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Comment by Gran on May 27, 2009 at 9:28am

Please respond to this survey- results are anonymous, and designed to help me improve my teaching. Thanks!

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Comment by Gran on April 7, 2009 at 10:03am

Planning Independent Study Projects:

Reserach two photographers that inspire you, one may be an amature photographer that you follow on sites like 'flickr or deviantart'. Answer the following points on your blog in paragraph form:

Describe your photographers' style and technique. What is their subject matter? What do they do that inspires you?

What have you done this year in photography that was etiher particularly rewarding to you, or you did particularly well"?

For your final project, describe what you would like to do that integrates your personal style, moves you in the way that the photographers you have chosen have moved you, and builds on a skill that you learned this year.

In your journals, do 3 preliminary sketches that show what you are attempting to do. Be sure to pay particular attention to composition, lighting, and contrast by drawing in the lights and darks (as opposed to lines).

Due April 13/14

Comment by Gran on March 18, 2009 at 11:46am

Period H:
For Friday: Proposals for analog project (see below)
Tilt Shift project turned in

By Monday 3/30:
at least two entries done on ning site if you need a make-up (you will have to make up all four at some point this quarter)
Ready to work with HDR images assigned last month.

If you are NOT going to be here on Friday, make sure to come by to pick up camera/film before you leave.

Comment by Gran on March 17, 2009 at 10:10pm

Analog assignment:

Choose an aspect from two projects from our digital assignments (examples listed below) that you enjoyed in digital, and do a new version with analog.

Stop motion
out of place
light painting
depth-of-field
narrative
narrative sequence
composition of shadows
converging lines
ancient and modern

Film due: March 31st
Project due: April 7

Comment by Gran on February 19, 2009 at 2:08pm

Click Here for a download plugin if your photoshop doesn't recognize the HDR file format.

Comment by Gran on February 19, 2009 at 1:55pm

HDR Tutorial

Comment by Gran on February 13, 2009 at 2:51pm

Classwork for H period on Monday:

If you have finished all other assignments choose three photos that need color correction from your library and follow this curves tutorial:

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/photoshop-curves.htm

Make sure that you correct for both lightness and color in at least one image.

Comment by Gran on February 13, 2009 at 12:55pm

The purpose of taking a High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo is to get a good shot using multiple exposures. In a given photo, you might have an area that is too dark or too light (for example, you're shooting something with a window in the background and the window is overexposed, or you're shooting from an enclosed area and the inside is underexposed). HDR allows you to use different tonal ranges in one photograph to get a better image.

For our 'experimental' shots, take 3-5 bracketed photographs (you need 3 shots for each 1 final photo).

1. Go to the Camera Menu.
2. The top tab should be the red camera with 1 dot.
3. Change Quality to: RAW

4. Click on the tab with red camera and 2 dots.
5. Click on AEB.
6. Click the right button (AF) until there are three dots (-2, 0, +2)

Now when you take a picture, it will take three exposures at the highest resolution. You MUST use a tripod for this.

H: Due Thursday
A: Due Wednesday

Comment by Gran on February 9, 2009 at 7:55pm

Folks, please post your homework on your blog. Click on the tab that says "My Page" and then about halfway down the page that opens there should be a box called "My Blog", and "Add Blog Post". Click that. Thanks.

Comment by Bradley T. on February 9, 2009 at 5:45pm

http://flickr.com/photos/seangreenberg/2513414034/
This picture is very interesting though it is very simple. First of all, the boots, there are two and the way they are layout is very simple but stiking. One is face on to you, and the other is facing to the left, making you look at the designs on the boots along with everything else in the picture. The one facing to the left makes you look into the background and to the right of the photo where you will see a building with stars and a boot on the wall, making you think. Also the fact, that the boots are the only thing in focus emphases the boots and increases the interesting factor in the picture.

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