Rendering your ProShow Slideshow

You may have to install Quicktime in order to use the required rendering settings. Here is the link to follow to install Quicktime: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

When you finish your slideshow, you need to render it. When you render your slideshow you are creating a file that compiles all of your images, music, and effects into one show that can be displayed as one final piece, not many parts.

Here are the steps to follow to render your show:

1. First save all of your files to the desktop of your computer, open your proshow file from there and render it to there.
2. Create Output- Video File
3. Type- Custom
4. Format- QuickTime [check with Audio]
5. Compression- Apple MPEG4 Compressor
6. Resolution- 1280 x 1024
7. Framerate- 29.97
8. Aspect Ratio- 16:9 (Widescreen)
9. Encoding- High Quality

***If you do not finish rendering your show by Tuesday morning, your piece will not make it into the final show*** I have to build a full composite of all of the photo shows into one final video, this takes time and it needs to be finished by Tuesday afterschool for the rehearsal.

Whoever is helping at the show, make sure they set the projector to the same frame resolution 1280 x 1024. Also, check the aspect ratio so that it doesn't stretch the images, but fills the whole frame of the main screen.

Silver and Light

This project was created with the same spirit that america was founded on. Our intentions are to connect everyone in america through the lens of this camera and social networking sites. We can't do this without you. We want to tell your story and show your city or town through photographs of you, and people you know. As we travel around america looking for people and places to shoot you will be able to keep track of where we are going and help us decide where we go next. Join us in our journey by liking our facebook to get yourself photographed by us.

An extra special thanks to Brandon Rein, Scotty Hoffman and Trevor Atwater.

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12s- Photo Essay

Mahatma Gandhi,

by Margaret Bourque-White
The Photo Essay-
A photo essay (or "photographic essay") is a set or series of photographs that are intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. A photo essay will often show pictures in deep emotional stages. Photo essays range from purely photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays with a few or many accompanying photographs. See Wikipedia.
Your Photo Essay is to be of seven or more photos that document a real life story or inform about a real issue. You are to have an introduction first (1-2 photos), a body of information (2-3 photos), and a conclusion (2-3 photos). Your images should be composed in an eye catching way. Each image should be a vital part of the story telling. The exposure, use of shutter and depth of field should work to tell your story.

Photo Essay Examples:

World Press Photo Story of the Year

Washington Post's Carol Guzy

James Natcheway XDRTB

David Griffen How- Photography Connects Us

LIFE Magazine

5 Light Sources

Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin

Nan Goldin

Mary Ellen Mark

William Eggleston

Shane Oosterhoff

Edward Burtynsky Article in the Vancouver Sun

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/science/Acclaimed+Canadian+exhibit+examines+impact/6074304/story.html

Portfolio Guidelines

Portfolio Presentation Guidelines:

·         Include your best and most recent work (12+) images.

·         Present work in a professional book, binder or case.

·         Include a cover page of your name, year and an optional image to represent your work.

·         Include an Artist Statement an overview of your process, areas of interests and future endeavors.

·         A title index of the photographs included in the portfolio.

·         Include only finished or completed works, no flaws.

·         Organize your work to fit together in a meaningful sequence.

·         Careful what goes beside what, the photos will affect each other.

·         More than one image on one page are considered one piece ie. diptych or triptych.   

·         The images should be the same size- there are exceptions, but for the most part.

·         Consider the layout of your photos in your portfolio before you buy a book, if your images are too big for your portfolio, then they might not fit on the page if they are landscape orientation. It is awkward to have to turn the book when looking through.

·         Make sure to use archival tape to fasten your images to the page.

·         If you are sending your portfolio to a post-secondary institution, check with the requirements of the school. Each school has different expectations.

 CD Portfolios of year end show

·         Make sure that your work is as finished/complete as possible.

·         Include a color printout of the work as well as a copy on disk format with attached list of instructions and programs used.

·         Make sure you label your CD.

·         Label the contents of the CD.

·         Put your CD in a CD envelope.