Keynote presentation for ITC 2011 ( February 20, 2011, St Petersburg FL)
In our media soaked culture, thé cliche exchange rate of 1000 words per picture seems quite low. The mechanics and art of photography unveil an intriguing metaphor for thinking about learning. For a photographer, the operation of cameras-- exploiting apertures, shutter speeds, optics, filters-- coexist with the artistic skills of pre-visualization, framing, composition. We meld with the camera, the boundary between tools and our human capabilities blur.
Taking the metaphor farther, creating an engaging learning experience is much more than point and shoot. Few successful photographers are born innately with their skills- it is a craft, as is learning, that often improves in the act of doing, trying, and reflecting.
More at http://cogdogblog.com/stuff/itc11
Music 9 - 4th quarter - Vocal Music of the Romantic Period.pptx
Looking Through the Lens: Flickr Photos and Photography
1. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by Adam Melancon:
http://flickr.com/photos/melancon/2629905708/
Looking Through the Lens
Alan Levine
cogdogblog.com/stuff/itc11
Saturday, February 19, 2011
6. cc licensed ( BY ND ) flickr photo by Chuck “Caveman” Coker:
http://flickr.com/photos/caveman_92223/2866407172/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
7. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Vincepal: http://
flickr.com/photos/vincepal/3750617746/
I Exist
Saturday, February 19, 2011
8. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by rokoto:
http://flickr.com/photos/monkey_gastello/180031608/
I Exist
Saturday, February 19, 2011
9. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Felipe Morin:
http://flickr.com/photos/metabolico/442924577/
I Exist
Saturday, February 19, 2011
10. flickr photos by Pink Sherbert Photography
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet//
Saturday, February 19, 2011
11. !""" a#er a vacation to Hawaii in $%%&' Ms"
Pruitt uploaded some photos ( taken with a
)** Kodak digital camera ( to the site Flickr"
Since then' through her Flickr photos' she has
received a contract with the stock+photography
company Getty Images that gives her a
monthly income when publishers or advertisers
license the images",
flickr photos by Pink Sherbert Photography
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet//
!For Photographers' the Image of a Shrinking Path, -New York Times' March $%.%/
-http:00www"nytimes"com0$%.%0%101%0business0media01%photogs"html/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
14. !Also interesting is that the shots that people seem to post to
Instagram 2 gra3ti' 4ying pigeons' stu5 around the
neighborhood 2 are not the kind of photos you see on
Facebook" Instagram has created a new niche 2 making
photographers out of people who were not photographers
before",
!More On Instagram -or why Facebook hasn6t won everything/,
-http:00thenextweb"com0location0$%.%0.$01%0more+on+instagram+or+why+facebook+hasn7E$78%7**t+won+everything0/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
16. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by davidcwong:
http://flickr.com/photos/davewong/2548952137/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
17. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by davidcwong:
http://flickr.com/photos/davewong/2548952137/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
18. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by davemmett:
http://flickr.com/photos/davemmett/3022383314/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
19. Chal lenge!
• Find someone you don!t know
• Take photo with mobile device
• email to
sip99second@photos"4ickr"com
Saturday, February 19, 2011
20. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Derek K. Miller:
http://flickr.com/photos/penmachine/2740346077/
cameras / metaphors
Saturday, February 19, 2011
21. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Derek K. Miller:
http://flickr.com/photos/penmachine/2741115576/
aperture
Saturday, February 19, 2011
22. cc licensed ( BY ND ) flickr photo by -=RoBeE=-:
http://flickr.com/photos/robertszlivka/2741653860/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
23. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by i k o:
http://flickr.com/photos/emiliano-iko/4748043421/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
24. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Paolo Margari:
http://flickr.com/photos/paolomargari/3484863724/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
25. cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by mugley:
http://flickr.com/photos/mugley/2928281873/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
26. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kevindooley:
http://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2787381665/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
27. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by deVos:
http://flickr.com/photos/devos/8250950/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
28. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Derek K. Miller:
http://flickr.com/photos/penmachine/2741115576/
shutter speed
Saturday, February 19, 2011
29. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Derek K. Miller:
http://flickr.com/photos/penmachine/2741115576/
shutter speed
Saturday, February 19, 2011
30. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Derek K. Miller:
http://flickr.com/photos/penmachine/3588299260/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
31. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Chris_Moody:
http://flickr.com/photos/zpyder/1081930640/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
32. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by L.Brumm Photography and Design: h
ttp://flickr.com/photos/lbrummphoto/4315487404/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
33. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Liam Wilde:
http://flickr.com/photos/bean_baker/3893043940/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
34. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Express Monorail:
http://flickr.com/photos/expressmonorail/4314559132/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
35. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by angela7dreams:
http://flickr.com/photos/angela7/2781433789/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
36. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by ohad*:
http://flickr.com/photos/ohadby/41058122/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
37. cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by TheGiantVermin:
http://flickr.com/photos/tudor/664156379/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
38. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Derek K. Miller:
http://flickr.com/photos/penmachine/2741115576/
iso
Saturday, February 19, 2011
39. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by tomquah:
http://flickr.com/photos/tomquah/3915654642/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
40. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by greenkozi:
http://flickr.com/photos/themacinator/3334790211/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
41. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by imNicholas:
http://flickr.com/photos/imnicholas/5013500139/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
42. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by imNicholas:
http://flickr.com/photos/imnicholas/5013500139/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
43. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Thomas Hawk:
http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/2354086423/
composition
Saturday, February 19, 2011
44. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by L.Brumm Photography and Design:
http://flickr.com/photos/lbrummphoto/4278144872/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
45. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Andrea Costa Photography:
http://flickr.com/photos/ac_theart/3505959936/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
46. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by Michelle Brea (busy-away):
http://flickr.com/photos/itsallaboutmich/840084501/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
47. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kevindooley:
http://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/1905508309/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
48. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kevindooley:
http://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2172001078/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
49. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by deVos:
http://flickr.com/photos/devos/86878315/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
50. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by cogdogblog:
http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/5432699692/
If you mash up this photo a dog will bark at yoy!
what’s wrong?
Saturday, February 19, 2011
51. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kk:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/14443265/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
52. !It has changed me more as a father than it has as a
photographer" There are lots of di3cult things you
go through as the parent of special needs child" Yet
to see his photo showcased prominently on
something I care deeply about' such as Flickr' and to
see him being praised by my friends and colleagues
gives me a sense of pride for my son" Also his images
has been used for campaigns and posters for Autism"
This photo has produced some redemptive and
endearing qualities since I posted it online",
Kris Krug from !Story of a Portrait from 4ickr Homepage,
-http:00madaboutportraits"blogspot"com0$%..0%$0story+of+portrait+from+4ickr+homepage"html/
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kk:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/14443265/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
70. !Without a caption' without a context' without some
idea about what the picture is a picture of' I can6t
answer" I simply cannot talk about the photograph as
being true or false independently of beliefs about the
picture" A captionless photograph' stripped of all
context' is virtually meaningless" I need to know
more"
And yet' this idea that photographs can be true or
false independent of context is so ingrained in our
The Lusitania
thinking that we are reluctant to part with it",
Erroll Morris' !Liar' Liar' Pants on Fire,
-http:00opinionator"blogs"nytimes"com0$%%:0%:0.%0pictures+are+supposed+to+be+worth+a+thousand+words/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
77. cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by Ernst Vikne:
http://flickr.com/photos/iboy/4532497884/
“I’m not a good photographer”
Saturday, February 19, 2011
78. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by imNicholas:
http://flickr.com/photos/imnicholas/5013500139/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
85. !Photography is an art and a cra#" Getting better at
both requires practice(lots of practice" The Daily
Shoot is a simple daily routine to motivate and inspire
you to practice your photography' and share your
results! It6s not a contest and there are no prizes" It6s
simply about encouraging you to pick up your camera
and make photographs"
That6s it" There aren6t any other rules" You aren6t going
to get demerits if you miss a few days' nor will you get
gold stars for doing every assignment" We6re just here
to help you with a little nudge every day" The rest is up
to you!,
The Daily Shoot' -http:00dailyshoot"com0/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
89. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by john.king:
http://flickr.com/photos/johnking/5251126461/
John King
Saturday, February 19, 2011
90. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by john.king:
http://flickr.com/photos/johnking/5251126461/
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by john.king:
http://flickr.com/photos/johnking/5425668561/
John King
Saturday, February 19, 2011
91. !The intelligent' polite and talented DS
photographers expand my creativity by
showing so many possible good approaches
to the same photographic problem"
Commenting on other photos and having my
own photos commented on is yet another
enhancement to the learning",
John King' -http:004ickr"com0photos0johnking0/
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by john.king:
http://flickr.com/photos/johnking/5251126461/
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by john.king:
http://flickr.com/photos/johnking/5425668561/
John King
Saturday, February 19, 2011
92. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame:
http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/426620305/
Jabiz Raisdana
Saturday, February 19, 2011
93. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame:
http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/426620305/
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame:
http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/5380534348/
Jabiz Raisdana
Saturday, February 19, 2011
94. !Daily shoot has really forced me to look
more closely at my world and experiment
more with my photography" I am trying
di5erent angles' lighting and composition" By
shooting everyday' I am also able to see when
I fall into a rut or a pattern thus forcing me to
try new things",
Jabiz Raisdana' -http:004ickr"com0photos0intrepid4ame0/
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame:
http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/426620305/
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame:
http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/5380534348/
Jabiz Raisdana
Saturday, February 19, 2011
95. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by AJ Wms:
http://flickr.com/photos/ajwms/292988246/
Audrey Williams
Saturday, February 19, 2011
96. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by AJ Wms:
http://flickr.com/photos/ajwms/292988246/
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by AJ Wms:
http://flickr.com/photos/ajwms/306635688/
Audrey Williams
Saturday, February 19, 2011
97. !;Forcing6 yourself to take a photo every day
means you have your camera with you at all
times and you start to look at objects and
events with a more artful eye" I <nd it that I
frame shots in my head even if I am not
going to actually press the shutter button"
I have always loved photography but this
kind of project actually made me fall in love
with photography all over again",
Audrey Williams' -http:004ickr"com0photos0ajwms0/
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by AJ Wms:
http://flickr.com/photos/ajwms/292988246/
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by AJ Wms:
http://flickr.com/photos/ajwms/306635688/
Audrey Williams
Saturday, February 19, 2011
99. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Galagon Wagon:
http://flickr.com/photos/galagonwagon/5429505007/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
100. !I remember walking around campus that day thinking about preparedness'
looking for preparedness' wondering what preparedness was" No luck"
That evening' though' I was thinking about how Leatherman6s were an example of
preparedness' and then I remembered an old pocketknife my grandfather had
given me"
I tried to think of how I could make it interesting" It needed… atmosphere" It
needed… lighting" But just shooting it with a 4ash turned out bland' so I <gured
out how to get the 4ash focused on a small area of the scene -it6s called a snoot/"
It6s clear' I think' that absent the constraint of needing to take a certain kind of
picture that night' I probably wouldn6t have ever headed down the path which
resulted in the picture' nor would I have gained further practice in photography",
Galagon Wagon' -http:00galagonwagon"com0$%..0%$0the+daily+shoot+and+creativity0/
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Galagon Wagon:
http://flickr.com/photos/galagonwagon/5429505007/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
101. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame:
http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/5348740810/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
102. !Despite knowing that photographing water is
di3cult' I walked around our campus a#er school
looking for it; I should have been looking for liquids"
Then I saw it"
Beautiful' dense' thick buckets of mud" A blend of
earth and water and gas and everything mushed
together" I have always loved mud' so with great
pleasure I snapped a round of shots" I am glad I didn6t
go with a more traditional glistening form of liquid'
and I tried something a bit di5erent",
Jabiz Raisdana' -http:00intrepid4ame"blogspot"com0$%..0%.0state+of+matter"html/
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame:
http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/5348740810/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
103. cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by bionicteaching:
http://flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/5436986582/
strangers
Saturday, February 19, 2011
104. !I o#en see people and think that I6d like to take their
portrait" It sounds creepy in my head as I write that
but I promise it6s a fairly widespread idea -http:00www"
.%%strangers"com/" I just happen to think certain
people look interesting but I don6t ever do anything
about it" I worry my social skills are not up to it"
But you see a photo at the top of this post" A photo I
took of a stranger" That may not seem like a big deal
to many of you but it took some serious psyching up
for me to do that" It6s not the best picture but it does
cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by bionicteaching:
http://flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/5436986582/
represent something I6m glad I did",
Tom Woodward' -http:00bionicteaching"com0?cat=$>9/
strangers
Saturday, February 19, 2011
105. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by electrovert:
http://flickr.com/photos/58873944@N07/5417153345/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
106. !The assignment6s taken me on some pretty
unexpected adventures" Almost everyday I6ve
started with a completely di5erent idea -or no
idea/ of what I was going to photograph' then
stumbled upon something extraordinary" It6s
forced me to think about things in new ways and
it6s shown me that sometimes it6s easier to make
art when you take a more hands+on approach and
don6t overthink it",
Matt Martin' -http:00blog"electrovert"net0?p=&*/
cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by electrovert:
http://flickr.com/photos/58873944@N07/5417153345/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
107. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Faithful Chant [ back ]:
http://flickr.com/photos/chant3/3252597528/
motivation matters
Saturday, February 19, 2011
108. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kennymatic:
http://flickr.com/photos/kwl/4555399660/
shared space matters
Saturday, February 19, 2011
109. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by uncleboatshoes:
http://flickr.com/photos/uncleboatshoes/3091582912/
learning with others matters
Saturday, February 19, 2011
110. cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Thomas Hawk:
http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/155589939/
learning by doing matters
Saturday, February 19, 2011
111. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by striatic:
http://flickr.com/photos/striatic/241843728/
daily ______ ?
Saturday, February 19, 2011
112. Ch allenge #2!
• Retake your photo
• Make it say "Excited to be at ITC#
• email to
sip99second@photos"4ickr"com
Saturday, February 19, 2011
113. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by woodleywonderworks:
http://flickr.com/photos/wwworks/4759535950/
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Saturday, February 19, 2011