This is your last chance to finish up your Photo Essay! Please let me know if you need to borrow a camera. Also, most of you still need to edit your images in photoshop and upload them to the folder for grading. Your grade in this class depends on it!
Here is a list of the assignments from this quarter:
1. Photojournalism Research 11/4/13
2. Photojournalism and activism video and questions 11/5/13
3. Photo Essay Project Proposal 11/7/13
4.NY Times Photo Essay questions 11/13/13
5. Documentary "Streetwise" video and questions 11/19/13
6. Research about Mary Ellen Mark 11/21/13
7. Questions about Magnum Photo 11/25/13
8. Photoshop Editing 12/9/13 upload before and after of 6 of your images from your photo essay. all images should also be on flickr.com.
We will be printing the essays when we return in January. Finish them this week and over break!!!

These are the assignments that are due! Get them done now!

The Graduates:
Use the links below to finish watching the documentary from class. Here is the second part as well.

Primero Parte

Segundo Parte

Click on the link below to add your comments to the discussion. Which part of the film did you relate to most?
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/graduates/talkback.html

Photoshop Focus: I would like to see each of you working on editing your Photo Essay pictures in Photoshop this week. I want to see two versions of each picture: the original, unedited version and the second will have been Photoshopped in a variety of ways. You may choose from the following options:
-make it black and white
-crop out unwanted elements
-adjust the color/brightness/contrast/shadows

Upload your best 6 images (so a total of 12, two of each, before AND after) to the link below by end of class on Thursday for us to give feedback on Friday during class.
click here to upload your finished before and after photos

3 more images from your photo essay due for feedback today!

I would like to see your images and have you work on editing them in Photoshop. Please pick at least 3 images from what you have taken so far. What can you do to them in Photoshop?
1. Experiment making them black and white.
2. Crop out unwanted parts of the photo.
3. Adjust the contrast, color saturation, brightness or highlights and shadows

I will be checking in with each of you to see your progress. Ask if you need a camera.