fandomhigh | Photography Through the Ages; Thursday, Third Period [04/04].

"These next few classes," Prompto's light warning carried with it an apologetic smile, "are probably going to be pretty heavily based on watching more documentaries, because I'm going to be totally honest with you guys: some of the focus on specific photographers of note in this world has been presented much more professionally and more educationally by people who have a better grasp on what they're doing than I do, and I am not afraid to admit that and leave those aspects of your education to the experts. With cameras and the actual equipment, I could go on all day, especially since we have similar things where I'm from. But I've only had a handful of years to even know about some of these photographers, but theirs is important work that's shaped a lot of photographic history here.

"Which is," he then admitted with a chuckle, "a very long-winded way of apologizing for throwing another movie at you guys, but I think you'll get a lot more out of it than if I were to just keep babbling at you. So we're going to look at a guy named Ansel Adams, who was renowned for his landscape photography and environmental conservativism as well as developing photography as a legitimate art in the eyes of the public, showing how photography can be directly tied to real-life important issues. So we'll watch the film, and then take some time to go through some of his work and discuss any thoughts or ideas you might have, or even go over some questions if you've got 'em!"

He might have to look up some of the finer details, but, hey, they'd work through it together!

"Also," he added, "since we're coming in on the end of the semester here before we know it, now's a good time to mention final projects, which'll be simple enough, but not a bad idea to start thinking about it now: for our last class, I'd like everyone to put together some kind of presentation on a photographic movement, or a particular type of photography equipment, or on a specific photographer to present to the class. Pretty easy, right? So get thinking on that, and if you have any questions, you can let me know, but, in the meantime, let's get into Ansel Adams, yeah?"

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Out in nature!

Arden Finch

Stark

There's a quick run-down of what you're about to be watching, but it's mostly just to get you prepped and settled for the documentary, as well as get you to start thinking about your final project!

Oooh! Arden already had an idea of what she might wanna do a presentation on and so quickly sketched out a few notes in her notebook. It would probably take more research, but...

Hmmm...

Sorry Ansel Adams, you weren't getting much of her attention today.

The film is "an in depth study of Adams's life and work", and, afterwards, if there's anything you'd like to ask or talk about in particular, you'll be doing it under the backdrop of a slideshow of some of Adams' work, and so if there's any picture in particular that catches your attention to discuss more, you know Prompto'd be all for it!

"The Storm Surf picture," Stark said. "You can almost hear it, looking at it. It's beautiful."

He's there! And thinking he could probably go for a little nature photo sesh here soon. Oooh! What about that hunting trip coming up eventually? He'd much rather shoot animals with his camera than his gun any day of the week!

Photography Through the Ages; Thursday, Third Period [04/04].

Sign In - Photography Through The Ages, 04/04.

Re: Sign In - Photography Through The Ages, 04/04.

Re: Sign In - Photography Through The Ages, 04/04.

Listen to the Lecture - Photography Through the Ages, 04/04.

Re: Listen to the Lecture - Photography Through the Ages, 04/04.

Class Activity: Watch the Film and Discuss! - Photography through the Ages, 04/04.

Re: Class Activity: Watch the Film and Discuss! - Photography through the Ages, 04/04.

Talk to the Teacher - Photography through the Ages, 04/04.

OOC - Photography Through the Ages, 04/04.