Photo Illustration preview

Look at some professional photo illustrations:

http://bop.nppa.org/2004/still_photography/entries/COI/60629/51656.html

Choose your favorite and post it to your blog:
Under the photo, post :
How was it made?
What is the main message?
What questions do you have?

Adobe Bridge Editing - Part 2

Once you are finished cutting the bad photos and rating the rest (see part one from yesterday) in Adobe Bridge, do the following:

1. Sort the photos by rating [view > sort > by rating]
2. Choose the BEST photo out the highly rated ones. Post this to your blog.
3. Write a caption in the metadata of the best photo.
A. In bridge, select the best photo.
B. Go to View, and make sure the "metadata panel" option is checked.
C. In the metadata panel, click on the pencil to the right of the "description" field
D. Type a one sentence caption (5ws and the H). You may make up the information. Click off the photo.
E. In your InDesign document, make a new blank page. File > Place the best photo.
F. Select the photo, and click on the "info" pallet (Select Window > Inf0 if the tab isn't active)
G. Click on the little arrow in the info pallet, and select "file info"
H. Copy the caption and paste it below your photo using the text tool.

Managing photos in Adobe Bridge part one

At the ATPI conference this last weekend, I saw a presentation on using Adobe Bridge (software that comes bundled with photoshop) to sort, manage, and even caption digital photos. This is how a lot of pros are doing it.

You will test your eye, and try out this new method with this exercise.

Step one - get the photos on your desktop.

There should be a folder named "edit" in your student folder in "my documents." If it's not there, go to J3 > Bridge_edit, and drag the "edit" folder into your folder.

Step two - load the photos into Adobe Bridge

Go to start> programs > Adobe Bridge to open the software.
Once open, navigate to the "edit" folder

Step two - cut the junk
Hit Ctrl+Delete to erase any photo that is unusable

Step three - rate the rest
Hit Ctrl 1-5 to add stars. One is just OK. Five rocks!
You are selecting for a "people" competition, so your fives should all be great photos of interesting people.

Write questions for David Kennerly

Get to know the photographer we will be meeting on friday night, and write some questions for us to ask.

1. Go to this link and read aboout David Kennerly:http://www.kennerly.com/about.php
ON Your blog, write two informed questions based on what you read:What do you want to know about him as a photographer or a person?

2. Go to this link, and write two informaed questions based on this specific article:http://corporate.gettyimages.com/marketing/webzine/usa/articles/sub6/page_1.asp

3. Go to the home page listed below, and look through his photos. Find one that you like a lot, describe it, and write a question about this specific photo.http://www.kennerly.com/

Hand Tinting with photoshop

Open your black and white portrait, and follow this tutorial
http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/hand_coloring/index.html

Start to design your magazine cover

1. look back over your magazine design blog posts, and browse other peoples posts to remind your self of what a good magazine cover looks like.

2. Open your InDesign document.

3. On page 8, design the template for a magazine cover. It must include the following:

A. Magazine name
Think carefully about the font you use
You may use the name of a real magazine or make up your own

B. A teaser (headline type description) for the main story. (Cover line)
Remember that you will be placing your portrait into the cover next week.

C. At least two teasers (Cover lines) for secondary stories. (Be creative)

D. Pricing and date information.