Photography- Photographing Smithtown East

This week in Photography class we went outside to take pictures of three themes: the school, ourselves, and the nature around us.  Once the photographs were taken we learned the process of managing the images and uploading them to the computer through Google Drive then editing them in Adobe Photoshop,  Finally we will take 3 images from each theme and combine them into 1 design creatively.  Above is the example I made in class as a demo using my images today of photographing the Smithtown East school building.

The Columbus Museum of Art's Mobile Photo Now Exhibition

Tim Needles Photograph of Smithtown East's Patriots Day in the Columbus Museum of Art's #MobilePhotoNow Exhibition

I am honored to have two of my mobile photographs included in the Columbus Museum of Art's #MobilePhotoNow Exhibition which opens to the public today in Columbus, Ohio and runs throuh March 22, 2015.  More than 5,000 photographers from 89 different countries (from 6 continents) submitted nearly 45,000 images via Instagram and 300 images were selected making it largest museum mobile photography exhibition to date.  The museum partnered with the Josh Johnson and the #JJ online photography community (which we work with in class occasionally) to create the show and examine the world of photographs created exclusively on mobile devices.

I'm especially proud to have an photograph that I created with students from my media art class modeling here on Smithtown East's Patriots Day included in the show- the image was chosen to represent the spirit of community seems very appropriate.  If you take a look at Josh Johnson's video below you can see the Patriots Day photograph showcase with some text about the spirit week event at the museum's opening in the background.

Art Honor Society: Spring Field Trip

The Art and Media Art Honor Society have our upcoming spring field trip coming up on Friday May 17 approaching and this year we'll be visiting the galleries of Chelsea, NY, a stop by Mr.Needles' alma mater the School of Visual Arts to see work by Smithtown East AP Art alumni Chris Rodriquez, a walk on the High Line, and lunch at the Chelsea Market.  Below are a few of the selected shows that we'll be visiting to take a look at:

DanzigerGallery
American Darkness- Gregory Crewdson and O. Winston Link

Jim Kempner FINE ART
Stories from Solar Winds- Robert Petersen

Gagosian Gallery
Morgenthau Plan- Anselm Kiefer

SVA Westside Gallery
Geometric Propagation- featuring Smithtown East alumni Chris Rodriquez

Enviromental Portraits in School

Here's a few of the enviromental portraits photography students created of faculty and staff this month in school during our portraiture unit.