HERE.
Urban Photographers of the Year. CLICK HERE.
National Headliners Awards. CLICK HERE.
National Press Photographers Association Best Of. CLICK HERE.
Atlanta Photojournalism Awards. CLICK HERE.
Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography (Boston Marathon Bombing). CLICK HERE.
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography. CLICK HERE.
Pulitzer Feature Past Winners & Runners Up. CLICK HERE.
BBC Wildlife Magazine Best Of. CLICK HERE.
Sony World Photo Contest. CLICK HERE.
Sony World Photo 2014 Winners. CLICK HERE.
Reuters Best of 2014. CLICK HERE.
CNN photos of the year. CLICK HERE.
The 41 Best Perfectly Timed Photos Of 2014. CLICK HERE.
National Geographic Traveler. CLICK HERE.
Fubiz. CLICK HERE.
OUT's Best of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Photo.net Ranked Photos. CLICK HERE.
Wildlife Photos. CLICK HERE.
Satellite Images. CLICK HERE.
Sports Photos. CLICK HERE.
iPhone Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Boston Globe News. CLICK HERE.
Telegraph Landscape of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Wired Space Photos. CLICK HERE.
Astronomy Photo of the Year. CLICK HERE.
American Photo Magazine Journalism of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Best Biology Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Wall Street Journal Best Photos. CLICK HERE.
International Landscape Photo of the Year. CLICK HERE.
One Big Photo Best of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Best Viral Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Mashable Best Drone Photos. CLICK HERE.
Best New Jersey Prom Photos. CLICK HERE.
Curious Animal Best Photos. CLICK HERE.
Smarter Travel Instragrams of the Year. CLICK HERE.
The Atlantic Best, January through April 2014. CLICK HERE.
The Atlantic Best, May through August 2014. CLICK HERE.
The Atlantic Best, September through December 2014. CLICK HERE.
Buzzfeed's Best News Photos. CLICK HERE.
AP slideshow. CLICK HERE.


BEST OF 2013:
NatGeo best travel photos. CLICK HERE.
Rolling Stone 40 best live photos 2013. CLICK HERE.
Top concert & crowd shots of 2013. CLICK HERE.
Best Concert Photos 2013. CLICK HERE.
Consequence of Sound Concert photo of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
I Shoot Shows.com. CLICK HERE.
Aesthetic Magazine Best Concert Photos 2013. CLICK HERE.
Crave Online Best music photos 2013. CLICK HERE.
SkaPunk Photos of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
Flickr Best Concert Photos. CLICK HERE.
Best Viral Photos & Memes of 2013. CLICK HERE.
People & Nature Photos of 2013. CLICK HERE.
Top 100 Pictures of the Day 2013. CLICK HERE.
Engagement & Wedding photos of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
One Big Photo's photographs of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
10 News photos of the year. CLICK HERE.
Pitchfork Best of Music Photos 2013. CLICK HERE.
REUTERS Best Photos of the Year 2013. CLICK HERE.
Associated Press Best Images of 2013. CLICK HERE.
SPORTS Photos of the Year 2013. CLICK HERE.
Astronomy photos of the year. CLICK HERE.
Instagram Photographer of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
Most Surprising Photos of the Year 2013. CLICK HERE.
TIME’s Best Photojournalism of 2013. CLICK HERE.
Best Music Instagrams of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
Science photos of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
Animal Photos of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
500px Photos of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
TIME’s Best Portraits of 2013. CLICK HERE.
REUTERS photos of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
Vanity Fair Year In Photos 2013. CLICK HERE.
Daily Mail astonishing photos of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
Buzzfeed best sports photos of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
The Atlantic best photos of 2013. CLICK HERE.
Yahoo photos of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
Wall Street Journal Best Photos of 2013. CLICK HERE.
Wildlife photographs of the year 2013. CLICK HERE.
Time Lightbox Year In Pictures 2013. CLICK HERE.
The Year in 365 Photos. CLICK HERE.
More lists.CLICK HERE.

BEST OF 2012:
Reuters' 30 best photos of the year. CLICK HERE.
Big Picture Best of the Year, Pt. 1. CLICK HERE.
Big Picture Best of the Year, Pt. 2. CLICK HERE.
Big Picture Best of the Year, Pt. 3. CLICK HERE.
ABC Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
International Garden Photography 2012. CLICK HERE.
Astronomy Photographers of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Military Photography of the Year. CLICK HERE.
GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012. CLICK HERE.
Landscape Photography of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Sports Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Best Satellite Images 2012. CLICK HERE.
Travel Photography of the Year. CLICK HERE.
50 Best Animal Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Most Powerful Images of 2012. CLICK HERE.
Best Surfing Photo of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Urban Photography of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Wildlife Photography of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Sports Photo Highlights. CLICK HERE.
Time's Top 10 Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Time's Best Portraits of the Year. CLICK HERE.
National Geographic Photo Contest 2012. CLICK HERE.
WSJ Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
Agence France-Presse's Best Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
The Mail's Best. CLICK HERE.
Huff Po Amazing Photos From Around the World. CLICK HERE.
The Atlantic's Year In Picture. CLICK HERE.
Associated Press' Best Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
CNN's The Year In Pictures. CLICK HERE.
2012 London Olympics photos. CLICK HERE.
Toronto Sun's Sports Images of the Year. CLICK HERE.
CNN's 75 Amazing Sports Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.
ITV's Best Football Photos of the Year. CLICK HERE.


BEST OF 2011:
50 best photos from The Natural World
The Big Picture Part 1
The Big Picture Part 2
The Big Picture Part 3
The Atlantic HERE.
Reuters HERE.
Life HERE.
Getty HERE.
The Daily Beast HERE.
B.O.P. HERE.
Time Magazine HERE.
Astronomy Picture of the Year HERE.
Denver Post HERE.
SI's sports photos of the year HERE.
National Geographic 2011 Photo Contest (winners announced soon) HERE.
The year in Legos HERE.
Denver Pose HERE.
45 powerful photos from 2011 HERE.
TIME Picks the Most Surprising Photos of 2011 HERE.

PROJECT #9: RULE of THIRDS with LEADING LINES

DIRECTIONS: Make 15+ photographs OF PEOPLE using the rule of thirds and leading lines as a compositional rule. Each photo should have your main subject (the person) in an intersection in the foreground, and the leading lines in the middleground and background should lead our eye to your main subject.

WHAT IS THE RULE OF THIRDS?
The RULE OF THIRDS is a compositional rule which is recommended for two-dimensional image making. An image could be divided equally by two vertical and two horizontal lines. In general, the four intersections of these lines will be the most interesting places for the main subject(s).

The Rule Of Thirds is a method of arranging subject matter within a two-dimensional frame to maximize a harmonious relationship between all planes of subject matter (foreground, middle ground, background). It is used by photographers, painters, film makers, television shows, etc. As one looks through the viewfinder, compositional lines are drawn (mentally) across the picture frame to divide the image into thirds both horizontally and vertically. The photographer places important elements of the composition where these lines intersect.


By placing your subject in one of the intersections, one creates a dynamic composition that allows the viewers eye to be drawn to different parts of the compostion in an ordered manner. The viewer is allowed to determine the relationship between 'close-up' subject matter and its relationship to the middle distance and background subject matters.

Click on the following titles to be taken to websites about the Rule Of Thirds:
Rule Of Thirds

The following addresses explain the Rule Of Thirds further:
Rule Of Thirds by Kodak
Rule Of Thirds by Silverlight.co.uk
A Beginner's Guide To Rule Of Thirds

Rule of Thirds from Drew Keller on Vimeo.



RULE OF THIRDS




Most people will put the seagull right in the middle which is the “dead center”.





The artist places important elements of the composition where these lines intersect. By placing the subject in one of the intersections, one creates a dynamic composition that allows the viewers eye to be drawn to different parts of the compostion in an ordered manner. The viewer is allowed to determine the relationship between 'close-up' subject matter and its relationship to the middle distance and background subject matter.









RULE OF THIRDS


...and some more examples.











WHAT ARE LEADING LINES?

Leading lines are lines within an image that leads the eye to another point in the image, or occasionally, out of the image. Anything with a definite line can be a leading line. Fences, bridges, even a shoreline can lead the eye. If can pair leading lines with a subject that is placed according to the rule of thirds your image should be very strong.

How to use leading lines for better composition. CLICK HERE.


Dorothea Lange photo of the Great Depression.

SOME BACKGROUND ROOTED IN SCIENCE & NATURE:



THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE & THE GOLDEN MEAN
In visual art, Fibonacci numbers are sometimes used to determine the length or size of content or formal elements.

LINKS
A site that contains an explanation of the Golden Mean and its relationship to the rule of thirds HERE
Another site HERE
An explanation of the Fibonacci sequence HERE.
An animation of the Fibonacci sequence HERE.
Another explanation of the Fibonacci sequence HERE.
A site outlining the mystery of the Fibonacci sequence HERE (Really good!)

SOLARIZATION/SABATTIER POSTING

From your flower photographs:

-5-10 photos that have been  developed lightly/basically (bright/contrast/exposure/etc.)
-5-10 photos that have been turned black and white, and then developed in the SABATTIER STYLE
-5-10 photos that have been left color, and then developed in the SOLARIZED style.

Any extras you post will be counted as extra credit.

PROJECT #21: SABATTIER & SOLARIZATION (Mackie lines)

SABATTIER

This effect is create by re-exposing film negative or plate to light again part way through the development process. The resulting image is given both positive and negative qualities. The effect was not described correctly by Sabattier until 1862. 

However it wasn't until the 1920's, the Surrealist Man Ray was to perfect the technique to create an oneiric dream-like state for his portraits and nudes. The process had been accidently discovered by his assistant Lee Miller, who later became the famous American surrealist photographer, in his darkroom. 

For Man Ray, the important characteristic is the Mackie line, which marks the boundary between adjacent highlight and shadow areas. Most early photographers who accidently created this effect would have thrown the print away, but for Man Ray, this was a way of making the photographic image strange and bizarre by creating a new order of reality

CLICK HERE FOR THE PROCESS AND HOW TO DO THIS IN PHOTOSHOP TO YOUR DIGITAL IMAGES.

SOLARIZATION

For our mini-project, we are going to call our color photos "solarized." Basically, the same process as the sabattier developing process but applied to color images.

DIY LIGHT BOX: How to make an inexpensive photographic lightbox.

Create an inexpensive photographic lightbox. CLICK HERE.
Other possible solutions for making a lightbox. CLICK HERE.
More options on "how to". CLICK HERE.

PROJECT #19: PHLOWER POWER

DIRECTIONS: Make 24+ photographs of flowers using the sites below as inspiration. You are allowed to make straight-forward flower photography, or you may be unexpectedly creative.
Have fun with this. :)

SUGGESTION: Open your aperture wide to blur the foreground and/or background, or simply to have a more interesting area of focus. Use the lightbox you made for the food photography.

SOME PHOTOGS TO PERUSE:
Robert Mapplethorpe flowers (1946-1989). CLICK HERE.
Karl Blossfeldt (1864-1932) flowers. CLICK HERE.
Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) flowers. CLICK HERE.
Ron Van Dongen. CLICK HERE.
Perhaps you'll find some here. CLICK HERE.
Paper flowers by Tiffanie Turner (This Is Colossal). CLICK HERE.

Irving Penn's flowers. CLICK HERE.

Andrew Zuckerman. CLICK HERE.

Andrew Zuckerman. CLICK HERE.

Frozen flower photographs. CLICK HERE.

Josh Kemp's photostream. CLICK HERE.

25 Flower tips. CLICK HERE.

Macro flower photography set up. CLICK HERE.

Backlight trick for still life photography. CLICK HERE.

Flower examples. CLICK HERE.

Shocking flowers. CLICK HERE.

Exploded flowers. CLICK HERE.

Fong Qi Wei's site. CLICK HERE.

PLAN AHEAD: MISSING WORK DUE DATE

(please) PLAN AHEAD:

ANY MISSING OR RESUBMITTED WORK MUST BE POSTED TO YOUR BLOG (Timestamped by Blogger) 

by

FRIDAY, MAY 23, 12am (midnight).

ANY WORK THAT IS MISSING AFTER THIS DATE/TIME WILL BE RECORDED AS ZERO POINTS, AND ADDED TO YOUR CUMULATIVE SEMESTER GRADE AS SUCH.

NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE 
FOR WORK THAT IS POSTED 
AFTER THIS DATE/TIME. 

THE PORTRAIT (Prep Work)

LOOK: 1920 SELFIE

PROJECT #7: Direct Side Light

DIRECTIONS: Take 24+ photographs that contain an object/person/thing, and the distinct dark shadow of that object created by light coming in from the left or the right.

DIRECT LIGHT creates a distinct dark shadow from whatever object is being lit. Whenever you observe distinct dark shadow you are observing "direct" light. Direct light is useful for creating mood and atmosphere in a photograph.

QUESTION #2

QUESTION #2: Which is more descriptive, a text that describes an event, or a photograph?

Why?

YOUR POST TITLE: "QUESTION #2"

IN THE POST: Write the question, and then your answer to the question. 

(Your answer should be thorough enough that I understand your point of view. Write anything that will help me understand your thoughts.)

LOOK: How Olympic Photographers Get THE SHOT.

The article. CLICK HERE.

Another article. CLICK HERE.

THE EXPOSURE TRIANGLE

EXPOSURE TRIANGLE

SHUTTER SPEED:

APERTURE SIZE: