Thursday, August 15, 2019
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Week 2 Day 3 Wrap-Up
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| Allan Sekula, Dear Bill Gates, 1999 |
This morning, we took a trip to Central Park to take one last deep dive into Manual Exposure. After, we visited Marian Goodman Gallery to see Allan Sekula: Labor's Persistance.
In the afternoon, we took a closer look at the Photoshop workflow, working with retouching and specific image adjustments. We also worked on putting together the final exhibition portfolio.
(for more details about how to put together your final portfolio, including what is due when, please see the blog post here).
If you haven't already, you will be receiving revisions and suggestions to the first draft of your artist statement just shortly. Please respond to those revisions and send me the second draft before tomorrow's class.
If you have already posted the stranger portrait from this morning to the class blog, there is no new homework, aside from working on your artist statement, as well as capturing any last minute photos or videos for your final portfolio.
We will spend most of tomorrow in an open lab session, so please come prepared with all of your files, just in case.
As always, please reach out with any questions. See you tomorrow!
Final Exhibition & Portfolio Details
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| Mike Brodie, from the series A Period of Juvenile Prosperity |
Here is a break down of what is due over the next two days and how to turn it in:
Due TOMORROW (Thursday) by end of class:
Final Artist Statements are due by Thursday night. You will be receiving edits from me between tonight (if you haven't already). Please send the next draft before class tomorrow.
- Your 10 best images for the exhibition:
- Can be any 10 images from this semester, as long as they are part of your series.
- Should be highest-quality versions of these images, ideally saved as processed TIFs.
- Your Self Portrait
Final Artist Statements are due by Thursday night. You will be receiving edits from me between tonight (if you haven't already). Please send the next draft before class tomorrow.
Due by FRIDAY morning (last day of class!):
- A USB drive or DVD labelled with your first and last name, containing the following:
- A folder containing the 20+ final images of your series.
- Should be highest-quality versions of these images, ideally saved as processed TIFs
- A folder containing all of your homework assignments, separated by week.
- These should be your original files or processed TIFs, and not images you copied off the blog.
- A folder containing your exported video (exported as H.264)
- Your Artist Statement
Please see the photo below illustrating how to organize your USB.
Please note that there will not be time during class on Friday to work on putting everything together.
The final USB can be turned in tomorrow if you have everything ready early.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Artist Statements: Helpful Resources
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| Pierre Louis Pierson, Portrait of Comtesse de Castiglone, c. 1863/66 |
Photoshop and Camera Raw Tutorials
Hi Everyone!
Here are a couple of basic Photoshop tutorials for your. Don't worry if you don't fully understand them--we will go over the material again in the coming weeks. Please write down any questions you have or if there is anything especially unclear.
Camera Raw Workflow:Here are a couple of basic Photoshop tutorials for your. Don't worry if you don't fully understand them--we will go over the material again in the coming weeks. Please write down any questions you have or if there is anything especially unclear.
Photoshop CC Interface:
Photoshop, GIMP, and Photo Editing at Home
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| Steven Klein |
If you are interested in doing more advanced photo editing at home or after the end of semester, there are a number of great options open to you:
Photoshop is now on available as a subscription-based photo bundle for $10 per month here.
There is a 30-day free trial, so if you are considering this route, be sure to do the trial first.
There is also an extremely simplified version of Photoshop with just the most basic tools called Photoshop Elements. It generally comes bundled with the software that comes with Wacom Tablets or some printers and scanners.
Another great alternative to Photoshop that many photographers prefer is Lightroom. It is made by the same company as Photoshop, but is designed for photographers who may not need all of the advanced retouching and compositing functions available in photoshop. It's also a lot less expensive.
The student-priced version can be found here.
If you aren't interested in buying software, a popular option is GIMP, which is available for free download here: http://www.gimp.org. There are free tutorials here: http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/
There are a lot of Photoshop and basic photo editing tutorials online. By far, the best are found on Lynda.com. It's a pay-membership site, but they've made quite a bit of their content available for free on their Youtube channel, found here.
This should get you started! If you have any suggestions or recommendations, please leave a comment.
Week 2, Day 2 Wrap-Up
Hi Everyone.
Thanks for braving the weather today! I'm excited about everyone's work from today.
Be sure to take a close look at the photo essays posted to the blog (and how they flow) and consider how to best edit and sequence your own work for the exhibition.
Just a reminder--we will be taking another field trip, so come prepared and bring subway fare for two trips.
Today we went to Coney Island to shoot the sand and surf.
On to tonight's homework:
- Submit the first draft of your artist statement (as an editable Google doc) for your photo series and video. these should be short--1 paragraph or so for each.Don't worry about them being perfect. Just get words down on paper. If you are unsure about the focus of your project, write about that.
- Continue working on your self portrait. As a reminder, this will be accompanying your work in the exhibition.
- Keep shooting for your series and your video.
If you have any questions about any of this, please get in touch.
See you tomorrow!
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