fun!

I think this is fun!

Davey Dance Blog -49- GLEN COE - The Spinto Band "Mountains" from Pheasant Plucker on Vimeo.

I also found a dvd player and a tv with VHS!! yay!

hello everyone,

I've been on a search for a big plain white bowl/water basin.  It has actually been tough to find...everything at salvation and other thrift stores is either too small or has patterns.  so if anyone has one or has seen one in their travels, I would appreciate the help.

Thanks!

Fruitless weekend for Feminists

Well guys, I took out the 6x9 and got comfortable with it, bought some film, but couldn't get anyone to shoot. I tried to arrange re-shoots and no one was available, though I did get a few re-shoot appointments later this week. In terms of finding NEW subjects I've made posts on Craigslist and Facebook which yielded a few responses. I'll also be making fliers with tabs tomorrow and posting them at the YWCA and a few other areas. After last week I'm clearer on the kind of stance and interaction I'm looking for from my subjects when making photographs with them.

I sent an email to the workplace discrimination lawyer I met at the Harvard Book Store, and I'm planning to attend a Feminist Election Results party on Nov. 4th with some of the people from Feminism and Dessert, and hopefully make a lot of new contacts there.

If anyone hears anything else let me know! Hope you all had great weekends.

UPDATE: I was able to shoot a roll with Michelle at her job before work (a place where she's battled sexism) so we'll see how those came out. I also got the contact information for people in the Women's Studies programs at Northeastern and Lesley and will be emailing them asap. I'm going to try to contact the Boston NOW Organization and a few of the people I met at Feminism & Dessert. Just trying to find more contacts! See you tomorrow.

another look at the polls.

Take a look at this craziness. 

Hope everyone is having a good week. Pop me an e-mail if you need anything. 

Molly

Do 2 to 3 shoots a week! Keep going back to the moms you've already visited, be cautions of getting to fluffy. 

Just keep it up. 

Lindsay

I think over all people liked the new idea for the flowers, we just need more context. Also idea for the star image sounds like an other good direction. 

The kitchen still life seemed to work out really well, as well as the tub image. 

At this point you really just need to jump in and make make make. Become a fake nature junkie. 

Give us more context and be more conspicuous. Mix up the way that you are photographing. 

Tara

Don't be afraid to play with the single image.

Shane wanted to see more violence - right now the images are really sterile. 

We talked about maybe using a lobster. 

don't let go of the dehydration/ preservation  just yet. it's defiantly worth playing around with. 

kosher is important as is halal is also going to be something to think about. 

How important is life in these images. We see the death and the preservation far more, should there be more life? or less? 

To have us think of your hands more as flesh try limiting how much we can see of you/ your face. Think of your hands as just another piece of the still life that you are arranging and trying to fit in the image. 

We thought the new pair was successful over all. however the cut of meat looking like a heart could be distracting. 

Katie O

We talked about how you can use your photoshopping to distort time.

These clues become so important to communicating what you want to talk about. 

Also you should consider touching up the spaces, don't just think of these images as family photos but also from a photographers perspective. Make them work for you and what you want to say. 

I like what you said about the difference between things you remember because you remember them and things you remember because you were told about them. 

I also like the idea you had about the photo of your family on the couch and the movability of the man. 

A few weeks ago I mentioned Kurt's videos so here's his stuff. 

Also steel your Mom's paintings!!! 

SUCCESS!

so i went to the goodwill in davis sqaure and had really good luck! I found a plant which is fabulous : ) ,a clear lamp that i should be able to put some stuff inside of, another shadow box, an answering machine with a mini cassette ,and a book about how to grow up! haha. I also saw a tv but was not going to attempt carrying it.. so if anyone wants to drive meee i would pay them
: )
ps- does anyone have a mini cassette recording device?

Thrifty

Hey everyone! So here is the list of things I think I'm going to want for the final piece.. Please let me know if you have anything you'd be willing the lend me or if you see anything on the street. I plan on gong to some stores soon to do some hunting as well : ) Thanks!!
answering machine
lamp
coffee table
curtains
carpet
couch
phone(?)
ps-- does anyone know how (if) I would be able to transfer a voicemail over to some kind of answering machine?? I was thinking speakerphone maybe..?

Sam

Live it. I think thats kind of what everything came down to in crit this week. 

Take a look at cinema trops, The Red Violin. 

The Red Shoes  and here 

The Image where you are on the roof, maybe try in the day light? Different weather, rain so that the chalk is runny? The standing pose is better. 

You need to be more obsessive with this red ball 

Look at Frida 

Kelly Kleinschrodt 

Jordan

This week we talked mostly about strengthening the content of your images so that it communicates more about the people you are working, which will in turn will talk about feminism. 

The four words about feminism you came up with are:

independent, equality, intentional living, well in formed, considerate. 

Focus on making strong images. Consider using a medium format to help you think less about just the formal elements of the images. Ask the people you are working with where feminism manifests it self in their life, and try and work that into their photograph. Get closer (we talked about having Michelle stand so that she fits into the posters that were above her head), take them out of the bed room. The best response was to the image of the guy out side. Look at that image and see what is more successful about it for you, and think about what you did differently when making it. 

Take a look at all kinds of typologies, think about what makes them a typology. Look at Sanders and how he works with people. 

Shoot five times as much as you have been. Try not to encumber yourself. 

Chris

Mostly this week there was a lot of encouragement for you to look for other ways to push the contemporary sublime. consider staying in the city for the weekend. You've done a wonderful job making the images that speak to the traditional sense of sublime, so see what you can do to push that. That being said, don't let go of you in the images, there should be the humor and the inquisitiveness. Own the ambivalence and look out for being overly romantic. 

Take a look at The Future of Nature. 

Kate B

The best of your images make us wonder about what is going on outside the frame, they make us hold our breath. 

I know it's frustrating now but try to worry less about (don't let it freeze you) consistency in your making, because if you just keep going, they will work themselves together. 

We talked about the emotion words - nervous, vulnerable 

Look at Edward Hopper again. Watch for the way things are slightly off and have that breath holding thing going on. 

Regarding the gift with the bird: just push it a little further, make it feel a little more believable, we talked about bringing in a little more setting (table cloth and so on) - I like where you were going with the aerial view. 

Also think about other ways to fulfill the metaphor (beauty tinged with sadness)

The image with the cards, the joker was a little too heavy handed. However it was good to see your face. 

Just keep at it! 

Update

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this weeks notes

Hey guys, as it turns out i am super swamped, under a giant pile of reading for  a weekend class i'm taking so... i will try my best to get the notes up asap however if you have a question feel free to e-mail me so i can respond more promptly. so sorry about all of this. i would so much rather being typing up notes then reading this stuff (TURST ME). 

hope you are all well! 

-ak 

photoshop

Hi! I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. I was wondering if anyone has photoshop that I could "borrow" from them? .. I'm not even too sure that something like that is possible but please let me know! thanks!

ps-- : ) this video makes me happy!

Columbus Day Developing

Hey everyone, I have bad news about Monday film developing. I called Color Services and yes, they will be open, however they said they only process in the afternoon so if I drop everyone's film off in the morning it won't be ready until at least after 5pm. And if you haven't seen the notice at lock-up, the labs close at 5pm Monday. So I suggest to everyone shooting film this weekend to take digital images of your set-ups, so at least we'll have something to look at in class. Happy shooting!

Questions

so i guess i want to first pose the question, Why if at all is this idea interesting to you? i'd like to get feedback on what so far you find interesting or what you don't. i kinda know why i want to shoot these, but i'd like to get an idea of what my audience is feeling. 

What kinds of images do you as a viewer want to see?

or What kinds of shots do you feel should be included?

since in class everyone has a different opinion and maybe if you all let me know in this space i can take bits from everyone's suggestions so that i can create a body of work that speaks to different viewers. 

ok so that's my questions so far, sorry if it seems like a big ramble, but i really could use some more feedback. i'm taking amanda's advice and trying everything this weekend, i have the whole weekend off from work, so i'm just going to shoot shoot shoot. i'll try to have some prints but i may just upload it all onto my computer and make a slide show for you guys since school is closed monday. 

ok good luck all of you guys on your own work.

- Asha

Remembering to laugh!

When most of the news is a little depressing (and I'm not saying to live in denial, but when you type in strange news in this comes up) it's time to start looking in other places for things to laugh about. So here you have it, The Onion! Historical Archive from 1783 and some new dance move recommendations, I don't know maybe you save them up for your halloween parting or maybe just while your brain storming. 

Then for you political humor needs (well other then snl) check out this. 

And while it's part of the same web site this was also worth linking, well it made me laugh out loud anyway (see caucus). 

Mark your calendars...

Alright guys I know we talked about it a great deal yesterday but here it all is in writing. It's crunch time. We have 5 weeks until pre - pre - submission which is on November 18th. For this you will need your artist statement, one perfect totally finished object and a selection of work. We will review as a class (being as tough as possible on each other). If we decide that you are all set then you have nothing to worry about again until jury. 

How ever if there is concern then you will go to pre-submit. 

Pre-submit is on December 1st. For this all of the faculty take a look at your artist statment and a selection from your portfolio. If you pass this review you are all set to go to jury, if there is still concern you will have one week to pull it together and it will be reviewed again and at that point it will be decided if you can go to jury. 

JURY IS ON DECEMBER 15 

All that being said - This is sprint time, I'm not really one for sports analogies so I'll confess this is one I've stolen, but time is just going to go faster and faster, so like the last lap of a race or something - it's sprint time! You are all doing great projects, you have fantastic ideas and are so smart about you making, now just make more!

Keep in touch about your progress this week. If  someone is running to Color Services on Monday let everyone know. If you have questions (ASHA) that you need to talk out post. I am a huge procrastinator so I check the blog all the time! Also you all have my number so feel free to call. GOOD LUCK and have fun! 

Katie O

We talked a bit about how successful the gold frame is - maybe tray drilling small hole to put light in. - Consider touching up the photoshop job a pinch to make it look slightly less cut out Add like 1/2 inch piece of paper or something to keep the metal tabs from showing. (not huge deal just a finishing touch type deal) 

Anther way to work with the frame is to use it as a faced and then extend it a bit to give it depth. 

As far as the larger box goes, it is really on it's way even just sanding the corners/ edges a little and then staining it could really go a long way. I love the way it has moveable parts and we can interact with it changing the focus! It's great. 

Just make make make! I would aim to finish the ones you brought in this week just so you have one in the done pile. Then I would aim to finish one a week (weather it be frame or box) and have another two sketched out. If there is anything I can do to help let me know. Even if it's just keeping you company in the wood shop or helping you carry stuff to and from school - I live really close to campus! 

Tara

Lovely image again this week with the meat and the salt. 

Also you are on the right path with the stacked meat - we like the round bone stacked and teetering had a very whimsical type feeling. 

The image of you in the re -make don't cut off the eyes and I really liked what you describing about the table cloth you were going to use. 

You are moving right a long , you images are getting stronger all the time but we just need to see more. If you need some where here to shoot feel free to contact me you can come to my apartment we have large windows in the living room. This week I'm home all day on Thursday. 

I would aim to make somewhere between 5 and 7 set ups a week even if three are solid finished images and the others are sketches (even if you just do mock ups and use a point and shoot digi camera to bring in something to get a little feed back). 

Molly

This week was stereotype busting! 

Next week bring prints of all the ones people have marked. 

I think it was chris that pointed it out, it seems you are shooting from a child's prospective. 

How does that function for you, do you like or dis like what that is saying? 

Keep in mind that the images don't always have to have kids in them. A good example that came up in class was a car with the car seat. 

Just keep going. you seem to be getting into the grove of things, consider trying to photograph 2 or 3 families a week. I know I've said it a few times this week but the more work you have the more you get to edit down versus finding a sequence that fits all the images you have made in it. 

Jordan

It seems like you are really on the right track. How did feminism and dessert go? Did you make any contacts? 

Things to keep thinking about are: 

Don't limit yourself by age group. Anyone that you can make contact with and photograph you should.

Make sound recordings

Think about stereotypes and depicting them and or shattering them

Gender and how that plays into this topic

What feminism means to you and why this is important

Meetup.com 

Just keep going! I would aim to photograph between 5 and 10 people a week, the more images you make the more you will have to work with when it is time to edit! 

Asha

Okay so now you've got the idea, you know that color seems to be the way to go. You need to get making. Like overwhelming amounts of photographing and video making. 

Get a nanny cam to do visual research. 

Set up a video and or web cam and make stills. 

I think this has to, HAS TO be a week where you just make every thing. Put yourself in the image, try over acting when you're in there and under acting. Keep making some images that your not in. Think of other strategies beside shooting though doors. Think about from high points of view. 

Then I think that you have got to figure out why! Don't save that for last minute I think thats what got sticky last time so let's tackle that right now. Do a lot of looking and writing! 

Maggie

Okay Maggie it is time to get excited! Sketch Sketch Sketch and look at everything. I think that you should aim to make 5 interiors this weekend at the very least!

Start thinking and doing some free writing about what creating spaces/ recreating places you wish you were in or you wish still existed means to you. Do not think of them as still life! 

Sarah Malakoff 

Robert Polidori , and here, and here 

Candida Hofer 

Rebecca (Margot) 

Maggie I'm serious about helping on Saturday and or Sunday this weekend call or e-mail if I don't hear from you I'm going to call and pester you! If you draw sketches and collect materials I can help you by getting the next set up ready while you are shooting or just moving things around whatever you need, but if I'm gonna help you better keep me busy! If there are any materials that you are looking for you should put up a post and ask around. I've got loads of crap at my apartment, real plants, fake plants chairs, all kinds of stuff!  So just let me know. 

Lindsay

We talked about how the bath tub one where the edge of the tub is at eye level is working best because the surface of the water and the few things we can see in it are interacting with the reflection of the window, this is a smart way of pointing to the conversation you want to be having.  

Ways to refine it just a bit are: use water that is more dirty pond like versus chlorinated pool like. Really do consider introducing some 'real' elements in there weather it be motorized toy fish to create some movement in the water or actual fi

sh. 

With the microwave - again this is really close to being a finished image. Pull the framing back a little bit so there is more room around the open door. Consider trying to have the time be 'Cook time' on there instead of numbers. Try using saw dust instead of paper towel. Also try having the microwave door closed for a shot looking though. It is more then okay to make the viewer work a little harder to figure this out. Also we liked the way the contact was slightly more glowy then the print is. 

Try making spaces that look like people are doing this for real as ways to off set their carbon or something. (Like Ray's truck). 

So you have a few images that are close to done, I think that it would be a good goal to make these happen and finish them up so that you can put them aside and know that you have them. Also I think it might be a good idea similar to what I said to Sam aim to make 7 a week. I know that sounds like a ton, but then you are bound to have a few that are final and then a few that we can give you tips on how to clean up and bring to a final state. Just keep going, you're getting there. 

Sam

Great new image. We like the way you 'fit' into the map, however the shadow is distracting (I think it was Maggie who suggested using a piece of foam core to direct the light in your favor so you don't lose the lovely light on you). 

Red ribbon good. 

Maybe move the red pins from the center of your chest a little to the left. 

You are evoking passport photos in a good way - can you make it more that way with out using the image?

You stopped by lock up and asked how many images you should be aiming to make a week and I think 7 is a good number, that way maybe 4 are solid and three need some refining. Just remember the more you make the more you have to choose from in your edit, versus fighting to make all the images you have made work in an edit. 

Kate B

You are really on the move now these are great images they just need a little tweaking. 

With the boat images your body is a little too ridged feeling. 

But the way the boat is playing with our sense of scale is fantastic! Eliminating the horizon form the puddle might even do that more. 

Don't fight your impulses so much.  Don't worry about color pallet just keep making, a good strategy is to always be looking at your images as a group instead of as singular images this way as you are developing the work if you see a gap in color pallet from image to image you can figure out what you need to fill in the gap to keep both images versus having to eliminate because they don't fit.

just keep going. make 8x10s of  all the ones people have marked over the weeks and bring them all in so that we can see what's happening. 

Chris

First of all YAY for trying on a new outfit - even if it grew out of the fact that you were cold, it's working. Keep trying to add character touches!

This weeks images are finally starting to talk about sublime in the classical sense. We all agree that the image of the big vista looking out at the mountains with your head lining up with the horizon is excellent! 

With the birch trees we like that we have to look for you but the references that the composition point to are a little distraction to us accessing it with out thinking of adams and the cover of that basic b+w photo book. 

with the viewer image we talked about you trying the same type of image with a telescope or from the front. 

Think about using the night sky some how. 

To look at:

For fun check out this episode of This American Life. It's called 'Nice Work If You Can Get It" and it's all fantastic but the story I have in mind is about Charles Preuss - he was a cartographer who traveled with John Fremont exploring the West. In the episode there are some excerpts from his diaries that make me think of that near miss moment in some of your images. He is there seeing the untouched west, just this endless wilderness and it had to be close to sublime and all that he talks about is wanting to be at the grocery getting wine. 

Sharon Harper 

When I went to see the Turner show at the met there was this amazing painting that was just beautiful and then there was this story on the wall next to it explaining that the dog in the image was painted on a piece of paper and latter attached. I don't know why that is but it made me like it even more. Turner Paintings

Inspiration

Hey guys, I just thought it'd be cool to share some stuff that's been inspiring us lately and maybe introduce some new artwork to each other. Here's what I've been into lately (I hope you guys like them too!)

Kahn & Selesnick:

Quint Buchholz:

Riceboy Sleeps:

The Notwist: "Where in this World"

enjoy!

Mark your calendars...

Hey guys, 

It has come to my attention that there are some fantastic talks happening this fall that we all might want to check out... 

William Christenberry 

Oct. 20  Mass Art 

Barbara Crane 

Oct. 23 (PRC) Boston University's College of Fine Arts, Concert Hall 855 Comm. Ave

Gregory Crewdson

Oct. 29  Mass Art 

Elinor Carucci 

Nov. 3  Mass Art

Tim Davis 

Nov. 13  12:30 SMFA room B-311 

Paul Fusco 

Nov. 13  7pm (PRC) Boston University's College of Fine Arts, Concert Hall 855 Comm. Ave

Philip - Lorca diCorcia 

Nov. 17  2pm Mass Art

Sally Mann 

Nov. 20  7pm 

MFA Riley Seminar Room 

Henry Horenstein 

Dec. 2  7pm (PRC) Boston University's Sargent College Auditorium 102, 635 Comm Ave. 

Larry Fink 

Dec. 11 7pm (PRC) Boson University's College of Arts and Sciences 5th Floor Auditorium 522, 725 Comm. Ave

Someone please teach me how to put links on the side of my blog. Thank you. 

Adam

His name is Angelo Filomeno. His work doesn't really apply to anyone's project but you should all check him out!.. He does works with embroidery that are beautiful. His work sort of reminds me of printmaker Dan McCarthy. Enjoy!

Photo Booth

Okay so it's the mid semester where stress is high and everyone is freaking out. So I thought it also might be a great time to remember that we actually like photography and that sometimes it isn't so stressful and in fact it can be a big ball of fun and laughs. So this Blog  lists the locations of photo booths in every state. And if you haven't been to the one at the children's museum after being here for three years it might just be time for a pilgrimage. 

Chris is this very far from you? 

Jordan

I will post more books to look at when I get a chance to talk with my room mate. For now check out Full Frontal Feminism 

And this is Feminism and Dessert. 

Maggie

Just keep going. Follow your impulses. This week try something completly new to you (still life was what we came up with in class). Don't get discouraged  there is still plenty of time. 

Lindsay

I think that we all got a little carried away during your crit so I'm going to try and focus less on the bathtub stuff here. Also defiantly throw questions up on the blog though out the week if you need feed back and if you have a little point and shoot you could put up sketches to get feed back on too. 

We obviously responded really well to the bathtub image but more the idea behind it. Part of the reason I like it so much and that I think it really ties into your ideas is that it is in dialog with that man nature discussion in an entirely different way. I would think about that some and I know that you don't want to just make bathtub images all semester long, but maybe think of other places that you could make similar situations happen. 

Go big, go small and everything in between 

Get more messy, right now your images are a little too tidy. 

Check out the way Stephen Zadronzy deals with creating interiors and lights them (not all of these apply but... you'll get the idea) 

Also check out Vaughn Bell

Keep thinking about unexplored presumptions  

Asha

We talked a great deal about the difference between surveillance and voyeurism. 

You have got to figure out what it is that interests you about voyeurism but you are also in a place where you should be making a great deal of images. 

I know you wanted to work 4x5 and go ahead and try that, but don't limit yourself to that. Think about what is the most fitting language to communicate about and discuss voyeurism.

Think about web cams and surveillance cameras. 

Do a lot of looking: 

Sophie Calle  and her wiki page

Also check out her books that we have in the Library. 

We talked about Shane Lavalette's Crush project with the stills from web cams when the 'cam girls' had exited the frame. 

and ctrl [space] 

iliveinpublic 

Jenni Cam 

Then more old school Walker Evans Many Are Called

If you are still interested in being a voyeur in your own life? try setting up a camera that takes pictures on a timer and just let it go, or setting up a web cam. 

Think and make a lot of visual sketches this week. Try everything that you think might work. 

Molly

Write everything down and even consider getting a sound recorder. 

We think that it's a great idea to continue a relationship with the Moms though out the semester, also consider how the relationship between you and the moms change/ influence your work.

You had a lot of really strong images this week (some that were too cute but how can you help but make those too and know that it is okay to) I would print all the ones that were marked and bring them with you next week. It is also great to bring in all of your contacts, it helps us see what you are thinking about when you are shooting. 

We talked about undermining assumptions 'true' pictures that cut against the grain of what we expect. 

Consider bringing a flash and either using it off camera or bouncing it off the ceiling. Resolve the tec issues this week! Don't lose great images because they aren't there technically. 

Keep working with the background (it was a good impulse to make some images of the house I particularly liked the one of all of the photographs). 

Take a look at Nick Waplington.

Sam

We kind of hit on nuts and bolts things this week, starting with the knitting. It's a bit to literal, set the scene a bit more. Also the impulse to use the lamp as a pointer was great, and that middle bit of the image is the strongest and doing all of the work where the edges just kind of fall off. The rest of the image needs to match the intention of that lamp. 

Watch your edges don't let them ruin your image

Think more about what you are saying/ how much weight you are giving to the red. 

We also talked a great deal about the bed image and how it's a great impulse and is on to something it just needs to be tweaked. (keep the feet, the feet are good) The figure carries the same emotional nexus as you have been talking about. 

Chris

In response to the river image, the one where you look a little more like you are coming out of the rock and your chest is pointed more squarely up river away from us is working best. I think it was Kate that described it as scary, struggling but still open. 

The mud images over all aren't working as well, we discussed how they feel a little bit like a ritual that you documented but did not actually perform. 

We talked a lot about how you are missing the magic quality. 

We also talked about the difference between whimsical in a jerry rigged way (the mud ones seemed to have been reaching for that a bit) and the magic of imagination the former being the one that you have the most success working with.  

Do not get caught up in one crit that has already happened. In the words of Margot this is your work and your life. There are a lot of forwards in fact every one but way is one is forward.

I am really happy that you brought in your contact sheets and I am really happy that you made that umbrella image. That one image does a few things. One it brings back in the fun and imagination it also hints more about your character in the images. 

This week take several of the same image but wearing different outfits that have hints as to who that character is. 

Re make the image with your hand up in the air but put the umbrella back in it. 

Also next week bring i n all the work that you are still feeling is relevant. 

Find Wind, Sand, and Stars. 

Kate B

Over all most people liked (there were two variations) the one where your looking at the light leaning into it and the rest of the image is dark. It works really well and makes the light a character with out it feeling gimmicky. You also really got the darkness with out pointing to the Alice and Wonderland type references that had been popping up. Chris mentioned that if you are interacting with light as character, you might need to start interacting with shadow as a character.

We talked a lot about the one with your leg floating above the wall paper (the one w/ and w/o the poison ivy) they are both strong images and defiantly print both of them. There is a strangeness to the one where we can see the poison ivy, there is a tension between the weight of your foot not making a depression in that surface. It also just feels a little more mysterious.

It's really good that you came in closer and are really controlling everything in those images. 

I think that you are onto something keep working with these ideas of discomfort. 

Adam

We talked about the 'action' shots versus the more formal portraits. This week the ones in the back yard are a little too far back, since you are shooting those off a tripod try getting a little closer and see what happens. It's a great idea to keep shooting both, it keeps your options open in terms of what your final edit will look like. 

We are curious about what patterns are going to emerge in terms of who the owners are. Keep thinking about keeping it as diverse as possible. Keep shooting as much every week as you can. 

Katie

We talked about your ideas of playing with drawers and side/ top pull outs. Take a look at an old library card draw to see how it has the clips that keep the cards in place. There was a great response to your ideas of playing around with focus more. Think some about tunnel books, and pop up books. Robert Sabuda is a great place to start. 

Be more seamless about how you cut the transparencies. 

Consider playing with more shallow boxes that could function more like portraits. 

Think about other ways of having light in the boxes, weather it be though adding more 'window' type holes with the tissue paper type cover or by putting lights in them. 

investigate pre movie entertainment (such as magic lamp...). 

Have fun working with your Dad this weekend. Keep in mind that bring back spare parts to keep experimenting with. 

Tara

This weeks work has that Tara touch and those wonderful surprises that last week was missing. There was a great response to the hand in front of the face being on a different plane. Margot described it as vexing which I think is a word you should continue to think about when you are making photos. It's first two definitions are; to cause perplexity in; puzzle and to bring distress or suffering to. 

Also nice use of selective focus and color palette this image will match the first ones you brought in really well. It really makes clear that the shadows last week were a little distraction. 

The action in this image is really important, it's going to make for a nice variation on the more rigid still life's (i don't mean rigid in a bad way at all here). 

We talked about how week one was speaking in a painterly way, a photographic way and still had a ton of power in the subject. Week two was more of a photo about a photography and then this week was doing all of those things in a really nice way. It also has a way of when you are looking at it making you want to look at it more.    

Make yourself a shooting kit and put everything in there so that you don't have to think about it. Maybe stock up on a few table cloths, have tape and some of those other things that you always wish you had. 

Consider trying out a wall paper in the background. 

Take a look at some Flemish painting.