First of all, I love you all. I'd be lying if I said I'm not a little disappointed, however, with how our last assignment has turned out. Two of you got me the images by the assigned due date of March 28 with the correct format for printing. Also, the number one requirement I had for capturing the photographs was to make sure that above everything else, you took photographs that were in FOCUS. There are some good images, but there are also quite a few that are entirely out of focus, as in not any one portion of the photograph is in focus. We've had the conversation in class before about the importance of following instructions/directions and I feel as though maybe I have been a little bit too willing to let things fly. Because of this we're going to have some changes for how we conduct completing assignments. This will be to help hold you as well as me accountable with following through with assignments. Stay tuned as I need to have a discussion with Kevin as to how to proceed exactly.
As far as today, we're not able to work on mounting our self portraits on poster board as I didn't get all of your images in time to print, which I spoke to some of you personally about last night and asked to get from you. With that said, we'll do this part of the assignment next week in class. Here's what I'd like for today:
1. Please open all of your images and make sure that they are saved with a resolution of 240dpi. We are printing 4x6 images so the picture dimensions need to be at least 4x6 inches. Make sure in Pixelmator that they are in fact at least 4x6 inches. NOTE: Not sure if any of you did this, I hope not, but you cannot use your computer to get a picture to print as the computer only captures a photograph for the web at 72dpi.
2. Rename all of your image so they read as follows: "Your name01" Ex. "Jonny01", "Jonny02", etc. and place them in a folder with your full name. Ex. "Jonny Long"
3. Copy the above folder onto the hard drive provided to you and give back to me.
4. For the rest of class and this next week, I'd like you to research and write a paper on the history of Photography. How did it begin? What was it like for those that first took photographs? Who invented it? What were some of the challenges? Talk about technological progression, the difference between editing in a dark room vs. a computer, etc. Lots of things to discuss. Here's the requirements:
- 2-3 Pages in length (Double Spaced). 12 pt font.
- 4-6 Sentences per paragraph (Count the sentences if you need to! There shouldn't be 3 or 10sentences for any one paragraph).
- Top left of the page needs to be a header with your name, the date, and class.
- Paper needs to have a Title
- Print paper, staple together, and hand in to me at the beginning of class next Wednesday. That doesn't mean print it after we meet in class next week. It needs to be printed before you get to school Wednesday and ready to hand in to me by the start of class!
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