CDES 396

Stitched panorama class portrait

In case you're interested, here's our stitched panorama class portrait from about a week ago. Click to enlarge. Good times, good times.

The full size version is on the server. If you were old enough to have wrinkles, you'd see them in the big file.

Byron 

Reminder: deadline Tuesday

A picture is worth about sixteen words; please have the rough draft of your rephoto project on the critique wall at 2:00 on Tuesday. That means you'll have to come in on your own time to get it done. 

There won't be time allocated to printing in class. So, get it done well before. (Waiting until just before class is a very bad idea. Printing always takes longer than you expect, even when you know what needs to be done.)

See you soon,

Byron

Panorama tips

For your convenience, here is a pdf file for the handout I provided in class this week on tips for shooting seamless, distortion corrected panoramas. Download PanoramaTips

Byron 

Rendering synthetic objects - CRAZY!

Here's that video I showed in class today. Too bad the software isn't ready for us yet. We could use it on our current project!

REPHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT

 

Here is the handout for our next project. It contains some upcoming deadlines: Download RephotoProject

Please download, print, and read it after class today. After some administrative stuff at the start of class today, we'll spend some time in the field with a rephotography orientation. Next Tuesday, we are going to take a trip to the library to tour Special Collections to get an orientation. 

Their web site, useful for research, is: http://cricket.csuchico.edu/spcfotos2/photos6.html

Byron

Help with writing

HELP? With writing?

Yes, there is a free service on campus to help you with your writing. It may be just the thing you need for the writing assignment on Black & White in Black & White.

Please go here for more details.

Byron 

Today, and an assignment

We're going to do a couple of things in class today, then head over to Trinity to look at this show.

I'm giving you an assignment that relates to it. It's simple, and due at the start of class next Tuesday.

After viewing the exhibition (and possibly even attending the talk tonight at 5:30) please select one image that you find especially engaging. In one carefully written, proof-read page, please do the following: 

1. (One paragraph) Please describe the photograph in a way that someone who has never seen it can understand what it is. Who is in it? How are they posed? What are they doing? What are the physical qualities of the print (size? color? etc). What details (date, location, etc) can you provide to explain the picture?

2. (One paragraph) Please describe what specific elements in this picture you find engaging. Is it the light? The subject? The time period? The staging? The expression? The moment? Thoughtfully investigate and discuss why this particular image resonates with you.

In addition to the one page paper, please include another page that contains a visual reference of your image. You can use a cell phone, DSLR, whatever. Just make a reasonably good copy of the photograph and include the on the print that you'll make on a separate page. You should staple this to your written page.

Other requirements: Please make your text single spaced, 11 point, Palatino.

Questions? Please use the comments link so that all may participate in the coversation.
Byron 

EXPOSURE TESTS - FIRST ASSIGNMENT

This is our first assignment and we'll start it in class today. I'll give you all the necessary handouts and discuss it in detail. Additional copies of the handout are available here: Download DigitalExposureTests

These are samples of what you'll have at the end of the project: Color Balance Example,  Zone System Example,  Dynamic Range Example,  ISO Test Example

Questions or comments? Please use the comments link below so that everyone can participate.
Byron

Welcome, please subscribe

 

Welcome to the first posting for the Spring 2012 semester of CDES 396. Please subscribe to this site so that you'll get an email notification whenever there's a new entry. If you haven't done so already, enter your name in the upper right hand corner of this web page and click the "subscribe me!" button.

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Byron

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SEE, issue three, it's finished

SEE, front cover, issue three

 

SEE, back cover, issue three

It's called SEE, based on the fact that it's easy to take photographs, but difficult to learn how to actually see. Follow this link to buy your copy. It's one of the longest we've made, so it costs a little more than past versions; $44.60, plus shipping. I'm paying $6.40 to ship, but it won't arrive until the 28th. Pay more, get it earlier.

There's also a FREE ipad version available but you have to get the free iPad app.

I haven't graded exams or gone through your final files yet. That will have to wait until tomorrow. I plan to submit grades by Monday.

Thanks for a good semester,

Byron

Lite Panels

A small LED lite panel.

I got an email this morning from a company called "Lite Panel." They have different sizes and types of LED lights that you can use on camera or in studio settings. They're very interesting and can be acquired in different different color temperatures. Very, very slick!

Byron 

The Steve Jobs Memorial Lounge: it's now official

I just hung the sign (with ethernet cable). Click for detail.

Whatever we might have lacked in terms of polished design, we made up for with our spirit of innovation. Here are some more pictures. I'll make a couple more on Tuesday when the last chaise-lounge is complete and we have everyone on hand. This is just a start.

Byron