Monday, March 24, 2014

Chapter 5 Overview



During this chapter you will complete the following:


  1. Chapter 5 WS packet.  Please turn it in to the "turn-it-in tray" in class.
  2. Retouching Acne using Paint.NET (Turn it in to the Weebly site when done)
  3. Take 30-50 Environmental Portraits.  Make sure your model signs a "Model Release Form"
  4. Post a contact sheet for Environmental Portraits to your blog.  
  5. Edit and then post your 3-5 best photos from the Environmental Portraits.
  6. Out of Bounds Editing Assignment.  You will create at least 3 of these.  One must be made up of only your own photos.  Post them to your blog.
  7. You will also complete a Midterm Study Guide and take a Midterm Test.  There will not be a test on Chapter 5, but some vocabulary from Chapter 5 will show up on your Midterm Test.

Out of Bounds

For this assignment, you will create 3 different Out of Bounds images.  For at least one image, you MUST use your own photo.   For the other 2, you may use your own photos and/or photos obtained from www.sxc.hu

You will create at least 3 Out of Bounds images....if you create more than 3, I will might give you extra credit!

Here are some examples:

Schutzhund I love my Xterra!
slightly scarey shiney guy

Now, click this link to view some really awesome examples


To find out how to create these images, you need to look at one or more of the following tutorials:

Tutorial 1 (using Paint.NET(be sure to click the tabs at the top that say Gradient and Mask, and Shadow to complete all 3 pages of steps!)
Tutorial 2 (train using GIMP) (plane using GIMP)
Tutorial 3 (car using PhotoShop)

Bonus Points: Make one of your OOBs use Selective Color

Be creative, don't copy!

Environmental Portraits










You will take 30-50 ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT images of a person. (They must sign a model release form. If they are under 18, their parents must sign)

Check out this YouTube video of environmental portraits.

Photos are due Monday.  You will need to post a contact sheet to your blog that contains 30-50 images on Monday.


Thursday, March 20, 2014

Retouching Photo Practice

Links to the YouTube Videos: I Like This One!
Others: Remove Acne using Paint.NET   Acne Tutorial  Remove Acne Using GIMP





Click on this image, copy it and paste it into Paint.NET (or GIMP, if your little heart desires)
Follow the tutorial and edit out the blemishes.  Save it as YourLastNameACNE.jpg and go to www.crouchphotoart.weebly.com to TURN IT IN.  The assignment name is RETOUCH.

Feel free to post before and after photos on your blog, if you want. I won't be grading them from there.

Here's my "after" photo:



Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Composite (choose 3) Assignment Instructions


Composite Assignment:  Choose 3 out of 9

Part 1: You will select 3 of the following list of 9 assignments to complete and post to your blog.  (Make sure you label it with the title when you post it to your blog)  NO GOOGLE IMAGES!  You may use your own photos along with www.pixabay.com,  www.sxc.hu,  and/or www.loc.gov

The final images should look realistic and be well thought out.  You cannot throw them together and think you are going to get a good grade!  If the edges aren't cut out well and/or your photos look very unrealistic, your grade will suffer.  Take your time.  Use large images.  Zoom in when cutting things out, etc.  Craftsmanship counts!


1. Where am I? - Take a picture of a friend or have someone take a photo of you (Or use one of your selfies!). Then, take another picture of a place that you would not expect to see that person/youself.  Put yourself or your friend in that surprising place.

2. Untruthful Tabloid-type Photograph - Take a picture and add something to the picture that wasn't there. (Think about stuff found in tabloids i.e. Batboy or UFOs) It must be realistic looking....in a very unbelievable way!

3. Repetition - Take something from a picture and repeat it to create a new picture.

4. Many Me - Take many images of yourself or a friend doing different things in the same room. Create a composite photos that combines at least 3 "many me's" into one room/image/location.

5. Surrealism - An art movement started in Paris around 1924 based onideas of expressing the unconscious. An aspect of this movement wasto combine objects that had nothing to do with one another into onei mage. Create an image which combines two things that would not ordinarily go together.

6. Who's in school? - Take a picture of a school corridor or classroom and put someone or something unexpected in the school. Be sure to download a very large size image.

7. Digital Darwin - Create a new animal by combining at least 2 animals into one new creature. Be sure you select a very large image (from http://www.sxc.hu/ ) for your animals, or take your own photos. Be sure to place your new creature in a habitat where it would live. Here is a link to one that I made.  Remember that furry objects are hard to cut out.  Look for simple backgrounds if you plan on cutting out the animal.

8. A Monument in the Landscape - Enlarge a normally tiny object in a picture so that it is now huge. Use high quality photos..  (Ex: a push pin becomes as large as a building, etc.)

9. Yeah, that's me! - Put your head on another persons body in a funny and creative way. Be sure photos that you use are high quality, large photos. NO GOOGLE IMAGES.

"Choose 3" Examples



1. Where am I? -   Zebra Lunch

2. Tabloid Photograph - Bullrider  Erin Mantis Love

3. Repetition - 

4. Many Me -  Many Me 1

5. Who's in school? -  Example 1 Example 2

7. A Monument in the Landscape - Example 1



Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Motion Blur Photos (due Monday!)

First, check out these links to see some images http://www.digital-photography-school.com/blur-movement
  1. http://www.digitalpicturezone.com/digital-pictures/25-awesome-and-creative-motion-blur-pictures/
  2. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/24/45-beautiful-motion-blur-photos/



  3. For this type of image, you'll need to steady your camera on something and release the shutter by setting your timer.  Be creative but to create an image like the one above, you want your subject (here, the man leaning on the pole) to be very still, and something behind them will be moving fast.  Again, use a slow shutter speed (1/8, 1/4, or 1/2) Point and Shoot camera users can use night portrait, night, firewords, landscape, or maybe sunset.
Click this link AND READ IT!!!!!! (really, I mean it will only take you 5 minutes.)  So, puh-leeese, just READ IT

4. http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/146/how-to-take-photos-with-motion-blur-to-give-the-illusion-of-movement/

5. Almost done! Click the link for an interactive explanation of how blur works with shutter speed.
http://www.photocourse.com/1text/shutterspeed/

6. Finally, http://www.kamerasimulator.se/eng/?page_id=2