Tues Feb 12 ..Update of Learnings/Assignments

The first few weeks is a bit intense for students new to Photography as they try to grasp every bit of new knowledge, all I can say is keep the questions coming because this is how you learn. Here is an update of what you should know how to do by the end of this week.

Assignments:

• Head shots:  2 shots that you have taken of someone, these are both head and shoulder shots. The shots can be of two different people. These shots should be flattering shots of the individual. Try to capture an essence of the individual in the shots. You are to save the originals on your L Drive under Photography in a sub folder entitled head shots. Next you will use the photo editor Pixlr of which I will include a link after this post to edit each head shot ( use a frame and an effect...do not go crazy in your efforts) Then you should post all 4 shots...your 2 originals and your 2 edited shots in a set on Flickr. Make sure your originals are between 50kb and 2 mb. If you need to resize see info on how to do this further down. Marks for this assignment 10

Editing software: There are a number of free programs you can use for editing photos. The one I most prefer these days is Pixlr which has a basic programs for filter and quick fix junkies and an advanced program which is VERY similar to Photoshop which is the program we will be using in class, and is generally the industry standard. You should be familiar with how to use a number of different programs. If you are a Mac user there are a multitude of Photo Apps which I am still trying to weed my way through.

Here is the link for Pixlr     http://pixlr.com
Here is the link for Pic monkey  http://www.picmonkey.com/?gclid=CLX3jozks7UCFap_QgodOwgAZw