Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Diptych/Blog



You need 5 final DIPTYCHS (total of 10 images)
They should be ready to print by the end of class on Monday (after Spring Break).
Remember to try out some complimentary colors
Blue----Yellow
Red----Cyan
Green---Magenta

Final Output size is up to you. You will be sending a set of images to Adorama and to the SJDC print shop.
the largest the print shop can go is 11x14@300dpi
but Adorama can go much bigger.

Also, I will be looking and grading the blog over the break so make sure it is completely updated.
Have a good break!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

OK OK OK

OK I was thinking on my drive home yesterday that next Wednesday is maybe a little soon for Diptych to be due. I want you all to use the break to finish shooting this assignment...I do want at least 100 or 3 rolls ;) shots done by the 24th!!!

Sunday, March 14, 2010

DIPTYCH : People, Places, Things

DIPTYCH : People, Places, Things



For this assignment you will create 5 diptychs. Use your 350 shots to photograph PEOPLE, PLACES, and THINGS—you should shoot at least three and a half "virtual" rolls for each topic. Pay attention to quality of light—try shooting in the early evening, in the fog, in various kinds of artificial light, at night with long shutter speeds, etc. Remember to make INTERESTING IMAGES that will work well in pairs.

Your first 40 shots should be 400 ISO or less and should be shot between the hours of 10am and 2pm outside on a bright day.

40 must be slower than 400 ISO
40 must be 400 ISO
40 must be 800 ISO or above (Assuming your camera lets you shoot @ 800+)
The rest of the shots are your choice.

Over the next few class you will be bringing in Raw images to work on using Adobe Raw. The images will be placed next to each other in diptychs. Examples will be shown in class. You will be outputting in the Print Center and Adorama.

Prints must be sent to Print Shop and Adorama: March 24th


Project due : 8AM April 5th NO EXCEPTIONS!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

LECTURE

Shelby Lee Adams

Date:
April 16, 2010
Time:
7:30 pm
Location:
San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall 800 Chestnut Street San Francisco, Ca (at Jones Street)
Ticket Information:
$10.00 general admission $5.00 students with ID--- TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

cost of a busines

Any of you thinking about starting a business here's an interesting calculator.

http://www.nppa.org/professional_development/business_practices/cdb/cdbcalc.cfm


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Monday, March 8, 2010

Wednesday's Class



We will meet in Shima 150
to watch

The True Meaning of Pictures

A film about Shelby Lee Adams known for his environmental portraits of people living in Appalachia.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Scanning Tips

Scanning Tips thanks to Chris Johnson

1) Before you begin, be sure you have a very clear idea of the final physical size of the print you are planning to make.

2) Always scan at the highest possible bit depth to facilitate digital editing.

3) Use the scanner’s controls to capture as much visual information as possible from your source.

4) Whenever possible use a dedicated film scanner like the Imacon for 35mm scans.

5) Whenever possible scan using the ideal resolution and color space for the medium of your choice. (See below)

6) Scan black and white negatives in RGB Mode and then convert then in Photoshop use: Image > Mode > Grayscale to convert them to black and white files.

7) Always clean your source materials fanatically.

There are four factors that determine the ideal file size of your print:

1) The physical dimensions of the print you plan to make.

2) Resolution- The number of pixels per inch

3) The number of channels –Grayscale (1 channel), RGB (3 channels)

4) Bit depth- The number of colors each pixel can be.

The Adobe Photoshop New dialog box gives you a simple way to approximate the ideal file size for a given digital print.

Depending on the scanning software you are using, there are two ways to achieve the ideal file size for your final print.

1) You can either enter these values as settings and begin your scan.

2) With dedicated film scanners you should scan transparencies at the optical resolution of the scanner with the crop size at 100%, and then, if necessasry, re-compute the file size using Photoshop’s Image Size box.

Remember to try avoid having to increase the file size when you re-compute.

With some flatbed scanning software you should set the output size to the final size of your print and the resolution to whatever setting results in the ideal file size that you determined with the Photoshop New Box.

Ideal Resolutions and Color Spaces

For ink jet prints: 300 dpi – Adobe RGB 1998