Invention of Photography

Invention of Photography

Then and Now

I base my reflection on the Invention of Photography as the course title of Roddy's McInnes's class. But this is no ordinary course compared to just the history of photography because of the focus of Invention. The focus drew me to the obsession of keeping an image forever, in the same ways we wish to document our lives daily through our cameras. I have been unable to completely wrap the amount of persistence and energy our Inventors of Niepce and Fox Talbot had to endure before their discoveries. This self portrait was taken at the Niepce House where the first photography was ever taken in France near Chalon du Salon with a Camera Obscura around 1826.

What if Photography was never invented? I would not be able to stand in this photo in front of you in color with a digital camera that I asked my friend to shoot with. But the larger picture of it all is that because of these two inventors I would not be the person who I am today. I as well would not have the wonderlust to capture an image nor would I have ever taught a Photography class on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation at Red Cloud. 

It was only then my mentor for my life and Photography asked me "Where do you fit in to the history of photography? And where does Real Life Indian fall in? What you do everyday is a part of that legacy." To rewind a bit in my life back home United States I have not been able to solely focus on just photography because of graduate school and overall life. I havn't been able to hear my own voice in silence in the past year since I started my Masters. Traveling forces me to focus on the moment and gives me the reasons to leave everything at home behind me to just think......and only think of Photography.
(Camera Obscura)

Here is the camera that took the first photograph through the Camera Obscura. From this moment in history, this simple box has changed everything in history. 

Todays Photoshop Tutorial

Today we will need to Download a couple things.

We are going to download Smoke Brushes for Photoshop.

http://qbrushes.net/photoshop-abstract-brushes/21-smoke-brush-set/

http://kahir44.deviantart.com/art/Abstract-Brushes-vol-2-159373178?q=boost%3Apopular%20smoke%20brushes&qo=125

Once we are done with that We are going to attempt to create this image.

http://www.psdvault.com/abstracts/create-an-abstract-golden-circle-with-smoke-brushset-in-photoshop/

Hey Class! Photoshop Ideas and Logos

Please use these tutorials to learn how to create the new assignments given.

Here you will find ideas for Logos

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/30/60-beautiful-logo-design-tutorials-and-resources/

Here you will find ideas and tutorials to use Photoshop Ideas for Graphic Design

http://www.photoshoplady.com/the-100-most-popular-photoshop-tutorials-2009/

The other link we used earlier for photography and photoshop

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/100-wonderful-photo-effects-photoshop-tutorials/

Black and White Photo Winners

In Yesterdays Class, "Adventure Training"Black and White Photo Competition 

1st Place- Brent

2nd- Haley

3rd...Pat Clarke

4th-Joey or Jasa I am pretty sure one of you took this

 5th Brent

Honorable Mentions 

Perspective Photography Winners

I think Falcon and Period 7 takes first 

Shoes takes 3rd

And everything else, not in order.

I just love Mickey in all of these haha

 upside down

Hey Class Lets Learn Photoshop

For the next 2 weeks we will learn how to Photoshop our pictures.

Please click the link below, this is the site I used to learn Photoshop.

http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/100-wonderful-photo-effects-photoshop-tutorials/

FYI: Remember I am not looking for graphic designs yet.......... 

3 Favorite Photographs

For my assignment, these are my favorite photos

This is a picture of my Grandparents whom I was never really able to meet. So to me this picture is apart of my identity and why it is significant to me. 

My entire life has been about blending both cultures, so this photo is also my self portrait

Grandpas House August 2011

This was a very important memory for me, when my grandfather pasted away in 2007. I never came back to the house he lived in. Or saw him often as I wanted to. 

These are film pictures scanned in. This above house is what my grandpa house looked like before I was born. To what it looks like now. The bottom is the house my Mother grew up in. I come from extremely different backgrounds