Blog 2 — Southlight Salon

Monthly Assignments

Abelardo Morell Emulation June 2014 Presented by Jerry Park Assignment: Make 1-4 pictures that are inspired or informed by the work of photographer Abelardo Morell. In the spring of 2014, Atlanta's High Museum of Art m

Mark Mosrie 7/21/20 Mark Mosrie 7/21/20

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Recycled Image & Diptych May 2017 Presented by Robert McCurley Assignment: OPTION 1: Bring a photo from your archives that didn't make the first cut in the editing process (or the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc...) but that now has relevance

Mark Mosrie 7/17/20 Mark Mosrie 7/17/20

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Writing and Photography May 2015 Presented by Jerry Park Assignment: Write 200-600 words around a single photograph, new or previously taken. The Premise: A picture may be worth a thousand words, according to the oft used maxim, but

Mark Mosrie 7/15/20 Mark Mosrie 7/15/20

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Southern Photograph August 2015 Presented by Jerry Atnip Assignment: Create a uniquely "Southern" image of your own to share and discuss. The question: what determines an image's "Southern-ness"? What makes a good Southern image?&nbs

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Street September 2014 Presented by Rick Smith Assignment: Bring in a few street photos that may or may not be in the style of Saul Leiter.

Nicholas Dantona

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3x3 My Space January 2017 Presented by Chuck Arlund Assignment: photograph “your space” — your home, office, studio…whatever your consider to be your creative space. Make 9 images and arrange them in a 3x3 grid to create a narrative a

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Music Inspired February 2015 Presented by Chuck Arlund Assignment: make one photo that is inspired by a song. The songs were assigned by Chuck. The members had no idea what song they would get. There were no restrictions on what you c

Mark Mosrie 7/9/20 Mark Mosrie 7/9/20

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One Roll May 2014 Presented by Robert McCurley Assignment: Shoot a roll of medium-format film and turn in one print for each frame on the roll. In these days of digital photography, we can shoot as many frames as we want. We are limi

Mark Mosrie 7/9/20 Mark Mosrie 7/9/20

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20-20-20 June 2016 Presented by Nick Dantona Assignment: 1) Zero the car’s odometer 2) Drive precisely 20 miles 3) Make a photo 4) Repeat four more times This assignment is designed to sharpen our ability to “see” regardless where

Mark Mosrie 7/9/20 Mark Mosrie 7/9/20

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Who’s Your Daddy? Date: Pre-2013 Presented by: A curious Salon member Assignment: As artists, we have all been inspired and influenced by the work of others. For this monthly assignment, members were asked to trace their artistic roo

Mark Mosrie 7/9/20 Mark Mosrie 7/9/20

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Top Ten April 2012 Presented by Mark Mosrie Assignment: Present the top ten photos you have ever taken. It was up to each photographer to decide how he defines "top ten". Some chose their most favorite, others chose their most signif

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Home January 2018 Presented by Robert McCurley Assignment: each member was given a word and he had to make one image around the theme “Home”. The words were: physical, emotional, biological, spiritual, metaphorical, societal and cultu

Mark Mosrie 7/8/20 Mark Mosrie 7/8/20

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