Manipulating beauty

Go to:
http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/
Click on 'evolution'
Play Film

On your blog, post the following:

List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer.

In your opinion, explain if you think it is ethically ok to change a person's appearance like this in a photo.

Under what circumstances is it worse than others? What types of changes are ok, and what aren't?

Pulitzer Report

Post the following to your blog in a way that makes sense and is attractive to look at:


Title of post - Pulitzer prize winner
Body of post:
Name of photographer-

Born on date-
Year photographer won pulitzer-
Who was the photographer working for when he/ she won?-

- Insert their most famous photo-
Critique of most famous photo-

-Insert two other good photo by the photographer-
Critique of each photo

Brief biographical sketch of the photographer in your own words:
How long was he/she a photographer?
What did photography mean to him or her?
Include at least one quote from the photographer.

The Power of Spot News

First, look at this year's pulitzer winners for spot news photography

Go here: http://www.pulitzer.org/
Do this: Click on "2006" at the top, click on "BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY" and Click on "Works" Look through ALL of the photos. Choose the one that you think best captures an intense, newsworthy moment. Save it, upload it to flickr, and post it to your blog.

Second, learn about some of the most powerful pulitzer shots.
Go here: http://www.newseum.org/pulitzer/
Do this: Look through the photos, and read the bios of photographers that you think you might be interested in. You will be doing a mini report / blog post on one pulitzer winning photographer. POST the name of the photographer you will be writing a report on.

Monday, October 16 Assignment

Have a good day, and be good to the sub.

Step ONE- Catch up on old work

Look through the assignments posted below on this blog, and work on any of the old work you haven't finished.

Step TWO- ATPI Fall Photo Contest
Your first opportunity to enter a major photo contest is coming up quickly.

1. Explore the contest.Go to: http://atpi.org/fall.htm

• Read the rules.You may enter a photo into any category you wish, but the first two photos you shot for this class (human knot and academics) fit well into the photojournalism or possibly the portrait categories.
• Look at some past winners.Click on the "2003 Winners" link at the bottom of the page, and click on the "click here" link on the winners page to launch the photo viewer. Look through the images, noting the different categories.
• Right click on your favorite photo, save it, upload it to flickr, and post it to your blog. Post the division and category of the photo, and briefly describe why you like it. I will use these posts to decide what we will shoot next

2. Make a decision.
If you would like to enter the contest, post "I plan to enter the contest in the _________ category." You may enter as many photos as you like, but you must pay $5.00 per photo for printing, mounting, and entry costs. You keep contest prints after they are judged.
If you plan to enter photos other than what we shot in the first two shoots, you need to start shooting soon.

Academics Photography Wrap Up

1. Make sure your best and worst academic shots are posted on your blog.
   See assignment below.
2. Open the “sample_xx” InDesign document you have saved in your folder.
3. Page 2-5 should be filled.
4. On page 5, do the following:
   i. Crop the best academic shot to fit the space you created
   ii. In the spot for the main headline, type the name of the class you shot
   iii. If you made a sub-headline, type a simple sentence describing the class
   iv. In the caption area, type a full 2 sentence caption.
5. Print page 5 and get names if you need to
6. Remember to include the 5Ws and the H in the first sentence, and background information in the second
7. On page 6, create a headline area called “ color study, CMYK”
8. On page 7, create a headline area called “light study”

• In Photoshop, Open your cropped best academic shot, and do the following:
  Image > mode > CMYK
  Window> Show Channels
  View> Proof Colors
  i. Hit Ctrl +1, Ctrl +2, Ctrl +3, Ctrl +4 to cycle through the color channels visually.
  ii. Make sure the CMYK Channel is selected
  iii. Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels
  iv. In the channel dropdown list, select cyan, and drag the whit slider all the way to the left to drop the levels to 0
  v. Drop the magenta and black levels to 0 also so only yellow is left.
  vi. Go to file > save as, and save this as “yellow”
  vii. Do the same to make a “cyan” and “magenta” and “black” file
  
• Lay these out in your inDesign document (You will have to resize) on page 6
• Label each image as the color it represents
• Include the combined cmyk image as well as the 4 separations
  

Light in photography

Answer the following on your blog:


Quantity

What does the quantity of light entering the camera affect:

Possible Shutter speeds?

Possible depth of field?

Contrast?


Quality

What is soft (difused) light?

What type of source does it come from?

What effect does it have?


What is hard (direct) light?

What type of source does it come from?

What effect does it have?


Direction

What is front light good for?

What is front light bad for?

What is side light good for?

What is side light bad for?

What is back light good for?

What is a possible problem with back light?


Resource
http://www.scphoto.com/html/light.html

Academics Best/ Worst critique

Instructions

1. Upload your best and worst shot from the academics shoot to flickr.com
Note- Your best shot should have some evidence of at least one advanced technique
2. Post both to your blog with the title "Academics Shoot Best and Worst"
3. For the best shot, writie a 3-5 sentence critique covering some or all of the critique questions liste below:
4. For the worst shot, writie a 4-6 sentence critique covering all of the critique questions listed below:

Critique Questions

Answer thes fully and specifically

Refer to elements in the photo

• Focus (What's sharp?, Is the depth of field long or short?, How does this affect the photo?)
• Composition Rules (Is the frame filled?, Is there action or emotion?, Is it candid?)
• Exposure (Is there any blur? Is the photo too dark(over exposed) or too light (under exposed) anywhere?
• Advanced technique (Are there any advanced techniques evident in the photo? If so, how do the add to the effect of the photo?)
• Lessons learned (What will I repeat in future shoots, and what will I try to do better?)

Post your Human Knot print with a caption / critique

1. Upload your scanned human knot photo to flickr.com
2. Post this to your blog with the title "My first B&W print"
3. In the body of the post, post the following:

• "Caption - your caption"
• "Process - Explain, in detail, how you shot, processed, and printed the photo"
• "Critique - List one thing you did very well and one thing you would like to improve."

Shutter Speed Reminder

Go to google.com, click on the "images" search option, and search for blurry photos. Find One, save it into your folder, and upload it to flickr.

Post this photo to your blog with the following information:

Title - DON'T Shoot below 60!

Explain what made the photo blurry and how to avoid this in the future.