Regarding the Assignment described below: We have located all the rest of the cameras except one or two. A couple are available now to sign out and the others should be available early tomorrow. But I'm still saying that those who turn in the assignment today, Thursday, will get extra credit in the form of a letter grade up from the grade received. E.g. if you receive a C+ for a grade, it will be recorded as a B+, etc. The print from one of those images - is STILL due as scheduled on Tuesday, Nov. 23rd, as described below.

You should be signing out the digital cameras and shooting your assignment on imitating (loosely) an Art photographer. It could be the one on whom you report but doesn't need to be. You will shoot 30 - 40 images; pick the best 3 - 5 and label them (Jonesbest 1, Jonesbest 2, etc.) Also, either on the surface of the CD or in the digital title for it, please include the photographer's name you were imitating. At the least it should be handwritten with a Sharpie on the CD.

On Tuesday, Nov. 24, you will turn in a printed copy of the best one of those 3 - 5 after you have worked on the image in Photoshop, using some of the procedures we outlined in class last Tuesday.
Pick an image that is very strong but one that you know could use some extra work: cropping, sharpening, color variations, dodging and burning, Curves, Levels, etc.

A REMINDER: The Final Exam for this class is scheduled for:
Thursday, Dec. 10th, at 3:00 p.m. You will have a very short quiz on the history of Art and Documentary Photography. Then we will look at your Power Point presentations of the documentary/photojournalism assignment. I will address that today and in Tuesday's class.

Art Photographer Presentations

Some Basic Procedures to Follow for Enlarging your Negatives

The Masters of Photography Site for Classic American Landscape Photographer, Ansel Adams

The George Eastman House Collection of Photos by Imogen Cunningham

The Photography of Henri Cartier Bresson

The Photography of Richard Avedon

A New Yorker magazine article on Swiss Photographer Robert Frank and His Landmark Book of 50 years ago, The Americans

NY Times Multi-Media Presentation on Frank's Exhibit

Power Point Programs :

History of Technical Aspects of Black and White Silver-Based Photography

Instructions for Developing Black and White Negative Film (HP5+)

Basic Printing Procedures

Depth of Field

Perspective Distortion - Focal Length & Distance

Examples of Telephoto & Wide Angle Distortion

Color In Photography - Brief Summary

Environmental & Other Portrait Examples With a Link

The Original "Masters of Photography" Site

A Site for Collection Fine Art Photos by Masters & Contemporary Photographers

American Photo Magazine's Pictures of the Year

Editor & Publisher Magazine's News Photos of the Year, 2008

A BBC Site Discussing The Camera Obscura and the Artist Vermeer

A Nice Site for Beginners and Advanced with Articles, Q & A, etc.

A site That Compares Digital Sensor Sizes

A Very Good Site for profiling the work of Photographic Artists - Past and Present