Sept 26th Lab

Homework #4: Due October 3rd

Shallow Depth of Field – In Photoshop

Take an image that you have shot with the DSLR cameras during lab time and create a shallow depth of field effect in Photoshop using the blur tool. This image should also feature foreground/background elements, use of the rule of thirds and have elements that create depth (use single point perspective to create depth). Follow the steps in the tutorial below. Post a jpg of your “in-camera” and “digital” shallow depth of field shot each to your website. 

Required Viewing: 

In the Lynda Tutorial Adobe Green-Screen Workflow with Richard Harrington watch:

Chapter 6: Applying depth-of-field blur in Photoshop 

In class, I will collect:

2 camera raw images: one with shallow depth of field, one without, cropped and color corrected.

1 photoshop file (.psd) with "digital" shallow depth of field.

*post both images to your web site

Sept 19 Lab

Homework #3: Due September 26th
Take two RAW file images shot in class and use Adobe Camera Raw to improve common problems with the images. You should make sure you’ve corrected for a tilted horizon, there are no shadow or highlight clipping, the image is nondestructively cropped, and there are no color casts. Save these files as jpg’s and upload them to a new page on your site and link them to the others.

I will collect both the Camera Raw file and the jpeg web version at the beginning of class.

Required viewing: 
In the Photoshop CC Essential Training Lynda tutorials with Julianne Kost watch the following chapters:

Chapter 3: 

• Comparing RAW and JPEG files
• Toggling onscreen Shadow/Highlight clipping

Chapter 4: 

• Using the Crop tool
• Correcting a tilted horizon
• Fixing color casts

Useful Extras:
*The program from which they are opening the files is Adobe Bridge.

• What is Adobe Bridge?
• Getting Photos from a Camera

Also see: Save for web

Digital Photography Principles Class Handout
SONY Alpha 3000 Manual
SONY Alpha 3000 Handbook
Extra Camera Info

Sept. 12 Lab

Homework #2: Due September 19th
Create three new pages for your website, place an image on each one and connect them with links. The images on each page should be from selections and compound selections made in Photoshop.

Required viewing: In the Photoshop CC Essential Training Lynda tutorials with Julianne Kost watch the following chapters:
Chapter 7: Switching Tools using the keyboard
Chapter 8: Panning, zooming and using the rotate view tool
Chapter 10: Using the Undo and the History Panel
Chapter 12: Using the Marquee and Lasso tools and Combining selections 

Images for class