| 3/5/2008 | | Use "show" as your tag when you upload your three photo show images. Extra Credit. | |
| 4/2/2008 | | use several different modes on your camera; learn more about your camera, print at least 2- 4x6 prints and contact sheets | |
| 4/9/2008 | | Photomerge Shoot Set up your camera for Color Space:Adobe 1998 RGB Quality: Large jpg White Balance: test for the best light quality in the room: flourescent, tungsten, daylight Set your camera on Manual and take a light meter reading from the “average” or mid-tone area; keep it on Manual Place on a tripod or central pivot point.
Shoot 4-6 images as a panoramic view; overlap images 15-20%; use PhotoShop Elements 4.0 to Photomerge. Print one copy for notebook and show in class 4/9 if there is time. | |
| 4/16/2008 | | | |
| 4/21/2008 | | Get to know the controls on your camera. Take a series of shots of the SAME scene - it can be a still life indoors, landscape, portrait, other. Include a white card or object in the scene. Manually adjust the WHITE BALANCE in each shot. Use every WB option you have including AWB. Then look in your manual and perform a Custom WB using a white card and shoot one more shot. In your manual look up White Balance Bracketing. If you have the option, shoot a series of shot using it. PRINT: wallet size or larger prints of each of your WB shots and label them with the WB. You can print on OC laser printers. There will be limited time for printing at the beginning of class. If you have a printer at home print a copy of the Macbeth Color Chart: Download color checker chart http://www.drycreekphoto.com/images/Charts/MacbethCC-sRGB.jpg | |
| 4/30/2008 | | Take 50-100 photos inspired by Don Paulson’s presentation on color and nature photography. Print 2 and print a contact sheet of at least 30 shots. Start shooting exhibition quality shots. Upload 2 photos with tags, IMM137 WI08, new tag COLOR, to the “OC Photography” Group site on Flickr. Comment on 3 IMM 137 photos. Due May 7 Remember to bring macro subjects . Refer to LINKS on class website for info on MACRO.
DUE MAY 7 | |
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| 5/21/2008 | | Print two photos from the Macro shoot. Write a paragraph about your technique and submit with your final notebook. Due May 21 | |
| 5/26/2008 | | Open the attached file and refer to the Links under Photo Technique, Tips, HDR. Photoshop CS2 available in Art 113 or Photoshop CS3 in SciTech 121. | |
| 1/12/2009 | | 1- Go to www.Flickr.com, Search-> the "Groups" tab-> type in "oc photography" in the search field-> Click on n "oc photography"->
2- Explore the photos or click on http://www.flickr.com/groups/olympiccollege/
3- Go to the LINKS on the right side on home page to see a tutorial on how to UPLOAD to Flickr.
4- Apply the correct "TAG" for your class and quarter. "wi09" "imm137"
5- Geo-tag 3 photos by Jan 28, I suggest you not use your home address, for security, use a different shot or a more generic location.
6- Critique at least 5 on Wi09 OC Photo GROUP's photos by 1/28. Refer to Discussions on Flickr OC site.
Go to Links->Flickr Folder for tutorials.
7- Create a Profile on yourself. Think about how much info you want to give away to strangers- be careful.
8- Create 3 SETS of photos, look at my page to see how it looks- TheUSH | |
| 1/14/2009 | | 1- Photograph “Edges” Shoot at least 50 photographs. Bring at least 20 digital files (on a flash drive, CD, memory card or portable hard drive) of your photographs to class on 1/14. The images can be in any file format, though it’s most likely that you’ll have them as JPEG or RAW files.
2- In Lightroom, print a contact sheet of at least 30 images using the Print Module.
3- Do any minor editing on the images (cropping, color and tone correction, getting rid of obviously “bad” images) that you want.
4- Print 2 of your favorite images, 5x7 on the same page on the laser printer on laser photo paper (or at home); and a contact sheet of at least 30 images.
5- Among many other things, edges can be: • The edge of an object • The edge of the frame • The edge of a cliff • The edge of a place • The edge of a moment • The edge of a season • The edge of the world | |
| 1/14/2009 | |
This is a very good overview of digital photography. If you have someplace to make a color copy, this is well worth it. | |
| 4/22/2009 | | SHADOWS AS DISTINCT DESIGN ELEMENTS Get outside while the sun is out and look for the designs that shadows make on the ground or on other objects. You can show the shadow as the total focus of the image or it may be incidental to the subject. LOOK for patterns and shapes. The shadow can be natural or created by flash or other light which you place. Shadows are integral to creating depth in two-D medium such as photography. Print a contact sheet of at least 40 images; print 2 –5x7 photos Due: Websites for inspiration: http://fmphotocourses.blogspot.com/2006/08/assignment-2-light-and-shadow.html http://www.diyphotography.net/eight-great-ways-to-include-shadows-in-your-pictures http://photoassignment.net/shadow-joao-rechena/ Images from Henri Cartier-Bresson with Shadows: http://fan.500ml.org/hcb/about.php | |
| 5/4/2009 | | PRINT AT LEAST ONE PHOTO IN 8X10 INKJET on HP 8700; pay attention to color management; have printed by 5/4 | |