We will be putting together our images Monday and Tuesday! If you wish to give it a try on your own, here are some easy step by step instructions! Otherwise, I will go over this with you next week.
http://photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/HDR_ps/hdr-ps.htm
http://www.dummies.com/photography/digital-photography/types-of-photography/how-to-create-hdr-images-in-photoshop/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7xiyPEWkrg
Friday, May 12, 2017
Monday, May 8, 2017
Merger Photo
Merger photo, looks like this:
To make this photo, you will take at least 5 images (you can take as many as you want, as long as you are careful, usually 7 or 8 is about all you can get) of the exact same background, but you will have to physically move around in each image. As you can see above this student took 5 photos and moved from left to right across the background as she went.
Students have done a variety of things through the years of doing this assignment, from spelling out words with their arms (think YMCA), to writing words on a paper and showing a different word in each photo. Also, you should think about how you can position yourself besides across the plane of the photo, think about height and depth as well.
In a blog called Merger Photo, please answer the following questions.
1. Is there something you see in the photo above that you think could be a problem when you take your photos? Look carefully.
2. Where do you think would be a great place to take this type of picture here on the Bowie campus?
3. Can you think of something creative to actually DO in the photo when you take yours?
4. Is there something you could wear that would help you when you do this photo?
Steps to follow during Merger Photo Shoot:
Select a partner.
Pre-plan with your partner. What are you going to do in each photo?
Beware of shadows!
Make sure the camera does not move between each photo. Even a slight jiggle of the camera can throw it off.
Your merger photo must include at least five different poses.
Merger Photo Photoshop/Submission Directions
SETTING UP LAYERS:
Open each of the photos that you want to merge in Photoshop.
ONE AT A TIME, separate the photos from the bar on top
Starting with the second photo, drag the Background Layer to the first photo.
Then go to the third photo, drag the Background Layer to the first photo.
Then go to the fourth photo, drag the Background Layer to the first photo.
Then go to the fifth photo, drag the Background Layer to the first photo.
USING LAYERS and ERASER TOOL:
Once you have combined all four layers onto one photo you are ready to begin erasing the background.
Select the Eraser Tool from the Toolbar
Click on Layer 4 (or the last layer you added to your image)
Using the Eraser tool, look for the position of your subject on Layer 3 (or the second to last layer you added) and begin to erase where the subject is positioned. YOU SHOULD SEE THE SUBJECT SHOW UP. Erase the entire background fully EXCEPT the original subject.
NEXT, using the Eraser tool ON LAYER 3, you should erase in the area where the subject is on Layer 1 as well as the Background Layer. YOU HAVE TO ERASE THROUGH ALL THREE, R FOUR OR FIVE LAYERS (depending on how many you have) TO SEE ALL FIVE OF THE SUBJECTS IN ONE IMAGE.
NEXT, when you are finished erasing ON LAYER 3, you should erase in the area where the subject is ON LAYER 2.
Repeat this process until you have finished with all of the layers and you don't see any problems with LIGHTING or ALIGNMENT.
POSTING DIRECTIONS:
YOU CANNOT POST A PHOTOSHOP (or .psd) format file to Blogger. You must save your final product as a JPG format. Before you can save your file as JPG, you must FLATTEN your PSD file.
TO FLATTEN: Click on LAYER at the top of your Photoshop Menu Bar and then click on FLATTEN IMAGE.
Save your final product as a JPG with the following format for the name: LastName_FirstName_Merger.jpg. MAKE SURE YOU ARE SAVING AS A JPG FORMAT.
When you are done POST YOUR MERGER PHOTO on your blog.
GOOD LUCK!
To make this photo, you will take at least 5 images (you can take as many as you want, as long as you are careful, usually 7 or 8 is about all you can get) of the exact same background, but you will have to physically move around in each image. As you can see above this student took 5 photos and moved from left to right across the background as she went.
Students have done a variety of things through the years of doing this assignment, from spelling out words with their arms (think YMCA), to writing words on a paper and showing a different word in each photo. Also, you should think about how you can position yourself besides across the plane of the photo, think about height and depth as well.
In a blog called Merger Photo, please answer the following questions.
1. Is there something you see in the photo above that you think could be a problem when you take your photos? Look carefully.
2. Where do you think would be a great place to take this type of picture here on the Bowie campus?
3. Can you think of something creative to actually DO in the photo when you take yours?
4. Is there something you could wear that would help you when you do this photo?
Steps to follow during Merger Photo Shoot:
Select a partner.
Pre-plan with your partner. What are you going to do in each photo?
Beware of shadows!
Make sure the camera does not move between each photo. Even a slight jiggle of the camera can throw it off.
Your merger photo must include at least five different poses.
Merger Photo Photoshop/Submission Directions
SETTING UP LAYERS:
Open each of the photos that you want to merge in Photoshop.
ONE AT A TIME, separate the photos from the bar on top
Starting with the second photo, drag the Background Layer to the first photo.
Then go to the third photo, drag the Background Layer to the first photo.
Then go to the fourth photo, drag the Background Layer to the first photo.
Then go to the fifth photo, drag the Background Layer to the first photo.
USING LAYERS and ERASER TOOL:
Once you have combined all four layers onto one photo you are ready to begin erasing the background.
Select the Eraser Tool from the Toolbar
Click on Layer 4 (or the last layer you added to your image)
Using the Eraser tool, look for the position of your subject on Layer 3 (or the second to last layer you added) and begin to erase where the subject is positioned. YOU SHOULD SEE THE SUBJECT SHOW UP. Erase the entire background fully EXCEPT the original subject.
NEXT, using the Eraser tool ON LAYER 3, you should erase in the area where the subject is on Layer 1 as well as the Background Layer. YOU HAVE TO ERASE THROUGH ALL THREE, R FOUR OR FIVE LAYERS (depending on how many you have) TO SEE ALL FIVE OF THE SUBJECTS IN ONE IMAGE.
NEXT, when you are finished erasing ON LAYER 3, you should erase in the area where the subject is ON LAYER 2.
Repeat this process until you have finished with all of the layers and you don't see any problems with LIGHTING or ALIGNMENT.
POSTING DIRECTIONS:
YOU CANNOT POST A PHOTOSHOP (or .psd) format file to Blogger. You must save your final product as a JPG format. Before you can save your file as JPG, you must FLATTEN your PSD file.
TO FLATTEN: Click on LAYER at the top of your Photoshop Menu Bar and then click on FLATTEN IMAGE.
Save your final product as a JPG with the following format for the name: LastName_FirstName_Merger.jpg. MAKE SURE YOU ARE SAVING AS A JPG FORMAT.
When you are done POST YOUR MERGER PHOTO on your blog.
GOOD LUCK!
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Portfolio and Car Raid Extra Credit
FINAL PORTFOLIO
All of the items on this exam appear on your blog and should be archived in your folder on the server. If you are missing any items on the list – on that page please just put MISSING. You will lose points for any missing items, unless you were not in my class at the time of the assignment. If you were not enrolled in my class for any of the assignments, please just put NOT IN CLASS on that page. These are two very different things - missing and not in class....FYI.
The best practice for sizing images is to use Photoshop to make them fit, but some of you know shortcuts - if you hold the command and shift button at the same time you grab the corner of your photo you can change the size of the photo without making the photo look funny. If you photos look funny (i.e. skinny or fat) you will lose points, so please do this correctly.
Please launch InDesign
Create a new document
Make the document 21 pages long (unless you have Extra Credit photos, then make it 22)
The document size should be letter size (should be the default)
Place the following items on the correct pages:
Page 1 – name and period number
Page 2 – the first photos you took in my class (at least 2 photos of the 4 or 6 you turned in)
Page 3 – your Happy, Metal, Bowie, Square photos (4 total photos)**We did not do this assignment but you could take these photos for Extra Credit or skip this page
Page 4 – your academic photos (there are 3-5 including the intentional avoiding merger photo you should have taken which shows a merger image)
Page 5 – Mural Project photos (1-3 images, just place your best images here not all of them)
Page 6 – your self-portrait AND portrait (2 photos)
Page 7 – your Cold, Purple, Electric photos (3 photos)
Page 8 – your magazine cover with your portrait - you can copy and paste the .jpeg directly across
Page 9 – your magazine cover with your self-portrait - you can copy and paste the .jpeg directly across
Page 10 - Edge, Tiny, Numbers, Circle (2 photos)
Page 11 - your Yearbook images (at least 2, you may have more include what you want)
Page 12 - Phobia Photos (3 photos)
Page 13 - Footprints, Yummy, Eight, Pause, Pose, Connected, The End (4 photos)
Page 14 – action/motion photos (4 photos)
Page 15 – architecture photos (5 photos)
Page 16 - Student of the month story (just copy and paste into a story box)
Page 17 - Graffiti AND found objects (2 photos)
Page 18 - Infographics (3 .jpegs)
Page 19 - Merger photo (1 photo)
Page 20 - HDR (1 or 2 images)
Page 21 - Extra Credit - Car Raid, Architecture, 2nd Merger, or 2nd HDR images. If you have more than one of these, you may need to add an additional page to this document. Ask for help if you cannot figure it out.
Page 22 (or 21 if you don't have extra credit) – Please answer the following questions, I expect you to write at LEAST 3 sentences for each question so you will have to answer WHY for each of the questions:
1. What was your favorite assignment this year?
2. If you were telling an eight grader about this class, what would you tell them?
3. Which photo that you took was your favorite this year?
4. Why was that photo your favorite?
5. What rules of photography did you follow in that photo?
6. What was your least favorite photo you took this year?
7. Why was it your least favorite?
8. What one thing will you take from this class into the real world with you?
Please convert this InDesign document into a .pdf at the smallest file size and email the entire document to me at bowie.comm.photo@gmail.com. This assignment is due by the end of the semester, you will have two class days to work on the assignment. Grading will basically be 5 points per page.
Extra Credit opportunity below:
All of the items on this exam appear on your blog and should be archived in your folder on the server. If you are missing any items on the list – on that page please just put MISSING. You will lose points for any missing items, unless you were not in my class at the time of the assignment. If you were not enrolled in my class for any of the assignments, please just put NOT IN CLASS on that page. These are two very different things - missing and not in class....FYI.
The best practice for sizing images is to use Photoshop to make them fit, but some of you know shortcuts - if you hold the command and shift button at the same time you grab the corner of your photo you can change the size of the photo without making the photo look funny. If you photos look funny (i.e. skinny or fat) you will lose points, so please do this correctly.
Please launch InDesign
Create a new document
Make the document 21 pages long (unless you have Extra Credit photos, then make it 22)
The document size should be letter size (should be the default)
Place the following items on the correct pages:
Page 1 – name and period number
Page 2 – the first photos you took in my class (at least 2 photos of the 4 or 6 you turned in)
Page 3 – your Happy, Metal, Bowie, Square photos (4 total photos)**We did not do this assignment but you could take these photos for Extra Credit or skip this page
Page 4 – your academic photos (there are 3-5 including the intentional avoiding merger photo you should have taken which shows a merger image)
Page 5 – Mural Project photos (1-3 images, just place your best images here not all of them)
Page 6 – your self-portrait AND portrait (2 photos)
Page 7 – your Cold, Purple, Electric photos (3 photos)
Page 8 – your magazine cover with your portrait - you can copy and paste the .jpeg directly across
Page 9 – your magazine cover with your self-portrait - you can copy and paste the .jpeg directly across
Page 10 - Edge, Tiny, Numbers, Circle (2 photos)
Page 11 - your Yearbook images (at least 2, you may have more include what you want)
Page 12 - Phobia Photos (3 photos)
Page 13 - Footprints, Yummy, Eight, Pause, Pose, Connected, The End (4 photos)
Page 14 – action/motion photos (4 photos)
Page 15 – architecture photos (5 photos)
Page 16 - Student of the month story (just copy and paste into a story box)
Page 17 - Graffiti AND found objects (2 photos)
Page 18 - Infographics (3 .jpegs)
Page 19 - Merger photo (1 photo)
Page 20 - HDR (1 or 2 images)
Page 21 - Extra Credit - Car Raid, Architecture, 2nd Merger, or 2nd HDR images. If you have more than one of these, you may need to add an additional page to this document. Ask for help if you cannot figure it out.
Page 22 (or 21 if you don't have extra credit) – Please answer the following questions, I expect you to write at LEAST 3 sentences for each question so you will have to answer WHY for each of the questions:
1. What was your favorite assignment this year?
2. If you were telling an eight grader about this class, what would you tell them?
3. Which photo that you took was your favorite this year?
4. Why was that photo your favorite?
5. What rules of photography did you follow in that photo?
6. What was your least favorite photo you took this year?
7. Why was it your least favorite?
8. What one thing will you take from this class into the real world with you?
Please convert this InDesign document into a .pdf at the smallest file size and email the entire document to me at bowie.comm.photo@gmail.com. This assignment is due by the end of the semester, you will have two class days to work on the assignment. Grading will basically be 5 points per page.
Extra Credit opportunity below:
Car Raid
Basically you will be writing a story about someone, a personality profile if you will, based on what you find in their car and interviewing them IN THEIR car. The main subject of your story doesn't have to be about their car, but the story should develop from what you found in their car.
Here is the assignment:
This assignment will be DUE on the last day of the semester which is Wednesday, May 24th.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
HDR Photography Preview
Our next assignment is called High Dynamic Range photography.
Here is information on shooting HDR images:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/what-is-hdr-beginners-guide-to-high-dynamic-range-photography/
And here are some great examples:
http://digital-photography-school.com/19-beautiful-examples-of-hdr-done-right/
http://www.thephotoargus.com/inspiration/50-incredible-examples-of-hdr-photography-done-right/
Next class, if the weather cooperates we will go out and shoot an HDR image together and process it in Photoshop.
On your blog, pick a couple of images you found that were processed in HDR and post them on your blog in a post titled HDR photography.
Please answer the following questions:
1. What manipulations to the camera will you need to make to create an HDR image?
2. What equipment will we use to take this type of image?
3. What is the reason someone might take an HDR image?
4. What can we expect to happen with the images once we merge them together, what will we see that we might not have seen with just one photo?
Here is information on shooting HDR images:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/what-is-hdr-beginners-guide-to-high-dynamic-range-photography/
And here are some great examples:
http://digital-photography-school.com/19-beautiful-examples-of-hdr-done-right/
http://www.thephotoargus.com/inspiration/50-incredible-examples-of-hdr-photography-done-right/
Next class, if the weather cooperates we will go out and shoot an HDR image together and process it in Photoshop.
On your blog, pick a couple of images you found that were processed in HDR and post them on your blog in a post titled HDR photography.
Please answer the following questions:
1. What manipulations to the camera will you need to make to create an HDR image?
2. What equipment will we use to take this type of image?
3. What is the reason someone might take an HDR image?
4. What can we expect to happen with the images once we merge them together, what will we see that we might not have seen with just one photo?
Friday, April 28, 2017
Final Exam Planning
Today as a warm up - so that means about 10-15 minutes to complete this task - I want you to share with me your plans for your final exam. This is your project, so there are multiple ways to share with me your plans. You could write a paragraph describing the plans. You could do an outline with bullet points. Or something different, it is up to you.
For those of you planning to use another computer program besides iMovie, here are the criteria you must meet to turn your product in:
It must be either a .mov file or a .mp4. Please downsize it enough to fit on a 2 GB thumb drive. You can render it out in 720 dpi or 1080 dpi. I do not want it to take 10 minutes to open and run on my machine. Once you get the file onto your thumb drive, I HIGHLY recommend that you put it into another computer and hit play to make sure it works right.
Please make sure to address the following items:
1. When will you shoot this assignment?
2. Where will you shoot?
3. What will you be documenting or telling your "story" about?
4. What equipment needs will you have to get this finished?
5. Make sure to describe the process, by this I mean, where will you use the video portion, where will you use still images, where will your narration be, etc?
Do not forget - this will take at least three hours to complete on the computer once you have gathered your pieces.
For those of you planning to use another computer program besides iMovie, here are the criteria you must meet to turn your product in:
It must be either a .mov file or a .mp4. Please downsize it enough to fit on a 2 GB thumb drive. You can render it out in 720 dpi or 1080 dpi. I do not want it to take 10 minutes to open and run on my machine. Once you get the file onto your thumb drive, I HIGHLY recommend that you put it into another computer and hit play to make sure it works right.
Infographic and Illustrator
Making Infographics to enhance a story
Overview: Infographics are just what the name implies: graphics that display information. There are lots of creative ways to do this. The better you are at designing infographics, the more likely people will engage with your story. You are creating a new "entry point" that enhances your overall design package.
Directions: To help you get used to creating Infographics, we are going to use a new online service that helps you generate cool looking Infographics.
Step 1: Go to http://infogr.am/ to sign-up for an account.
Play with the different features to learn how it works.
Step 2: Go to http://www.statisticbrain.com to find some interesting statistics that you could chart in an Infographic.
Step 3: Select the best type of infographic that will best illustrate the data you have selected.
Step 4: Make sure you have added a headline and all the appropriate labels for your infographic.
Step 5: Post your info graphic to your blog by copying the "Embed code" to your blog. You must switch your blog post to the "HTML" mode when you copy the "Embed code" into your post. If you cannot figure this out, let me know and I will show you.
When you are done with infogr.am, lets try to make our own using illustrator!
Directions: To help you get used to creating Infographics, we are going to use a new online service that helps you generate cool looking Infographics.
Step 1: Go to http://infogr.am/ to sign-up for an account.
Play with the different features to learn how it works.
Step 2: Go to http://www.statisticbrain.com to find some interesting statistics that you could chart in an Infographic.
Step 3: Select the best type of infographic that will best illustrate the data you have selected.
Step 4: Make sure you have added a headline and all the appropriate labels for your infographic.
Step 5: Post your info graphic to your blog by copying the "Embed code" to your blog. You must switch your blog post to the "HTML" mode when you copy the "Embed code" into your post. If you cannot figure this out, let me know and I will show you.
When you are done with infogr.am, lets try to make our own using illustrator!
You will need to do any of these tutorials and post your efforts on your blog for credit on this assignment. Please remember that the object of this is to help you learn how to create art for the newspaper, so try to find tutorials that help with that task.
Here are some links and both have clickable links to other tutorials and sites so click away!!:
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/tutorials.html
http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/20-basic-illustrator-tutorials-every-beginner-should-see
http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/illustrator/basics
You can also just google adobe illustrator tutorials and you will find lots of links.
For your assignment, I would like you to create THREE pieces of art that could be used in the newspaper. You can create straight art, or you can try to create items that use information and come up with an info graphic with text in it.
Here are some ideas, but feel free to come up with your own ideas and plans:
There will be stories in the paper covering these topics:
Why some students are waiting longer to get a driver's license
United Airlines, doctor dragged off the plane
FIT Bits
Sesame Street new autistic character
Bowie recycling
Samurai Jack
Pirates of the Caribbean
13 Reasons why
Snapchat filters
FINAL PIECES MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT CLASS. You will have about 25 minutes to convert them into .jpegs and post them on your blogs. Then we move on to high dynamic range images.
Do not forget that you should be planning and shooting your final exam ASAP. Also, the Graffiti and Found Objects are also due in just a few classes.
Examples:
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Opinion story - turning it in - 45 minutes to work
Today is a partial writing day and you have the entire day, but you MUST complete your opinions story today. When you are finished writing the story, please publish it on your blog in a post titled "My opinions story".
Here are the requirements:
This piece will need to be 500 words and should be about 12-15 paragraphs long. You should have started this last class and should actively work on it during this class. You MUST publish today.
Here are the hints I gave you before:
Here are the requirements:
This piece will need to be 500 words and should be about 12-15 paragraphs long. You should have started this last class and should actively work on it during this class. You MUST publish today.
Here are the hints I gave you before:
Here are some tips to writing this type of story:
1. Start with a good introduction that gives us, in very short fashion, the basics about your topic. Make sure you state your DIRECT opinion on the topic you have chosen.
2. Write in 1st person if you want. This means you can use the word "I".
3. There are no quotes needed, BUT you will need facts to base your opinion on.
4. State your opinion early and support it fully.
5. Address the other side, this means you need to directly say what the other side might feel about your opinion. Not only do you need to acknowledge their side, you need to refute their opinion, that means you need to prove them wrong somehow.
6. Come up with some solutions to your problem and try to convince the other side that your ideas might work.
7. To close, you can restate your opinion.
So pick your topic, do some research about your topic on google (make sure its facts!! Google is not always factual!!)
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