•••Print this page as your weekly semester guide•••
As opportunities arise, I reserve the right to alter the order and to add too or subtract from this syllabus or weekly semester guide.
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This website will help you complete the class successfully. Read and explore all links for the weeks. Read, watch and study the concepts before making your images. This will keep you informed and move you forward in your exploration of digital photography.
Information is added throughout the semester. Check back each week.
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YouTube Channel, Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnmqqSMwRCHGZ-ULEmtsXg?view_as=subscriber
YouTube playlist for the semester. More videos will be added. Go Subscribe so you will be on top of all the info this semester.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeAfR9hZHymPXTR9Sk-2S0FAbM0WyhIbY&disable_polymer=true
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•••Assignments are in Purple
•••Due Dates are in Green
•••Videos are in Red
Assignment: Who Are You
Submit the document through Canvas:
https://www.pixelnrg.com/who-are-you
Watch this video:
https://youtu.be/z6k3MKb2y3A
•••DUE Tuesday, January 25, 2022, by 11:59pm
I am happy to receive this and any assignments early.
Introduction to class:
Syllabus - http://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101b_syl
READ: A guide to being successful in this class: https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101guide-to-class.pdf
Camera and App Guide - What you need for the semester.
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_cameraappguide
Introduction to your camera and making a basic exposure.
• I recommend taking some notes while watching videos this semester. Info from the videos will be in the quizzes and final exam.
Videos
-Are you using a DSLR/Mirrorless or your Camera Phone. https://youtu.be/xRfHwYEeIjg
-The Exposure Triangle and a few Images with exposures to explore. https://youtu.be/IghnJw_zL-Y
*If you would like to take a longer look at the slide show here is a link to the PDF.
https://www.pixelnrg.com/basics_exposure.pdf
Video -Lightroom Mobile - The Camera. https://youtu.be/ddvE2PVD9s8
LINK From Adobe - Getting Started with Adobe Lightroom Mobile
•••Lightroom Mobile Guide•••
Info on all the basic to advanced features found in LRM
Download the guide here.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/22ec81awxup5xoe/LRM_GuideBlurb.pdf?dl=0
Students will begin each semester with a $10 printing credit applied to their account, which will provide for up to 200 black and white copies at 5 cents a page, or 40 color copies at 25 cents a page. Once that print quota is exhausted, students will need to purchase prints at the same rate by putting money in their accounts online or at any CSN Cashier’s Office.
I recommend printing and binding the guide.
I used FedEx Office Print & Ship Center to bind my book.
Video -DSLR/Mirrorless - Camera Handling And where to look for your meter in the viewfinder. https://youtu.be/W2Xi34WLr10
Video -Exposure Simulators to explore. https://youtu.be/b3WpY8nEHss
Camera Simulators: Exposure
http://bethecamera.com/
http://www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/play/
http://www.andersenimages.com/tutorials/exposure-simulator/
Check out the noise on this one, if you crank up the ISO - Not very pretty.
Depth of Field Simulator:
https://dofsimulator.net/en/
Lens Simulator:
https://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/lens/simulator/
If you ever have any questions be sure to ask. Don't wait I am here to help you succeed and learn. Send me an email.
This is a good guide if you have never thought about sending a professional email.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/04/16/advice-students-so-they-dont-sound-silly-emails-essay
Be sure to greet me and sign your email. I look forward to hearing from you
You will have the semester to work on the two projects below:
The Technical is due Week 15 and The Final Project during Finals Week.
I am here to help, guide, bounce ideas off of. Be sure to ask, don't wait until the last minute.
Assignment: Final Project/Series - -Due: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - 11:59PM
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_de_final
Video: https://youtu.be/W78icVXX8yo
The Final Series is to be made over multiple shoots. Not Just one. Images are to be made this semester, by you, and not turned in for another class or project.
Assignment: The Technical - -Due: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 - 11:59PM
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_thetechnical
Video: https://youtu.be/y844IGiuzU0
The Technical will be submitted as an Adobe Spark Page. (Presentation). You can pull images from any assignment or shoot new for the project goals, All images are to be made this semester, photographed by you.
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Assignment: 100 - Make images in the daylight, outdoors. Make sure your shutter is above 1/60th of a second.
Introduction to Exposure, the Camera and 1st Assignment: 100 Images
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_the-100
Lots of info here - I recommend you print out all assignments, read, highlight, and review.
Some of the info in this link was also found in week one.
Video for the Assignment: 100 Images: https://youtu.be/g87K2AZep3w
In this video I say to set your ISO to 400 - Do that if you are making images with a DSLR/Mirrorless Camera.
If using a mobile device Leave the ISO to auto - Be sure to use the Lightroom Mobile Camera in Professional Mode and explore what you can do with this tool.
If you make the images at night, in the dark, in an indoor space you will get a ZERO - Get out into the light -
Videos by Mark Wallace- Required Watching - Quiz questions will be coming from these.
Introduction to the Exposure Triangle: https://youtu.be/3eVjUrY9a9c
Understanding Exposure Part 2: The Exposure Triangle https://youtu.be/SCo81YyO2p4
Understanding Exposure Part 3: The Exposure Triangle https://youtu.be/iYvUC20Ibqk
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Due: 100 -Submit the 100 images as a URL through Canvas. - February 1, by 11:59pm
In the comments tell me how many images you made for the Project 100 when submitting your URL. Any Favorites? Any Questions?
Assignment: 100 - The 10 - Making and Album, Ranking and Creating a Shareable URL.
Video: Adobe Lightroom Mobile Rating, Making an Album and Sharing a link. https://youtu.be/u3qHWHkqiso
Search and organize photos in Lightroom for mobile (Android)
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/search-organize-mobile-android.html
Search and organize photos in Lightroom for mobile (iOS)
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/search-organize-mobile-ios.html
••• LRM Guide•••
Info on all the basic to advanced features found in LRM
Download the guide here.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/22ec81awxup5xoe/LRM_GuideBlurb.pdf?dl=0
DSLR/Mirrorless instructions for moving your images From your Smart Media Card into the Cloud to be used with Lightroom Mobile.
1 - Downloading photos from your DSLR-Mirrorless camera, using the Adobe Photo Downloader. https://youtu.be/vIvcggTDmjc
2 - Moving your images from your desktop to the Adobe Cloud.
From the Cloud your images will be available on your Phone, tablet and desktop. https://youtu.be/9FQc6uY78_k
3 - Moving images from your Camera Roll inside of Adobe Lightroom Mobile to an album that syncs with Adobe Cloud. https://youtu.be/TAjVugUzqbQ
Videos by Mark Wallace- Required Watching - Quiz questions will be coming from these.
This week WATCH: Advanced Exposure Concepts
Exposure Triangle Part 4 - Shutter Speed https://youtu.be/oIpmYdpMYZU
Exposure Triangle Part 5 - Aperture Values https://youtu.be/sI6Qf87loBU
Exposure Triangle Part 6 - Auto ISO https://youtu.be/nMdtCWtk5-w
Read:
Compact Flash and Smart Media: The Numbers on Your Memory Card Explained.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/computers/tips-and-solutions/numbers-your-memory-card
A video to get you inspired to snap 100 more images this week.
Joel Meyerowitz - 'What you put in the frame determines the photograph'
https://youtu.be/Xumo7_JUeMo
Extra Credit - You can start this now or in a few weeks. The goal is to make 28 images in 28 days - A daily practice in photography, making your skills sharper. You will have until May 3 to turn this in as an Adobe Express Presentation (We learn Express in week 9). I would start this by March 29, 2021 or better yet, start this today. Your semester of making images will be stronger if you do. This is worth 20 points: https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_28dayritual.pdf
Video - https://youtu.be/j4Jdu2-FoPg
Must be submitted by May 3, 2022
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Due: 100 - The 10 - Submit the URL from your Album of 10 through Canvas - Tuesday February 8, by 11:59pm
Assignment: Lightroom Mobile Edit 4 ways
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_image4ways2022.pdf
•••The LRM Edit Guide - This is a big one - LRM Guide•••
Info on all the basic to advanced features found in LRM
Download the guide here.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/22ec81awxup5xoe/LRM_GuideBlurb.pdf?dl=0
Video: Basic Edit in LR Mobile. https://youtu.be/FTR0N1CDUYA
If you are using a DSLR or Mirrorless and downloading to your computer you can use Adobe Bridge and the Adobe Photo Downloader to get your images off of your card and onto 2 hard drives. https://youtu.be/vIvcggTDmjc
Due: LRM - 4x4 - Submit the URL through Canvas - Tuesday February 15, by 11:59pm
take 1 image edit it 4 ways - take the second image edit it 4 ways - take the 3rd image edit it 4 ways - take the 4th image edit it 4 ways.
Assignment: Line -
Introduction to Composition and the Assignment - Lines
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101---line
Videos:
Kirsten Clarke - Impact of Lines in Photography
Kirsten Clarke - Horizontal Lines - 12:46
https://youtu.be/SYk3Q94oSf4
Kirsten Clarke Vertical Lines - 16:36
https://youtu.be/Ba_JIjDCmdw
Kirsten Clarke Diagonal Lines - 16:14
https://youtu.be/XJxuS2WM-nE
Kirsten Clarke Converging Lines - 8:51
https://youtu.be/RfeO9zXT3jY
Kirsten Clarke Curved Lines - 9:58
https://youtu.be/h0ug3Q9PW8A
Kirsten Clarke Architectural Lines - 12:23
https://youtu.be/1rJY_XHjm7I
Kirsten Clarke Mixture of Line Types - 5:20
https://youtu.be/dWgR-8zm75Q
Kirsten Clarke Manufactured Lines - 3:07
https://youtu.be/lFWO2R4Hp_0
Kirsten Clarke Dachau - 2:16
https://youtu.be/vI_qWdQEj80
Kirsten Clarke Human vs Nature - 2:13
https://youtu.be/VT_Jj8hnTuE
Kirsten Clarke Facades - 0:49
https://youtu.be/chp7ncg9pq4
Kirsten mentioned and uses the Hipstamatic App - Here is a link
If you would like to explore this one for class - Go For it.
http://hipstamatic.com/x/
The videos you will be watching were produced by Ted Forbes, The Art of Photography, one of my favorite sites to visit.
We will watch these 9 videos over the next few weeks. Start off by watching
Photography Composition :: Line https://youtu.be/qGWYHimA8gQ
Photography Composition :: Shape https://youtu.be/uKDObRUywhE
Photography Composition :: Simplification and Negative Space https://youtu.be/lKc-0QEbZbo
Extra Credit - Due next week. Tuesday february 22, by 11:59pm
Shoot an image with a dominant foreground subject
You can also use this image in your technical project.
Are you working on THE TECHNICAL ASSIGNMENT?
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_thetechnical
Video: https://youtu.be/y844IGiuzU0
One of the things I did was to snap an image of the prompts with my phone. This way I always had the list of Images of what I was looking for, for the Technical assignment with me.
Let Me Know if YOU have any QUESTIONS...
The Technical will be submitted as an Adobe Spark Page. (Presentation) The introduction to Adobe Spark will be in week 9.
Start gathering images now. Images from past projects are acceptable or you can make new images to fill the requirements.
Create an album so the images are easily found for creating your presentation.
-Due: Tuesday, May 3, 2021
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Due: Lines - Submit the URL through Canvas - Tuesday, February 22, by 11:59pm
Assignment: Light and Shadow
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_light_and_shadow
VIDEO - Shadows and Light: https://youtu.be/Y2QTDEyNz3g
More Composition Videos:
Photography Composition :: Rule of Odds https://youtu.be/n-1tq0FEBV4
Photography Composition :: Rule of Thirds https://youtu.be/55d_n_zpSXo
Photography Composition :: Rule of Space https://youtu.be/9KzR3a83FM0
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Due: Light and Shadow - Submit the URL through Canvas - Tuesday, March 1, by 11:59pm
Assignment: Diptych -
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_diptych
Use images made this semester, explore the Geometry, Selective edits, (Brush, Radial, Linear) and Healing on your images. Tell me in writing through Canvas where you applied these tools.
Videos: Digging Deeper into Lightroom Mobile:
These Radial and Linear edit options are now under the Masking tab.
Lightroom Mobile Selective Edits - Radial, https://youtu.be/sC_hpXTqhyk
Lightroom Mobile Selective Edits - Linear https://youtu.be/zqG5SJCAklU
Lightroom Mobile Geometry - https://youtu.be/_iDRI_xSkMc
Lightroom Mobile Healing https://youtu.be/ErCMonXE9qQ
Lightroom Mobile Clone https://youtu.be/oA0PdGV_KGE
LRM - Color Grading - https://www.pixelnrg.com/lrmcolorgrading.pdf
•••LRM Guide•••
Info on all the basic to advanced features found in LRM
Download the guide here.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/22ec81awxup5xoe/LRM_GuideBlurb.pdf?dl=0
More Composition Videos:
Sub-Framing In Visual Composition https://youtu.be/pLuclW9GFJM
Rhythm in Visual Composition https://youtu.be/gf6aSSpM-K0
Tempo in Visual Composition and Photography https://youtu.be/R5TDqYhlQvk
The History of Cameras http://photodoto.com/camera-history-timeline/
Extra Credit - Due next week Tuesday March 8, by 11:59pm.
Shoot a panned image
You can also use this image in your technical project.
https://digital-photography-school.com/27-great-panning-images/
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Due: Diptych - Submit the URL through Canvas - Tuesday, March 8, by 11:59pm
Assignment: Color
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_color
Video: Assignment Video with Slide Show: https://youtu.be/zi7K2yX-gsA
If you are using an iPhone you might explore this app to create a panned shot and more.
•Slow Shutter Cam https://apps.apple.com/us/app/slow-shutter-cam/id357404131
•5 best slow shutter apps for iPhone https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/long-exposure-apps-iphone/
•Slow shutter apps for iPhone and Android https://www.designpieces.com/2018/01/how-to-long-exposure-photos-iphone-android
HAVE YOU STARTED? Feel free to send me your thoughts and ideas.
The Technical is due Week 15 and The Final Project during Finals Week.
Each of these Projects are worth 100 Points. Don't wait until the last minute to complete the projects.
I am here to help, guide, bounce ideas off of. Be sure to ask, don't wait Start Today!.
Assignment: Final Project/Series - -Due: Tuesday, May 10, 2022
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_de_final
Video: https://youtu.be/W78icVXX8yo
The Final Series is to be made over multiple shoots. Not Just one. Images are to be made this semester, by you, and not turned in for another class or project.
Assignment: The Technical - -Due: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_thetechnical
Video: https://youtu.be/y844IGiuzU0
The Technical will be submitted as an Adobe Spark Page. (Presentation). You can pull images from any assignment or shoot new for the project goals. All images are to be made this semester, photographed by you.
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Due: Color - Submit the URL through Canvas - Tuesday, March 15, by 11:59pm
Assignments: Introduction to Adobe Express. (Presentation)
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_adobesparkpresentation
Submit the Adobe Express URL through Canvas.
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Due: Adobe Express. (Presentation) Submit the Adobe Spark URL through Canvas. - Tuesday, March 22, by 11:59pm
Assignment - Concept Photo Series
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_assignment_concept.pdf
The Final Project/Series - https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_de_final
-Due: Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Be sure to ask any questions you might have. I am here to help.
Artists to Inspire: Scroll down towards the middle for many Photographer/Artists to explore - https://www.pixelnrg.com/how-to-
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Due: Concept Project - Submit the URL through Canvas - Tuesday, March 29, by 11:59pm
Assignments: 4x4 Snapseed
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_assignment_snapseed4x4_2022.pdf
Keywords - Organization - Backup
Adobe - Keyword Best Practices: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/keyword-title-best-practices.html
Keyword Lists - Free and Paid - https://www.photo-keywords.com/keywording-resources.php
Do's and Dont's of Organizing your Files - https://www.seagate.com/do-more/organizing-your-digital-files-master-dm/
Zen and the Art of FIle and Folder Organization- Mark Virtue
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15677/zen-and-the-art-of-file-and-folder-organization/
Backing up Files - Good Cloud info. https://havecamerawilltravel.com/photographer/backing-up-photos-cloud/
Backing up your files. https://www.digitalphotomentor.com/best-photo-storage-backup-plan/
At this point you do not need to worry about backing up your LR catalog - Lightroom Mobile does not have a catalog. I download my images off my phone and back them up to two hard drives as recommended.
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Due: 4x4 Snapseed - Submit the URL through Canvas - Tuesday, April 5, by 11:59pm
Spring Break April 10-April 17, 2022
A good time to get out and make some images for your final and technical projects.
WEEKLY QUIZ - Cannot be made up if missed. You will find the Quiz in Canvas.
Multiple Choice Exam
- will be a CANVAS test -
•••Available for 23 hours 58 minutes•••
Tuesday, April 26, 2022- 12:01am - 11:59PM
Don't wait until the last minute to take the exam. Get it done early in the day in case you run into any problems, Internet issues, computer issues or life.
Due: The Technical - Tuesday, May 3, 2022 - 11:59PM
https://www.pixelnrg.com/pho101_thetechnical
Video: https://youtu.be/y844IGiuzU0
All approved late projects or re-submissions are Due by Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 11:59PM
Due: FINAL Project - Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - 11:59PM
No Late Projects will be accepted - Turn in work early so you do not hit any upload, connection, computer issues or any other unforeseen problem.