Making a Contact Sheet Using Adobe Bridge

We are going to learn how to use Adobe Bridge to select, rename and organize your photos into a contact sheet. Bridge has many functions such as batch rename and other utilities to help with organization, and supports editing of digital images in Camera Raw format. Organizational features include assigning colored labels or star ratings to images. And can recognize a variety of file types. Here is a tutorial to clarify: http://youtu.be/6m9nBwiskAQ you only need to watch the first 2:20 mins. Don't change the spacing and keep "file name" turned on.

1. Open Adobe Bridge
2. Open the file that holds your Emphasis/Rules photo.
3. Right click RENAME the photos by the emphasis technique you used.
4. CTRL click on the photos using the same emphasis technique
5. Select "OUTPUT" under the top tool bar.

 
6. Go to the Output window on the right of your screen (sometimes it will take a minute to appear).
7. Select PDF instead of WEB GALLERY.
8. Under the TEMPLATE option, select CONTACT SHEET (4*5=20 photos or 5*7=35 photos)
9. Scroll to the very bottom of the Output window to where it says SAVE.
10. Before you press save, check the "VIEW PDF AFTER SAVE"
11. Once the PDF opens, FILE>SAVE AS>
12. Type the assignment name i.e "My LFAS2 Contact Sheet" or "Emphasis Contact".
13. SAVE AS TYPE: Select "JPG"
14. Make sure you select where you are going to save it to.
15. Then press SAVE.
16. Post to your blog as you would post an image.

Welcome Photo Majors 2012-2013

Welcome to Photo Major 2012-2012

I am super stoked about this year. Like so excited!! Look at me

First off- job action is over-yay! so this year, we can go on field trips-YIPPEE! Just a few for starters- this Thursday, we are going to Fort Langley to take photos for our "Street Photo" project. Then next week we are going to try some landscapes at Kraus Farms on Thursday, September 13th. How fun. Jump to Spring Break... We are planning a trip to SanFrancisco and Yosemite National Park. We are sorting out last details and I will share them with you all at a lunch meeting next Tuesday, September, 11th. So get your field trip forms signed and bring it back so we can get out there.

Second- We have a great group of people in the major and I think it is going to be a great year! Whoot! OMG. No seriously, there are a bunch of super keen, genuine, helpful, interested, talented, skillful and really kind hearted people in this class- get to know your classmates. Help each other, learn from each other, inspire each other.

Thirdly- Quinn Middleton will be joining us once a week to help out in the darkroom and with projects.

Also- The Langley Artist Project is starting this year, I will explain later.

And that's just for starters... So let's go....
What makes a great photograph? Small group discussion- find an example and post it on the Ning site...
http://youtu.be/RMEOzOBHqDw

Photo11M Outline
Photo12M Outline

Cameron-Donna

Nature Verses Critique

Installation Project- Take Down, Sunday June 7^th

Nature Verses Critique

1.     Describe your installation and where it exists in the school vicinity and how it interacts with the surroundings. Include a photo of your installation.

2.     What is the meaning of your installation? What does it say about the environment? Is your message clear? Ask someone for an interpretation.

3.     Is your installation as you had planned it, or did you adapt it in any way? If so, why did it change?

4.     Are you happy with your installation? If so, explain why and if not explain what you would have done differently next time.

5.     What do you think of the whole Nature Verses process? What would you change? Do you have any suggestions of how you would do it differently next time? Or what works well with in the way it was presented and executed.

6.     Were you ready and organized to install your installation on Monday? If not explain why not, if so explain what you had to do to organize your installation.

Make sure you take many photos of your installation over the duration of the installation and put them in your journal.

Critique 2 other installations one you like and one you don’t like, or don’t understand. Identify the creator(s), the title of the piece, state why you like it, or make suggestions that would have improved it.

Name	Name
Title	Title
Critique	Critique

Alex Buono + Canon 5D MarkII

Alex Buono Interview Using a Canon 5D MarkII for SNL title sequence
Alex Buono Reels- SNL Title Sequence
Nortizu- New Printing Technologies
Christopher Scheneberger- a case of levitation

Steve Domjancic- Time lapse student work.

Per Bernal Photography: not so innovative, needs innovation to address body image issues.

Shooting with Infrared Film

WARNING several things to consider when shooting infrared:

1. Keep infrared film cold.
2. Load infrared film in complete darkness.
3. Use a filter when shooting infrared film. (Red25 or an IR)
4. Better to photograph in early or late day light, not mid-day, never at night.
5. Choose landscapes, live things for your subject.
6. Consider the sky- dramatic clouds look amazing.
7. People look creepy- pale, eyes are black and veins are pronounced. 

In infrared photography, the film or image sensor used is sensitive to infrared light. The part of the spectrum used is referred to as near-infrared to distinguish it from far-infrared, which is the domain of thermal imaging. Wavelengths used for photography range from about 700 nanometre to about 900 nm. Film is usually sensitive to visible light too, so an infrared-passing filter is used; this lets infrared (IR) light pass through to the camera, but blocks all or most of the visible light spectrum (the filter thus looks black or deep red). ("Infrared filter" may refer either to such a filter or to one that blocks infrared but passes other wavelengths.)

When IR filters are used together with infrared-sensitive film or sensors, very interesting "in-camera effects" can be obtained; false-color or black-and-white images with a dreamlike or sometimes lurid effect mainly caused by foliage (such as tree leaves and grass) strongly reflecting in the same way visible light is reflected from snow. There is a small contribution from chlorophyll fluorescence, but this is marginal and is not the real cause of the brightness seen in infrared photographs

This is a BW Infrared project, but you are welcome to try digital infrared, but it seems that you need specialized/adapted camera equipment.

Here is an Infrared Photography site to check out: http://www.infraredphoto.eu/Site/GentleIntro1.html

11 White Still Life

Create a white on white still life like the demonstration. Be creative, thoughtful, and well constructed. You can shoot this in digital or B/W (if you want bonus marks, shoot in B/W). It is primarily a white tonal project, but design is as important as exposure. Check the High Key Tutorial. Be creative with your set up and be technically astute with your exposures.

High Lighting Tutorial

Another High Key Tutorial

Dynamic Range & Metering

White Still Life Criteria