Outdoor portrait season all done

Our second year students have been busy taking advantage of the warm, sunny fall weather taking outdoor portraits for their 3rd portrait assignment. The assignment was based on interpreting natural light and how it can be supplemented with reflectors in an additive or subtractive way or with portable flash. As we all know this can be a testy situation with the sun peaking in and out of clouds, weather changing etc. I am proud to say they all survived the ordeal and are now seasoned pros at shooting outdoor portraits. Below please find (4) students varied interpretation of "Outdoor Portrait". Enjoy!

Big Shoot 2011/12

Well, our year one and year two photography students pulled it off again! The Big Shoot has been a tremendous success! From concept to shooting, and editing to printing this image exudes the Archie Andrews theme we were going for. Way to go students.

Let's take a close look at this image. We can see that Archie Andrews is up to his old tricks. On one arm he has the lovely and wholesome Betty while that vixen, Veronica, is certainly catching his eye! What will Archie do? That is the question for the ages. Archie cannot get advice from Jughead as we can also see, he is oblivious to anything outside of food. Less competition, Archie but no love life help! Good luck with that decision....maybe you can remember who Archie ended up marrying?

Our Open House is starting today and we welcome all visitors and prospective students to this great event. Our students have put on quite the display of prints from their work over the past two years. There is a great deal of talent in our midst and we are always willing to share our talents with the public.

Please stop by our Big Shoot room to see the set-up and maybe get a chance to chat with an Archie character or two. You can also come and see our display in the NAIT gym. Chat with current students and staff about your passion for photography. There might be a place for you in our program. We will be around from 9-3 on Friday and from 10-3 on Saturday, on October 14th and 15th.

For those of you who enjoy the processes found within the editing of an image. This video is for you. Enjoy watching this image evolve from beginning to end.

Building a Community

Here we are at Fort Edmonton on a cool October day. What a great looking group! The book-ends on this photo really ties the group together, don't you think?

All of our first and second year Photographic Technology students spent the afternoon exploring the park and exploring their photographic talents. This was a tremendous day and a great bonding experience for us all!

Here is a little video of our some of our shots. Enjoy and hope to see you all out at our Open House on October 14th and 15th of this month. If you are interested in photography and looking for a terrific program that will enhance your understanding of the art and science of photography then please stop by our booth and visit our classrooms! Now for the video.....

First 2nd Year Portrait Assignment for Fall 2011

Now that we are well into our first month of classes the student's are busy shooting and handing in the variety of assignments that are due. PHT 350_Portraiture I is no exception. Their first assignment "4 Light Review" is a chance to revisit the fundamentals of a 4 light setup and apply it in a portrait session. They are required to use 4 lights (Main, Fill, Separation and Background) to create a pleasing portrait of their subject. In order for a student's images to appear on our NAIT Photo Blog we have set the minimum mark to be 80% or higher. I am pleased to present our first set of images for your viewing pleasure - enjoy!

Photographic Technology's Annual "Thesis Night"

It's time for our Annual Thesis Night event, happening Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, beginning at 7:00 pm in the Shaw Theatre on NAIT's Main Campus. Come join us and view the results of our students' third semester project. Each student chooses a theme and illustrates their topic through the creation of 15 - 20 images on the theme. You can expect to see a wide variety of themes, and some amazing imagery. Please join us for this celebration.

2nd Years are treated to an afternoon at Lighttools

Our second year class was treated to an afternoon of product information and demonstration at Lighttools this past Wednesday. Both Stephen and Monty were great hosts showing us their lineup of product including; Soft Egg Crates, their line up of LR flash units and their newest Soft Egg Crate product called  "CU Focus". Monty also took a few moments to demonstrate the use of Soft Egg Crates and how they enhance conventional softboxes. Dwayne was kind enough to stand in as our model so that we could see the effects of these lighting options.

All those who attended came away with some new insight into Lighttools lighting options and their extensive lineup of LR flash units. Thanks Stephen and Monty for taking the time to meet with our second years.

PHT 350 Couple's Portrait Assignment

Continuing with the theme based assignments for PHT 350 the second year students have successfully handed in their “Couple’s Portrait” assignment. Interpretations for this assignment were left in the hands of the students however, the image captured had to be taken under available light conditions with no use of flash to supplement. The results, as expected, were varied but a couple of them came away with a very nice “Couples” portrait. Enjoy.

Diane Herron

Patrick Zubiri

Amanda Luethi

PHT 350 Portrait Class_Outdoor Portrait

Our second year students are presently taking a class titled PHT 350 –Portraiture. This class is designed to introduce them to the fundamentals of portrait photography and the various lighting techniques used. The class starts with the basics of lighting and progresses to include outdoor, couples, portable flash, low key and high key techniques. Their second assignment titled “Outdoor Portrait” resulted in some very strong imagery being handed in. Three of the students work is below for your viewing pleasure.

Leah Bignell

Dwayne Martineau

Desiree Abt

Annual NAIT Print Display & Sale

The students and staff of the Photographic Technology Program would like to invite everyone to our annual Print Display & Sale. Each year the first and second year students print and display their favourite photographs and offer them for sale to the public. This years event is a one day sale slated for November 30th starting at 9:00 AM. A portion of the sales proceeds are to be donated to the "Edmonton Food Bank". Hope to see you there.

Open House 2010 - - NAIT Photo Goes Back to the 80's

NAIT's Open House 2010 runs from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm on Friday, October 15 and from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm on Saturday, October 16th.

For the traditional "big shoot" theme this year, the Photographic Technology students took a trip back to the 80's and a visit to a high school dance. So if you can remember the big hair, leg warmers and high school cliques of the 80's (or want to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past . . . ) come and check out their display in the basement of H-wing photo studios. There will also be lots of images on display from recent times!

Prospective students will want to attend one of the "Info Sessions" planned for 11:00 am - Noon on each day in H005.