26 January 2002 at 8:30 am
From Daniel Bolding
1. That when a company
buys the rights to a picture the price you charge goes up a lot
2. That I now really want a Nikon D1X and F100 even more than I did before.
3. That Mark has a lot more cameras than I would have thought
4. That Mark does more commercial photography than portrait.
5. That when you take pictures for commercial you own the rights unless they
pay you for them.
6. That a studio doesn't have to be big to take pictures.
7. That you can put a Polaroid back on most any camera.
8. That different photographers prefer different cameras.
9. That film photography will not die out due to digital photography.
10. That many photographers like black and white and would still prefer film
over digital photography.
From Jennifer Vaughn
1. The discs used in
digital cameras can be downloaded on-site in order to reuse the discs.
2. Polaroids are great to use to insure proper lighting before taking portrait
pictures.
3. How slide film can be converted to print.
4. It is much easier to do black and white photography verses color because
the lighting does not affect the image the same.
5. Mirrors are great devices to capture a catch light or glare that the photographer
needs.
6. The images taken by an independent photographer legally belong to the photographer
unless the individual pays for full rights of the images.
7. Different colors of print paper are used to give the image new contrast and
color.
8. How different types of lights give off different lighting.
9. Why flash is essential when there is limited amounts of light.
10. Without a battery the camera and the images are shot.
From Jamie Martin
1) He made it apparent that camera equipment is very durable. We all watched
as he threw umbrellas, cameras, pictures, amongst other things on the floor.
2) A photographer can make a cool 10,000 grand on one photo shoot, if the company
wants to buy all the rights to the photos.
3) A person can use a reflector to put light in dark areas-he used Jill as the
example.
4) He carries at least 2 cameras for local jobs but if he goes to Charlotte,
he may take as many as 6 cameras as I imagine most professional photographers
do, just to be safe.
5) One can make black and white go to brown and cream-this will not fade but
the black and white pictures will eventually fade to duller colors.
6) He advised us not to write on the backs of pictures because the ink will
eventually come through the picture.
7) If a person decides to write on the picture he told us to use pencil or write
up in the corner of the picture.
8) Digital cameras batteries only last about 30 minutes so it is wise to carry
backups.
9) He has photographed many of the Wofford posters that are hung up around campus.
10) He does not do portraits, he usually only does commercial projects. However,
he can do portraits, but he prefers to do the commercial assignments.
From Gordon Lay
1. That people working for archive photography leave their images in the fixer much longer (hours) to ensure the image does not tarnish and will last longer in its original color.
2. A main draw back to digital photography is the information used to read the film. If technology for reading the film changes and you do not have the right program to read the film your images are in effect lost.
3. Commercial photography can purchase the rights to photographs for distribution as local, regional, national, international, and buy out.
4. Using bleach in processing black and white film will create a brownish tint on the photo instead of black and white.
5. You can place a Polaroid back on a 35mm camera to get a quick look at how your image will turn out. ($2 a shot though)
6. If you want to turn slides into photographs you need to tell the processor to not mount the slides.
7. If possible always carry more than one camera because you never know when one is going to break.
8. He likes to use square film because you can crop them horizontally or vertically.
9. Technology changes rapidly evident by the fact that he has an expensive color printer, which now just sits and takes up space.
10. Sometimes a photograph opportunity pops up and you have to be prepared for it. (The picture of a man holding the tobacco leaves in KY)
From Jill Hearn
1. I learned that by attaching
a poloroid film back to a regular SLR 35mm
camera, you can take a picture to see what the flash will look like before
you take your final portrait.
2. Digital photography is on the uprise in all areas of photography.
3. You can use a mirror to reflect harsh light from flash.
4. Gold reflectors give a nice rich tone to faces when the flash is used.
5. When making a black and white picture you can use white toned paper or
sepia toned paper
6. When you go out to do a photo shoot for someone, it is a good idea to
bring more than 2 cameras.
7. Digital cameras are convienient for giving the photographer a good idea
of what his picture will look like printed as soon as he takes it.
8. You can have slide film put onto a CD so that you can print pictures as
well as having slides.
9. The proper amount of fill lighting is essential.
10. Going digital is MUCH more expensive!
From Courtney Bartie
1. Digital photography is
very useful for graphic artists, and accommodates your client immediately.
2. There is no film, just a memory disk which stores images and may be reused.
3. You can buy "mini-hard drives" for around $170.
4. "Buy outs" are a term that refers to the company buying all photos
made for an assignment, giving them ownership and access.
5. You should always bring extra camera equipment, including camera bodies when
shooting on assignment.
6. Shooting artwork requires very fine equipment to show the detail.
7. Using Polaroid film before shooting on regular film can be useful to make
sure the image is exactly what you would like to appear.
8. Digital equipment is expensive to purchase and may have problems storing
images in the future.
9. We were shown the actual sizes of 35 mm and medium-format negatives, and
could compare between them.
10. You can change the coloring in black and white photography to make it appear
in brown tones, instead of black tones.
From Mike Johnson
1. Always have back up camera bodies.
2. Black and white pictures last longer than color.
3. No matter how technologically advanced photography gets, there will
always be a use for B&W.
4. The reason B&W prints "get old" is because the chemicals used
in
development tarnish the silver crystals.
5. Polaroid backings give you a sneak preview of the image.
6. Most commercial photography is now being done digitally.
7. If a photographer sells a client all rights to his pictures, he can
charge a higher price.
8. It is better to take a lil bit longer time and spend a little bit
more money on a job shoot to make sure the image is good than it is to
have to go all the way back to re-shoot.
9. Great pictures can be made in less than perfect studios.
10. Digital cards quickly pay for themselves.
From Kelly Trout
1) Practicing will only make a photographer
better.
2) Often you can use toungsten lighting instead of flash so you will get the
picture that you envisioned.
3) Polaroid cameras can be used to see your picture accurately before you
take the picture.
4) Always be prepared...take multiple cameras and lots of film.
5) Photography developing equipment works best if used constantly.
6) If a picture is printed in sepia it will last as long as the paper, while
a color picture only lasts several years.
7) Any digital picture can be doctored to look any way you want it to.
8) Contracts between photographers and employers are negotiated prior to a
shoot and can range from a photographer retaining the rights to his pictures
to the employer taking all rights to the pictures (and paying a whole lot
more for them.)
9) The technology for digital images is changing so rapidly that we might
lose access to certain pictures because we have no way to view information
stored on out dated information storage devices.
10) Lighting can be improved if the photographer places a light reflector on
the shadowed side of the subject.
From Cricket Kocisko
1. Always bring a backup
camera when on assignment.
2. Make sure you have the right equipment so you don't have to redo an assignment.
3. Using a gold shade to direct light gives complexions a very warm tone.
4. Artwork can be photographed without losing any quality.
5. Do not store photos in albums with the sticky/magnetic pages.
6. A sepia tone can warm a black and white photograph.
7. Do not trust a price quote for a task from the first person you talk to.
8. It is cheaper to have prints made from slides if they are in film strips
and not already mounted.
9. Polaroid camera backs can be placed ont he back of 35mm cameras to create
sample Polaroids.
10. To give a black and white photograph a sepia tone, the photographed is first
bleached.
From Leah Edwards
1. You can develop black
and white film on certain types of paper that make the images into brown tones
instead of black and white.
2. Black and white photographs will eventually fade.
3. Brown tone photographs will not fade.
4. There is nothing that can be done to preserve black and white photographs
completely.
5. You can be very careful with black and white photographs and make them last
longer.
6. You can also scan black and white photographs and preserve them on the computer.
7. Companies used to hire photographers to do all of their advertising but they
all went internal.
8. Gold reflectors used as fill lights give a nice warm glow.
9. To change slides into prints you need a type of positive paper instead of
negative paper.
10. You can get camera backs that go on regular cameras but downloads the images
directly to the computer instead of putting them on film.
From Kymm Brown
1) If someone
wants to buy lifetime rights to your photographs you can raise
the price a lot.
2) Now commercial photography can be manipulated to make special effects,
but he used to set everything up for shots.
3) He shoots with a 35mm, medium format, and sometimes a large format
camera.
4) The black and white film can be printed in a brown hue called sepa.
5) Polaroid backs can be added to any kind of camera so that a shot can be
previewed.
6) Square negatives from a medium format camera do not need to be shot
vertically or horizontially, they can be cropped from their square shape to
look like either.
7) Olencki likes to use medium format so that the picture can be blown up
more crisply.
8) It is possible and cheap to turn a slide in to a print.
9) Your studio does not have to be neat and organized if you know where
everything is.
10) Commercial photography involves all types of elements: people, still
life, nature, buildings, etc.
From Jamison Haile
Negatives can be enlarged to regular prints even after they have become slides first.
I learned Mark is the same guy I see around campus taking pictures.
I learned that when on assignment, a photographer needs to be prepared for camera failure.
I learned that poloroids are used to preview pictures.
I learned a fan light can be used to segment and direct light.
I learned that you can sell the rights to a set of photographs without ever looking at them.
I learned that those who appreciate black and white film developing will not let the process perish.
To get a brownish tint to your black and white prints, the technique involves the type of paper for printing.
I learned that color prints don't last very long at all.
A gold reflector will give a more natural glow to a person for fill light.
From Ryan Grover (late)
1. Digital Photography is replacing
film photography in the commercial business.
2. New photographic technology comes out about every 12-18 months.
3. Mark doesn't like to buy things as soon as they come out because of the potential
bugs.
4. Mark is a purist; when he does his own personal photography, he tends to
use black and white film.
5. Big businesses are tending to take care of their photographic need within
their own company.
6. Due to the centralization of businesses, Mark is doing more Portrait Photography.
7. When going on assignment, bring at least two cameras in case one breaks.
8. A way to test the shot prior to wasting your film is to take a polaroid to
see the reflections/contrasts.
9. The Nikon Digital 35mm SLR is modeled after the Nikon Film 35mm SLR.
10. Mark's knowledge of photography is self-taught; there's hope for our future
in photography after all!
From Rachel Sheridan (late)
1. To be a great photographer
you don't necessarily have to have a
"perfect" studio.
2. Things break, always have a back up!
3. Digital cameras are almost expected for advertising purposes.
4. Do things carefully and consciously so you don't have to go back.
5. Pictures don't last forever, the color can fade and paper can ruin.
6. Anything can be used to make a picture better, such as a mirror.
7. Being creative when taking a picture can win you the job.
8. Ownership rights to a picture can become extremly expensive, especially
when you are the buyer.
9. Advertising photography is hard work that takes lots of thought and
creativity.
10. Photography can be fun and exciting, it is what you make it!
From Sarah Holbrook (3 days late)
1. Digital photography is becoming more and more
popular among commercial advertising.
2. You can make prints out of slides.
3. You can change the color of a black and white print to a brownish color.
4. Color prints have a short life span, where as black and white prints live
much longer.
5. Businesses can buy the rights of a photograph from the photographer.
6. If the rights of a photograph are bought from the photographer, the price
of the photograph is increased.
7. Mirrors and dash board reflectors serve as excellent sources of fill light.
8. Although digital photography is becoming more and more popular, many photographers,
including Mr. Olencki, prefer the traditional black and white film photography.
9. A device called a polaroid back is used by many photographers that allows
them to preview the image they are photographing before they take the actual
picture.
10. It is very usefull when taking pictures away from the studio to take back
up camera bodies in case one of them breaks.