Friday, May 31, 2013
Me
Hi everyone! My name is Monique Moore. I am terrible at aking pictures and I hope to learn alot from this class. I love taking pictures of my 2 year old daughter and I am excited to learn ways to make them better.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Self Portrait
Hello everyone my name is Scott Murphy. I am not a very good photographer and I hope to get as much as possible out of this class. I look forward to viewing everyones work.
When is the week's work due?
I find the best system is to have your work due for the week before you go to bed on Sunday night. Monday morning in the a.m., I will log in your work on a spreadsheet and track attendance for the prior week.
This week is all about getting everything working and posting an inventive self-portrait to the blog, setting up your fotothing account, installing Photoshop and getting comfortable with the whole process.
Next week, I want you to use the built environment as a springboard for dynamic compositions of light and structure. (One important tip, avoid including the sky in your shots) Move in, fill the frame. Think abstractly, look closely. Squint at the subject ..... does it come forward because it is well lit or does it recede into the shadows because you didn't perceive how light and focal point should come together?
This shot illustrates what I am talking about perfectly....
You need to schedule time to "GO SHOOTING" That means walking around with your camera with the specific intent of finding intriguing pictures. It may be an hour or so of time... Shoot 30-50 shots... then edit them down to your best 6-10 for the week... put your best 2 on the blog and the rest in your fotothing portfolio....
This week is all about getting everything working and posting an inventive self-portrait to the blog, setting up your fotothing account, installing Photoshop and getting comfortable with the whole process.
Next week, I want you to use the built environment as a springboard for dynamic compositions of light and structure. (One important tip, avoid including the sky in your shots) Move in, fill the frame. Think abstractly, look closely. Squint at the subject ..... does it come forward because it is well lit or does it recede into the shadows because you didn't perceive how light and focal point should come together?
This shot illustrates what I am talking about perfectly....
Found on flickr.com... http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubagallery/7589816500/
Click on image to see it larger, then click the "x" in the upper right side
to return to the blog. See more result of a search for "urban"
You need to schedule time to "GO SHOOTING" That means walking around with your camera with the specific intent of finding intriguing pictures. It may be an hour or so of time... Shoot 30-50 shots... then edit them down to your best 6-10 for the week... put your best 2 on the blog and the rest in your fotothing portfolio....
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Welcome to the Digital Photography online class. Digital Photography is a natural to offer as an online class because of the ease in creating and posting your work electronically. I find eLearning to be cumbersome in general and have decided to publish the course syllabus on my own website, http://jnevins.com, and run the entire experience using the web, a blog, and a public hosting site. eLearning currently does not have the capacity to hold the number of images you’ll be posting as part of this class.
Class runs from May 28th until July 18th. All work needs to be completed by then.
There are four elements we need to juggle in order for this to be a successful experience for everyone...
1. The class syllabus... here are all the assignments and links to readings that you will need to work through the problems for each week of the class. The syllabus is found with this address: jnevins.com/digitalphotographysyllabusonline.htm or click here.While you are at it, browse around the rest of my site to get to know me better. I have posted a portfolio of my photography, links for finding galleries and museums online, my teaching philosophy and more. The assignment for each week is posted on it. Read it carefully and work to incorporate the main idea into your work that week.
2. The Class Blog. This is where we will build a sense of community. It is important to post examples of your work each week as well as comments about your images to accompany the images posted as well as comment on the work of others in the class... you can ask questions to me personally anytime via email, but here is a public place to offer suggestions, ask questions and just generally where we can create a class environment. Blogger is very easy to post to...
Your grade is based on your posts to the blog and more importantly your portfolio of photographs, illustrating your understanding and completion of the assignment for each week.
I have added you to the class blog … you need to respond to the link that Blogger.com sent you in order to become a member of the class blog. Once you are a member, you can post there. I'd prefer to stay in contact with you via regular email. Please email me at jnevins@albertus.edu or jnevins@jnevins.com. You may call me at home anytime (up until 9 pm) if you would like to talk personally or to help solve a technical issue that would be harder via email. It is very important to get all technical issues solved and out of the way at the outset, in the first week.
3. Photoshop CS2... This is available free with a lifetime serial number as Adobe no longer wants to officially "support" it. You can do everything for class with this version. http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/ Be sure to copy the serial number ad observe if you are downloading the Windows version or the Mac version. Taking the picture is just the first step! You need to edit each picture you care about for light, focal point, contrast, color balance, etc. I have videos linked in the upper right hand side of the blog to show you how.
4. Image hosting for your whole portfolio. My online art classes host their portfolio images at Fotothing.com from the UK. It makes posting your assignments a snap and we have the ability to form a group or virtual community as "friends", similar to Fotothing. Join up there then send me your screen name so I can add you as a “friend” ... my screen name is jnevins. Check out the portfolios of previous Mod students. They are “my friends” to the right of my page. Fotothing.com/jnevins If you can't figure out how a shot was done, post your question to the blog or email me and I may use it as a post on the blog to the rest of the class. In order for me to add you as a "friend". you need to post a picture to fotothing... any picture will do.
This first week, we must iron out all of the technical issues to be sure that everyone is up to speed. I have asked for you to post a creative self portrait and to tell us something about yourself. This is an art course and its primary focus will be on your portfolio as the basis for your assessment. Study the syllabus to get a sense of what I will be looking for. Links I have posted to visual images and readings are an important component of the class... I'll be looking at how you are in dialog with the images and ideas linked in the syllabus as a component of your grade. Also important is that I get a sense of your spending time at the assignments and are growing in the medium of photography as the course unfolds. Posting your best one or two images you are creating to the class blog about twice a week is vital to your success in this class. Use the comment button to respond to your classmates posts. One of the strong points of using Fotothing is the ability to post comments there as well. The bulk of your work will be posted to fotothing. I am expecting 7 images per week as the bare minimum… (6 that really fulfill the intent of the assignment and more like 10 would be a better number… this is digital!)
Any comments, suggestions, or observations as to how I can smooth the way for you as we get going will be welcome. My goal is your success and your feeling that this was well worth your time.
Looking forward to launching this new class!
Best wishes,
Jerry
Class runs from May 28th until July 18th. All work needs to be completed by then.
There are four elements we need to juggle in order for this to be a successful experience for everyone...
1. The class syllabus... here are all the assignments and links to readings that you will need to work through the problems for each week of the class. The syllabus is found with this address: jnevins.com/digitalphotographysyllabusonline.htm or click here.While you are at it, browse around the rest of my site to get to know me better. I have posted a portfolio of my photography, links for finding galleries and museums online, my teaching philosophy and more. The assignment for each week is posted on it. Read it carefully and work to incorporate the main idea into your work that week.
2. The Class Blog. This is where we will build a sense of community. It is important to post examples of your work each week as well as comments about your images to accompany the images posted as well as comment on the work of others in the class... you can ask questions to me personally anytime via email, but here is a public place to offer suggestions, ask questions and just generally where we can create a class environment. Blogger is very easy to post to...
Your grade is based on your posts to the blog and more importantly your portfolio of photographs, illustrating your understanding and completion of the assignment for each week.
I have added you to the class blog … you need to respond to the link that Blogger.com sent you in order to become a member of the class blog. Once you are a member, you can post there. I'd prefer to stay in contact with you via regular email. Please email me at jnevins@albertus.edu or jnevins@jnevins.com. You may call me at home anytime (up until 9 pm) if you would like to talk personally or to help solve a technical issue that would be harder via email. It is very important to get all technical issues solved and out of the way at the outset, in the first week.
3. Photoshop CS2... This is available free with a lifetime serial number as Adobe no longer wants to officially "support" it. You can do everything for class with this version. http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/ Be sure to copy the serial number ad observe if you are downloading the Windows version or the Mac version. Taking the picture is just the first step! You need to edit each picture you care about for light, focal point, contrast, color balance, etc. I have videos linked in the upper right hand side of the blog to show you how.
4. Image hosting for your whole portfolio. My online art classes host their portfolio images at Fotothing.com from the UK. It makes posting your assignments a snap and we have the ability to form a group or virtual community as "friends", similar to Fotothing. Join up there then send me your screen name so I can add you as a “friend” ... my screen name is jnevins. Check out the portfolios of previous Mod students. They are “my friends” to the right of my page. Fotothing.com/jnevins If you can't figure out how a shot was done, post your question to the blog or email me and I may use it as a post on the blog to the rest of the class. In order for me to add you as a "friend". you need to post a picture to fotothing... any picture will do.
This first week, we must iron out all of the technical issues to be sure that everyone is up to speed. I have asked for you to post a creative self portrait and to tell us something about yourself. This is an art course and its primary focus will be on your portfolio as the basis for your assessment. Study the syllabus to get a sense of what I will be looking for. Links I have posted to visual images and readings are an important component of the class... I'll be looking at how you are in dialog with the images and ideas linked in the syllabus as a component of your grade. Also important is that I get a sense of your spending time at the assignments and are growing in the medium of photography as the course unfolds. Posting your best one or two images you are creating to the class blog about twice a week is vital to your success in this class. Use the comment button to respond to your classmates posts. One of the strong points of using Fotothing is the ability to post comments there as well. The bulk of your work will be posted to fotothing. I am expecting 7 images per week as the bare minimum… (6 that really fulfill the intent of the assignment and more like 10 would be a better number… this is digital!)
Any comments, suggestions, or observations as to how I can smooth the way for you as we get going will be welcome. My goal is your success and your feeling that this was well worth your time.
Looking forward to launching this new class!
Best wishes,
Jerry
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