Wednesday, August 24, 2011

IPC Visual Lab Open House - Sept 16th, 2011



IRIS Rising
IPC Visual Lab is holding its Open House and Exhibition on Friday,
September 16th, 2011 in conjunction with the Rhythm Foundation's Big Night in Little Haiti Third Friday event.

The photography of present and past IPC Visual Lab students along with the works of instructors, André Chung, CW Griffin, Carl Juste, and Jeffery A. Salter will be showcased inside the beautiful gallery of the Little Haiti Cultural Center.

Instructors and students will be present to answer any questions.




IPC Visual Lab classes begin September 24th and ends on December 3rd, 2011.
IPC Visual Lab offers Beginning, Intermediate, and Advance Study classes for both adults and youths. Registration for classes is $20.00 and tuition is listed below.


Youth/Adult
Beginning Class 400.00/550.00
Intermediate Class 500.00/750.00
Advance Studies tba/1250.00

Inner Vision: Day 41 - 45

Jennifer Kay is a Miami-based reporter for The Associated Press who has enrolled in Iris' IPC Visual Lab. Before moving to Miami in 2005, Kay was an editorial assistant in the AP’s Philadelphia bureau, and previously graduated in 2001 from Dartmouth College, where she was the photography editor of the daily student newspaper. Kay is looking to expand her knowledge of the visual language and to engage in the process of visual story-telling. Her blog will be a common feature for the next several month on the Iris PhotoCollective's Iris Rising series.



Day 41: Restaurant Reflection
This frame was from the first of my three around-the-block attempts. I shot this frame in the early morning and I wanted to get the reflection of the sunrise in this restaurant window, while also revealing glimpses of the restaurant's interior. I just needed to find an angle where the sun wasn't too high over the buildings across the street.

I woke up early on May 1 with really good intentions about documenting my block. I picked the early morning instead of the evening because the block faces east and the light is better in the mornings. For the first time, I noticed what a weird shadow the pigeon-deterring owl on my balcony casts on the drapes in my apartment. I knew the rising sun's light would make the colors of the buildings richer and make for interesting reflections in the windows; I was thinking about how the Caribbean Market was reflected in the windows of the building across the street. I thought I could find the graphic elements I like and then have them broken up by passers-by. What I didn't count on was someone seeing me with my camera and deciding I was some kind of threat; he followed me and kept yelling at me and generally made anyone who might have walked into my frame give me a wide berth. I cut my walk around the block short because he just wouldn't leave me alone. So, I tried, but I have to try this again, maybe on a less paranoid block.


Day 42: Shapes
There's not much to say about this frame, other than I found the repetition of the L-shape in the pipe and the dreamcatcher and then it's inversion in the wall interesting.

When: 2 May, 7:14 a.m.
Where: Garage, South Beach

Inner Thoughts: I really liked how the shape of the pipe was mirrored in the dream catcher. Also, I had never noticed the dreamcatcher until that morning.


Day 43: Alley
I like the blank white space of this house. It's like a blank canvas.

When: 3 May, 4:50 p.m.
Where: alley near Dewey's, South Beach

Inner Thoughts: For a few days, I kept passing an abandoned couch in this alley. By the time it occurred to me to photograph it, the couch was gone.


Day 44: Luke at Debate
The frame illustrates the problem with this particular candidates' forum and the special election in general -- no one showed up, so there wasn't a real exchange of ideas amongst the candidates or voters.

When: 4 May, 8:50 p.m.
Where: Booker T. Washington High School auditorium, Overtown
Who: Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Luther Campbell gets a little bored during a sparsely attended town hall meeting.

Inner Thoughts: Carl has assigned me the task of photographing the people I interview for work. The time management that requires is proving difficult. I need to find the time to pull out the camera when I won't be missing something I need to write down for a story.



Day 45: Shapes
Look, more shapes! That is all.

When: 5 May, 6:48 p.m.
Where: kitchen, South Beach
Inner Thoughts: I'm getting a little tired of taking a picture every day. I will never get tired of avocados, though.

Inner Vision: Day 36 - 40

















Jennifer Kay is a Miami-based reporter for The Associated Press who has enrolled in Iris' IPC Visual Lab. Before moving to Miami in 2005, Kay was an editorial assistant in the AP’s Philadelphia bureau, and previously graduated in 2001 from Dartmouth College, where she was the photography editor of the daily student newspaper. Kay is looking to expand her knowledge of the visual language and to engage in the process of visual story-telling. Her blog will be a common feature for the next several month on the Iris PhotoCollective's Iris Rising series.

Day 36: Airport
We didn't have much to say about this frame, other than that it was a success.

When: 26 April, 5:29 p.m.
Where: Miami International Airport
Exposure: F3.3, 1/320, ISO80

Inner Thoughts: Yes, you've seen this composition before, graphic element, reflection, plus a person. But, this is what airports look like to me: people carrying bags hurriedly walking past windows.


Day 37: Problem Tree
The original frame I sent had a glaring problem: A tree sharply in focus in a distracting block of light between two boys sitting on a stoop. Cropping the frame down to just one of the boys eliminated the problem and revealed something interest about his expression and the distorted perspective of his hands.

When: 27 April, 5:24 p.m.
Where: 13th and Meridian, South Beach
Exposure: F3.3, 1/200, ISO80

Inner Thoughts: Can I at least get credit for trying? How is that I miss the giant block of light in the background every single time? #annoyed


Day 38: Dryers
After awhile, the machines start to look a little alive, like one dryer is trying to block the other.

When: 28 April, 6:47 p.m.
Where: laundry room, South Beach
Exposure
: F3.3, 1/100, ISO800

Inner Thoughts: I fall back on the familiar when I'm still frustrated about the frame that I didn't get right the day before.


Day 39: Luke on camera
Again, relying on a crop to highlight what's interesting in the frame. I just didn't have the right angle or height to get the shot I intended to.

When: 29 April, 3:58 p.m.
Where: Liberty City youth center. Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Luther "Luke" Campbell poses for cell phone pictures with staff and teens.
Exposure: F3.4, 1/125, ISO1600

Inner Thoughts: I was thinking about a photo Evan Vucci recently moved on AP wires from a presidential news conference, in which he captured an image of Obama at the podium in the screen of someone holding up a cell phone. It was an interesting picture for a routine political event, and I wanted to capture something similar.