November 17th: Critique & Individual Meetings

On November 17th, we will start class with a critique of your composite projects.

Afterwards, I will conduct individual meetings with each of you to discuss your final project. Please bring your final project proposal with you and be prepared to discuss what you would like to do for your final project. You can do almost anything for your final, but you must use photoshop at some point for the project. In your proposal, please state what concept or subject matter you plan to do your project on, what your process will be to complete it, and how you will be using photoshop. You can also include what inspired you to do this project &/or how it relates to your other work. We will discuss what will be a sufficient amount of work for this final (i.e. how many prints you'll turn in, how long a video must be, etc.)

If you have any previous assignments you haven't turned in, please also bring these to your meeting.


Order in which I'll meet with everyone:
1. Ramon
2. Flora
3. Madeline
4. Peter
5. Morgan
6. Sarah

Selecting Hair

Follow the instructions here to learn how to select hair and other fine detail in a photograph. This is very useful when trying to cut something or someone out from the photograph, or to cut the background out from around them.

Also, here's a video on the Refine Edge tool in CS5:

Composite Images

2 composite images, each taking from at least 2 sources.
On blog and in print.
Due: November 17th


*NOTE: NO CLASS ON NOVEMBER 3RD
November 10th: Work Day

Bigger is Better?

The 2011 TED Prize Winner: JR

JR exhibits his photographs in the biggest art gallery on the planet. His work is presented freely in the streets of the world, catching the attention of people who are not museum visitors. His work mixes Art and Action; it talks about commitment, freedom, identity and limit.

Coverting Color to Black & White

For this assignment, you will chose one color image and convert it to black and white using Photoshop.

First, convert the color image just by switching the mode to "Grayscale." Next, convert the image using the Channel Mixer method. Display, the original color image, the grayscale converted image, and the channel mixer converted image on your blog.

Print out both the color image and the channel mixer converted black and white image to fit on an 8x10" paper.



Due: October 27th (Next Wednesday)

Here's an online tutorial on converting color images to black and white in Photoshop.

Equipment Office Hours

Sunday: 10am - 2pm
Monday: 10am - 9pm
Tuesday: 10am - 9pm (*you can print from 9-11pm)
Wednesday: 10am - 9pm
Thursday: 10am - 9pm
Friday: 10am - 6:30pm
Saturday: 10am - 2pm

Click here to download the handbook.
Phone number: 412-681-9500

Call for Entries: Hit That Shutter

Hit That Shutter

Hit That Shutter
Spring 2011 Undergraduate Photography Survey
CALL FOR ENTRIES for Book Publication, Exhibition

Entry Postmark Deadline: midnight MDT April 8, 2011
Entry Fee: $ 30.00 (for up to 5 entries)
Accepted Artists Notified: Late April

Hit That Shutter Is pleased to announce a call for entries for publication in a professionally printed collection of undergraduate work from around the country. Randomly selected submissions will be periodically featured on the Hit That Shutter website. Images will be reviewed by a panel including Hit That Shutter members and invited jurors. The jury will review and select from the submissions. One or more images from selected artists will be included in the publication. The Top Ten selected artists will receive a copy of the finished book. Entrants who wish to purchase a copy of the book may do so though the Blurb.com bookstore; details will be posted at HitThatShutter.org after the book has been published.

Who is eligible?
Students in any undergraduate program with a concentration of photography can submit any photographically derived work. The purpose of this publication is to present a collection of current work from Undergraduate Photography Programs nationwide. This publication will act as a survey of the current trends and present a moment in contemporary photography.