CDES 206

More Veracity visuals

In response to the latest comment about not being able to see visuals from the Veracity lecture, I've exported each slide as a jpeg that can be accessed via this compressed folder:  Download VeracityImages

Please note that Henry Peach Robinson and Oscar Rejlander are also discussed in the assigned reading: http://www.csuchico.edu/~bwolfe/REQUIRED_READINGS/11MomentsInTime.pdf

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Updated Veracity visuals

A couple of of folks have reported seeing some blank pages after downloading the visuals for the Veracity lecture. I can't replicate the problem, so I'm not exactly sure how to fix it. As an attempt to resolve the issue, I've created another version and am posting it here. If you've had trouble, please download and save this pdf and let me know if you have any problems.

Download VERACITY B

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Surviving the Promise and the Final Exam

Here's a more lighthearted look at the relationship between technology and people. It's a Medieval Help Desk.

Here are the visuals (with links) from Surviving the Promise of Technology.   Download SURVING THE PROMISE

And just as a reminder, our final exam is on Monday, May 20, at 6:00 PM in Siskiyou 120 - our regular classroom. The study guide is on the posting below.

Study for that final and see you soon!
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Final exam study guide

Our final exam in this class is Monday, May 20, at 6:00 PM in your regular (Siskiyou) classroom. I will discuss it a little more in class today. In the meantime, here is the study guide that you can use in preparation.

Download 206FinalExamStudyGuideS13

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Two readings for before lecture on Monday

Tomorrow is our last lecture session. As always, there's an assigned reading. I think you'll get more out of class if you complete the two readings before we meet. Please follow the readings link at left to access the two articles, both online.

See you soon,
Byron

Digital Imaging: Legal and Policy Issues plus some comments on careers

Shepard Fairey's HOPE poster, an iconic image with a complicated legal history that touches on many of the topics presented in this week's lecture. Read about it here.

Here are the visuals from this week's lecture on legal and business issues in photography.  Download Legal&BusinessIssues2013

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Veracity in photography

Here are the visuals from Monday's lecture Veracity in Photography.  I compressed the file, but it's still 22 megabytes. Please be patient. Download VERACITY2

Here's some stuff I put in a posting for another class about the 3D animation and printing stuff I'm playing with.

 

The Perched Rock as a 3D editable mesh, made from photographs

Here is the Perched Rock walkaround that served as the source for the 3D video: http://youtu.be/qZHuvYlLRAQ

Here is the Perched Rock 3D video: http://youtu.be/0JeiB0CZKX4 and http://youtu.be/1RGz_6WdBp4

Here is the Perched Rock 3D file as a "mesh" that I'm editing in preparation of making a 3D print on my Makerbot Thing-o-matic. I put bunny ears on it just for you. http://youtu.be/UFTbGj1uhD8

Here is my sleeping cat photographed quickly: http://youtu.be/2tBmaU04NII

The software I'm using to turn the photographs into a 3D model is called AutoDesk 123D Catch. Another interesting application I considered using for our little research project was Autocad 123D Make. 

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Post mortem photography - an article

Post mortem daguerreotype of a young child, n.d.

If you are interested in the post mortem photographs I mentioned in yesterday's lecture, you'll enjoy this article on the topic in Boing Boing.

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Photography: The Democratic Art

Anna Atkins, 1846. 

Here are the visuals from this week's lecture on Photography: The Democratic Art. Download HistoryS132 I'd suggest you download and review prior to class next week. The examples of historic processes I brought into class are from Special Collections in Meriam Library. They have thousands of original historic photographs and they'd be delighted to show you more. 

Please make a point to do the reading for this week. It's a more thorough discussion of some of the things I presented in class yesterday. The online reading you can be accessed via a link in the schedule (at left).

Of course the start of class included a demonstration and discussion about exporting files from Lightroom (the method required for moving images into Photoshop) as well as a more thorough discussion about the use of Curves in interpreting pictures in Photoshop.

Questions or comments? Please use the comments link below.

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The Haiku Project plus Ansel Adams, curves and masks

Please access the link at left to download the handout for project #4 and review it prior to lab this week.

The examples from below are terrific samples from previous students using different haiku. The visuals from today's lecture, showing other pictures that have qualities suitable for our haiku project, are here: Download HaikuesquePictures 

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Bethany Barndollar

 

Bryan Clendon

 

Connor Wysard

 

Elizabeth Mishkit

 

Julialynn Copeland

 

Michaela Swenson

 

Nicole Davis

 

Rachel Cahill