CDES 396

Specifications for SEE, revised deadline

Here are the specifications for your images that will go into the book. I'm revising the deadline.These files are due by 5:00 on Thursday, May 3.

1. Please provide images that have the same aspect ratio of the originals. That means that if you crop, do so proportionally.

2. Resize your images so the shortest dimension is 5" and the resolution is EXACTLY 300 dpi.

3. You should interpret your pictures with adjustment layers and sharpening. Make proof prints to verify the final print quality. Prints in the magazine will be a fairly close match to prints you make in lab.

4. You will give me a flatted jpeg, maximum quality. SAVE YOUR ORIGINAL UNFLATTENED VERSION IN CASE I REQUEST REVISIONS.

5. Name your file with your last name, then the letter and number that was assigned to your picture (e.g. WolfeA12.jpg).

6. Your image should be in "sRGB" color space. This is something you'll do as a very last step. I will demonstrate how to do this simple procedure on Tuesday. 

7. Put it into the appropriate folder on the class server inside the folder titled "SEE FINAL IMAGES."

Byron

Light and Shadow: Tools of the Trade

Here is the handout for the next project.  Download Studio-Light&ShadowS2012

Here is a handout that describes studio equipment and approaches. You will find it useful as you work on your project. Please download and read this weekend. Download StudioLightingHandout

Studio specific explanatory pictures are below. Are others necessary? Let me know.

Byron

The transmitter that connects to your camera; note switch positions

The receiver that connects to the power pack; note switch positions

The power pack with two lights plugged in. Note the switch set to 800 volts. Flipping that to 400 cuts the power (and brightness) in half.

 

 

Practicing Photography & The Moment - part II

Here's is the handout for the second part of our current project. There are hyperlinks in the document. I'll bring printed copies to class.

Download TheMomentPartTwo

Byron

Practicing Photography & The Moment

Moments from Everynone on Vimeo.

This video relates to our next project which you should dowload here:  Download 500PartOne

You may also enjoy looking at this and this - two magazines produced by students in the class in pursuit of a similar idea. 

Byron

Rephoto project size and title specifications - complete by Tuesday, March 27

Before you make your title, please save your image.

Next, double click on any layer called background.

Resize your image (Image>Image Size) so that it is exactly 14" high at 300 dpi.

Change your canvas size so that it is exactly 2" bigger (grow it evenly top and bottom).

Open up this file (Download Rephototext) and drag the text layer over to your image. The text is sized properly, uses the correct font and format, etc. Save your new photoshop file under a different name so you preserve your original.

Once you think it is perfect (please proof it on Super B paper), I'd like to review it.

Then, put your file into the class folder for printing.

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 

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