Intermediate Photography

Week 1.

               Introduction

View students work/portfolio

Discussion of class goals

Introductory Slideshow

First Assignment

Week 2

Creative Controls of PhotoShop

                      Setting up preferences

                      Curves

                      Levels

                      Layers,

                      Layer masks etc.

Image Critique

Week 3

Creative Controls of PhotoShop (continued)

Down loading options

File formats

Storage

Database options

Introduction to Raw Format

Preparing Images for Print and Presentation

Work Station

Week 4

Creative Controls of PhotoShop (continued)

Seeing in B&W

Exploring the perfect print

Conversion to Black and White

Image Critique

 

Week 5

Project Discussion Night

Each student will prepare a presentation in the form of a slide show for the final class. While the presentation does not need to be narrative, it should have  flow and content continuity. Near the end of the course the student will learn to assemble, edit and synchronies images and audio for presentation.

Work Station

 

Week 6

A Night in the Studio

            An introduction to lighting things, from object to

                        people.

                        We will explore simple (at home) kind of lighting  to more

                        complex studio lighting.

Week 7

Integrating Still images with Motion

Working with audio, video and still images

Introduction to video and editing

The linear Scrapbook

 

Week 8

The Studio:      An introduction to lighting things, from object to

people.

We will explore simple (at home) kind of lighting  to more complex studio lighting.

Week 9

 Field trip:        We will go of as a group to photograph in a specific area. Working together as a group selecting a site and compose an image by committee You will  then go off on your own to photograph. We will then review work in the next session and finalize the image in PhotoShop that we take together.

 

Week 10

Review the work from field trip

Begin to assemble the work for the final presentation

Hands-on Introduction to Vegas Video and Flash   Slideshow Maker

Printing from PhotoShop

           

Week 11

                                 TBA

Hands on Matting and Over-matting  and the use of metal frames for presentation

 

 

 

Week 12

Presentation of final slide show.

Portfolio Review

Party

 

           

 

 

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