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WELCOME TO ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY!!!

Assignment 1: YOUR OWN WEBSITE

This class requires you to maintain a website of your work and photos.  It serves as a digital portfolio for you and a place for me to check your work.  Throughout the semester I will be giving you specific assignments that will be uploaded to your website.  At the end of the semester you should have a polished/professional looking website.  

 

Step 1:  go to wix.com and create an account.  If you already have an account from a previous art class you may use it as long as there is a page labeled with the course section. (i.e. Beginning Photography or Advanced Photography)

 

Step 2:  Decide on a layout that you would like to use.  I strongly recommend a photography site since it is already organized for a photography.

 

Step 3:  Personalize EVERYTHING and figure out how wix works.  At first, I am NOT going to help you with this part of the assignment.  I believe you will learn more by figuring it out yourself.  After you have played around and exhausted all options you may ask me for help.  FYI: I am a firm believer in ask 3 and then me.

 

Step 4:  Tell me who you are!  Make your site specific to you.  You will create a page titled, "About Me."  This page should include the following: A photo of yourself, a little background about you (age, hobbies, favorite places), your favorite kind of photography (nature, portraits, babies, puppies, food, etc.), a goal for the class that is realistic, and an artist whose work inspires you.

 

GRADING:  This is a 100 point assignment.  

25 pts: Set up website 

25 pts: Insert a picture of yourself

25 pts:  300 words about yourself, your photography, your goals

25pts: Personalizing your site.  There shouldn't be anything left from wix.

 

ASSIGNMENT 2: COMPOSITION  

Raw images due:

 

Review the powerpoint below: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today we are going to go over some basic edits you can make in camera raw and photoshop CS6.  You may practice with my demo files or with your own photographs.  

 

Watch this video: Introducing Adjustment Layers

 

Now practice making some of the basic edits on your own photos.

 

Touch of Color        

 

Step 1:  Open the Image in Photoshop.  Go to IMAGE> Duplicate

 

Step 2:  Unlock the Image by double clicking the layer lock.  Go to LAYER> Duplicate Layer

 

Step 3:  Go to IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS > BLACK AND WHITE

 

Step 4:  Select the Paint Brush tool and make sure that the color is BLACK

 

Step 5:  Click "Add Vector Mask"

 

Step 6:  Paint over areas where you want to add color

 

Step 7:  Save this file as a JPEG 

 

Step 8:  In a sentence or two tell me why you choose the photo and why you added color to create emphasis in the areas where you painted the color back into the photo.

 

Touch of Color Screencast

 

 

PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO PANORAMIC

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT 3: Ephemeral Art

DUE:

  • Students will acknowledge ephemeral artwork and artists, like Andy Goldsworthy

  • Students will construct an original ephemeral artwork individually or with a partner

  • Students will successfully photograph their ephemeral artwork

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assignment 4: HDR

 

Objective: Students will learn how to create High Dynamic Range photos using manual exposure settings how their DSLR cameras. Students will learn how to create and manipulate HDR photos in photoshop. Students will compose 2 HDR photos and 1 fake HDR photos for critique. 

 

Please read the assigned article and create a page on your website called "HDR".  On this page I would like for you to answer the following questions:

 

 

 

  • Define HDR?

 

  • What does it mean?

 

  • How is true HDR different then a lot of real estate  photography?

 

  • Explain how HDR is built?

 

  • What is bracketing?

 

  • Explain the steps you would use in Photoshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are directions on how to fake the HDR look.  You can play around with this but I will still want to see 2 professional looking HDR's as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • After completing the critique I would like for you to answer the following questions on your HDR photography page.  

 

1.  How does HDR enhance a photo?

2.  Which of the 3 HDR that you completed is your favorite and WHY?

3.  What are you going to fix after critiquing this photo with the class?

4.  What makes a successful HDR photo in your opinion?

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT 5:  Night Photography

Due: 

 

 

Please create a "Notes" page on your website and write 5 tips that will help you take better night photos after reading this page thoroughly!!!

PAINTING WITH LIGHT READING

 

 

 

 

 

THE FINAL: 

DUE DATE: 10 edited photos due:

You have three choices of concepts that you can shoot for your final:

1) A Day in the Life: Capture 10 different moments during your day.  

 

2) Color Challenge:  Pick a color, find as many things, obejcts, people, that exemplify this color.

 

3) Collections: Pick a collection of something and photograph it.  Be imaginative, you shoot, feet, hands, water bottles, trash cans, bicycles, etc!

 

As always, think about composition, what is the story behind the shot, camera angle, and of course the elements of art!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today we are going to learn how to do some traditional darkroom toning effects in photoshop.  We are going to watch this Traditional Toning Effects

to create something like this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MINI CONCENTRATION SERIES

 

 

 

Final Reflective Questions: 

 

Please answer in paragraph form:

 

1) What is the central idea of your concentration?

 

2) How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea?  Refer to specific images as examples.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo

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Painting

 

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