December 18th:
Posting and Embedding your Video on your Blog
Go to Youtube and sign in using your gmail/google credentials
Click the upload button
Drag your video into the web browser
Click "Share" then Click "Embed"
December 13th:
Color Wheel Photo Shoot:
Go out and shoot images that show as many colors of the color wheel as possible. Then Photoshop them into a single file and make it look like a color wheel (or rainbow). Try and keep color adjustment in Photoshop to a minimum.
December 7th:
Today you need to add music and/or sound effects to your stop-motion project. You must also add titles. You can add effects if you like- I will show you how.
You must cite music that you use, and it must me royalty free or creative commons licensed music. Check out Incompetech for royalty free/creative commons music.
Check out Free Sound Project for free sound effects (you must register at this site).
Here is a guide to citing your sound effects/music: How to cite music/sound effects
November 28th:
Today we will create a basic practice stop motion project. It should have 100 - 200 frames or separate photos. Once you have taken all of the photos follow these steps:
1) Open Photoshop and run the image processor:
5) At this point you need to experiment with the still image default duration. I have set it to 2 frames. The smaller the number the quicker the image playback.
7) Your images will appear in the project browser in the bottom left of the workspace:
Exit Activity:
You need to bring in objects to use in your final animation project on Monday.
Write on your blog: What are several objects you will bring in on Monday that represent your personality/identity visually. How will you use them in an animation?
November 26th:
Unit Question:
How do I present myself to the world?
Area of Interaction: Approaches to Learning: How do I communicate my understanding?
Objectives:
Create a slideshow highlighting your photography in Adobe Premiere:
- Include animation
- Include text
November 9th:
After watching the (Re)touching video about Becci Mansion and her service answer the following questions on your blog:
Why did Becci Mansion start this project?
How did she organize people to help with the cause?
How can you use your photo skills to help people you know?
When you are done with the short answer questions above try this new technique:
This is a newer/better way to create HDR images in the new Photoshop CS6
Step 1: Open a raw (NEF) image in Photoshop CS6 that you have saved on your computer (you all should have some raw images from previous shoots).
- See a classmate for help finding CS6 on your computer (it's in your applications folder)
Then change your settings to look something like this:
Bring detail way up and bring saturation and vibrance up to around +30
Play around with radius and strength as well as gamma/exposure; you should get an excellent looking HDR image.
Step 3: Save it as a JPEG and then Blog it!
October 12:
Photomontage:
October 8:
Click here for information about a great photography contest!
October 2: Reflective Self-Portrait
Bring in reflective objects for a self-portrait. More details to come.September 26: Visual Identity
Answer the following questions on your blog:
What visually makes you who you are?
What is the importance of appearance?
What objects have you chosen to bring in that represent you?
How are each of these objects significant/symbolic of part of your identity?
How have you chosen to arrange/light/photograph these objects? Why?
Is there significance to the fabric that you brought in? If so, what is the significance of the fabric?
September 21: Still Life and Identity
Here are two images from a painter called Audrey Flack. She has used objects arranged in a classic "still-life" setup. The first image depicts Marilyn Monroe. Look closely at the objects and try and interpret their significance.
The second painting shows Audrey Flack's personal connection with paint.
Start thinking about objects you can bring in that you will photograph as a form of still life/symbolic self-portrait.
September 12th: Spot the Difference
People can use Photoshop in very deceptive ways:
Read this excerpt from the Washington Post website about what is going on here:
By Al Kamen
Friday, July 11, 2008
It's customary for nations to do a bit of chest-thumping as they are about to begin negotiations, which Iran has agreed to consider in a meeting next week with European Union official Javier Solana. The idea is to do something that your opponents will see as a sign of strength before talks begin, especially, in this case, when the talks involve your nuclear program.
This might explain the timing of Iran's latest missile tests Wednesday. It might also explain what appears to be a bit of Photoshop work by Tehran to ensure the images were just so.
A photo on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Web site distributed Wednesday by Agence France-Presse showed four missiles launched simultaneously. That photo appeared on various Web sites Wednesday, including those of the New York Times and BBC News, and on the front pages of a number of newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.
The Associated Press and Reuters distributed similar photos, but they showed only three missiles. The Washington Post used a Reuters image in yesterday's paper.
Noted debunker Charles Johnsonapparently spotted the photo doctoring Wednesday and posted it on his Web site, LittleGreenFootballs.com.
AFP, citing analysts' assessments, reported yesterday that the four-missile photo appeared to have had a little digital work done. "One of the missiles had apparently been added to the photograph using elements from the smoke trail and dust clouds from two of the other missiles," AFP said. The goal apparently was to cover up "a misfiring of one of the missiles," an expert told AFP.
Well, artistically, the three-missile shot used by The Post was clearly inferior. The symmetry was way off and all that. The gap between the middle missile and the one on the right is simply too large.
Artistic considerations aside, there are arms experts who say that multiple launches are seen as a way to overwhelm missile defense systems, and the Iranians may have wanted to illustrate that capability, as well.
Other Web sites reported that an Islamic Republic News Agency article Wednesday included a photo of what appears to be the same multiple missile launching. It was published in The Post in 2006. (Hey! We had it first!)
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/10/AR2008071002709.html
Assignment
For this assignment you will be required to change 20 aspects of an image. Some of these may be somewhat obvious to your audience, and some may be more sneaky. Once complete, post the changed version and the original version on your blog. Here is an example I have composed:
See if you can find all 20 changes to the image before you scroll down and find the differences in the original.
September 5th: Photo Re-Touching
Click on this image to maximize it's size, then download it. Retouch the image with techniques demonstrated in class.
Here is a restoration gone wrong:
This was poorly restored with paint by hand, and not with Photoshop tools.
August 28th
Today we will be working on a "Pop-Art Project"
First you will need to take a photo of yourself or an object. If you photograph yourself you may want to do an expressive pose, as just standing there and staring blankly is somewhat boring. Next you will need to use selection tools and "refine-edge."
Make sure to focus on:
Be sure to incorporate these rules of composition:
After that these tutorial videos & Mr. Brandt's live demonstration will get you where you need to go. The tutorials can be found below these two example images:
Here are the tutorial videos:
First you will need to take a photo of yourself or an object. If you photograph yourself you may want to do an expressive pose, as just standing there and staring blankly is somewhat boring. Next you will need to use selection tools and "refine-edge."
Make sure to focus on:
- Expressive Color
- Movement
- Contrast
Be sure to incorporate these rules of composition:
- Use the whole space.
- Run off three or more edges.
- Use a variety of shapes and/or sizes.
- Repeat shapes
- Create a focal point (not in the center).
- Overlap to create depth.
- Make the negative space interesting.
After that these tutorial videos & Mr. Brandt's live demonstration will get you where you need to go. The tutorials can be found below these two example images:
Here are the tutorial videos:
August 19th
Photoshop:- Get your blog addresses to Mr. B.
- Face swap
- Take a picture of two or more of your classmates together. It should be well lit. They should be looking the same direction with their faces. Swap the faces around in Photoshop.
- Here is a fantastic example. If you don't know who these guys are you may not even realize it has been photoshopped:
- Here is a youtube tutorial I put together if you would like to go ahead in the lesson:
- Contrast Adjustment
- Take 3 Pictures of the same subject matter with the camera set to 3 different exposure times. Use Manual mode so the aperture doesn't try to compensate. Post one of the pictures that has poor contrast/brightness on your blog. Adjust that same picture in Photoshop to have better contrast and brightness. Post that on your blog as well.
- Burning/Dodging
- Chose one of your images. Adjust the image to be lighter in one spot (dodge); save a copy of it. Adjust the image to be darker in one spot (burn); save a copy. Post all three copies on your blog.
Prior to August 19th
At this point you should have a good understanding about shutter speed and aperture. This is a helpful guide to controlling these on our school cameras:Aperture and Shutter Priority Modes
You should have completed the following photo shoot and posted it to your blog with captions:
- · Angle Up
- · Angle Down
- · Frame within Frame
- · Backlighting
- · Side Lighting
- · Reflection
- · Shadow
- · Pattern
- · Rule of Thirds
- · Texture
- · Perspective
You should also have 2 images that illustrate "depth of field" or selective focus.
If you have light graffiti images that were successful from our practice day please post those as well.
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