Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Book Signing
Dr. Douglas Harper, professor of sociology at Duquesne University, will do a signing for his new book The Italian Way: Food and Social Life, published by The University of Chicago Press. Harper co-authored the book with his wife, Patrizia Faccioli, a native of Italy and professor of sociology at the University of Bologna.
“The core of the book is the study of the dinner experience of a wide range of Italian families, some working class, others middle and professional class; some traditional and others modern,” explains Harper.
The Italian Way reflects on Italian culture by focusing on 24 families in the city of Bologna, Italy, and features interviews, observations and 150 photos (taken by Harper) of the families shopping for ingredients, cooking together and cleaning up after their meals.
According to the publisher, Harper and Faccioli demonstrate “the guiding principle of the Italian table—a delicate balance between the structure of tradition and the joy of improvisation.”
When: Thursday, April 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Barnes & Noble Bookstore, Duquesne University Power Center, Forbes Avenue at Chatham Square, Pittsburgh.
Information: For more information, call 412.434.6626.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Final Project
We will have our final critique on April 20 and 22nd. Please have 8 images posted to your blog and 6 of those 8 images printed to turn in.
Pick up your prints (and final grade) on Tuesday, April 27th, 11:00-11:30, CH336.
Pick up your prints (and final grade) on Tuesday, April 27th, 11:00-11:30, CH336.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Individual Meetings Schedule
Individual Meetings on Thursday, bring your final project proposal printed out and be ready to discuss it.
Amanda 10:50
Caitie: 10:55
David 11:00
Desirae 11:05
Garrett 11:10
Katharine 11:15
Laura 11:20
Megan 11:25
Meghan F. 11:30
Rachel 11:35
Dan 11:40
Travis 11:45
Vic 11:50
Amanda 10:50
Caitie: 10:55
David 11:00
Desirae 11:05
Garrett 11:10
Katharine 11:15
Laura 11:20
Megan 11:25
Meghan F. 11:30
Rachel 11:35
Dan 11:40
Travis 11:45
Vic 11:50
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Compositional Help
Rule of Thirds
Framing within your image
Reflections, Tips & Tricks, More Examples
Use Perspective and Scale
Also, try getting close up and uncluttering your image.
Framing within your image
Reflections, Tips & Tricks, More Examples
Use Perspective and Scale
Also, try getting close up and uncluttering your image.
Souvenir Project
These are fun.
Photographs of souvenirs at the site they represent by Michael Hughes.
Photographs of souvenirs at the site they represent by Michael Hughes.
Making Panoramas in Photoshop
Click here for instructions on how to use the Photomerge tool in Photoshop or Bridge to make a panorama.
Re-Do!
For this assignment, go back to one of the previous assignments in this class and re-do the assignment. You will need to completely re-shoot the assignment, not just tweek the images you already shot for the original assignment. Perhaps you got an idea after seeing other images in class or after you learned more in Photoshop. Here is your chance to apply the "if I knew then what I know now..." statement to your work.
Critique on April 6th.
Critique on April 6th.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Gender Swap Help
Saving a Selection: Step-by-step instructions with screen grabs.
Match Color: Image--Adjustments--Match Color
Transform Tool: Edit--Transform or Free Transform
*hold down the shift key when changing the scale to keep the original proportions
*remember to double click inside the box when you are done with your transformations and would like to use another tool in Photoshop
Filter Effects Reference: Filter--Blur--Gaussian Blur; Filter--Noise--Add Noise; Filter--Texture--Grain--(Enlarged)
To confine the effects of an adjustment layer to specific image layers, select the image layers, choose Layer > New > Group From Layers, and change the Mode from Pass Through to any other blending mode (like "Normal"). Then place the adjustment layer at the top of the layer group.
Match Color: Image--Adjustments--Match Color
Transform Tool: Edit--Transform or Free Transform
*hold down the shift key when changing the scale to keep the original proportions
*remember to double click inside the box when you are done with your transformations and would like to use another tool in Photoshop
Filter Effects Reference: Filter--Blur--Gaussian Blur; Filter--Noise--Add Noise; Filter--Texture--Grain--(Enlarged)
To confine the effects of an adjustment layer to specific image layers, select the image layers, choose Layer > New > Group From Layers, and change the Mode from Pass Through to any other blending mode (like "Normal"). Then place the adjustment layer at the top of the layer group.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Presentation Schedule
Tuesday, February 23:
10:50-11:15: finish portrait critique
11:15-11:25: Desirae & Laura on Holly Horner and Carl Sams II & Jean Stoick
11:25-11:45: Katharine and Vic on Dorothea Lange & David Donovan
11:45-12:05: Dan and David on Lee Friedlander & Larry Sultan
Thursday, February 25:
10:50-11:10: Meghan and Travis on Ansel Adams & Nigel Turner
11:10-11:30: Amanda on Charles Cohen & Richard Misrach
11:30-11:50: Anna & Rachel on Mike Brodie & Cara Barer
11:50-12:05: Caitie, Megan, and Garrett on Nils Orth & Martin Parr
10:50-11:15: finish portrait critique
11:15-11:25: Desirae & Laura on Holly Horner and Carl Sams II & Jean Stoick
11:25-11:45: Katharine and Vic on Dorothea Lange & David Donovan
11:45-12:05: Dan and David on Lee Friedlander & Larry Sultan
Thursday, February 25:
10:50-11:10: Meghan and Travis on Ansel Adams & Nigel Turner
11:10-11:30: Amanda on Charles Cohen & Richard Misrach
11:30-11:50: Anna & Rachel on Mike Brodie & Cara Barer
11:50-12:05: Caitie, Megan, and Garrett on Nils Orth & Martin Parr
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Gender Swap Assignment
John Berger wrote in his 1972 book Ways of Seeing that there is an essential use for women in traditional oil painting and art history:
Women are depicted in a quite different way...because the 'ideal' spectator is always assumed to be made and the image of the woman is designed to flatter him. If you have any doubt that this is so, make the following experiment. Choose...an image of a traditional nude. Transform the woman into a man. Then notice the violence which that transformation does.
For this assignment you will be working on transforming an art historical piece. Locate a traditional image that contains a person in it and switch it with someone of the opposite sex. You can take pictures of yourself, friends or family to use as the replacement. You will make a intricate selection of your portrait and cut & paste it into the older image using the selection tools we went over in class. Be sure your replacement matches the original in tone, expression & posture.
Build this image as a composite. Take pictures of yourself or friends in the posture of the original image. You'll need multiple layers in your Photoshop file to construct this project.
Make your file 5x7" or larger at 200 ppi.
You will need to have already started working on this or bring in all elements to start work on in it in class on Tuesday, 03/09! That means you've figured out what historical image you want to reproduce and taken all the necessary photos for it.
Bone-Grass Boy Series, Untitled # 36, 1996
by: Ken Gonzales-Day
Japanese appropriation artist,
Yasumasa Morimura's
Cindy Sherman copy
Women are depicted in a quite different way...because the 'ideal' spectator is always assumed to be made and the image of the woman is designed to flatter him. If you have any doubt that this is so, make the following experiment. Choose...an image of a traditional nude. Transform the woman into a man. Then notice the violence which that transformation does.
For this assignment you will be working on transforming an art historical piece. Locate a traditional image that contains a person in it and switch it with someone of the opposite sex. You can take pictures of yourself, friends or family to use as the replacement. You will make a intricate selection of your portrait and cut & paste it into the older image using the selection tools we went over in class. Be sure your replacement matches the original in tone, expression & posture.
Build this image as a composite. Take pictures of yourself or friends in the posture of the original image. You'll need multiple layers in your Photoshop file to construct this project.
Make your file 5x7" or larger at 200 ppi.
You will need to have already started working on this or bring in all elements to start work on in it in class on Tuesday, 03/09! That means you've figured out what historical image you want to reproduce and taken all the necessary photos for it.
Bone-Grass Boy Series, Untitled # 36, 1996by: Ken Gonzales-Day
Japanese appropriation artist,
Yasumasa Morimura's
Cindy Sherman copy
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Megapixel to Print Chart
"Each colored box represents a certain number of megapixels. The numbers along the top and left side are print dimensions in inches at 300ppi (pixels per inch). Most books and magazines require 300ppi for photo quality. For example, the chart shows that you can make a 5" x 7" photo quality print from a 3 megapixel camera."
inches @ 300ppi (numbers inside colored boxes are megapixels)
Taken from this site.Monday, February 1, 2010
Group Presentations
You and your group (2-3 people) will present the work of 2 different photographers or a photographic trend. You will present the photographers' work in the form of a power point presentation. You will need the following:
*15-20 images (it is acceptable to show an image or two by someone else that has influenced the photographer/s you have chosen)
*brief bio on photographers (where they're from, when and where they were working, what influenced them, any other interesting facts about them, etc.)
*compare or contrast the photographers and their work (use the vocabulary you are all now accustomed to)
*must be 10-15 minutes long
When you have formed a group and decided on the photographers you are going to do your presentation on, one member of the group email me telling me who is in the group and what you'll be doing your presentation on. If another group will be presenting on those same photographers, I will ask that you change who or what you're doing your presentation on.
Email me with group members and topic of presentation by Tuesday, February 9.
You will be presenting these during the week of midterms, February 23rd and 25th. I will assign you a date and time.
*15-20 images (it is acceptable to show an image or two by someone else that has influenced the photographer/s you have chosen)
*brief bio on photographers (where they're from, when and where they were working, what influenced them, any other interesting facts about them, etc.)
*compare or contrast the photographers and their work (use the vocabulary you are all now accustomed to)
*must be 10-15 minutes long
When you have formed a group and decided on the photographers you are going to do your presentation on, one member of the group email me telling me who is in the group and what you'll be doing your presentation on. If another group will be presenting on those same photographers, I will ask that you change who or what you're doing your presentation on.
Email me with group members and topic of presentation by Tuesday, February 9.
You will be presenting these during the week of midterms, February 23rd and 25th. I will assign you a date and time.
Resizing Images in Photoshop
Video on how to resize an image in Photoshop CS4.
Here's some screen shots with step by step instructions on saving your Photoshop files at different stages in the work. If you scroll down towards the bottom, you can see how to resize your image and save it for the web. These instructions are from another class I taught last year, so it may look a bit different than the desktop and Photoshop on the Macs we are using, but the same principles apply.
Once again, let me know if something is not clear, you can email me or talk to me before or after class.
Here's some screen shots with step by step instructions on saving your Photoshop files at different stages in the work. If you scroll down towards the bottom, you can see how to resize your image and save it for the web. These instructions are from another class I taught last year, so it may look a bit different than the desktop and Photoshop on the Macs we are using, but the same principles apply.
Once again, let me know if something is not clear, you can email me or talk to me before or after class.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Portrait Assignment
For this assignment you will need to capture 3 portraits, one of each of the following categories:
1) Self-Portrait Photograph yourself. Portray some aspect of your personality or the “fantasy you.” You must set up the photograph yourself! Someone else can push the shutter if needed but you must create the scene, composition, angle, etc. Another way to photograph yourself is to see if your camera has a self timer on it, you can set your camera up, either on a tripod or some sturdy surface, set the timer, get in place and wait for the shutter to release.
2) Portrait of Someone You Know Photograph a person you know (i.e. friend, family, coworker, classmate). Try using different lighting sources and locations. Think about how you view this person and try to capture some aspect of their personality.
3) Portrait of a Stranger You can stop someone and ask to take their picture or try to capture someone from afar.
You will post all 3 images to your blog and print one image at 8x10 inches or larger.
Reading: What makes a great portrait?
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**Photographers to look at: Cindy Sherman, Lee Friedlander, Robert Frank, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Nikki Lee, Joel Sternfeld, Chris Verene, Diane Arbus, Eugene Meatyard, Nan Goldin, Katy Grannan, Garry Winogrand, Mike Brodie, Boris Mikhailov
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Time line:
02/02: Intro to Portrait Assignment
02/04: Intro to Photoshop
02/09: Cont. of Working with Photoshop: Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, Selecting and Adjusting
02/11: Work Day, bring in what you've shot to work on
02/16: Critique on Portraits
1) Self-Portrait Photograph yourself. Portray some aspect of your personality or the “fantasy you.” You must set up the photograph yourself! Someone else can push the shutter if needed but you must create the scene, composition, angle, etc. Another way to photograph yourself is to see if your camera has a self timer on it, you can set your camera up, either on a tripod or some sturdy surface, set the timer, get in place and wait for the shutter to release.
2) Portrait of Someone You Know Photograph a person you know (i.e. friend, family, coworker, classmate). Try using different lighting sources and locations. Think about how you view this person and try to capture some aspect of their personality.
3) Portrait of a Stranger You can stop someone and ask to take their picture or try to capture someone from afar.
You will post all 3 images to your blog and print one image at 8x10 inches or larger.
Reading: What makes a great portrait?
_______________________________________________
**Photographers to look at: Cindy Sherman, Lee Friedlander, Robert Frank, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Nikki Lee, Joel Sternfeld, Chris Verene, Diane Arbus, Eugene Meatyard, Nan Goldin, Katy Grannan, Garry Winogrand, Mike Brodie, Boris Mikhailov
_______________________________________________
Time line:
02/02: Intro to Portrait Assignment
02/04: Intro to Photoshop
02/09: Cont. of Working with Photoshop: Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, Selecting and Adjusting
02/11: Work Day, bring in what you've shot to work on
02/16: Critique on Portraits
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Artists We've Looked At
Today we watched the bit on Jean-Marc Bustamente.Tuesday, January 26, we will watch the video Manufactured Landscapes about the work of photographer, Edward Burtynsky.
Thursday, January 28, will be our first critique. Please review these key terms in photography to use during critique on Thursday.
Thursday, January 28, will be our first critique. Please review these key terms in photography to use during critique on Thursday.
Lab Hours
Monday: 8:00am-6:30pm
Class: 6:00-8:40pm
Tuesday: 10am-6pm
Classes: 1:30-3:00, 6:00-8:40pm
Wednesday: 9:00am-9:00pm
Class: 6:00-8:40pm
Thursday: 8:00am-7pm
Class: 1:30-300
Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm
(No Classes)
Saturday/Sunday: CLOSED
Class: 6:00-8:40pm
Tuesday: 10am-6pm
Classes: 1:30-3:00, 6:00-8:40pm
Wednesday: 9:00am-9:00pm
Class: 6:00-8:40pm
Thursday: 8:00am-7pm
Class: 1:30-300
Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm
(No Classes)
Saturday/Sunday: CLOSED
Friday, January 15, 2010
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