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Photo Communication – Assignments

ASSIGNMENT #6 Name:
Explore A Place: a Composition Assignment Date:

Film: Color Print (ISO 200) or Color Slide Film (ISO 64)

Part 1
Approach

1. Find an interestingly unusual location.

Take a series of pictures from a macro to a micro view of some aspect of the location, i.e. from some distance away to progressively closer and closer views. Close ups can be very close if you wish.

2. Compose each shot carefully.

Exclude unnecessary images (visual "noise" or detractions).

Techincal Considerations

1. Take out of doors subjects for daylight.

2. Consider LIGHT carefully.

(E.g. Before 10 am and after 5 pm.)
Fog, clouds, snow affects light too, so consider taking advantage if the opportunity presents itself. NOTE:

1. Set ISO with care!

2. Expose as meter tells you to, then Bracket!!!

Due: March 13: Negs or slides

* Will Start Digital use March 27

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Part 2
Digital Imaging

1. Scan in negative or slide using special 35mm scanner. Follow Marvin Bartel's Basic Image File Preparation Using Adobe Photoshop 5.0 ir 5.5. (See Photo Communication MB, PhotoPrep).

2. After scanning, and SAVING IT in Photoshop (in Macs in a temporarily saved folder you can make on the computer "Desktop" (Mac screen is called a desktop) manipulate:

Tonality and Contrast using Image + Adjust + Brightness/Contrast
Color Balance : Image + Adjust + Variations
Crop: Image + Crop
File Size (Keep modestly small, generally and save as JPEG)
Remove blemishes: magnifying glass, Rubber Stamp,
Sharpen

3. Assignment: 4 color prints:
    I. Macro view of Place
    II. Medium view of Place
    III. Micro view of Place
    IV. A montage: Use one as a base, copy, cut and paste images in from the other 2 photos (or others that you took that would work well). Maintain the sense of place, but enjoy playful overlappings, etc. Try using dodging, blurring and burning tools to integrate the several images.

Due: Monday, April 17 @ 1 PM