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So, this is how we are going to wrap things up.
On friday, you will hang your prints up in the cases in the hall by 11:30. You will need to return your camera to me, and you should provide me with a pdf of all of your work during the semester.
You can pick up your projects on monday.
student work of the week – beth miller
Tags: digital photography, student work
You should select the final project for the course. You should submit 3 final prints and have the content of the project approved by me.
Due:
Progress Crit on Monday August 4
Final Prints Due on August 8
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Summer 2008
Assignment: Scanner as Camera
Description: A scanner is really just a large digital camera with a shallow depth of field. Create two “collages” by scanning objects on the scanner.
Objectives:
- Using the scanner as a means of creative expression.
- Discover the advantages and limitations of the scanner for reproducing three-dimensional objects.
- Exploration of the metaphorical and symbolic meaning of objects
Guidelines:
- Try scanning many different objects.
- Create the “collage” in photoshop, not on the scanner glass. A great deal of photoshop manipulation should occur in these images.
- Adjust the image settings in Photoshop to create a good final image
- Final prints should be as large as possible.
- Create 2 final images of different subjects
Due:
Progress Crit on Monday August 4
Final Prints Due on August 8
student work of the week by Beth Miller
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Spring 2008
Assignment: Emulation
Description: Working in the ’style’ of a photographer you admire and creating images that are similar.
Objectives:
Researching photographers
Using a digital camera
Image making in the ’style’ of another photographer. This is often a good place to begin when you want to expand or get moving in your work. Eventually, it will expand and evolve to your own style, if you continue in the process.
Presenting your work: PowerPoint and print
Guidelines:
Look for a photographer whose work you find interesting and challenging.
Be sure to let me know which photographer you have picked before starting the assignment.
Read about the photographer and what his / her work is about to understand more of what motivates the work.
Find at least 2 works by this photographer that are in a high enough resolution to be presented in PowerPoint (100 dpi: ≥ 7.5″ x ≥10)
Create 3 images in the ’style’ of this photographer
Your work needs to look like the photographer might have taken the images, not an attempt to exactly reproduce the image.
6. Place the two images by the photographer and your three emulations in a PowerPoint presentation.
7. Print each image
a. Minimum of 8 x 10, unless your photographer created smaller images.
b. Optional, consider printing the exact size that your photographer would work.
Due
PowerPoint
a. 2 images by your photographer
b. 3 Emulation images
3 Emulation prints: 8 x 10 or greater
Prints maybe be turned in without special mounting or presentation
Progress Crit Monday July 28
Student Work of the Week – “Snapshot” by Greg Sand
Tags: digital photography, student work
Greg created this image for an independent study class in digital photography. You know that a student is on to something when the resentment and jealousy from his / her classmates is easy to see during a critique.
It has been rewarding to watch this series develop. The way that Greg is letting the found image suggest the manipulation that he makes is adding a new layer of meaning and intrigue.
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Summer 2008
Assignment: Panoramic Photograph
Description: Using the Automate – Photomerge feature in Photoshop create 2 panoramic images.
Objectives:
Using multiple images to create one panoramic image
landscape
color correction
Guidelines:
Take a large number of images to work with.
Try several different combinations and options to create your final image
Adjust the image settings in Photoshop to create a good final image
Final prints should be as large as possible.
Create 2 final images of different subjects
Due:
Progress Crit on Monday July 21
Final Prints Due on July 28

We will have our crit on tuesday.
Digital Photography
Summer 2008
Scanning and Colorizing a Black and White Image
Objectives
Printing high quality images from scans.
Colorizing a black and white image in Photoshop.
Guidelines
From a former photography class find a good quality black and white negative
Scan at 4000 dpi and 16 bit
Use Photoshop for the best contrast and detail
Colorize the image in Photoshop
Be sure to keep original un-colorized image as your bottom layer
print final image as an 8 x 10
mat the final image for presentation
Progress Critique on Monday July 14
Final matted prints due on July 21
Digital Photography
Summer 2008
Color Assignment
Create a series of three images addressing color and color schemes
Objectives:
1 Using a digital camera
2 Color and color schemes
3 Editing your work to create a powerful series
4 Creating flawless prints
Guidelines
Photograph images in the following color schemes
Primary
Complimentary
Monochromatic
Analogous
Edit your photographs down to the three best images. Print them as large as possible on a 13 x 19 sheet of paper.
Progress critique on Monday July 14
Final matted prints due on July 21





