Right Before the Break...

First Group Photo Shoot

FIVE THINGS TO DO TO EVERY, EVERY, EVERY PHOTOGRAPH/IMAGE

There are FIVE steps that we can do to EVERY image to get the "Best Of" version. Whether you edit it beyond these five steps is up to you, but these are the minimum steps we want to do to every image. So without further ado:

1. Resize
2. Unsharp Mask
3. Brightness/Contrast
4. Hue/Saturation
5. Evaluate

We will do this steps from now until the end of the tri to every image. What you do beyond that will be up to you, the parameters of the assignments, and your knowledge of the software.

Part Two

 Once you have your five awesome best of versions of the landscapes you picked, then we're going to go ahead and do alternate versions.   So save your best as your last name landscapes 12345 or however you want to do it so you keep them in order, and then with those five saved, now do alternate versions for a total of 10 images!

 What's an alternate version?  You tell me! This is showing off that you have mastered the toolbox and we are now going to explore all of the filters and layer styles.   Ways to get started would definitely be looking out the hugh and the saturation, changing the background or the sky, adding things to the scene...  Whatever you deem necessary!  So whether you're adding a waterfall or making an alien landscape or having an awesome Star Wars Battle in the football field it's up to you!

 We will go today and tomorrow so finish up your five best ofs, and start working on your alternates- we will check these off and I will show you how to open your images for viewing presentations on Monday.

Project One and continuing exercises!

Combining Images, Project #1

We will start at the beginning with Photoshop CS5 and learn how to create new files, open and save, layers, unsharp mask, and much more - the basics of photoshop. You will use the images below for the first assignment. The exact parameters of the assignment will follow. Good luck!

For 100% completion, you need to:
Create a 10" x 8" template at 180 resolution.
Include THREE of the objects into an integrated scene.
Change the background to a different background and/or color.
Clone stamp
Change the size and direction

Shadow

These are the minimum requirements, I always encourage you to try to do more!

Additional looks: Filters, Liquify, color splash, gaussian blur, color change.

Welcome Class, continuing on in week one...

As we continue on, we will be using our research notebooks with the class website to learn how to use our software! Finish up the Photoshop Tools worksheet and the definitions, we will make sure that as a class we all have them well defined so that as a class we can speak the same language and know what we are doing.

Next up is Project One: Integrated Images, but before we get there, we need to do some research into the world of digital photography.

For today, start with the three page stapled supplement to our research notebooks.  Fill out the Brighton HS Profile page.  Next, turn to the paper that talks about Ethics and Law. In Digital Photography and with our image manipulation software, just like with spiderman, with great power, comes great responsibility! Read through the paper and think about the questions being asked: then, respond on the one page paper with the lines that follow. You can respond as paragraphs or as bullet points to each question, but give me your honest opinion and let's see what we think!

I am glad you are all here and excited to learn how to begin manipulating and creating images. We will start at the beginning with Photoshop CC and learn how to create new files, open and save, layers, unsharp mask, and much more - the basics of photoshop. You will use the images below for the first assignment. The exact parameters of the assignment will follow. Good luck!

Finals, CTE Test, Portfolio Submission

FINAL!

You will be editing 20 images for a "Best of" presentation from your last photo shoot, due by May 29th, the last day of May, the Friday before Graduation week, the LAST Friday of your Senior year!

This is your final and worth 30% of your grade. Show me what you can do, both with the camera, and in the lab. 

We will be submitting the Finals as a Power Point Presentation, turned in to the Hand In folder, D Chandler P3.

Do’s	Don’ts
·         Your 20 best images as follows- ·         4 Candids, 4 Posed, 2 Landscapes                10 Camera Control- 2 from each category, w/2                 freebies. ·         All images are edited for best quality – How much         or little you edit is up to you. ·         Crisp, Clean, Clear ·         Good Composition based on the image. ·         Opened with Preview for easy viewing.	·         Pixelated, blurry images ·         Template background showing, bad crop ·         Opened in scattered files/photoshop ·         Not finished/edited. ·         Pictures taken with cell phone.

WHAT ELSE?

Friday of this week, May 22nd, we will take our Certified Technology test. We will meet in Lab 419. Be sure to be on time!

Subjects to be covered:

Basic Digital Photography

- Workflow - Digital Camera Setup, image capture and transferring files to a computer.
- Evaluate image quality.
- Demonstrate use of software by editing images appropriately.
- Appropriate file size and type.
- Basic Camera Settings (Sports, Landscape, Macro, Portrait)
- Necessary equipment to download images.
- Basic camera operation and accessories (Tripod, Lighting, Flash).
- Basic composition - Rule of thirds, leading line, mirror images, simplicity, point of view.
- Digital Print for exhibition

Final Camera Shoot

Finals!

Camera Control - As we finish the trimester, let's set the camera controls manually with the dials to create the effects we want. You will take a total of (at least) 20 pictures that will have five different settings:

4 pictures that show Frozen Motion - Setting:TV with a shutter speed of 1000+

4 pictures that show Blurred Motion - Setting:TV with a shutter speed of 60 or less

4 pictures that show Panning - Setting:TV with a shutter speed of 60 or less, must move with subject.

4 pictures that show Great Depth of Field - Setting:AV with an F-stop of 22+

4 pictures that show Shallow Depth of Field - Setting:AV with an F-stop of 5.6 or less

You will be editing these 20 images for a "Best of" presentation.

This is your final and worth 30% of your grade. Show me what you can do, both with the camera, and in the lab. Good Luck!




 






One Page Paper Written with One Page of Images

We will also be finishing up the trimester by researching the industry with a 1 page written paper on a career in photography combined with a one page printed collage of images from that field of photography. In the paper you will include the benefits of that particular field. Include wages, schedule, benefits, travel opportunities, etc.

Fields to choose from:

- Fashion Photography
- Head Shot Photography
- Glamour Photography
- Paparazzi Photography
- Candid Photography
- Landscape Photography
- Architecture Photography
- Food Photography
- Documentary Photography
- Macro Photography
- Sports Photography
- Nature Photography
- Still life Photography
- Travel Photography
- Street Photography
- Wildlife Photography
- Underwater Photography