Tutorials

Small group discussions

• Settling in okay despite missing first project "Making Strange"
• Enjoyed practical Polaroid sessions
• Like large group critique sessions but don't like viewing images on projection screen
• Learning to critique other peoples photographs
• Okay to keep "Critical Journal" by blog as long as archives available

Critical Journals

• Test shots
• Putting into practice
• Evidence
• Mistakes!
• Printing
• Recent or re-shoot only
• Pin sharp/clear
• Nice composition
• Show relationship between aperture and shutter
• Prints need to be protected

Study Skills Workshop

Colouring a Black & White Photograph

• Skin: adj layer > curves
• RGB > Red
• Draw line curve up
• RGB > Blue
• Draw line curve down
• Ok > "Ctrl+i" (to invert)
• Lips: Red line up, blue & green line down
• Panorama: File > Automate > Photomerge > Choose Open Images > Auto
• Layer blending to remove objects (open all photos)
• File > Scripts (loads files in stacks) > Add open > attempt & create both click yes
• Layer > Smart Objects > Stack Mode - Median
• Clone Tool - Rid, healing tools

Ghost Ships

• Ghost Ships - personal work by Bryan Hawkins
• Ships made from objects found from the sea
• Second assignment - Dreamland
• Working towards an outcome

Camera Raw

• Basic tools include advanced heal and clone plus straighten tool
• Tone Curve > Points > Medium Contrast
• Tone Curve > Parametrics > (adj mid points)
• Split toning
• Printers are ALF22 = LaserJet, ALF22Printer2 = Epsom
• Print > Output > Color Management
• Printer Profile?
• CMYK - TIFF - High quality print
• RGB - JPG
• Assignment on a CD, minimum of 5 photographs, A3 montage, 500 word evaluation
• Evaluation - why composition, how, new goals and aims
• 3 Photographers who inspired the piece in some way

Photography in Context

• Photography Exhibition 9th December 6:30pm
• Next week sessions is small group tutorials (3:40pm)
• 2 of 3 images, interim sign-off
• Mixed media/mixing mediums
• Develop a criteria in own mind
• allocate a weekly budget to printing, we should all be printing

My Photograph: Self (2002)

My Photograph: Callum & Ella (2009)