10 Photographic Assignments to Hone Your Skills

The idea was that it is often when you put yourself into a situation specifically for photography that you are forced to practice the theory that you know and you see your photography improve.The assignments I mentioned were all different types of photography or places to take photos – weddings, road trips, sporting events, festivals, portrait sessions, concerts, trips to the zoo etc.What I didn’t mention in the post was another set of ‘assignments’ or challenges that I’ve set myself over the years which have also led to a lot of photographic growth.In these challenges I tend to set myself the challenge to only shoot in one particular way for a period of time (for me it is usually a weekend challenge as that is when i take most of my images).These challenges all relate to your camera and limiting yourself in some way to either switch off some element of the automated aspects of your camera, limiting yourself to really hone a skill or to practice some kind of technique.While this isn’t really a natural way to shoot – I find that focusing in on one particular aspect or skill in photography at a time can really help to see improvements in that period of time which means when you next need that skill you’re all ready to go!

Photo Manipulation

from: http://thefinishedbox.com/inspiration/art/amazing-photo-manipulation-art/影像處理參考Ad Infinitum – by CrisVector

你知道的對稱有多少呢

通常對稱(symmetry)具有為嚴肅的美感，也有人不屑地說那是一種呆板的美感形式。和其他均衡、放射、漸層等等的美感原理一樣，同樣是形成美感的方式之一。在美感的形成原則上的確只是和其他的原則具有相同的位置而已，並沒有什麼特殊的地位。可是，對稱也不是以如此概念可以全面性涵蓋解釋的，恐怕有必要進一步地加以釐清，並細細品味其中的微妙差異，如此的分辨有助於我們從事形態的駕馭工作。大家所熟悉的「對稱」，概念上大都是指左右具有相同形態的物體形狀，就是所謂的鏡映像。

新北市坪林茶業博物館茶裝茶-茶包裝美學展

時間: 2017.6.29-2018.6.3 週一至週五 9:00-17:00 週六及週日 9:00-17:30

沙中房間

展期|2017.11.19 — 2018. 2. 25.  地點|臺北市立美術館戶外廣場  

2018亞洲插畫年度大賞

活動日期｜ 2017/12/16(六) ~ 2018/03/04(日)