Agenda 10/3/14 Turn in Composition Part 2: Call your PowerPoint “yourlastname-C2.pptx” Turn in your PowerPoint to the student share>Imaging & Arts>Digital Photo> Your period> Composition Photos Part 2 2) Sketch/write #18 3) Introduction to Photoshop: File size & resolution Cropping Histograms Exposure correction: Levels Adjustment layers Layer blending modes Rulers 4) Photoshop Practice Assignment #1: Correct photo for overexposure 5) Photoshop Practice Assignment #2: Correct photo for underexposure *Turn in American Photography Film Notes
Sketch/write #18: Read over the article “Ethics in the Age of Digital Photography” and answer the following: 1) What is credibility? List the 3 questions that help decipher credibility. 2) Ethics: Explain the controversy over the Newsweek photograph of OJ Simpson. How did they represent him? What ethical questions did the photograph raise/create? 3) Ethics vs. taste: explain this. 4) A matter of “taste.” Should you always show the truth? Explain the photo of the American soldier and your opinion about “taste” in photography and photojournalism. 5) Personal Ethics: What is your opinion about photographing as an outsider/objective observer vs. taking action? 6) Digital Manipulation: Discuss the controversary over the 1982 National Geographic photo and the UCONN National Championship basketball photo. 7) What is your opinion about the ethical nature of manipulating photos? Explain
1) Photoshop Practice #1 – Overexposure: Using your own photo: Resize and Crop to print size 5X7” or 7X5” Correct for overexposure. Turn in the before and after photo on 1 document. Call it yourlastname-p1.jpeg Using a different photo: 2) Photoshop Practice #2: Underexposure: Correct for underexposure Call it yourlastname-p2.jpeg
Photoshop Practice Assignments: Check the image’s size and resolution (Image --> Image Size…). Crop the image to a size and resolution where someone could make a 5X7” or 7X5” inch print (you choose the orientation: portrait or landscape). Check the image’s Histogram. Use Levels and Curves to “fix” the exposure issues.