Thursday, March 31, 2011

Final Portfolio Interviews 2011 - Day 4



The final day of the Portfolio Interviews went very well, once again there were many great images.

From the Faculty and Staff congratulations to all the Second Year Students on the successful completion of your portfolios and your two years in the Program.  We are all looking forward to the 38th Annual Photography Exhibition and celebrating your success.

For those that don't know the Exhibition this year is at Algonquin College in room T102 on Monday May 2, 2011.

Final Portfolio Interviews 2011 - Day 3



Day Three of the Final Portfolio Interviews were once again very strong, the images above are a mixed of the assigned and self-directed images from the days portfolios.

There are quite a few images from the Movie Poster and Magazine Assignment which is always fun to critique and of course for our students to shoot.

Stay tuned for more images from the last day.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Final Portfolio Interviews 2011 - Day 2



Day Two of the Final Portfolio Interviews were very strong, the images above are a mixed of the assigned and self-directed images from today's portfolios.     

To find out who shot what and more about our students and their work you have to attend the 38th Annual Photography Exhibition Monday May 2, 2011 in T102.

Stay tuned for more images from day three and four coming up in the next couple of days.

Final Portfolio Interviews 2011 - Day 1



Day One of the Final Portfolio Interviews started well, there were many great images and many pleasant surprises.

Above is a small sample of images from Day One, to see all the portfolio images you have to attend our 38th Annual Photography Exhibition.

This year the Exhibition is on Monday May 2, 2011 at Algonquin College in T102 come out to see some more great images.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Algonquin Times | Garry Carter

Image by Dan Neutel for the Algonquin Times
Regular followers of the Program Blog know that Garry Carter recently received a NISOD Award of Excellence.

The Algonquin Times, in their current issue, has an article on our intrepid coordinator. The article was written by Dan Neutel who many of the First Years will know from Visual Perception and Design class.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

2nd Year Final Portfolio



This video is of the Second Years finishing up their Final Portfolios.

This time lapse is comprised of one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine still images shot every fifteen seconds from 8AM to 4PM the day the portfolio was due and surprise the second year lab was very busy.

The Final Portfolio is comprised of twelve portfolio pieces Environmental Portrait, Architecture, Food, Self-Portrait, Movie Poster, Magazine Cover, Consumer Portrait, Creative Ad and four Self-Directed images. 

Our Final Portfolio interviews begin on Monday so we hope all our Second Years are getting some well deserved rest this weekend.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Fresh Images | Creative Ad

Image © 2011 Liam Olders 
Image © 2011 Matt Paquette 
Today's images are from the Creative Ad assignment, they were shot and designed by Second Year students Liam Olders and Matt Paquette.

To see more amazing images make sure to attend our  38th Annual Student Photography Exhibition  Monday May 2, 2011 at Algonquin College in T102.    

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Fresh Images | Movie Poster

Image © 2011 Amanda Cava

Image © 2011 Derek Hille
Today's images are from the Movie Poster assignment, they were shot and designed by Second Year students Amanda Cava and Derek Hille.

To see more amazing images make sure to attend our  38th Annual Student Photography Exhibition  Monday May 2, 2011 at Algonquin College in T102.    

Monday, March 21, 2011

Fresh Images | Magazine Covers

Image © 2011 Liz Flegg
Image © 2011 Jodie Biesenthal
Spring is in the air the birds are singing, flowers and trees are budding and here in the program we have some budding young photographers.   The Second Year portfolios are due at the end of the week and our students are eager to leave the nest and strut their stuff.   

So for the remainder of the week we will be showing some fresh new images from our Second Years.   Above are images from the Magazine Cover Assignment they are shot and designed by students Liz Flegg and Jodie Biesenthal.

Our  38th Annual Student Photography Exhibition is coming up on Monday May 2, 2011 in T102 so stay tuned for more info and more images.    

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Library & Archives Canada | Field Trip


Our Second Year Students recently went on a field trip to Library and Archives Canada in Gatineau.  They got a tour of this amazing facility and were shown some phenomenal images by famous Canadian painters and of course photographers.

The Library and Archives photo division is staffed by almost all Algonquin Photography Alumni and every year they take many of our students for co-op.

If you want to see more great images from the field trip take a look at Second Year Student Matt Gomes' blog.  Thanks Matt for sharing your photos and thanks to all the staff at Library and Archives for showing our students around.

Friday, March 11, 2011

New Algonquin Student Commons Building

Here is a link that is not photo related but it is about Student Life here at the College.  In the fall of 2012 there will be a new Student Commons building.

This building will house a 700 seat auditorium and other student related spaces.  This will be an amazing space for our Annual Student Photo Exhibitions.

Take a look at this video and this link to get more info on this cool new building.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Danny Cohen | I Want To Be Your Assistant


Here is an interesting way to get an assisting job, Danny Cohen a Melbourne photographer really wanted to be David LaChapelle's assistant.

So when LaChapelle was passing through his home town he printed a 43 foot banner and plastered it across a bridge, it said David LaChapelle I Want To Be Your Assistant.com.

Within an hour he got the job, check out his website www.iwanttobeyourassistant.com.

Michelle Valberg | Advisory Member

Advisory Committee Member and Alumni Michelle Valberg of Valberg Imaging is having a show at the Canadian Museum of Nature.

This solo show called Arctic Kaleidoscope features her arctic images of people, wildlife and landscapes.  The show runs from March 11 to May 29, 2011.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Jessica Deeks | Alumni Update

Image © Jessica Deeks
Alumni Jessica Deeks scores a winning photo and meets Lady Gaga.  See the image and read the story in the Ottawa Citizen online.

Friday, March 4, 2011

The Chapel - Time Lapse


Our 2nd Year Students are now working on their motion assignments here is a great video, The Chapel, to give them a bit of inspiration.  It is a time lapse film from Patryk Kizny he is a Polish director and shot the entire film in HDR.

For those of you that are interested to see how exactly it was shot and edited take a look at the behind the scenes video below.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Photo Pub Night

This Thursday March 3, 2011 at Grace O'Malley's our students are having a Pub Night to help raise funds for their Annual Photography Exhibition.

The Pub Night Tickets are $3 in advance and $5 at the door, so come out have a drink and support a good cause, our students.

Map | Grace O'Malley's