Class #11 - Nov. 16th - Manually Manipulated Photographs

11/9      -Class in TECHcenter until 9:30 (preparing files for printing)

  -Section B - In class Photographer presentations

              -Discussion on manipulated Photographs – Manual process

              -Shooting Assignment #11 explained and given – Manually manipulating photographs

                                           Photography Assignment #10

Manually manipulated photographs

For this assignment I’d like you to create 7 new images from your photographs, magazine pages, newspaper, etc. 

I want you to incorporate collage techniques, painting, weaving, tearing or any other technique you’d like to do that would reinvent the photograph.

The more creative you get the higher the grade.

Once you are done with your creation then I’d like you to take a picture of it.  I’d like you to frame the photograph so that only your new image is in focus and not anything else.  Pay attention to your lighting.

Once you photograph this new image, you can use pixlr.com to even further edit and manipulate the photograph.

I want you to think abstractly and I want you to give your old photographs a new life.

Have fun!

Class #10 - Nov. 9th - Pixlr.com demo

11/9      -Class will be held in TECHcenter

            -Discuss Formal Analysis of favorite work (from the Met)

            -How to use Pixlr (Pixlr.com)

            -Using image editing software to create a new composition (cutting and pasting)

-Photo Assignment #10 explained and given – using Pixlr.com to manipulate images

            For next week: -BRING: in camera + textbook

                                    -UPLOAD: images to your Tumblr from Assignment #11.

                                    - UPLOAD: 10 of your favorite images + bring scissors and art supplies.   

                                    -UPLOAD: Section B – upload images to your Tumblr for your in class                                                       photographer presentation + email or bring in hard copy of text

                                    -UPLOAD: images to your Tumblr that use Pixlr Assignment #10. 

                                           Photography Assignment #10

Using pixlr.com to edit images

Images must be uploaded to your tumblr by Thursday, November 15^th.

For images 1-3 upload your BEFORE and AFTER images.

1. Use Levels to adjust one of your images.

2. Use the Curves to adjust one of your images.

3. Use the Dodge and Burn tool to correct an overexposed or underexposed area of your photo.

4. Use your three self-portraits to create a composite.  (use handout for instructions)

5. Using the letters from Assignment #8 create a new composition spelling out your name.  (see handout for instructions)

For the next 7 images I want you to get creative, use more than one of your photographs to create new compositions.  This is a free assignment, create whatever you’d like with the knowledge you picked up today.  Use a mix of tools, filters, layers and the like.   The more creative the higher the grade!

6. Using Layer Mask create a new composition.

7.   Using the Opacity create a new composition

8-12. Using the Tools, Filters, Masks and Layers create a new composition from your existing photos.

Also, in preparation for Assignment #11  - Due Nov. 13^th!!!!!

By now you would’ve gotten an email from me sharing a folder called “PVPFall2012” from dropbox.com.  I want you to upload 10 images that you’d like to use for the Manual Manipulation lesson.  The email should have a link that allows you to upload your images.  I’ve created a folder for each of you…so find your name and upload them there.  Be sure to bring scissors, glue, paint, brushes, and whatever else you’d like to use to manipulate these images.  You can also bring magazines or newspapers and use those as part of the assignment as well.

Extra Credit Assignments

Extra Credit Assignments

If you'd like to get extra credit I have two possible assignments you can work on.  You can do both but you'll only get credit for one.  :)

Option #1

Halloween theme.

This option has two possibilities.  

1a.  Take 5 portraits of people in costume while they're out trick o treating.  Think of Amy Stein's Halloween project.  Link below.

Amy Stein's Halloween project

1b.  Thinking of street photography, go out and photograph street scenes of Halloween revelers.  A good option is go head out to the Village and photograph the Halloween day parade.  There are tons of people in costume roaming the streets before, during and after the parade.  See the website below for directions and info on the parade.

Village Halloween Parade

Option #2

Thanksgiving theme.

Thinking of documentary photography....document your thanksgiving dinner.  Take 5 photographs of this style.

Some ideas are:  Document your family member preparing the food.  Document your family at the dinner table.  Document your family hanging out before or after dinner.

Definition of Documentary Photography:  The photographer attempts to produce truthful, objective, and usually candid photography of a particular subject, most often pictures of people.

Photographer Presentation Schedule

Photographer Presentation Schedule

November 9th

Taylor Arroyo		Section A #1		Cindy Sherman
Melisa Dionicio		Section A #2		Diane Arbus
Kevin Burgos		Section A #3		Lee Friedlander
Yerelitza Flery		Section A #4		David Gibson
Adrianna Crespo		Section A #5		Bruce Davidson

November 16th

Lisaury DeJesus		Section B #1		Robert Frank
Chris Charvet		Section B #2		Philip Lorca diCorcia
Jessica Javier		Section B #3		Amy Stein
Franshely Ruiz		Section B #4		Latoya Ruby Frazier
Christian Nuez		Section B #5		David LaChapelle

November 30th

Kei Torres		Section C #1		Dulce Pinzon
Diana Bohorquez		Section C #2		Gregory Crewdson
Jeremy Abreu		Section C #3		Nikki S. Lee
Luiggi Arias		Section C #4		Richard Avedon

December 7th

Charly Mancilla		Section D #4		Pieter Hugo
Ana Colon		Section D #1		Francesca Woodman
Belkis Alvarez		Section D #2		Nan Goldin
Chelsea Vargas		Section D #3		Vik Muniz

Class #8 - Oct. 19th - Manipulated Photography

10/19 

   -Quiz #4 on pages 205-207

   -In class discussion of Discussion Topic #4
   -Discussion on Manipulated Photographs – Pre-Photoshop and Post-Photoshop

               -Go Over Critiquing Photography – Formal Analysis

   -Shooting Assignment #8 explained and given –  Shoot your Full Name from                                                   graphic elements.

               -Critique of selected images from Assignment #7 – projected

For next week: -BRING: in camera

                                        -BRING: your permission slip!

                                       -UPLOAD: images to your Tumblr from Assignment #8.

Formal Analysis

A formal analysis consists of a purely visual description of the work irrespective of cultural context, history, or artistic motivation. As such, it is a basic tool for art historians and artists to understand the purely visual aspects of a work of art. This is not to say that such cultural or motivational interpretations can be separated from the artwork, but that the visual elements provide an essential starting point for understanding a work of art.

Elements of a formal analysis include descriptions of color, space, line, volume, mass, and composition.

Click here for video on Formal Analysis

Formal Analysis Example

                                           Shooting Assignment #8

Graphic Elements in your environment

For this homework assignment I’d like you to go out on the streets of New York City and photograph the letters of your full name.

Try and get as close as possible to the letter and isolate just that letter. 

A letter can’t be used twice.  In other words if your full name has 3 Bs then there has to be three completely different Bs.

Each letter also has to be from a different source.   No using the same sign for multiple letters!

Points will be deducted if you are not too close. 

You have a better chance of getting all the letters if you go to a busy commercial center.

You are allowed only ONE letter to be photographed inside!  Everything else MUST be photographed outside.

It doesn’t have to necessarily be an actual letter from a sign.  For example, if your name has a “Y” and you see a tree branch that’s shaped like a “Y” then use that.

Be creative and have fun with this!!! 

Class # 7 - Oct. 12th - Street Photography

10/12

    -Quiz #3 on pages 129-133, 136-139

    -Discussion on street photography

    -Shooting Assignment #7 explained and given – street photography projec

    -Photographer in-class presentation assignment given – Divided into 4 sections (A, B,   C, D)

    -Critique of selected images from Assignment #5 & 6 – projected

     For next week: -BRING: in camera + textbook

                                  -UPLOAD: images to your Tumblr from Assignment #7

                                 -COMPLETE: questions on handout for Discussion Topic #4 

                                 -REVIEW: pages 205-209 – for quiz

                                           Shooting Assignment #7

Street Photography

You will need to take 5 photographs in the street.  I will not force you to take 5 specific images.  Instead I want you to come up with your own theme.  However there are some rules you must abide by.

1.       These 5 images should not be taken around school or involve schoolmates.

2.       You must pick a busy street, park, or other public place.

3.       These 5 pictures can not be taken on the same day.

4.       There must be a consistent theme – all images must be cohesive.

5.       Light conditions must all be same or similar. 

6.       Remember these are not portraits.  They are photographs of a general environment.

Some themes or ideas to explore

Reflections from storefronts capturing the hustle n bustle of the streets.

Reflections from puddles of water capturing the hustle n bustle of the streets.

Go to a major shopping district and shoot:  181^st st on a weekend, 34^th St any day of the week , Canal St during the weekends.

Go to Times Square and capture tourists getting their photo taken or them taking photos.

Take photos of street performers.

Take photos of street vendors

Capture pigeons in flight

Take night pictures

Take pictures of the guys playing dominos on the street

                Use a slow shutter speed to show motion

                Look for funny or creative situations

Again, these are only suggestions or starting points. 

Remember these tips!

1.       Always carry your camera!

2.       Look for juxtaposition

3.       Be respectful

4.       Get close  - Do not Zoom!

5.       Don’t be confrontational

6.       Smile often

7.       Tell a story

8.       Shoot a lot!

9.       Pick a busy location

10.    Just do it!

Think creatively, try different angles, play with your depth of field, slow shutter speeds, and think about framing, leading lines, rule of thirds, balancing your images.

For Inspiration:
Examples of Street Photography

Discussion Topic #4

Bruce Davidson - Subway. 1980.  NYC

Class #6 - Oct 5th - Field trip to Highline

                                           Shooting Assignment #6

Script for field trip to The Highline

You must shoot each of these scenarios but are only required to upload 15 of them.   Don’t forget to label them on Tumblr!

1.                   An extreme close up of a sculpture

2.                   A picture of a building as you look up

3.                   A picture with leading lines

4.                   A picture of anything.  Two part:  a. From afar  b: close-up

5.                   An extreme close up that the subject becomes abstracted.

6.                   A picture of somebody without them being aware of the camera.  (No classmates)

7.                   A picture of the street below

8.                   A picture of neighboring buildings

9.                   A picture of some text

10.               a picture of the Empire State building

11.               A picture of a billboard without it being in the center of the image.

12.               A picture of some flowers or plants

13.               A picture of a reflection

14.               A picture from a low angle and only include people’s feet walking.

15.               Take a picture of a mural.

16.               Take a picture of nature and a man-made structure sharing the same frame.

17.               Take a picture with a foreground, middle and background in focus

18.               Take a picture of a building you find interesting.

19.               Take a picture of somebody taking a picture.

20.               Take a picture of nature with a little bit of urban peeking out.

21.               Take a picture of urban landscape with a bit of nature peeking through.

22.               A picture of the original train tracks.

23.               A picture of nature overgrowing.

24.               Take a picture with many lines, horizontal, vertical, diagonal.

25.               Take a picture where part of the picture is being blocked by the foreground.

                                             ------------------------ Extra Credit ------------------------

26.               Ask a stranger if you can take their picture

Think creatively, try different angles, play with your depth of field, slow shutter speeds, and think about framing, leading lines, rule of thirds, balancing your images.