Important Handouts

Important Handouts:

Rules for turning in ALL Photography Work:

No blurry out of focus photos (in more advanced projects, this rule maybe changed, but you will be given notice if that is the case in that project). BUT, if you made an effort to do the project right and you still had blurry photos, you will be given less than half credit, but can redo that photo for full credit at anytime during the semester as long as you turned it in on time.
Do not blow out your whites. That means you overexposed your photo. You can choose to make your photo lighter in editing, but if you blow out your whites, you can not get that information back in the photo. Same rules for blurry photos apply here and you can redo for full credit as long as it was turned in on time.
Do not go outside the door of the classroom and shoot a photo that obviously looks like that is what you did. Crop your photo, pay attention to the background behind the subject. There are lots of interesting walls and textures that can be used. Macro filters can be used as well to make on campus photos work and be interesting. You can not get above a C on a photo even if the project was done right if it is obvious you did this or did not try to make a good composition based on backgrounds and other photo composition rules.
Shoot in RAW format!! Once edited, save the photo as a .jpg. I will ask that you turn in BOTH RAW and .jpg versions on dropbox. On your website portfolio it will be the .jpg you turn in.
If the project allows you to shoot off your phone or ipad, you can edit with phone software, but keep it to basic editing unless the project allows more creative editing. BUT ALL PHOTOS NEED EDITED, even the ones on the phone.
All photos need basic editing. Look to project handouts to see if you can edit more than basic editing (white/color balance, contrast, exposure, whites, shadows, blacks etc...). Basic editing does not mean you did not spend time editing. Contrast, white balance and colors need to look good.
Photos must be the following sizes only (no random cropping. These are settings on the crop tool in Photoshop RAW editing)

2 to 3 ratio (4x6, 8x12, 16x24 etc)

3 to 4 ratio (5x7, 8x10, 16x20 etc)

1 to 1 ratio (square)

Panoramic on occasion with permission
It is NOT your photo if you did not take it and edit it. It is not your photo if you are in it (unless it is the self portrait project).
9. If someone asks you to delete a photo of them, you must do so. On the other hand, you get bonus points by modeling for others in class.
NAME YOUR FILE! It should be named what it is your are turning in. For example in the Elements of Art for Line, there are 4 photos. So the first should be named linewaction.jpg. You shoot your photos in RAW but turn them in as .jpgs after editing as well. I will not grade photos not named. Naming them shoes me you know which is which. I am not going to "guess" which is which.
Turn in all work on dropbox in named, organized files where I can find the project. If you shoot it, edit it and leave it on your desktop, it is not turned in. It has to be on dropbox to be turned in on time. If it is in the open and not in the project folder or in the wrong project folder, it is not turned in on time...I am not going to go hunt for your project. I will guid you in nameing your folders for each project and where the images should go.

Work turned in blurry or with whites blown out will not receive anything higher than 30% (which is an F). You can redo the work to be graded on the next round of grading for full credit as long as you turn something in, but it is much better to do it right the first time than having to redo your work. You will only get up to 50% credit if your photo is obvious it is on campus unless the project states otherwise. No credit for photos not named what they are...it is like turning in a paper without your name on it.

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RULES FOR GOING OUTSIDE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

Students are only allowed to shoot outside when they follow the rules. Being able to shoot your photos outside during class time is a privlage, not a right and can be taken away therefore giving you homework.

1. Students MUST be within eye sight of the front door or backdoor!!

2. Sign out exactly where you are going such as front, quad or back. If you change locations, you have to come back to change that in the log book. I need to be able to see you within a few seconds of looking for you.

3. If you are not where you signed in writing on the log book, you will loose your privlage of being outside. Depending on what you did to break the rules, this might be for a couple days, a week, a month or the rest of the semester.. Minor issues will start with a couple days and go to a week, then loose all privelages at the 3rd issue.

4. Exeptions to photograph in other teachers classes are ONLY allowed if I get an email from that teacher at least a day ahead of time.

5. Refere to poster on the right on this page, "Expectations while takeing photos during class time" for more detailed instructions.

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