This is an introductory course in photography. We will be using digital cameras and Photoshop for capture, processing and printing.You will learn to use the basic functions and components of your particular digital camera. You will be introduced to the compositional skills and aesthetics of both shooting and printing photographs. We will be covering digital cameras and processing your digital files in Photoshop.You will participate in class critiques where your assignments will be discussed both technically and aesthetically.
At the end of this course you should be able to:
1.
Identify and implement sound design elements and principles
in your photography.
2. Recognize current trends in photography.
3. Successfully operate a digital camera.
4. Manipulate images in Photoshop (color correct, resize, retouch,
sharpen, etc.).
5. Make color and black and white digital prints.
6.
Be able to intelligently discuss photography using the correct vocabulary.
7.
Create a paper and digital portfolio of your work.
8. Identify and research a variety of photographic careers.
Evaluation
is based on the following requirements:
1. Attendance - This isn't an online class. A lot happens in the classroom.
2. Project evaluation
3. Quizzes (normal weight grade)
4. Written and performance test(s) over book(s), readings, and lectures,
etc. (normal weight grade)
5.Portfolio (2x normal
weight grade)
Late assignments will be accepted for one week after their due date (the grade will be reduced one full letter). If assignments are more than one week late the grade will be reduced by two letters (example: from B to D). You can't get credit for files more than 2 weeks late.
You can redo your projects to improve their grades (not tests and quizzes).
This is how your projects are graded:
1.You
will be given a proof grade on the first day of the week after the
assignment is given (you get the assignment on the first day of week
1, the proofs are due the first day of week 2). If you don't have proofs,
no proof points.
These
can't be made up.
2. You
fill out a self evaluation/ group evaluation rubric and turn it in
on the day of the critique (week 2 last day ).
3.
You show your image to the class using the projector (last day
week 2 ).
4. I
will give
it an "as is" grade based on your evaluation and my evaluation
.
5. If you make corrections I will re grade it and you will receive
the new grade. The goal is to help you create great looking work.
6. You will make a print of your best image for your portfolio (also part of the grade).
What letter grades mean to me:
A
- Your assignment is great. Much better than average-above and beyond
the call of duty.
B
- Your assignment is above average. More than the minimum. Really looks
good.
C
- An average grade. Your assignment possesses the minimum requirements.
No errors or omissions.It is in focus, not blurry, and has good exposure.
D
- Below average grade. Your assignment does not possess the minimum
requirements (bad focus, bad exposure, inappropriate subject).There
are errors or omissions.
F
- You didn't do the assignment or it was really, really, bad.
I follow the school attendance and tardy policy.
Information for parents and students
About cameras: Any digital camera will be fine. I have designed the assignments so the most basic point and shoot digital camera will work.
Camera problems: I see 5or 6 cameras get broken or lost every semester.
Some common causes:
No camera case: Dirt seems to get in around the lens. The lens won't come out or go in anymore.
Solution: Use some kind of a case. When I take my point and shoot with me I put it in an old sock. Don't just the throw the camera in your book bag unprotected. Don't use your camera on a windy beach. Keep it out of the rain.
Dropped camera: The camera gets dropped and broken.
Solution: Use the neck, wrist strap, or case. Also be careful not to leave your camera near the edge of a table or counter.
Lost or stolen camera: The camera disappears.
Solution: Don't let your camera out of your sight - ever, even for a minute. Have your name on your camera. Even on a piece of tape under the camera. There are some people who turn them in if they know where they go. Students leave cameras in class every week.
Helping your student be successful: The biggest challenge in class is having the students shoot the pictures and bring them to school on the due date. Anything you can do to help with that would be great.
Information for students:
You will be doing most of your photography at home with your digital camera. You will have a new assignment the first day of each week.The pictures need to be taken by the first day of the next week. That way you will have a week to shoot that includes a weekend.
You need to have your own digital camera.
No music devices or phones during class except for backing up your files.The first offence is a reminder, the second time I'll take it and one of your parents will have to pick it up from school.
File management/backing up - Make a folder in your student account named - Photo. In that folder make a folder for each assignment. Name the assignment folders the first 3 or 4 letters of the assignment name and your last name example: compwilson (for the composition assignment). In the assignment folder should be the finished high rez jpegs-nothing else. Name the finished files what the online assignment sheet indicates. You will need all of your assignment files at the end of the semester for your portfolio.
Back-up your Photo folder every week or two. Servers go down. You would lose all of your work for the semester. You can back up to:
1. Flash drive if you have one, then move the files to your home computer.
2. Burn them to a CD in class (don't lose the CD, I'll store it for you if you like).
3. Save them to your iPod or music player.
Unless your files are in 2 different places, they are not secure. It's not if you will lose them, it's when. As a teacher I have seen it happen dozens of times. If your files vanish you will need to redo them - not fun : ( It is not the computers fault, it is your fault for not backing them up). When you tell me you don't have your assignment done because the computer messed-up I will refer you to this paragraph.
I had a hard drive go bad this summer that had 50 thousand pictures on it. Did I have a back-up? Yep : ) But if I didn't I would have been cryin' : (
Leaving the classroom
1.
If you need to go to the bathroom sign out and in on the sign out sheet
and bring the pass with you.
2. If
you want to go anywhere else, check with me first, then sign
in and out (bring the pass with you).
The photo classroom is never a study hall. All activities must be photo related.
It is not OK to go to vending machines during class time.
The computers are only to be used for photo class projects or research for photo class projects.
If you can't use the computer responsibly you will not be allowed to use the computer.
First offence: you will be locked out of the computer for the day (and given book assignments).
Second offense: locked out for the week (and given book assignments).
Third offence: locked out for the semester. You will work on assignments in the photo book and receive a "D" for the semester.
Please respect school and student materials.
All assignments need to be shot and processed by you after the assignment is given. Don't use your old photos for our assignments. Don't use pictures from old assignments for new assignments. You must shoot and process your own work.
Turning in another student or persons work as you own is plagiarism . It will be dealt with as outlined in the student manual.
As the semester progresses I will be changing things in the weekly schedule.
Learning
This
is how things work in the Photography Lab.
1.
Instructional Input-Class lecture, info to read etc. The theory for
what you are about to learn.
2. Modeling-Showing you how to do something, things I show you in the classroom.
3. Guided Practice-Helping you with projects,
assignments, etc.
4. Independent Practice-This is where the actual learning occurs. It is you
doing it by yourself. If someone is helping you it isn't independent practice.
No independent practice, no learning. YOU need to do the independent practice.
If you feel like you aren't learning it may be because you aren't doing enough
independent practice.
CLASS CULTURE
All classes and teachers are different. These are some things that are "really" important to me.
I expect the room to be silent when I am speaking or demonstrating.
I expect the room to be silent when you are speaking or presenting.
I want you to create exceptional photographs, not average photographs. Digital imaging has created a wonderful opportunity for fast and easy revision. Redoing things is part of the process. Don't expect to get it right the first time. Leave time for revising.
Read the links. They provide information to help you do your assignments.
All
assignments need to be done by the beginning of the critique. Critiques
will be at the beginning of class.
The Photo Lab is a no excuse zone : )
Read the web site daily. I will be making updates weekly. The web site is an integral (important) part of the class. I use it instead of a text or handouts. Don't print out the web site at the beginning of the semester, it will be out of date by week 2.
I will not be reminding you when assignments are due. Check the web site for that information.
Hello, tour, syllabus, 20 questions, expectations (see above and...).
Digital Photography overview (our process: imaging, editing, processing, storage, printing).
It is pretty hard to produce good photography if you don't know what good photography is. We will spend the next couple of weeks learning how to talk about and identify good photography.
Mac 101 (desktop, hard drive, Mac and PC similarities and differences, managing your student account.
Photoshop basics: layers, color correcting, cropping, resizing, etc (we will go over this in class).
Intro to Photoshop notes
Listen
to the "Is Art Important?" Podcast.
We will discuss it the next time I see you. If you don't want to discuss
it you can always write about it : )
Exeercise 1 - Due last day next week - Fill out the sheet provided in class that asks for examples of elements and principles of design(art stuff). Some things I found online here. Write the numbers of the files on the sheet.
These are the Elements and principles of design we will use in this class - review them.
Exercise 2 - Due last day this week.- Come up with a one or two sentence description of what you think art is. You will write it on the whiteboard the last time I see you this week.
Intro to Photoshop.
Intro to Photoshop notes
A video overview of what you will be doing this semester:
OK, maybe not exactly, but it's interesting to see how things have changed in 50 years. I will be putting up some tutorial and lecture videos as we go along. I'd like you to see if this video works at home.
Exercise 3 - What's Art Poster Assignment - Due last day week 3. Create an 8 1/2 by 11 in. design that illustrates what art is to you. Do some research. You can use text and/or images. Media: pencil, pen, paint, crayon, photos from magazines, photographs, etc. You can not make any portion of the assignment on a computer except to print out scans from books or magazines. If there is text in your design, cut the words or letters from a magazine or draw them by hand. Check out Dan Eldon's web site for some collage ideas. This assignment needs to exhibit good craftsmanship. There is an example on the wall in class.
Snapshots vs.real photography (we will go over this in class).
These are the things you will be learning in Photoshop over the next couple of weeks. Remember you have Intro to Photoshop notes and tutorial videos to help you (the videos are or will be on your computer. See me for a CD.
Photoshop Competencies: tool pallet, cropping, layers, adjustment layers, color correcting, layer masks, sharpening, size, resolution, resizing, blurs, vignette, feathering selections, black and white conversions (desaturate, channel mixer), filters, file formats, retouching (patch tool, clone stamp tool, lighten layer blend technique,dust and scratches filter), hand coloring,history pallet, vignettes (dark and soft), selecting using quickmask, saving selections, duotones/tritones.
Last day of the week:
Bring your camera to class the first day next week if you want some help with it.
Cool quote: It starts with an idea,... but never with just reality. My photography has always been fueled by what I see when I close my eyes. Each new morning I am thankful when I pause to realize that very few other earthly endeavors could be so continuously magical.
Mastrianni
Periods 2, 4 - Exercise 2 (What's Art sentence) and "Is Art Important" Podcast discussion due Thursday
Periods 5, 6 - Exercise 2 (What's Art sentence) and "Is Art Important" Podcast discussion due Friday
Intro to Photoshop notes
Exposure, Aperture, Shutterspeed, and ISO presentation assignment - Due date to be determined.
You will be divided into four groups. Each group will teach the class about their topic.Use some type of visual aid. PowerPoint or posters are some ideas.
Exposure: It is controlled by two things: shutter speed (how long the light is contacting the imager), aperture (how wide the opening is in the lens the light is coming through). It is the amount of light coming into the camera -- usually measured by either an internal light meter, or a hand-held light meter.The film (or imaging sensor on a digital camera) needs a particular amount of light to be properly exposed. Too much light and it will be over exposed, too little light and it will be under exposed. If you go back to our ever expand water analogy it goes something like this: the aperture is like the size of the opening in a faucet. A larger faucet will release more water than a smaller faucet in a given amount of time. The shutter speed is like the amount of time you leave the faucet on--the longer it is on the more water will come out given the same size opening. The ISO is like a bucket under the faucet. The higher the ISO the smaller the bucket. The smaller the bucket the less water is needed to fill it up. Confusion arises when you are changing more than one variable at a time.
Aperture: One of the components of exposure.The aperture is an opening in the lens. The opening is controlled by a diaphragm that is made up of a variety of adjustable metal blades on modern lenses. The early apertures were a series of small holes that increased in size and ran around the outside of a circular piece of metal. The aperture controls the depth of field and how much light enters the camera.
For the purpose of this class we will consider the aperture options or settings as being: 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22. In the real world there may be more numbers at each end as well as intermediate settings between the numbers listed.The numbers listed are considered full "stops".
Some depth of field examples: examples 1 examples 2
Depth of field video
Shutter Speed: One of the components of exposure. The shutter speed determines the length of time light enters the camera--the longer the time, the more light enters. It also controls how sharp or blurry your photograph is. It is controlled by either an electronic or mechanical shutter. It is usually in the camera directly behind the lens but is also sometimes housed in the lens itself. On early cameras the shutter was a lens cap that was placed over the lens.For our pinhole cameras the shutter will be a piece of electrical tape.
For the purpose of this class we will consider the shutter speed options or settings as being: 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000, 1/2000, 1/4000, of a second. Like the aperture setting in the real world there are more numbers at each end of the scale as well as intermediate shutter speed settings. The numbers listed are considered full "stops".
Some shutter speed examples: examples 1
Read and understand the following five links.I want to discuss each of them individually or as a group after you read them. Find me when you are ready
Read this about shutter speed and aperture
Read this about exposure controls
ISO: On a film camera it is also referred to as film speed. It indicates the speed or light sensitivity of the film or imager. Larger numbers indicate faster film or a more sensitive imager. The larger the number, the less light is needed for proper exposure. Faster film usually has larger grain (the little dots-film grain- that make up the photograph). On a digital camera higher ISO settings turn up the gain - like electrical volume-on the sensor creating more noise (also looks like small colored dots). Some common setting are: 50, 100, 125, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200. The larger the number, the more sensitive the imager is to light--meaning it needs less light to be properly exposed. The down side is the image has more noise.
Additional exposure info: short courses
If some of the photo vocabulary is unfamiliar to you , look up the words here: vocabulary
How cameras work: A camera is a light tight device that has a lens at one end and some sort of imaging device at the opposite end. The lens focuses the light on the imager. The imager can be film, an electronic imager like a CCD or CMOS sensor in a digital camera).
Film vs digital - Similarities and differences. The imager and how the image is stored (we will go over this in class).
Bring your camera to class if you need help using it.
Point and shoot camera basics: resolution, compression, ISO, focusing, exposure modes, scene modes, flash, white balance, how meters work, exposure compensation.
If you think your camera isn't good enough, check out these samples made with shoe boxes and Quaker Oat boxes. Here are some samples.
More pinhole galleries here.
Read about the history of photography to gain an appreciation of the evolution of imaging. Additional info can be found here.
See how cameras have evolved here.
Photoshop Competencies: tool pallet, cropping, layers, adjustment layers, color correcting, layer masks, sharpening, size, resolution, resizing, blurs, vignette, feathering selections, black and white conversions (desaturate, channel mixer), filters, file formats, retouching (patch tool, clone stamp tool, lighten layer blend technique,dust and scratches filter), hand coloring,history pallet, vignettes (dark and soft), selecting using quickmask, saving selections, duotones/tritones.
Exercise 4 -History of Photography Timeline - Due last day week 6 - Create a history of photography timeline. It needs to look good (lines straight, correct spelling, good craftsmanship, etc.). It can be made by hand or with a computer. Be sure what you write is in your own words. You can't just copy and past from the internet. That would be plagiarism.
Cool quote: There is a story about a lady who spotted Picasso at an outdoor cafe in Paris. She prevailed on him to do a caricature of her. When finished Picasso offered it to her and said, "Five thousand dollars."Astonished, the woman replied, "Five thousand dollars, it only took you five minutes!!", "No," he said, "It took me 35 years."
Last day of the week:
Periods 5 Exercise 1 (Elements and Principles sheet) and Exercise 3 (What's Art Poster) due Thursday
Periods 2, 4, 6 Exercise 1 (Elements and Principles sheet) and Exercise 3 (What's Art Poster) due Friday
Composition Assignment - due last day next week. Proof check first day next week . This assignment needs to have photographic integrity.
Your proofs are the files straight from the camera without the basic file prep stuff.
Intro to Photoshop notes
Photoshop Competencies: tool pallet, cropping, layers, adjustment layers, color correcting, layer masks, sharpening, size, resolution, resizing, blurs, vignette, feathering selections, black and white conversions (desaturate, channel mixer), filters, file formats, retouching (patch tool, clone stamp tool, lighten layer blend technique,dust and scratches filter), hand coloring,history pallet, vignettes (dark and soft), selecting using quickmask, saving selections, duotones/tritones.
Photoshop review. We will be having the photoshop test soon.Not this week.
Work on group projects.
Art, religion and CNN.
Photographic
Integrity / Photo Illustration
Remember to use Photoshop as a finishing tool. A good image
starts out as a good image. Use Photoshop to do those little things that
make the image look finished (see below). If the viewer can tell the image
was worked on in Photoshop, you have done too much. If a vignette is visible,
it is usually too much. The idea is to SLIGHTLY darken the outside edge,
not enough that someone sees the edge of the vignette. Also, portions of
the image shouldn't be recolored, cut and pasted etc. We went over those
techniques so you could repair damaged pictures, not to redo photographs
from the camera.
Your mission is to accurately reproduce what you saw as you took the picture. When you do too much you get into the area of photo illustration, which is something different that what I want you to do in most assignments.
Some things I think are Ok to do to all images are:
Minor levels/curves
adjustments
Saturation adjustments
Contrast adjustments
Sharpness/Blur adjustments
Noise level adjustments (usually adding noise)
Cropping for print ratios
Cloning/airbrushing to remove minor spots or debris
Dodging/burning for selective exposure adjustments
Light vignettes
Some things I think are not Ok to do to most images are:
Making big changes in color (not just color correcting)
Making the image
black and white or a duotone
Cloning/retouching out large portions of the image
Duplicating portions of the image (changing two flowers to three
for example)
Removing/changing a background
Dark vignettes (if a normal person can see the vignette, it's too
much)
Any filters except sharpening, blur, noise (unless the assignment
specifically calls for it)
Try using Rick's top ten tips
We need to have a way to talk about and evaluate photography. Read and learn this critique information.
Cool quote: "The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE." Ernst Haas, 1985
First day of the week: Color Assignment - due last day week 6. Proofs due first day week 6. This assignment needs to have photographic integrity.
Intro to Photoshop notes
Photoshop test first day this week.
Work on these assignments if you forget your proofs.
Photoshop Competencies: tool pallet, cropping, layers, adjustment layers, color correcting, layer masks, sharpening, size, resolution, resizing, blurs, vignette, feathering selections, black and white conversions (desaturate, B&W adjustment layer), filters, file formats, retouching (patch tool, clone stamp tool, lighten layer blend technique,dust and scratches filter), hand coloring,history pallet, vignettes (dark and soft), selecting using quickmask, saving selections, duotones/tritones, dodging and burning, liquefy.
Proofs for composition assignment due first day of the week.
Last day of the week:
Composition Assignment due
First day of the week:
Proofs for Color assignment due first day of the week.
Toy/Collectable Still Life Assignment or Fall Leaves Assignment - Due last day week 7. These assignment need to have photographic integrity.
Pixel dimensions and image resolution (from Photoshop's help section) -The number of pixels along the height and width of a bitmap image is called the pixel dimensions of an image. The word "pixel" is a contraction of "picture and element".
The amount of detail in an image depends on its pixel dimensions, the image resolution controls how much space the pixels are printed over. For example, you can modify the resolution of an image without changing the actual pixel data in the image—all you change is the printed size of the image. However, if you want to maintain the same output dimensions, changing the resolution of the image requires a change in the total number of pixels.
Composition
Assignment Reflections
A big thumbs
up for getting your files in and doing such a great job. There
was a lot of really nice work. There were also some pictures
that needed a little more work. Some helpful tips:
Have an Interesting Center of Interest - What is the subject of your photograph? Is it visually interesting? Make it a strong center of interest by using the compositional techniques you have learned. Try to change position and/or angle. Take a lot of pictures, experiment.
Subject - Remember the litmus test for all class photos: is it something I can frame and hang in Mr. Schellenberg's office, if not don't want to see it in class.
Focus - Your image needs to be in focus. Good focus gets to be more difficult as you progress in photography. I think it is because your subject matter is often close and not in the center of the frame. Assume 50% of your pictures will be out of focus. Take enough pictures so you will have some that are in focus. Don't trust the viewing screen on the back of the camera, it is too small to make accurate judgment calls about focus. Everybody takes out of focus pictures .Throw the files away, don't turn them in.
Take Pictures Early - Start photographing as soon as you can. That way you will have time to reshoot if things don't turn out as you planned. Take a lot of pictures from different angles, using different compositions, and in different lighting conditions. Ask me about your proofs in class.
Use What You Are Learning - Everything we go over in class is to help you take/make better pictures. Use what you are learning.
Photoshop technique - Adjusting contrast.
Photoshop Competencies: tool pallet, cropping, layers, adjustment layers, color correcting, layer masks, sharpening, size, resolution, resizing, blurs, vignette, feathering selections, black and white conversions (desaturate, B&W adjustment layer), filters, file formats, retouching (patch tool, clone stamp tool, lighten layer blend technique,dust and scratches filter), hand coloring,history pallet, vignettes (dark and soft), selecting using quickmask, saving selections, duotones/tritones, dodging and burning, liquef, straightening images, adjusting contrast.
Work on these assignments if you forget your proofs.
Last day of the week:
Color Assignment due
Exercise 4 (History of photography timeline) due Last day this week.
First day of the week: Abstract Photography Assignment - Due last day week 9. This assignment needs to have photographic integrity.
I'm giving you an extra week so you can get caught up with any old assignments and we can review the Photoshop techniques. Use this time wisely.
Copyright Q&A - Due last day of week 10.
Toy/Collectable Still Life assignment or Fall Leaves Assignment proofs due
Group presentations first day of the week.
Last day of the week: Toy/Collectable Still Life assignment or Fall Leaves Assignment due
Ghost Assignment - Due last day week 9. This assignment is optional. Only work on it if you have all of your old assignments finished.
First day of the week: Ketchup and review.
You will be having a timed Photoshop test in the next few weeks. Review all of the Photoshop Competencies below.You need to be able to do all of them from memory. Practice.
Intro to Photoshop notes
Things to do if you
are caught up:
Practice Photoshop
techniques for timed test. First one next week is: dark
vignette. The next one will be: basic
file prep.
Work on any of these
assignments.
Experimant with actions.
Photoshop Competencies: tool pallet, cropping, layers, adjustment layers, color correcting, layer masks, sharpening, size, resolution, resizing, blurs, vignette, feathering selections, black and white conversions (desaturate, B&W adjustment layer), filters, file formats, retouching (patch tool, clone stamp tool, lighten layer blend technique,dust and scratches filter), hand coloring,history pallet, vignettes (dark and soft), selecting using quickmask, saving selections, duotones/tritones, dodging and burning, liquef, straightening images, adjusting contrast,actions, batch commands, custom brushes,
Last day of the week: Ketchup and review.
Proofs for abstract assignment due first day of next week.
First day of the week: Abstract Assignment proofs due.
Hand Coloring Assignment or Warhol Silkscreen Assignment- Due last day of week 10. This is a photo illustration assignment.
Feel free to make a custom brush frame for this assignment.Be sure the frame goes with the picture (art concept:unity).If you do this, drag or copy and paste your finished colored file to a new 8 x 10 or 10 x 8 document that has the brushes on it.Be sure the original document and the frame document have the same resolution.
Cool edges demo.
Photoshop Competencies: tool pallet, cropping, layers, adjustment layers, color correcting, layer masks, sharpening, size, resolution, resizing, feathering selections, black and white conversions (desaturate, B&W adjustment layer), filters, file formats, retouching (patch tool, clone stamp tool, lighten layer blend technique,dust and scratches filter), hand coloring, history pallet, vignettes (dark and soft), selecting using quickmask, saving selections, duotones/tritones, dodging and burning, liquefy, straightening images, adjusting contrast, actions, batch commands, custom brushes, cool edges.
Last day of the week:
Abstract Assignment due.
Ghost Assignment due (optional).
Cool quote: "Why do we fall, sir? So that we might better learn to pick ourselves up". - Alfred in Batman Begins
First day of the week: 2 into 1 Assignment - Due last day of week 12 - This is a photo illustration assignment. You will have an extra week to work on this assignment. Combining the different images will be time consuming. The proofs are still due the first day next week.
Last day of the week: Hand Coloring or Silkscreen Assignment due.
First day of the week: 2 into 1 proofs due.
Last day of the week: Work on 2 into 1 assignment
School Culture Assignment - Due last day of week 14 - This assignment needs to have photographic integrity.
First day of the week: Work on 2 into 1 assignment
Work on School Culture Assignment.
Get some files ready for the online gallery.
Career presentations next week.
Last day of the week: 2 into 1 critique.
First day of the week: Photojournalism Assignment - Due last day of week 15 - This assignment needs to have photographic integrity.
Photo presentations this week.
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Landscape/Seascape/Cityscape Assignment - Due last day of week 15.
Photo Career Presentations - Due last day of week 16
First day of the week: Work on yearbook and photojournalism pictures.
Corbis, Bill Gates and Iron Mountain
Last day of the week: School Curture Assignment due.
First day of the week: All About You Assignment - Due last day of week 16. This is a photo illustration assignment.
Grade review this week. Progress reports go out the 17th.
Nothing to do? Work on the Photoshop competencies - Due last day of week 20.
I will print and keep the list for you.
Last day of the week: Photojournalism assignments due/Scape Assignment due
First day of the week: Panorama Assignment - Due first day back from Winter Break
Start working on your portfolio.
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Magazine/CD Cover Assignment - Due last day week 20
See me for CD info.
Start working on your portfolio.
Designing info:
Leading, kerning, tracking info.
Leading: Space between lines of text.
Tracking: Spaces between a series of letters.
Kerning: Spaces between 2 letters.
Typography info: cool little interactive presentation about typography here.
Gestalt and typography - another interactive presentation here.
History of typography: This is a little long but if you are interested...check it out.
Designing with a grid: Order out of Chaos ,Consistency and Unity , Grids
Last day of the week: All About You Assignment due/Career Presentations due/Panarama dueFirst day of the week: Window Light Portrait Assignment - Due last day of week 21 - This assignment needs to have photographic integrity.
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Last day of the week: Competencies dueFirst day of the week: Work on assignments and portfolio.
Middle of the week: Work on assignments and portfolio.
Last day of the week: Window Light Portrait due. Portfolio due. Last day to turn in anything.First day of the week: text goes here
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