Photo 131/231 | Digital Imaging One/Two | Fall 2008

W-10/08/08-Week 06

Progress Critique Self Portrait Assignment

Due this week are 6 significant prints of images you’ve shot for your assignment.  Go through your images in Adobe Bridge, investigate them and organize by the Star System in Bridge.  Adobe Bridge helps you rank your images for later investigations.  Kinda like circling a frame in red grease marker on your contact sheet.  Have your images separated into folders {A-(render) B(possible render) C(not significant)}  Separating images into sub-folders helps you focus on images when you are working in the lab.  Have at least 20 images that you are considering for your final edit.  Remember rendering means:  resizing for final form (print) in this case, dodging, burning, color and contrast adjusments, levels and curves adjustments, spotting (done by cloning).  Remember to work in adjustment layers and to “save as” when you have finished your edits so you preserve your original file as a “negative”.

The Self Portrait Assignmet will be printed out using Zeppo in the lab.  We will use special paper in Zeppo, Sterling Ultra Digital.  More on this next week.

Remember that each shooting assignment has 20 images uploaded to FLICKR.

R-09/10/08-Week 02

Short Critique Pretty Pictures of Ugly Things- Over the week, shoot at least 100 images addressing this concept.  Have them downloaded to your computer or available via CD/DVD/Hard Drive, prior to class today. We will view your images on the projector.

IN CLASS-FLICKR Upload 20 images to your account from the PPUT assignment. We’ll show you how to resize images for the web.

Have your FLICKR account set up.   Join the Photo230 group here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/photo230_s08/

Mac OSX Basics    A walkthrough of working with macs in the lab.

Photoshop Basics  Image size and resolution.  Understanding the toolbar and navigational features. File types. Other basics.

Read/Listen to the Martin Parr interview.    Look at the images by Martin Parr on the lensculture website, and listen to the 10 minute interview.

What do you think Martin Parr’s images are about ?

How does he use photography? 

How visible is Martin Parr in his images ?

Turn answers in next class on paper.

SPECIAL EXHIBITION    5 p.m.: “Melting Away: The Last Iceberg,” a lecture by Camille Seaman in the Trabant University Center theater.   See a beautiful portfolio of this work.

Opening reception at 6 p.m. University Gallery. University of Delaware.  Directions  about 35 minutes north of HCC.  You can attend this exhibition for one of your papers.

R-09/17/08-Week 03     Workshop Day

Create     Over the week, edit your “PPUT” images down to 30 of the best.  Editing means burning, dodging, cropping, spotting...creatively interpreting the captured image.

You will be sequencing them together for a slideshow and preparing them for the screen.

Digital Workflow        Managing your image/Previewing/Using Adobe Bridge

Photoshop Basics      Resizing, Color Correction, Dodging + Burning, How PS is a darkroom.  Making PDF Slideshows in Keynote.

Preparing images for viewing on screen/web     Servers -How to interact and ftp to them.  Uploading stuff to your sub-directory.

W-09/24/08-Week 04

Critique PPUT Assignment Slideshows   Using Apple Keynote (kinda like Powerpoint) edit 20-30 slides into an organized sequence that tells a story of your concept of “PPUT”.  Each slide can have more than one image, if you like.  You can use text.  Your slideshow should have a title page and an endpage.  PDF slideshows should be uploaded to your the public folder>PPUT folder so you can project it in class.  Also, export a PDF file from Keynote and upload a copy to your folder in the  Photo 230 directory.  Use Cyberduck to upload your PDF file.  Login information below. (We’ll do this today).

Server=student.harford.edu    Username=HCC15\photo230    PW=photo230pass        (Yes this is case sensitive)  Title your pdf file with all lowercase letters, use underscore_for_spaces.  PDF file must have a (.pdf) extension in order for it to be recognized on the web.  Test that you can get to it from your favorite browser.  See Photo230 web directory here.

Shooting Assignment #2 Self PortraitStart shooting for next week’s Workshop Day.  See Below

Slideshows A Guide to Making PDF Presentations-Download PDF here 892kb      Polaroid Says Goodbye to Film See a music video made with 2500 Polaroid stills

W-10/01/08-Week 05    Semester 1/3 complete  Workshop Day

Self Portrait Assignment Making an image of the self is harder than it seems.  Who are you, what do you represent.  How can we translate our self through photographs metaphorically ?  Come to class with at least 100 images uploaded to your station and ready to work on.  We’ll spend the entire class in studio looking at ways to translate our self portraits into meaningful images.

Printing in the Lab   Color Toner, Color Laser, Ink Stick, networked printers.  Papers.  Differences between laser and ink.

Gallery/Lecture Review Papers You have two, that are due by 11/28.  Download Guidelines here.

W-10/15/08-Week 07

Final Critique Self Portrait Assignment

Have 10 images printed from Zeppo in the lab, push-pinned up and ready for critique prior to class.  Print out on Sterling Digital 12 x 18” Tabloid Extra paper in the lab.  I’ve moved this paper above “Zeppo” with a special sign on it.  After the critique, you’ll move two images to the Viewing Space outside Joppa J005 and push pin for all to see.  Good Luck !

W-11/12/08-Week 11     Short individual meetings with each student

Review of Photos from Main Street Shooting Assignment.  Make sure to upload in Main Street folder on Public folder in lab.

Download Main Street Project Part 1 (Shooting) Part 2 (Curate a show !)

W-11/19/08-Week 12

Special Guest Artist Presentation: Photographer/Educator John Weiss.

Due:  Main Street Project as Curated by You !  Uploaded to the photo131 directory by today

W-11/05/08-Week 10

Class meets at 1pm at Shamrock Coffee on Main Stree in downtown Bel Air.  We’ll be shooting on Main Street today, so bring warm stuff to wear– in layers.

Due Bio/Artist Statements.  Have draft versions of these to share at the coffee shop. 

Think about your portfolio for this class.  Start gathering and organizing work. You will be required to submit a digital portfolio of your work created in this class in both physical, web and electronic formats.

W-11/26/08       Labs closed Wed. 11/26 through Sunday 11/29.  Labs re-open Mon. 11/30

No class. Thanksgiving Break, Labs will reopen on Monday the 25th, 10am.

W-09/03/08-Week 01

Introductions/Lab Overview/Orientation     What is Digital Photography:  The digital lab as your darkroom and studio.  Basic login procedures. Networks. Lab Resources.

Shooting Assignment #1 Pretty Pictures of Ugly Things (PPUT)

Setting up your FLICKR account

R-03/13/08-Week 08   

Final Critique Self Portrait Assignment.  10 images uploaded to FLICKR in a “self portrait” set.  Artist’s statement about your self portrait work sent to me by email by 3/24.

Send statement to joneskenneth@mac.com with self-portrait in the subject line.  About Writing Artist’s Statements.  Read this link.

R-03/27/08-Week 09   

CLASS MEETS AT Shamrock Coffee House on Main Street in Bel Air at 1pm for Main Street Shooting Assignment.  Make sure to bring a small pad and pen in order to take notes and names/numbers of people you might be photographing in the street.  Download a MAP HERE.  UPLOAD 20 IMAGES TO FLICKR from this shooting assignment by 4/1.

R-04/03/08-Week 10  

Printing using the Epson 4880    For this class please have at least one image from your Main Street shooting assignment fully rendered in Photoshop and ready to print. We’ll have demonstrations setting up and using the Epson 4000 printer which is in the Photo lab.   We will also discuss using Adobe Aperture. 

PURCHASE EPSON Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster in either 8.5 x 11, 13 x 19, or 17 x 22.  Bigger the paper, more the cost.  Buy the smallest quantity, or split larger boxes with other students.  Best prices online at B+H Photo.  Bring your paper to today’s class.

R-04/10/08-Week 11   

Printing, Printing, Printing ! Fine Art Printing on ink jet printers requires a lot of patience and time.  We’ll use this week, and the open studio time leading up to this class to work through the kinks.  Come to class today with at least 3 images printed on the 4000.

R-04/17/08-Week 12  

Final Critique-Main Street Assignment    Six (6) finished images printed on the same sized paper. Thirty (30) images uploaded to your Flickr account.  Create a new “Main Street” set.  Also come today with an artist’s statement about your Main Street project, printed out on letter size paper.  Hang this statement next to your work in critique

DUE Open Assignment Proposal    In an email, with the subject line “photo230open” describe what you want to photograph for your last assignment.  This can be anything you want, but you must describe what you want to do, and how you intend to do it in your email.  You will be creating a mini-web page in Photoshop and Aperture and uploading 20 images to your flickr account.

R-04/24/08-Week 13   

Papers Due                           These must be typewritten, stapled and handed to me physically, no electronic submissions accepted.

Final Portfolio Workshop     We’ll discuss our final, and what you will be including.

R-05/01/08-Week 14   

Due Open Assignment:    20 Images loaded to your Flickr Account, mini-web page in Photoshop or Aperture FTP’d to your student directory.

Open Studio Work on your own.  Mandatory Class Evaluations, Wow!

W-10/22/08-Week 08

New Death Assignment 

In Class-Introducing Apple Aperture New software that’s changing the way photographers work digitally. Will make contact sheets from Aperture and look at how the program functions as compared to Photoshop.  Also, we’ll learn how to make simple web pages using Aperture, upload them to our directories and publish. 

Do These Tutorials in the Lab with Apeture 2 Open   Apple Aperture 2 Tutorials    1. Exploring the Interface    2. Importing Images      3. Setting Levels    4.  Creating Web Pages

W-10/29/08-Week 09

Final Critique Death Assignment-  In Aperture, create a web gallery with 20 images from the assignment.  Upload your gallery to the photo 131 directory using cyberduck.

Submit your URL to me prior to class for my review.  Remember to sequence your images purposefully.

W-12/10/08-Week 15 

Final Portfolio Due:  30/20/10  

***IMPORTANT MESSAGE***

Drop off your portfolios at my office J123 by 3pm.  I will pick portfolios up at 3pm.  Print Portfolios will be available for pickup at my office on 12/17.

CDs are not returned, they go into the Portfolio Archive.

30 images slideshow form burned on disc to me (include a photograph as the cover to your CD)

20 images made into a slideshow.

10 images made into a physical portfolio

See you in the Spring !

Sign up for S09 classes today !

See ART 193 Independent Study Class for Winter Session 2009

Janaury 5-27th, 2009

if you are interested in furthering your skills and portfolios and keepng access to the labs.

R-12/11/08-TRAJECTORIES EXHIBITION AT CRANE ARTS IN PHILADELPHIA.

Come support your teacher in Philadelphia at one of the premiere galleries and upcoming hip spots, the Crane Arts Building in the Northern Liberties section of the city.

Reception from 6-9 p.m.

Road Trip-Free bus ride from the University of Delaware’s Art Department and back--see here.