Podcast

Here is a link to a Photoshop for Digital Photographers podcast.

Thanks, Louie.

Final Project

The final project proposal/portfolio sheet is now posted to the blog. If you have any questions, ask.

Your final will be 7-10 NEW images created specifically for the concept you chose to develop. We will be discussing these ideas during your individual meetings. For those of you who were not in class today, you can sign up for your meeting at the next class. It is expected that you turn in your contact sheet and written proposal on Tuesday. The requirements for these can be found on the project sheet.

Also, contact sheets and written proposals can be turned in on a disc, or for those of you who have access to color printers, you can print these.

So...

Tuesday, November 18th, the following is due at the beginning of class:

• project 4: critical mass (see project sheet for list of all materials due)
• written final project proposal and contact sheet
  

Andre the Giant has a posse.

Here's an article from the NYTimes on Shepard Fairey. He was mentioned in today's lecture.

Update to Remainder of Syllabus

WEEK 7

T, November 11
lecture: digital photography in contemporary culture and the distribution of images
work day

TH, November 13
introduction to final projects
work day

WEEK 8

T, November 18
critique: project 4 – critical mass
final project proposals due

TH, November 20
individual meetings
work day

WEEK 9

T, November 25
individual meetings
work day

TH, November 27
thanksgiving day – no class

WEEK 10

T, December 2
critique: final projects

TH, December 4
critique: final projects

Project 4: Critical Mass

The template and project sheet are linked in the normal places.

Also, as a general guideline for this assignment, it would be best to turn the resolution down on your camera as you shoot for the project.

Midterm Quiz

Familiarize yourself with the following for your midterm quiz:

1. Terminology and definitions listed in the handout, "Glossary of Digital Terminology".
2. The artists discussed during the contemporary fine art digital photography lecture.
3. The names and uses of tools in Photoshop CS3.
4. The non-destructive way to edit images for color and tone .

Project 3 Research Links

http://www.spatialinformationdesignlab.org

http://www.zillow.com

http://www.textarc.org

http://www.clui.org

http://www.otherthings.com/grafarc/

http://www.endcommercial.com/press/ecmain.html

http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/#

http://senseable.mit.edu/nyte

http://www.gpsdrawing.com

http://www.whitecube.com/artists/mehretu/

http://glowlab.com/artists/

http://imaginarymuseum.org/LPG/Mapsitu1.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqH61plPXlQ

http://www.polarinertia.com

Order for Readings

For the readings that were given out on Tuesday the best order is the following:
1. Guy Debord, Writings from the Situationist International
2. Michele de Certeau, The Practice of Everday Life
3. Francesco Careri, Walkscapes
4. Italo Calvino, Mr. Palomar

This order should be helpful as some of the authors refer to ideas in the earlier readings.

I was there! Just ask Photoshop

Great article from the New York Times about common applications of photographic manipulation.

Also, big, red, and shiny, an online arts journal, has a number of interviews and gallery reviews for contemporary artists working in all media, including digital photography. Their back issues also contain a number of articles addressing the "death" of photography and the rise of digital imaging.

Demo Addendum

Directions for perspective correction were not posted because your book is the best resource for these tools.

Demos

The instructions for the techniques shown in yesterday's demo are now posted just to the right of this post. I'm also including links to specific demos online for those of you interested.

Ryan McGinnis' HDR tutorial

Lynda.com's free portrait retouching tutorials

HDR

HDR too

Photo Stitch Part Uno

Photo Stitch Part Deux

Photo Stitch Part Tres

Perspective Correction

Click on the image for a full resolution file.

Retouching

Click the image to get a full resolution file.

Digital Basics

Junk Drawers

Given the short conversation about Yolanda's work yesterday, here is a link to Paho Mann's website. He has photographed junk drawers and medicine cabinets.

Jeff Wall's, "A View From an Apartment", 2004-2005

Photoshop Tutorials

For those of you who do not know, there are a great many of tutorials available online for free or for pay. I would strongly suggest to any of you who are only minimally familiar with Photoshop that you subscribe to Lynda.com It is a subscription service and does cost $25/month, but it is well worth that just for the basics. I suggest starting with the Basics tutorial and then checking out the Photoshop CS3 for Photographers section. You may want to team up with someone to split the cost. It's well worth the price, even if you only have it for the next month. There are other students who have used this so they may be able to give you an impartial testimonial. (If you have used Lynda.com or any other tutorial site, please comment to this post so that others get a better idea of where to go for help.)

PSDTuts - the photo effects section is huge and it contains plenty of useful stuff...along with some really cheesy stuff too. scroll down to "previous entries" and see all the stuff they've posted in the past.

PhotoshopRoadMap - not as clean a site as psdtuts but still full of useful information. the blog section has a lot of stuff too.

PSDLearning - more of a graphic design based site but still it's pretty nice. there's more photo based stuff under the "photo effects" section.

Andy and I will be posting more links as we go along.

Photoshop Tutorials

bringing some levity to the realm of tutorials.

Adjustment Layers

noise/sharpening

Follow This

Some of you may have noticed that you can "follow" other blogs, or that your own blog can be followed. I would like you to follow the class blog. You may or may not follow each others blogs. This is an excellent way to keep track of who is posting and what is being posted.

You can follow by following these steps:

1. log in to your account at blogger.com
2. if you are not at the dashboard, you can click on the "sign in" link to the top right of the page. this will get you to your dashboard.
3. once you get to the dashboard, you will see three tabs below the heading "reading list".
4. "blogs i'm following" will be the first tab. because yours is probably empty, click on the "add" button.
5. click on the "add" button.
6. default selects, "add from url". type in the following http://arto354.blogspot.com or cut and paste from the url address bar above this screen.
7. click "next".
8. you are prompted to follow publicly or anonymously. choose publicly.
9. now you can track our posts.
   
10. ...and you are done.
    

Computing Services

The university's Information Technology department has a map showing the location of all computer labs, as well as a list of labs which includes what software is available at each lab.

Intro to Photoshop with The Doc!

Click on this picture to open a full size version.

Setting Up a Blog

Thanks to blogger, there is an easy tutorial available on YouTube of how to set up a blog. Because you will be required to create and maintain a blog during this course, I have added a link to the video: How to create a blog with Blogger. You are not required to purchase any additional customizations. How you layout your blog will be based on your own personal aesthetics. However, I will suggest that whatever layout you choose, keep in mind that this blog is specifically for this class and as such will primarily be used to view your photographic images.

More information about the requirements for your blog can be found on the syllabus.

Once you have created your blog, email the link to your blog and it will be posted to the student blog list.

Course Documents

Throughout the term, you will be able to download course documents (word documents) by clicking on the links to the right of this box. The syllabus and student questionnaire are both available for download now.

Resources for Purchasing a Digital Camera

digital camera reviews

• dpreviews
• digital camera hq
  
• cnet digital camera reviews

places to buy
i recommend no specific place, but offer options for those of you looking.

• university of oregon bookstore
  
• calumet photo
• keh camera
• best buy
• circuit city

these are only a few resources. there are infinite websites and places to buy. check for student discounts wherever you shop. it never hurts to ask.

the uo bookstore has a limited supply of cameras. if you are interested in purchasing your camera there, i would call or go in to make sure that they have the model you are interested in and that you can get it before the end of the first week of school. the uo bookstore also offers reasonable pricing on photoshop and other adobe software.

also, if any of you have suggestions for the rest of the students, please post them as a comment to this blog.

as always, ask if you have any questions.

Welcome to ARTO354

Announcements, handouts, and useful information will be found here throughout the term.