Assignment: Diptych with Interaction

Luiz Maurina, Dyptich "The Fighter" 2011

Thumbnail Drawings of your IDEA & model in mind DUE:  Wednesday 5.13.15

IMAGES DUE: Thursday May 21st 2015

Image from Richard Vantielicke Series

1. Read the artist statement & View the work of artist Richard Vantielcke below in your Major Assignments folder, or click on link - interactive images by Richard Vantielicke

Image from Richard Vantielicke Series

Start formulating an idea, and choose your model or models. It does not have to be someone from our class. However, you may not pull people out of class, you can photograph them on your own time. You will have Friday 5.15.11- Wednesday 5.20.15 to shoot this assignment in class. If you are absent and miss your day, you will still be responsible for the shoot, but not have the benefit of studio lighting. You will have to set up your own makeshift studio at home, with a sheet and a window for light. The specific days will be assigned, see below for shooting day schedule.

A final diptych series (4 shots total, 2 pairs) in which one half of the diptych “interacts” with the other either by theme, movement, message or concept.DUE: Thursday day May 21st 2015 Save as Last_First_Dyptich1, Dyptich2, etc. in MAJOR folder.

Dave Kimelberg is a Boston-based photographer, lawyer and general creative-type photographing tatooed professionals proving, at the very least, you should not judge a book by it's cover.

Shubani Singh, Dyptich 2011

Elisa Sapolinick, Dyptich 2011

SHOOTING SCHEDULE:

Friday May 15^th

Boateng, Tyler

Borges, Juanita

Cammack, Joshua

De Jesus, Matthew

Elsawy, Aya

Francis, Joseph

Gurrieri, Nicolas

Harrell, Mariah

Monday May 18^th

Hrasna, Amanda

Iqbal, Shahista

Jones, Rosalyn

Joyce, Jeffrey

Kinney, Bryce

Lippe, Julianna

Murray, Marissa

Pastore, Samantha

Tuesday May 19^th

Patel, Hiral

Patel, Khushbu

Patterson, Brendan

Richardson, Jazmine

Rodriguez, Angelo

Rodriguez, Eliry

Sachdeva, Shivil

Solanki, Monica

Wednesday May 20^th

*make up photos for anyone who missed their day

Assignment: What is a Watermark?

Your Assignment: Create a Watermark, save it on a transparent layer so you can use it again, as well as pasting it to one of your photos. POST your watermarked photo on your blog.  Here is Example 1 of how I use watermarks as well as a second Example 2.

Question: What is a watermark? How can I add a watermark to my photos?

Adding a visible watermark is a common way of identifying images and protecting them from unauthorized use online. Today, you're going to create an effective watermark and apply it to your digital photos or art work.

Answer: A watermark is a visible embedded overlay on a digital photo consisting of text, a logo, or a copyright notice. The purpose of a watermark is to identify the work and discourage its unauthorized use. Though a visible watermark can't prevent unauthorized use, it makes it more difficult for those who may want to claim someone else's photo or art work as their own.

Tips for Effective Watermarking

If you are going to use a watermark, care should be taken to ensure that the watermark is effective, not only for proving that an image was modified, but also for educating the would-be pirates about copyright and ownership. Ideally, the watermark should be a copyright symbol along with the name of the owner, and the URL of the owner's web site, if applicable. This not only conveys the message of copyright, but it gives others an opportunity to contact the original owner of the image. Watermark placement can be a bit of a balancing act. The watermark should be placed carefully so as not to detract from the image too much, but you also don't want to place the watermark in a area of solid color or a textured area where removal would be easy to conceal. The example on this page was designed to show an extreme example of watermarking and would be is far too distracting for a portfolio photograph. In practice, the watermark should make up a smaller percentage of the overall image area compared to this example.

How to Watermark Your Photos

So now that we've discussed what a watermark is and how to make them effective, you may be wondering how to put a watermark in your images. There are many methods for watermarking photos. We'll use Photoshop for today's purposes. Please open the program and open the tutorial in your Photoshop folder, watch the video in this post OR find an online tutorial that is easier for you to follow.

POST YOUR COMPLETED WATERMARKED PHOTOGRAPH TO YOUR BLOG FOR CREDIT FOR TODAY'S CLASSWORK.

Photowalk: 5.8.2015

Photowalk Friday is here! 

You have the option of EITHER assignment below.

Option 1:

Photograph a COLLECTION of things

 Option 2:

Choose a COLOR and only photograph items in that color

Color Grid Photo Display Effect With Photoshop

Color Grid Photo Display Effect With Photoshop

Complete this photo effects tutorial, find it in your Tutorials Folder (#7)

Don't forget!

Assignment: creating a business card

 As a student (or photographer!) you share many of the same attributes of someone in the business world. You may meet people in the course of a day whom you do not know and who do not know you.It is not always possible to spend a great deal of time talking with and getting to know the people you meet. Even when you do have time to talk, people are not always going to remember everything they learned about you.

People you see everyday — teachers, other students, parents, and family members — may not know things about you that you'd like them to know. When business people meet they exchange business cards. These small pieces of paper usually contain a person's name, the name of their business, and a title or description of the work they do, and a way to contact the person, such as a phone number or address.

Task:

Create a business card for yourself. Your card should help others know and remember you. Ideally it should convey a sense of who you are, what you do, or your interests — cheerleader, history buff, teacher's assistant, class president, hall monitor, avid reader, or a photographer!

A business card generally focuses on a single facet of an individual or business. You may be a cheerleader who also raises rabbits and tutors younger students afterschool. Create a business card for just one of those aspects of your school life or extracurricular activities, or the life you WANT to lead when you are out of school.



Checklist:

Many of the items in this list are optional. You must decide which ones are appropriate for your business card.

• Name of Individual.
• Name of Business or Organization.
• Address.
• Phone Number.
• Fax Number.
• Email Address.
• Web Page or Social Media Address (Twitter, Facebook, etc.).
• Job Title of Individual.
• Tagline or description of Business or Organization.
• Logo.
• Graphic Image(s) (including purely decorative elements).
• List of services or products.

The items listed below are to aid in designing your business card. Some may not apply.

• Horizontal or Vertical Layout.
• Emphasis on Business or Organization (name and/or logo).
• Emphasis on Individual.
• Emphasis on Title of Individual.
• Emphasis on a particular part of the contact information (phone, address, email, etc.)
• Size of Logo or other graphics — large (dominant) or small, etc.
• Number of Colors.
• White space (blank spaces) toward the middle or toward the outer edges.
• Conservative typeface (such as those used in the stories in your textbooks) or Fun, Informal typeface (such as crooked letters, funny shapes, odd sizes, or type that looks like handwriting) or a mix.
• SEE ALSO 11 Parts of A Business Card



Steps:

1. First, decide what you want your business card to tell others. Do you want to focus on your activities with the Art Club or do you want to announce that you are class leader or that you are a skateboard enthusiast? It may help to list everything about yourself then pick one topic.
2. Describe yourself. After deciding on what aspect of your school life or activities that you want to focus, make a list or write a description that tells about that part of your life.
3. Decide if you want a "serious" or formal card or something more light-hearted or informal.
4. Using the Business Card Checklist, list the major components of your business card. Mark out any components you wish to omit from your card. If appropriate, come up with a title for yourself. To put everything you want on this small card you may need to come up with different ways to say the same thing. Look for shorter words in place of long ones. Use a single word in place of two or three different ones. Experiment with abbreviations.
5. Look at sample business cards. Identify those that have a style you might like to imitate or borrow, but DO NOT PLAGARIZE!
6. Sketch out some rough ideas of how you want your business card to look — including any graphics you think you want to include.
7. Using Photoshop, create a new Jpeg file, sized according to the specs below, 300 resolution, and 'transfer' your rough sketches to the computer. 
8. POST final buisness card design (front AND back if you have a back) on to blog



Evaluation:

When POSTing your card, attach the following questions to the post with your answers.

1. What is the focal point of this business card? (What part is supposed to catch the reader's eye first?) 
2. What job, role, or activity does this business card describe? 
3. Is this supposed to be a formal (serious) or informal (casual) business card?

 DUE TUESDAY 5/4, POST front (and back if necessary) TO YOUR BLOG 

Project Grad T-shirt Design

As I will not be in class today, please read the following and begin working on your own. You may continue to work on this in the following days and can even do this via drawing on paper if you'd prefer. All of you however, must submit at least ONE t-shirt idea by next Monday (May 4th). You will have additional assignments tomorrow and Monday, I return Tuesday. 

T-Shirt Design Contest!

What: T-Shirt Design for YOUR graduating class to rock at project graduation this June!

Who: You! The senior class members

How: There are a few ways you may do this. You could use one of those lame design websites that offer random clip art and don't give you a lot of control OR you can use Photoshop to create a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious design that gets everyone's attention! *I put t-shirt outline images in your sample images folder for your convienence. 

When: Due By                    Save As last_first_ProjGrad in Minor Assignments folder. Make sure it's at least 300 resolution so printer can enlarge the design without a problem.

Entries will be submitted to Mr. Cilento and he and your class officers will decide on a winning design. That design will then get sent to the printer and on June 18th, your classmates could be sporting your fabulous tee!

The Fine Print: T-shirt designs must be in school colors (green, white, black & gray) and the base tee-shirt must be white (it is too expensive to print on black tee's). The design must include"John F Kennedy, Kennedy or JFK",  "project graduation" and "2015" in some respect. Other then that you have a lot of freedom so get to designing!!! A t-shirt template can be found in your Assignments folder.

PLEASE POST YOUR DESIGN TO YOUR BLOG AS WELL SO WE CAN SEE ONE ANOTHER'S DESIGNS

Some tee's from the past....

***If you are a junior, you may design one for next year***