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Quiz
5 pts. Put the following elements together into a post. Use the category “quiz”. Each of the first three questions is worth one point – .5pt for the photo and .5pt for the description. 1. 1 pt. Take and add … Continue reading
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Spring 2020
Congratulations on making it to the end of a very difficult semester. You all deserve recognition for doing your best in very hard times.
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Review
Here is the link to the review for the quiz on May 22.
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May 8 – Week 12 – Digital Darkroom Review, Local Corrections, and B/W
To all we will start with a review of the Lightroom workflow covered on March 20th. Week 12 – Digital Darkroom – Global Corrections Then look at local corrections: Week 12 – Local Corrections And lastly, try several of Lightroom’s … Continue reading
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Week 12 – Black and White
Black and white can be a great choice for an image particularly if your image is high contrast. Best practice is to always shoot in color. Do not shoot with the black and white setting of your camera or cameraphone. … Continue reading
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Week 12 – Local Corrections
After you make global corrections, sometimes you will want to make corrections on part of your image. Generally, the brightest part of the image commands the most attention. Sometimes that is not where you want your viewer to look first … Continue reading
May 1 Agenda and semester schedule
Today we will consider the fundamentals of food photography. There will be three exercises: Fill or Brightening the Shadows Fill or Brightening the shadows Depth of Field Week 11 – Food Photography – Depth of Field Background Matters Background matters … Continue reading
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April 24 Class Agenda
Today’s topic is Portraits-Making People Look Good April 24 – Week 10 – Portraits There will be three exercises: Review Portrait Lighting Styles Wide Angle Distortion Re-touch a portrait in Lightroom And the homework is: HW 8 – Portraits
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Today’s class agenda, April 17, 2020
Today’s topic is Window Light Portraits. Today’s exercises are: Exercise 1 https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1340d164s20/window-portraits-front-light/ Exercise 2 https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1340d164s20/window-light-portraits-rembrandt-broad-short-and-split-light/ Exercise 3 https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1340d164s20/window-light-silhouette/ And the homework is here: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1340d164s20/2020/04/17/hw-7-window-light-portraits/
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HW 7- Window Light Portraits
Create a series of self portrait using window light that express a feeling of confinement. Not selfies. This can be done with a phone or a camera. Shoot at least 20 photos. Post them to an album on Flickr and … Continue reading