6/5 & 6/6: ABSTRACT EDITING

Please edit at least one picture using each of the techniques below. I will give you a final list of items to turn in on Tuesday.

selective focus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSZ_Pqh63dM

vignette:
http://rockysnapper.blogspot.com/2007/12/creating-vignettes-in-photoshop-cs3.html

Vivid Color:

http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-effects/vivid-glow.html

Enhance Saturation:

http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/The-Best-Technique-to-Enhance-Saturation/33311

More Vivid Colors, that look natural:

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/Color/1

EXTRA CREDIT, LATE WORK, & SENIOR INFO

All late work, or resubmitted work is due this Friday, 6/6.

SENIORS:  DUE THIS FRIDAY, 6/6:

• All photo equipment
• The additional 8 prints you would like printed in a folder titled PRINT

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES:

1. Attend the Art Expo Showcase evening this Friday, 6/6 from 6-8pm.  Say hi to Ms. King in the Theater Building, sign in, and stick around for at least a half-hour.  You will receive additional credit for each additional person you bring.
2. Extra Credit Photo Assignment:  You select your own theme and select a Photo concept that we explored in class.  While you are readdressing a topic from previous classwork, you must select a theme that makes it different than the assignments that we did this semester.  Examples could be: SC demolition shots exploring DOF; Nature shots exploring complementary color; Action shots from a sporting event focusing on unique angles; A day in the life of you/friend using selective color; etc.
• You will submit the following:
1. A paragraph about what your theme is and what Photo concepts you will focus on.
2. a contact sheet titled, EC(& YOUR THEME), with 24 INTERESTING PICTURES WITH STRONG COMPOSITIONS
3. Your best image as a JPEG titled, EC(& YOUR THEME) BEST

6/3 & 6/4: ABSTRACT PHOTO SHOOT

ABSTRACT ASSIGNMENT LIST TO DATE: 
CONTACT SHEETS:

• AbstractCS1 - DUE Monday, 6/2
• Contact Sheet of 10-12 abstract images
• AbstractCS2 - DUE 6/3 or 6/4
• Contact Sheet of 24 INTERESTING abstract images (you may need to take more than 24 to get 24 good pictures)
• AbstractCS3 - DUE on 6/9 or 6/10
• Contact Sheet of 24 INTERESTING abstract images taken away from SC

When taking Abstract pictures today, keep the following in mind:

• Think about strong compositions, patterns, lines, shapes, lighting, color, nonrepresentational images (where it is not of something specific, or it is hard to tell what it is).  To achieve this, you may zoom in or try unique angles.
• Throw out the rules of photography.  Experiment. If your camera has experimental settings, you may want to try them.

PHOTOMERGE & ACTION SEQUENCE ASSIGNMENT LIST

This is the list of Photomerge and Action Sequence assignments.

CONTACT SHEETS = 75 points total:

• Photomerge1 =  2-3 panoramic photomerges were taken at SC  
• These images have already been merged in Photoshop
• Worth 25 points
• Springbreak = Approximately 24 pictures taken for 3 different photomerges, & one set of pictures to create an Action Sequence (at least 3-5 pictures)
• These are all of the separate pictures for the panoramic merges and Action Sequence. They have NOT been merged or made into the Action Sequence
• Worth 25 points
• Photomerge2 =  3 panoramic photomerges from your Springbreak pictures
• These images have already been merged in Photoshop
• Worth 25 points

FINAL PICTURES:

• PHOTOMERGEBest:   (JPEG)
• Worth 100 pts.
• FLATTEN IMAGE BEFORE SAVING (Layer->Flatten Image)
• Your SINGLE BEST PHOTOMERGE image
• Submit for printing as a maximum quality jpeg
• ACTIONSEQUENCEBest:   (JPEG)
• Worth 100 pts.
• FLATTEN IMAGE BEFORE SAVING (Layer->Flatten Image)
• Your SINGLE BEST ACTION SEQUENCE image
• Submit for printing as a maximum quality jpeg