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.