ERIC KIM

Streettogs Academy No. 9

SA 9 Dates

Here we go with another assignment over at streettogs academy. Cheers to Harry Fodor for bagging the editor’s choice for Assignment no. 8.

In his email to me, he gave a pretty nice explanation/rationale on why he chose his theme. He made a good observation of what the group is doing and I think it is a great way to continuously challenge ourselves.

In Harry’s words:

Well, what’s my idea for the next assignment?
Hmm, last assignments themes were all about interactions, interactions between people (7th “Opposites”, 3rd “Foreigners” ) or interactions between people and the environment (last one, 6th “Directions”, 4th “Strong Light”) or themes about emotions (5th “Fear”, 2nd “Friendship”). Only the first one (“Square”) was about “technical” aspects – so, why not doing something like a “rhetorical loop“ and going back to the beginning?

SA 9 Announcement

Yup. Classic good old way of shooting street. Nothing against color shooters but this maybe a nice way to give it a go. This will be a bit technical challenge that I hope everyone would be open to try.

Here are the additional stipulations just for this assignment only:

1) All black and white photos only (film or digital)

2) No HDR, Sepia tone, color toning, and most especially color isolation

3) Be mindful of how you post process your black and white images especially those converting in color

4) Make sure your images still have a mood or story

For an assignment like this, I encourage everyone to look at the world in black and white. If you are using EVF, enable it to show black and white images and for those with SLRs or no EVFs, shoot in RAW + JPEG and review your images already in black and white. For the BW film guys and gals out there, you keep at it! My film biases aside, look for the scenes that lend itself well in black and white. Aim for something surreal and use the strengths of shooting in black and white in whipping out the mood of a scene.

Here are the mechanics:

  • Upload your photos interpreting the theme on the designated assignment album in the facebook page
  • No words and captions, just your name, and place where you took the photo.
  • On the comment on your own photo, post a link to your site (flickr, tumblr, webpage etc.) so that your photo would easily appear on the group’s feed. (Please do it only once)
  • Feel free to use film, digital, instant film (polaroid/instax), mobile phones, etc. Any Camera will do
  • Keep the file appropriate for web viewing (at least 72 dpi), no need for hi-resolution.

Other things to know:

  • We encourage you to shoot during the duration of the 2 weeks instead of raiding your archives.
  • It should go without saying but please post photos that you own.
  • This assignment will run from Feb 24 to Mar. 10,  2015
  • Don’t hesitate to ask questions or clarifications in the group page.
  • Be open to learning, get up to the challenge, and of course have fun doing it!
At the end of the 2 weeks we will have an editor’s choice picked by Eric and myself and community’s choice which garners the most reactions from the community through likes and comments. We will feature the selections on a post here on the blog. The Winner of the editor’s choice, gets to pick the theme for the next assignment!
If you want additional info about the Streettogs Academy, check my introductory post here
For those who want join the group and take on the assignments, Click Here to head on to the Streettogs Academy Facebook Page
Cheers!
– A.g.