Photography

=**Welcome to Photography!**=

__**Important Links**__
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 * Creating an online portfolio-**

[] Night photography- [] []

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 * Chat Room for MS Photo Class- []**
 * Flickr-[]**
 * Mrs. Anderson's Pinterest (photo board)- @http://pinterest.com/hisartclass/photography/**
 * Black and white conversion-**
 * **To convert to Black and White:**

Image-Adjustments-Hue/Saturation Image-Adjustments-Channel Mixer Image-Adjustments-Levels || **To sharpen images, try the following formula:** Background copy USM 18-40-0 USM 150-.3-0 Edit>Fade USM 100% in Darken Mode USM 150-.3-0 Edit>Fade USM 50% in Lighten Mode Flatten image ||
 * (USM stands for "Unsharp Mask"**
 * **More Detailed explanation on how to convert to Black and White:**

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 * (same as above but more fully explained)**

​ 1. Open your image you need to edit. 2. Edit it as you wish. Until that part where you finally sharpen the image and you are done. 3. Flatten image. (What follows next is the 'sharpen action') 4. In the layers palette, click and drag the Background image to the Create New Layer icon (left of the trash bin) 5. Make sure Background copy is the selected layer. 6. Unsharp Mask ( Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask...) and enter Amount 18, Radius 40, Threshold 0 -> OK 6. Unsharp Mask ( Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask...) and enter Amount 150, Radius 0.3, Threshold 0 -> OK 7. Edit > Fade Unsharp Mask: Opacity 100% and select Darken in the Mode dropdown list -> OK 8. Unsharp Mask ( Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask...) and enter Amount 150, Radius 0.3, Threshold 0 -> OK (you can simply Apple-F (PC: Ctrl-F) or Filter > Unsharp Mask (the one on top)) 9. Edit > Fade Unsharp Mask: Opacity 50% and select Lighten in the Mode dropdown list -> OK 10. Flatten Image (Layers > Flatten image) likewise Apple-E (PC:Ctrl-E) also works. 11. Done!

It sharpens the image as well as giving it more contrast. ||

=Here they are...the ones you voted the best of the best!= =1st Place=

2nd place ...........................................................................3rd place

4th place

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 * ~ **Project 1- Pinhole Camera** ||
 * Assignment Handouts- ||
 * [[file:pinhole photography student project outline.doc]]

|| [|The World's Largest Pinhole Photograph] media type="youtube" key="Nc-79vOzshw" height="315" width="560" ||
 * Links to look at-
 * Project 2- Compositionmedia type="youtube" key="Ftjb5FAcz0I" height="315" width="420" align="right"**

[|10 Rules of Composition and why they work]
 * Links to look at:**

[|Digital Photoschool Composition Tips]

[|Top Photography Composition Rules]

[|A Composition Refresher]


 * Photoshop-**




 * Lighting-**

Try direct light- backlight, sidelight, front light, reflected light, diffused light, twilight. Try different times of the day If possible, try different weather conditions.
 * Homework for Sept 17**- 30 or more photos of people using different natural lighting. (you can use the same person several times but use a variety of lighting)

Links about lighting: [|Natural Light Photography] [|4 types of natural light] [|5 Natural lighting tips]

**Using the settings on your camera**
[|Basic Camera Settings]

=[|October 16 Link]= =[|October 16 Link 2]=

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 * Emergency Lesson Plans:**

Choose one of the following Photoshop tutorials and follow the steps. Base your choice of tutorial on what you already know and don't know so that you can learn something new. If you finish the end of one tutorial, then start another>

Basics: [|Learn to Intensify Your Images] [|How to Use the Patch tool] [|How to us the healing brush tool]

Advanced: [|How to Use Light and Shadow for a Dramatic effect] [|Complex masking made easy](with channels and calculations)