CDES 396

Calibration, color management, custom printing

The LAB PLOT of AdobeRGB(1998) color profile as seen in Apple's Colorsync Application.

 

Here are digital versions of the printed handouts I'll be giving you in class today.

Have a happy color management day,

Byron

 

Download Calibration

Download ColorManagementHandout

Download CustomPrinting

Download ColorManagementKey

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.

 

 

Anatomy of a corrected image & sharpening 101

The Diver, Summer 2006

Here is the handout for today's demonstration for the Anatomy of an Image. It's too many pages to print (and it's color) so I'm providing it here as a reference. It outlines the various kinds of corrections I generally employ on a fully worked-up image.

I'm bringing a hard copy of a handout on sharpening, but here's a digital version, just because. 

Questions or comments? Use the comments link below.

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

Study guide, captions

Here is the study guide for the quiz on chapters one and two from our text. Download 396ReadingQuizChapter1&2StudyGuide The quiz itself is brief and if you take the time prepare, you should do just fine.

Please remember to send me your captions. I want you to use a specific format (see below). My feedback will relate to content, style, AND formatting.

Ben Hintz, September, 2011. Lassen Volcano: Though landscapes may wax and wane, some things will never change. Inset photo: Photographer unknown, c. 1890. Courtesy of Meriam Library Special Collections and Ruth Hitchcock.

Hope you're having a great break and are making pictures for the contest!

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

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