Extra Credit!
In the spirit of Halloween, I will give extra credit to anyone who takes a portrait of themselves (photobooth) and puts themselves in a Halloween background and adds special affects (make up, blood, general gore) for a true horror show! Use Photoshop!

Upload finished product to the same folder as the other Photoshop editing assignments.

So far many of you have NOT turned in your Photoshop Editing pictures. You should turn in both the baby picture and the one of the young woman.
So far I have from:
Melchor (both)
Gina (baby pic)
Marisol (woman)
Sasha (woman)
Anthony (woman)
Somaris
So that means you all owe me some work. This assignment is due by the end of class. Please upload to the folder using the link below.

in addition, here is a new Photoshop assignment. Follow the step by step instructions.
Tiger Photo
Step 1: down load this picture and open it in Photoshop
click here to download
Step 2: make a duplicate copy of the background layer
Step 3: remove the tiger and place him in a different background
Step 4: make adjustments to the image (tiger) to make it more interesting
Step 5: upload your finished work here:
click here to upload the finished tiger pic

Detroit Photo (see a theme?)
Step 1: download this photo and open it in Photoshop
click here to download the pic
Step 2: Make a duplicate copy of the background
Step 3: Remove the red part of the sidewalk from the pic
Step 4: Crop out the left side of the picture so it looks better
Step 5: Try to make the house look nicer
Step 6: Find an image of a window and put it in one of the boarded up windows
Step 7: Upload the finished pic to the link below
click here to upload your finished Detroit pic

Photoshop Assignment
Only a few of you turned in one of the two assignments. Please make sure you complete both portrait editing assignments and upload them to the folder. The link is below. Make sure you include your name in the title or I may not know it is yours! This week you will be using Photoshop to edit a series of photos. Each assignment has a list of tasks you must do to the photo and the points you will get for completing each step.

#1 Portrait Editing
Step 1: download this portrait:
click here to download photo
Step 2: open the photo in Photoshop
Step 3: Use the Healing Brush or Clone Stamp to clean up the face (remove pimples, freckles, dark circles, makeup, etc) 25 points
Step 4: Lighten the shadows using the image adjustments 25 points
Step 5: Remove the background and put in this background and fit to size 25 points
click here to download background photo
Step 6: upload your finished photo here: 25 points
click here to upload your finished work

#2 Portrait Editing
Step 1: download this portrait
click here to download photo
Step 2: open in Photoshop
Step 3: Use the Healing Brush or Clone Stamp to clean up the face (remove cuts and bruises)
Step 4: Use image adjustments to make it black and white
Step 5: Remove the original background
Step 6: Insert one of these backgrounds:
background #1
background #2
background #3
Step 7: Keep the background in color
Step 8: upload finished work here
click here to upload finished work

For those of you who wanted to watch more videos about photographers: here you go!!
Watch this segment about photographer Sally Mann and answer these questions:
1. What was it like to go up with Sally Mann as a mother?
2. What kind of photography does Sally Mann do? Does she use old photography techniques or modern techniques?
3. What is your impression of her work?
Write your answers on a piece of paper and turn in when finished. Then upload your pics from yesterday onto Flickr.com

click here to view the video

Tuesday October 8th
Flickr.com
You are going to begin building your photography portfolio on a photo sharing site called Flickr. If you already have a site that is fine but you still need to build one with Flickr. Today I want you to:
1. Set up a Flickr account
click here to go to flickr
2. Upload the following pictures:
-your self-portraits
-the portraits of others you have done so far
-any other awesome pics you have taken that you want to share with us (the more photos you upload, the more credit you get)
3. In Flickr, make sure to give each pic a title.
4. Share your flickr.com address with me by writing the website address on the paper up front.
5. Explore the awesome photos on Flickr.com

Contemporary Photographers
Today you will view videos about two different contemporary photographers. Use headphones to view the videos and answer questions about each one. Here are the questions to answer:

1. Describe this photographer's work:
2. Do you like this photographer's work? Why or why not?
3. How does this photographer use technology?

Artist 1: Florian Maier-Aichen
click here to view video

Artist 2: An-My Le
click here to view video

Photoshop Tutorials
Today I want you to view at least one Photoshop tutorial from the link below and then try the effect on one of your portraits. Portraits are due by Tuesday of next week when we will have a small group critique. Remember, you need 3 different portraits for this assignment:
1. natural/candid
2. Stylized (lighting, make up)
3. Abstract (Photoshop effects, weird POV)

click here for Photoshop Tutorials
Pick the tutorial that is most interesting to you.