STA 370 FALL 2019

Review the Emulate an artist Assignment. Your First part of the assignment will be due on the 22nd. Be prepared to do your presentations.

EMMULATE AN ARTIST OBJECTIVE: This is a  three-part  assignment and a really big one for your grade! Choose a person from the list of artists. Then: 1.     Make a cohesive series of photographs  inspired  by the artist.  2.     Prepare a 15 minute oral presentation with powerpoint to present to the class. 3.    Write a  three page  paper discussing the artist’s work. Part 1. Each person will present the artist in class on October 22 nd Your presentation must include: • Brief biographical introduction (no more than a minute on this) - place of birth -where he/she currently lives - education - any important details about their life that has influenced their work • Elaborate on the artist’s conceptual and aesthetic approach to their work - What are the fundamental ideas, concepts, or concerns of their work? - What is their technical approach? What type of camera do ...

The Midterm will be comprised of 3 parts: Part one: 1. STUDY your quiz. Most of these questions will show up on the midterm 2. STUDY all past reading responses. I will ask you the names of people you wrote about. 3. Know what tools are non-destructive and destructive editing methods in photoshop. 4. Know what can be corrected in photoshop and when a photo just needs to be reshot 5. Saving File formats for different situations. When to use each type of file 6. How do you edit images with layers in photoshop? 7. Know different lens types and characteristics of each 8. Light meters 9. How do you read a photograph? 10. Histograms 11. Equivalent Exposures AND sunny 16 rule 12. Basic editing workflow steps 13. HDR photography and how to create motion in photographs PART TWO: Analyze 4 different photographs with TECHNICAL and COMPOSITIONAL Choices. A lot of you got this question wrong on the quiz. Please study. PART THREE: Two images in photoshop 1. Select and create a ...

Take one scene, and use a tripod or a steady surface to take 3 photos. 1) a photo perfectly exposed 2) a photo one stop over exposed 3) a photo one stop under exposed. Using the method I showed in class, merge the three photos to create an HDR image. Place this in the sharespace.

We spoke about using equivalent exposures to change such factors as your ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture. I used the example of the Sunny 16 rule. The slides to that presentation can be found here: