Imaging: COMD 231

Guidlines for Final Presentation of Assignment 5

2008-12-04T09:42:00.000-08:00

Final Presentation Of Assignment 5

Due: Next Class Dec. 9th

Please select ten self-portraits that reflect the guidelines set forth for the project. Print out each image on 8x10 paper. On the back top left corner of each please place a computer printed out label that has the following: your name, the class #, teacher, your year of study, your major, your place of birth, what year the work was completed in, and number the prints (1-10)

On a separate sheet of paper please write 2-3 sentences per photograph and number them to correspond with each print.

Be prepared to hang your work when we come to class.

Assignment 3: Portraiture

2008-11-26T05:53:00.000-08:00

Here are the student projects from Assignment 3.

Enjoy!

Kate Kennedy

Clementine Martinez

Gabriel Escobar

Olena Slyesarenko

Johannes Heinke

Mathias Schmitt

Sarah Louden

Kristen Holbrook

Min Sik (Paul) Kim

Alexa Macfarlane and Jennie Fries

Mathew Nadolny

Final Assignment

2008-11-24T06:09:00.000-08:00

Take a series of ten self portraits. You can incorporate any of the techniques that we have covered in class.

A couple rules:

-You can not be in the photograph.

-No photo can be of the same subject or object.

-You must explain each photograph in writing. Each image must have a minimum of three sentences to accompany it.

Next class we will have individual meetings to go over your progress over the semester, and discuss your approach for the final assignment. Please be prepared to show work for the final next week. Nothing has to be prepared for presentation but I expect to see contacts, rough images and sketches.

Assignment 4: Animating Photographs

2008-11-19T10:38:00.000-08:00

Next class please bring in your animated gif. The only rule is that you must use original photography.

Enjoy!

Please click on the following link to review the instructions on how to make an animated gif

How to make an Animated Gif

Here are the ones I made in class, click on image to play.

It can be as simple as a couple images

Or many more

You can also layer images in your original files

Slide Show 11/18/08

2008-11-19T10:17:00.000-08:00

Ida Borg
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Anders Birch
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Merry Alpern
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William Christenberry
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Guidelines for Final Presentation of Assignment 3

2008-11-12T08:38:00.000-08:00

Final Presentation Of Assignment 3

Due: Next Class Nov. 18th

Here are the guidelines for the final presentation of assignment three. Please take time and follow the directions. In addition to your photography, the effort you placed and your participation in the last two critiques you will also be graded on presentation.

1. Digitally place the original image and the image you recreated side by side on an 8x10inch document. Please make sure your layout decisions reflect the piece you are turning in. Print out the final layout on an 8x10 piece of paper

2. Please flatten your image, save as a jpeg and burn to a cd. With a felt tipped pen please write your name and email address on the cd.

3. On the back top left corner print place a computer printed out label that has the following: your name, the class #, teacher, your year of study, your major, your place of birth and what year the work was completed in.

4. Place the final print and the cd in a plastic sleeve (can be purchased at any photo store). Then place the print enclosed in the plastic sleeve in an 8 1/2x11 manila envelope. One the top left corner of the envelope place a computer printed out label that contains your name and email address.

Please email or call me with any questions.

Slide Show 11/11/08

2008-11-12T08:12:00.000-08:00

We've missed a couple classes due to fall break and the election so here's our slide show to get things going again! For some reason Sally Mackay's animated gif's at the the end of the slide show don't play. Please visit her site in the link bar to see them.

Also I will post the slide show from three weeks ago tomorrow.

Enjoy!

Matthew Porter
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Michele Abeles
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Sean Higgins
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Julia Fullerton-Batten
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Sally Mackay
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Assignment 3: Portraiture

2008-10-21T06:51:00.000-07:00

Please choose a photo below and recreate it.

Next class 10/28/08 please bring a (1.) final print (8x10 inches) (2.) a print out of the found photo you recreated and (3.) any additional material you used to make the photo. It must be printed out, no digital files will be looked at.

Please email me with any questions, Enjoy!

Guidelines For Final Presentation Of Assignment 2

2008-10-07T14:18:00.000-07:00

Final Presentation Of Assignment 2

Due: Next Class Oct.14th

Here are the guidelines for the final presentation of assignment two. Please take time and follow the directions. In addition to your photography, the effort you placed and your participation in the last two critiques you will also be graded on presentation. With the exception of digital submissions, the following is standard presentation for most contests you will enter in Photography, Design, Illustration or Advertising.

1. Make a final edit of 10 prints. Print them out exactly 8x10 inches, these are your final prints for this assignment so please make sure you are proud of the quality. On the back top left corner of each of the final prints attach a computer printed out label. The label should have your name, the class #, teacher, your year of study, your major, your place of birth and what year the work was completed in.

2. Purchase an 8x10 Box (like this one) at B and H, Adorama, Calumet or Sam Flax. It doesn't have to be the exactly same one. On the left outside edge of the box place a printed out computer label with your name and email address. Also place an additional label on the top left corner of the front of the box with the same information.

3. Place the prints in the box. Make sure you are considering the order in which the prints will be viewed. If the surface of paper you choose is delicate then consider placing each print in a plastic sleeve to avoid scratches. On top of the prints type out a cover letter that explains your project. Make sure to also include your name and email address in this cover letter.

4. Bring the completed assignment to the next class and hand it to me. If you have a valid reason why the assignment can not be turned in you must contact me by Friday the 10th of October. Late assignments will not be accepted and will be graded as an incomplete.

Please email or call me with any questions :)

David

Processing Raw Files in Photoshop

2008-09-23T09:45:00.000-07:00

Open Photoshop CS3

Go to File > Scripts > Image Processor

An Image Processor window will pop up. It will ask you what files you'd like to process and where the processed the files are going.

For printing please select Tiff with no image compression or resizing

Please email me with any questions

If the version of Photoshop you are using does not have the Image Processor script then please google the script and download it.

The Creative Backstory of the ADC Young Guns: The Woman Vanguard

2008-09-17T14:46:00.000-07:00

The Creative Backstory of the ADC Young Guns: The Woman Vanguard:

This is part of the same lecture series we will see tomorrow.

Assignments: Due 09/23/08

2008-09-17T07:28:00.000-07:00

Here are your assignments for this week. Please print out 24 work prints of the assignment (at least 8x10 inches). Don't worry about printing high quality, but good enough quality so that we can discuss them in class.

Due: 09/23/08

Please email me with any questions.

Enjoy.

Johannes Heinke:
Carry a camera on you every day for the next week and photograph your day to day experiences as an exchange student. What differences do you see in life here. Do not worry about precious photographs but try to shoot a ½ roll a day of everything you are observing, people, places, things and yourself. Let the camera become your diary.(look at Robert Frank, Lee Freidlander and Garry Winogrand)

Sarah Louden:
Listen to a song you love on repeat. Take photographs that reflect the mood and feeling of that song. Look at Uta Barth and Jack Pierson's Photographs.

Clementine Martinez:
Visit the Cloisters. Explore what negative and positive spaces means there. Look at Daido Moriyama's Photographs.

Gabriel Escobar:
Take another day trip with the girl you photographed. Document the trip from the moment you see her til the moment you part, explore what it means to make a subject comfortable. This is a good place to go. Richard Avedon was a master communicator, read more about him and learn how he interacted with his subjects.

Paul (Min Sik Kim):
Ask your friends in New Jersey to revisit the place you discussed in class. Photograph that place and them in it. Ask them to tell you a memory they have about the place. Look at landscape photography, how does the photographer make the landscape dynamic?

Jennie Fries:
Go back to Coney Island and photograph the people, structures and places that are new and photograph the people, structures and places that are old. What is the difference? Look at old photographs of coney island, how does a place change over time?

Min Sik Moon:
Ask your girlfriend to stand against a white wall. Photograph her for an hour against the wall and try to pull a full range of emotions out of her. Compare those photographs with snapshots of her from an album. Bring them to class. Look at the work of Irving Penn, Richard Avedon and Chris Buck.

Alexa MacFarlane:
Photograph Time Square and the surronding area at night. Bring a tripod and experiment with and with out it. Look at Henry Wessel's book "Night Walk"

Olena Slyesarenko:
Pick four people. Have them hold their breath for as long as they can and think about a person who broke their heart. Photograph it. Afterwards ask them to give you an image or drawing of the person they were thinking about. Look at Rinko Kawauchi and Zen Sekizawa's photographs.

Kristin Holbrook:
Ask two friends to write down their dreams or fantasies and photograph them acting them out. Think outside the realms of normality. Look at Floria Sigismondi

Mathais Schmitt:
Spend an afternoon in East River Park. Approach strangers and ask to take their portrait. Ask them why they are there and get their story. Look at Todd Papageorge, Todd Selby and Alex Soth.

Kate Kennedy:
Go into a friend’s apt and ask them to leave for an hour. Photograph only their possessions. Afterwards ask the friend to describe what these possessions mean to them. Why they have them? Looks at William Mebane and this project specifically.

Slide Show 09/16/08

2008-09-17T06:56:00.000-07:00

Guest Speaker: Brynn Komro

09/16/08

Brynn Komro from Ralph Lauren was our guest speaker for this class. Here are five photographers she presented.

Cindy Sherman
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Tierney Gearnon
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Takashi Yasumura
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Harry Gruyaert
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Larry Towell
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This Thursday

2008-09-16T09:02:00.001-07:00

Join us as four ADC Young Guns 6 winners present and discuss their work - ranging from illustration to video and everything in between. This is your chance to see and hear what you cant find anywhere else - just yet!

Presenting for the first time:
John Kudos, Studio Kudos
Keetra Dean Dixon, fromkeetra
Julia Rothman, ALSO
Ryan Dunn and Wyeth Hansen, Labour

Thursday, September 18, 2008 (This is the final day of the ADC YG6 exhibit.)
@ADC Gallery
5:30 pm Adobe Workshop
Noha Edell, from Adobe, shares the latest Adobe tips and tricks.
7:00 pm Presentation
Moderated by James Gaddy, Associate Editor, PRINT magazine

All attendees are eligible to win a copy of CS3!

ADC Members $10
ADC Young Guns 6 Entrants $10 (This will be verified.)
Non-Members $15 online, $20 at the door.

Proceeds support the events and scholarships of the ADC.

Sponsored by Adobe.

About the ADC:

Founded in New York in 1920, the Art Directors Club is the prestigious creative collective organization that embraces the related and now convergent fields of advertising, design and interactive media.
Not Yet A Member? Join Now.

The Art Directors Club 106 West 29th Street New York, NY 10001 212.643.1440 www.adcglobal.org

Slide Show From 09/09/08

2008-09-15T16:39:00.000-07:00

The World in Black and White: Photographers working in Black and White

09/09/08

Welcome to the second slide show of the class. The following slide show examines photographers working in black and white. I attached video and text links for each photographer, please take time to investigate them.

Richard Avedon
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Brassai
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Larry Clark
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Ralph Gibson
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Robert Frank
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Jacques Henri Lartigue
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Lewis Carroll
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
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Weegee
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Bruce Davidson
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Slide Show From 09/02/08

2008-09-15T14:48:00.000-07:00

Art and Commerce: Art Photographers Working in the Commercial Field

09/02/08

Welcome to the first slide show of our class. I've uploaded it to this site so that you can become familiar with photographers and their work. I provided links for each photographer (text and video), please take time and read and watch the clips.

Larry Sultan
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Gregory Crewdson
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Todd Hido
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Taryn Simon
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Martin Parr
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Stephen Shore
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Ryan McGinley
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Bill Owens
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Collier Schorr
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Alec Soth
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Elinor Carucci
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Philip Lorca DiCorcia
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John Bergers Videos

2008-09-09T21:39:00.000-07:00

Sorry, not all Videos were able to embed, click the links instead.

Ways of seeing Part 1 (1-4)

Ways of seeing Part 2 (1-4)

Ways of seeing Part 3 (1-4)

part two

part four

Ways of seeing Part 4 (1-4)

part two
part three

part four

Photoblogs

2008-09-09T20:45:00.000-07:00

List all Photoblogs here

I heart photograph
photoshelter

List of Photographers

2008-09-09T20:41:00.000-07:00

I made a List of the Photographers I remembered, I hope, I spelled the names correctly.

Daniel Freytag
Gregory
Tody Idon
Simon Johan
Loretta Lux
Peter Beste
Helen van Meene
Bazai - Paris by Night
Lerry Clarke - Kids
Teren Simon
Marten Parr
Steven Shore
Ryan McGinley
Bill Owens - Suburbia
Robert Frank "The americans"
Humila tee
Hanry Larty
Gil Ringberg
Tierney Garson
Storm Thorgerson
John Dolan
Louis Carrel - Alice in Wonderland
Jakob Hold
Man Ray
Bruce Davidson "Brooklyn Gang"
Weegee
Bob Richardson

Welcome

2008-09-09T20:24:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,
I just set up this Blog for e.g. collecting all the Photographers we saw and we will see, while we are in the course. Also I think its good for exchanging Ideas and stuff. It should be easy to register for this Blog, so everybody can post things like Photographers or Images he/she likes.