Zine Assignment

Over the weekend, start compiling imagery for your zine/book. Think about content, it is the most important part of the assignment. Consider if you want your zine/book to have a linear or non-linear narrative, create context using juxtaposition, include text, include drawings, found imagery, etc. Bring everything you think you may want to use on Monday the 2nd.

Portrait Assignment Due Dates!!!

Printing of the portrait assignment will be done in lab on 10/21, 10/26, and 10/28 if needed. Three prints and six image files are due at the beginning of class on 11/2/2009.

Franken what?

Sally Mann

Diane Arbus

Magic Time

Portrait Assignment

We've looked at several different approaches to portraiture. You assignment is to define what you feel makes a successful and interesting portrait.

Produce six images, all portraits.

One must be a portrait of some one without including them in the image, and one must have some kind of artificial or altered light.

Final selection of your images must be completed by 10/21/09. We will begin printing for the assignment on 10/19/09. You will be turning in 3 final prints and six files, all full resolution, un-flattened. The final due date will be determined on 10/19/09.

Sharpening Tip - High Pass Filter!

1. Make a copy of the background layer, or the layer you want to sharpen. To do this, click on the layer in the Layers Palette, then chose Layer -> Duplicate Layer..

2. Click on the duplicated layer in the Layers Palette to make it active, then choose Filter -> Other -> High Pass. Enter 10 in the for the radius and click OK.

3. Things now look a little odd, huh. Click on the layer you adjusted with the high pass filter, then from the drop down list on the Layers Palette, select Soft Light. Magic.

4. Adjust the opacity of the high pass layer to achieve desired sharpness.