Missouri Art Council by Olyvia Behnke

This entire link is devoted to updating artists on opportunities locally. 

https://www.missouriartscouncil.org/page/62

The following is a contest where you can enter photographs from military veterans and there families, really cool, check it out.

http://www6.semo.edu/universitypress/Contests/PTB_Contest.htm

"Theme: Created by the Missouri Humanities Council, the Warrior Arts Alliance, and Southeast Missouri State University Press, this series of anthologies preserves and shares military service perspectives of our soldiers and veterans of all conflicts and of their families. It is not only an outlet for artistic expression but also a document of the unique aspects of wartime in our nation's history."

Business Card Tutorial by Olyvia Behnke

This is a cool tutorial for those of us who freelance photography. It's a cheaper way then ordering business cards that is. Plus its extremely detailed in step-by-step instructions.

http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/making-a-print-ready-business-card-using-only-photoshop--psd-36

Creating a Beam of Light- James Conner

This is an interesting tutorial I came across on Youtube. All you need is a light and a stand. Other than that it is all done in photoshop. This could make an interesting projectin the future. You could use it for an eerie alien abduction photo or a religious photo. There are beams of light could be used in many different subject matters. They also make many other short, useful tutorials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8PpbgU-BQQ

Marian Kraus - Dylan Pieper

Marian Kraus is a Chicago based photographer who's main focus is photographing interior and exterior architecture, though he photographs other subjects such as photography for interior design and fine art photography. He is currently working on a project involving mechanical and industrial equipment. Since that is a subject I am currently doing, that's what drew me to him in the first place.

Here is a link to his gallery.

http://mariankraus.photoshelter.com/gallery/Mechanical-Industrial/G0000y7wF5COiqiA

Tutorial on How to Approach Strangers By Sara Moore

Hey everyone!!! This is a tutorial (kind of) that is great. The video below covers a man named Brandon Stanton who had started a photo project called Humans of New York.  He has set out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and plot their photos on a map.  Later on, he started to interview his subjects.  Along side their photo he puts a very intimate quote and short stories from their lives.  The video is a tutorial on great tips on how to approach a complete stranger.  I hope you enjoy the demonstration on how he approaches people on the street!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPxzlGPrM3A&list=PLHKVjBSDqMB7eyU1Se_X4cUI56oYYQWmA


Here is a link to his Facebook page and check out some of his work:


https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork?ref=br_tf

Henrik Knudsen- Buyun Wang

Henrik was born in Denmark and studied computer science and mathematics before taking up photography. He now divides his professional time between London and New York.
Henrik's work often has a narrative content and is increasingly influenced by film and cinema.

When he is not working on editorial and advertising commissions, Henrik travels widely, working on personal photographic projects. Recent projects have taken him all over Europe and back to his native Denmark.

 

I like his work because it shows strong emotion about himself.

Here you can find more about he:http://www.henrikknudsen.com/projects/

Can You See Me Now - Dylan Pieper

Here is another photograph contest that involves using smartphones as your camera, being run by the Creative Photographers Guild.

This is a judged competition in which you can win prizes, including cash awards!

Here are some details.

Can You See Me Now - The Creative Photographers Guild invites you to submit images to our international juried competition challenging you to explore how you define yourself, the people you relate to and the world around you via dreamscape, fairy tale, fantasy world or reality check. The challenge is to take your creative process beyond self-created walls, inhibitions, or restrictions while using any one or a combination of the emerging apps, software, gadgets and technologies available on smartphones & smart devices.

Categories 

Me, Myself, I: Best Image that defines who you are utilizing any combination of apps, filters, and techniques.  

Me and My Crew: Best Image that defines you and the other beings in your world, utilizing any combination of apps, filters, and techniques.  

Dreamscape: Best Image that defines who you are and/or your world as a dreamscape, utilizing any combination of apps, filters, and techniques.  

Fantasy World: Best Image that defines who you are and/or your world as a Fantasy World, utilizing any combination of apps, filters, and techniques.  

Fairy Tale: Best Image that defines who you are and/or your world as a Fairy Tale, utilizing any combination of apps, filters, and techniques.  

Reality Check: Best Image that defines who you are and/or your world as a Reality Check, utilizing any combination of apps, filters, and techniques.

More info can be found here.

https://www.spenational.org/resources/calls-for-entry/can-you-see-me-now

LIGHT by Olyvia Behnke

This is a link that shows you how to add a simple focused lighting effect in Photoshop. It starts by adding curves adjustment layer, then teaches you how to use the lasso tool.




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Here is the link http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/lighting-effect/

NOT MUCH TIME LEFT TO SEE Henri Cartier-Bresson - Jon Bolli

 A Gallery For Fine Photography, located in New Orleans, is hosting an exhibit of photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson through May 5. Visit the web site for more details.

Exhibition Opportunity Olyvia Behnke

This would require some shooting, but the project was interesting to me. It is an international photo contest but the winners will be exhibited in the states.

The project is "Young Men with Big Dreams," a call for photographs highlighting courage, strength, leadership, kindness, and the value education has for young boys living in lower income communities.

Although its specific the deadline isn't until June 30th, and the top 20 photographs will be exhibited in Washington DC.

Here is the link http://artdeadline.com/artman/publish/Colors_of_Life.shtml to the website.

Here is the link for directions on how to submit. http://www.colorsoflife.org/photocontest

MoMA Upcoming Exhibition- James Conner

Christopher Williams is having an exhibition at MoMA from July 27-Novermber 2, 2014. His exhibition is called The Production Line of Happiness. This looks like it would be a great exhibition for Photography majors to check out.  IT really hits home with the lives of us photo majors who spend countless hours in the dark room.

Photo Willams took of a cutaway Nikon camer
This should look pretty familiar haha











For more info here is a link to get to MoMA's website

Upcoming Exhibition-Irving Penn By Sara Moore

OMG! At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, there will be an exhibition featuring profound amazing work by Irving Penn.  It won't be till  next year but the waiting will be worth it. Irving Penn is one the best-known American photographer of the second half of the twentieth century.  His career spanned almost seventy years.  He was a master of both black-and-white and color photography.  His pictures reveal a taste for stark simplicity whether he was photographing celebrity portraits, fashion, still-lifes, or remote places of the world.  Iconic images will be highlighted, as well as previously unseen or never exhibited photographs.

The exhibition will be October 23,2015 - March 20, 2016. So that is plenty of time to plan a trip and go and see the exhibit as well as many other fantastic sites.

Below is a link to the Irving Penn page for the exhibit:

http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2015/irving_penn/

Below are works by Irving Penn.  Enjoy!:

Thomas Kettner-Buyun Wang

Thomas Kettner - it´s a symbiosis between technical craftmanship and artistic creativity
that features Thomas Kettner to be an exceptional photographer. His deep aesthetic sensation, his permanent innovative ideas, originated mostly in more than adventurous missions, enliven his pictures, to make them distinctively unmistakeable and give them their very special esprit.
Raised in South Africa, now living back in Germany, he always kept his love for the black continent. It always draws him back for his photoshoots,  even though he made his name on all continents purviewing fashion, beauty, people, journalism and experimental photography.
Beyond that he also dedicates himself to be assigned as a honorary member of the board in the BFF, most likely the most designated photographers confederation of Europe in Germany, as well as a documentary photographer for the doctors of the third world.

I like his work because it is so unique.

Here is his website:http://www.thomaskettner.com/#/socialprojects/1014

Recreate the look of a medium format portrait by Olivia Duvall

This tutorial takes you step by step to making a flat portrait have more tone and contrast. The finished result will be a more vibrant and detailed portrait.





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LINK

Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother by Jimmie

Did you know, the woman in this iconic Dust Bowel era photo was born in a teepee?  A Cherokee from Oklahoma, she would have ten children and end up in California.

Check out the story behind this photo at
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/fts/kansascity_201307F03.html

You can download a high res version of this image and others of the "Migrant Mother" at the Library of Congress site:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/128_migm.html