Lab Hours

Please note this semester's lab hours:

Monday, 3:30 to 6:30
Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Assignments are usually due on Mondays, hence the heavy timing at the end of the week.

Assignment: 33 (more) Faces

For Wednesday, Jan. 30: Please shoot 33 more "mug shots." Eleven at 28 mm, eleven at 50 mm and eleven at 75 mm. Same routine as the first three: head and shoulders, pay attention to the backgrounds, need name, age, hometown, major or job title and one piece of contact information.

We will process those images in class on Wednesday, so you won't need to do any lab-time before then.

Lab hours in the next post.

Assignment: 3 (of 36) Faces

For next Wednesday, Jan. 23, you need to shoot "mug shots" of three different people, people you do not know. These should be vertical photos, photos that would be used as half-column inserts into a newspaper or magazine story.

Shoot one with the lens set to 75 mm, one at 50 mm and the last at 28 mm. Think about the aperture you want based on how much depth of field you'll need. (Hint: At 28 mm, any given aperture has more depth of field than at 75 mm.) Then determine what ISO will give you a high enough shutter speed to negate camera shake and not negatively affect image quality.

Fill the frame–move in close enough so you're not wasting pixels.

Control your background–watch what's going on back there.

Wait for moments–look for a good expression, light in their eyes, things like that.

Shoot multiple photos of each person–aim for 10-15 frames per person. (Each person only needs to be shot at one focal length.)

UPDATED: For the caption, you need their name, age, hometown, job or major and one piece of contact information (phone number or email address).

Questions? Post them here or email me. Samples below.

Class Resources

We have, in addition to this blog, a web site that has links to the syllabus and the manual for your camera. Worth bookmarking (or remembering that it's linked from here).

I'm really sad we never got to see inside Eleanor's sheep dome.

REPOST: Final Portfolios

Lab hours:

Dec. 7 – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Dec. 10 – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Dec. 11 – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Dec. 12 – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (I'll be in the lab, 1-5)
Dec. 13 – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (I'll be in the lab all day)

I'll be around all of exam week, check my office or drop me a note and we'll set up a time to look at work.

Don’t push the deadline. Be paranoid - no portfolios will be accepted after 5:00 p.m. Remaining time will be announced throughout the day as shown on the clock on computer 0.

Deadline: Thursday, December 13, 5:00 p.m. SHARP

You must turn in your equipment with your portfolio. Be sure that all filters are in good condition. If anything is missing or broken, you’re responsible for replacing or repairing it. If you don’t, your account will be flagged and you won’t graduate.

Portfolio requirements:

10 single images, shot during this semester
1 photo story

Color laser prints of all the images, as well as one CD with high resolution versions of the images, to be placed in a 9x12 manila clasp envelope with your name and section on it.

All images must have complete, AP style captions, proper credit lines and correct file names.

To print photos with captions:

• When you are done toning, cropping and captioning, go to File -> Print with Preview
• Make sure “Center Image” is checked
• If a horizontal, click on “Scale to Fit Media”
• If a vertical, set height to 7.5 inches
• Click on “Description” to get captions to print
• Click on “Labels” to get file name to print
• Do not rotate prints in Page Setup
• Send to the HP 4600 printer

It's The Bokeh! Amongst other things...

Remember Mark E. Johnson's speech about the Bokeh? Well, the metaphysical and the practical have merged in this tutorial about how to make sweet shapes out of the Bokeh in your photos. Now we can not only have beautiful out-of-focus-ness, but it can be in the shape of a heart. Photography + Cuteness= Mark's favorite thing! :)