Kirsten Lewis – T A P A S * T W O *2020

OVER 16 HOURS OF RECORDED CONTENT!!!

 

W E E K L Y * T O P I C S

CLASS 1 – STORYTELLING WITH LIGHT

Kirsten and Tyler will be reviewing pictures submitted by the class that will address how light plays a roll in storytelling in a single picture. You can send in 1 picture for consideration, whether it be a situation in which you used the light well to emphasize the story or even more so scenarios where you felt like you might have struggled. We are looking for ANY documentary based scene whether it be from a wedding, family session, personal project, journalism assignment, street scene, etc.

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CLASS 2 – COMPOSITIONAL STORYTELLING

Kirsten and Tyler will be reviewing pictures submitted by the class that will address how composition plays a roll in storytelling in a single picture. You can send in 1 picture for consideration, whether it be a situation in which you purposely used a particular composition to emphasize the story or even more so scenarios where you felt like you might have struggled. We are looking for ANY documentary based scene whether it be from a wedding, family session, personal project, journalism assignment, street scene, etc.

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CLASS 3 – STORYTELLING MOMENTS

Kirsten and Tyler will be reviewing pictures submitted by the class that will address how moment plays a roll in storytelling in a single picture. You can send in 1 picture for consideration, whether it be a situation in which the moment emphasizes the story or even more so scenarios where you felt like you might have struggled. We are looking for ANY documentary based scene whether it be from a wedding, family session, personal project, journalism assignment, street scene, etc.

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CLASS 4 – THE BIG EDIT

This week we will highlight the work of 2 fellow photographers. The volunteer will provide around 1500 raw files from a session. Nothing can be deleted, so if it’s from a wedding or DITL in example, just pick 1500 consecutive files to send in. Kirsten and Tyler will each edit through the set of photographs and then compare the selections to one another. They will talk through why certain pictures work better than other in terms of narrative and storytelling but individually but also as a full collection.

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CLASS 5 – THE TIGHT EDIT

This week Kirsten and Tyler will be reviewing the work of 4 students. They volunteers will be asked to send in a fully edited gallery of either a wedding, family session, personal project, assignment, etc. They will be editing/culling the larger edit to several different tight edits: for a blog, social media, website. They will talk about why some pictures work better than others depending on how the picture will be shared.

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CLASS 6 – SEQUENCING

This class will be dedicated to helping photographers sequence, or order, their pictures in a way that finds a narrative flow for the viewer. Kirsten and Tyler will invite 4 photographers to submit for the review, sending in tight edits to work with from any session, assignment or personal project hey would like. It could also be a collection of pictures for a main website portfolio.

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CLASS 7 – THAT SUCKED

Let’s see your pictures! Kirsten and Tyler will be reviewing pictures submitted that represent scenes/scenarios in which the photographer really struggled to visually articulate the story. Students may submit individual pictures or a selection of pictures representing how they tried to work the scene but felt like they came up short.

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WEEK 8 – Open Q&A

You will be invited to submit questions to Kirsten and Tyler ahead of time so they can organize the questions into different topics regarding storytelling photography. This will be the final week so it will be the last opportunity to ask Kirsten and Tyler anything.

Course Curriculum