Shutter Speed

You all have your Shutter Speed and ISO assignment and exercise. Below are some tutorials that may help.

Foundations of Photography: Exposure; by Bill Long 

(Do not apply any info on auto mechanisms, all of your work should be done in manuel exposure and focus.)
Chapter 4: Shutter Speed Fundamentals
Chapter 6: Working with ISO

Foundations of Photography: Night and Low Light; By Bill Long

Chapter 2: Exposure Considerations

As always your are encouraged to watch more of the online course than assigned but these sections directly apply to our current project.

Welcome to Digital Photography 2014

Hello everyone.

I hope you have enjoying and are making friends with your cameras.

Below is the link to lynda.com's tutorial you will need to watch before our next class.

You can and are encouraged to watch the full tutorial however, the below sections are required to get us started.

How to watch these videos:

• Take your time watching the videos, replay anything that your not clear on
• Take careful notes including the video and be sure include the tutorial, chapter, and section so you can go back to review. 

Lightroom 5 Essentials: 01 Importing with the Library Module 
with Chris Orwig


Introduction 

• all

1. Getting Started:

• What is Lightroom
• Getting familiar with the Lightroom interface
• An introduction to customizing the interface

2. Importing Imagers

• all

5. Working with Catalogs

• Catalogs are the Backbone of Lightroom

6. Essentials of the Library Module

• all

Below are a few videos from linda.com that are really good info about different areas of the profession of photography and may help you with your final. Your final can be anything you want, its about image quality not subject. You will need 10 to 15 images for your final, (remember quality over quantity). 15 C images = a C, 10 A images = an A.

You may of course watch all of these but at least choose one to watch from begging to end.


Shooting a Photo Essay: An Artist a Work

Douglas Kirkland on Photography: Photographing kids and Families
Mr. Kirkland, has many videos on the profession. He is famous for his portraits of famous people, everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Leonardo DiCaprio. Search his name and you may find other subjects that interest you more.

Insights on Photo Journalism

Insights on Product Photography

Photographing Jewelry

Class Today

Today we will not be meeting in the studio. The videos below will review and explore in a little more depth some of the topics we have been discussing in class. 

Be sure that you have a set of bracketed images for class on thursday. 

Foundations of Photography: Exposure

Chapters

8. Metering Modes
9. Exposure Compensation
10. Dynamic Range

Lightroom II has RETURNED!

Yes, it sounds like some fictitious 1950s drive-in SciFi movie, but IT'S TRUE!

As this is such late notification I don't expect you all to be able to attained. I will be here to help get you started on it, but thursday we will have our regular class.

Can't wait to see you all together again! 

Monday Post on Wednsday

Update:
I have a meeting at 2:00. If you need to see me about something please get in touch  before then. I also have classes so either let me know when, or be prepared to wait until I get to a break with the class.

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Sorry guys, I couldn't post anything because I didn't know anything. Still don't actually. I do know we do not have Lightroom in the labs yet. If you have been keeping in touch you would know that we are using Photoshop as a temporary fix.

That being said, I expect to start seeing some work on the blogs. Soon. Before next tuesdays class meeting.

Now about tonight. I will be there if you need help with anything. We will have to work in my office room 221. The door does not stay open. You have to knock, and knock loud enough that I can hear you. If I don't hear from you and/or no one shows up by 7:00 I will be leaving.

We will not be meeting thursday, I have a doctors appointment. If you need help with something I will probably be able to meet with you earlier in the day, do let me know so I can make time for you. I have classes and a few meetings. If you need to see me I will be there until 2–3:00. If I don't hear from you before then I will assume your good to go.


BLOG POST IMAGES
The images are to be 72ppi and 800 pixels on the longest edge, and posted before 6:30 Sep. 17, 2013 (not 1014).

Black and White

If you have your pintrest account set up you can click here to see a set of black and white images. These images are not chosen for sgubjectmater, but rather as example of good well developed images. You should notice that most have the a full range from absolute black to white with out loosing detail at either end of the spectrum. For now this is our goal, to produce images with this full range of tone.

The best way to develop your eye for good exposure is to look at well exposed images. So, look at these at your leisure, and come back and look at them again. I will add to the collection periodically.

Thursdays Class (yes, tonight)

Ok, so what's up for tonight? (Tonight is optional)

Well it will be another slow one as we are still waiting on our software. I wish I could do something about this but we are simply stuck until the get us up and running.

First I do NOT want to discourage anyone from coming in. However, some of you have already done what we will be doing tonight. If you have, and feel your time would be better spent shooting, please do so.

Also if you have Lightroom or Aperture, or some other raw developing software and wish to work there on your pictures, feel free.

TONIGHT, I will be showing you the basics of how to develop your images using Photoshop Raw. This is not the software we will be using for most of our classes but it will give you a chance for you to see your pictures.

Attendance Tonight is NOT Required
There are similarities between Photoshop and Lightroom, but they are very different, both in what they do and how they do it. I do not want to confuse anyone. In addition to this we are likely going to be getting the CS Cloud in the studios which is 1.5 versions ahead of what we have right now. All I can do is apologize for this, there is just nothing that we can do about it.

If you are not comfortable switching between different software, the Macintosh Operating system, or just new to computers in general, you may want to spend your time taking pictures rather than learning this version of Photoshop, I completely understand. Do not be concerned that this will effect your standing in the class in any way.

Do try to shoot me an email telling me how you are getting along with your camera and any question you may have.


Exercise:
Those of you who are going to opt out of tonight I would like you to start caring a small notebook with you while you shoot. Note the ISO, F-stop, Shutter Speed, and try to note the frame (file name). You may have already figured out that the camera already keeps track of this. So you may be asking why should I do that? The answer is, to help you remember and develop an eye for what settings fit what situation. You should try to do this through out the class.

Monday post on Sunday

As some of you may already know, one of our studios are up and running, the other SHOULD be up sometime next week... They NOT ONLY got us up and running they left us with a few surprises. 

In a Nutshell:

1. The login is your UNM ID and PW, as you would login to your MyUNM.
2. We now have Adobe CS5, and CS 3 has been removed.
3. The computers will delete EVERYTHING each night.

What this means to us:

Upgrade CS 5: This sounds like a good thing, and it is... but a bit of a mixed bag. 

• CS5 is 2 versions newer than we expected to have this semester. 
• The Adobe Cloud, is essentially CS6, two versions ahead of what we had in the machines. This will make it much easier than it would have been to work between home and the school. 
• All of your instructors have had no warning about this upgrade, so all of our plans and materials are for cs3. This is going to take some time to get revised so have patient with your instructors.

You need storage: 

• You can no longer save ANYTHING to the schools computer (for now). If you leave anything it will be automatically deleted before the next morning. You will need a storage device, or online storage subscription. You already have one with your Google account, its called Google ‘Drive’ it is located in the links at the top of your mail page. Drop Box is another very good site to use.

No Class Meeting / Yes Class Work

Sorry for the late notice, it has been on and off and on and now officially off. No class.

Good News though! We have one lab running AND Updated software. BUT not Lightroom.

I will add to this post soon, just want you to know we can not meet tonight.

Class Tonight

WE ARE GETTING CLOSE!
Baring any unseen issues we will be meeting tonight! 

We have slight problem however. It seem that our crackerjack IT team has once again came through for us! We without computers for another week! Isn't that AWESOME!

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Additional:  Our biggest enemy is going space crazy through loneliness. The only thing that helps me maintain my slender grip on reality is the friendship I share with my collection of singing potatoes.

- Holly, RED DWARF Series II Episode 5, "Queeg"

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So what will we do?
We will be going over the class details and revised schedule, answering any questions you may have and hmmm... what was that other thing? Oh! This is a photography class isn't it? You need cameras. Yes, we will be checking out cameras too.

This problem illustrates 2 issues:

Issue 1: 
Normally this week, we would be going over the developing software Adobe Lightroom. Again thanks to today's amazing technology centric (dependent) world we don't have to let that slow us down. I have added new Lynda.com videos to keep us on course.

Remember, you ONLY NEED to watch the specific videos that are bookmarked. Not the full class, and not even the full chapter unless all the chapters are marked. Those are the ones that we will be working with in class and you will need to know for our current projects, or assignments.

(Read below to decide which video to watch) Click HERE (Watch before next tuesday's class, not today's.)

Suggestions for watching these tutorials.

• Take Notes
• Don't try to watch them all in one sitting, or even one day.
• Watch them once, just following along and taking notes, watch a second time with the software or camera in hand.
• Don't listent to the radio, or watch tv, or do anything else while you are watching them.

Issue 2:
As you may have guessed our problems in the studio computers are not slight. You are probably also correct if you think that they are not gong to get a whole lot better as the semester progresses. This solution may not work for everyone, but hopefully it will work for enough of us that we can comfortably get through the semester.

If you read the syllabus, you will have seen that the Adobe Creative Cloud is in the required materials list. This only applies if you have a computer that is able to support the software. (You will need to find that out through the Adobe website or call them. They are fast and very helpful so don't hesitate to call with questions. There is a link in the link section over there. >>>>>>>>

Ah, for the video question. When you get to our classes Lynda page you will see that there are Lightroom 2, and a Lightroom 5, course links. We only have Lightroom 2 on the computers. If you will be using the class computers you will want to watch the Lightroom 2. If you plan to use just your home computer or both your home computer and the class computers with creative cloud you will want Lightroom 5. Lightroom 2 and 5 are enough alike that you shouldn't have much problems applying what you learn to both.

See ya soon!

Weekly Post

Good morning everyone.
Hope you had a great first week of classes, and an even better weekend! I am going to try to add a weekly entry to the class blog this semester. This will be to recap the previous week, and/or to give an overview of what is going on in the upcoming week, and to communicate other issues effecting the class. Don't expect that it will be the same post for each class. Don't read Page Layout and expect that you know what going on with Photo.

Emails
I have received gmails from most of you, if you have not sent me an email, or if you have sent an email and not received a response from me please send another ASAP (double check the the spelling of the email to be sure you have it correct). This is not a difficult class, but there is a lot of projects and you do not want to get behind. Send it to adelhardt.ddm@gmail.com

Blogs
We will be setting up our blogs this week. If you have time it might be a good idea to get a head start on this.  We will not be spending any class time on this. If you have problems setting it up, please email or if you can see that I am on bring me up on chat.

A few notes:

• When you send an email be sure to include your name and Class as a subject. (There is no way for me to know who 'CoolYazzieDude@gmail.com' is, or what class they are in). 
• Remember, you can't combine blogs, you need a different blog for each class. 

ADDITIONAL: 

ALL of the DDM course conflicts have been resolved.
If you continue to have issues with registration or financial aid, contact me ASAP!

• Page Layout II can be taken 2x 
• 293 Photo can be taken multiple times,
• Independent Study can be taken for 1cr, 3x. (We are still waiting for registration to change the credit hour, should be done early this week)

Studio is Still Down

Just a reminding, we we will not be meeting tonight as our class room is not working yet.

If you have watched the videos, and got your blogs up, and would like to get on with things a bit, you can go set up a Pinterest account. If you already have one just make a Board for this class and start collecting images. Read the 'Standing Assignments' page, over there. >>>>>

If you are new to Pinterest, it is... well I'm not exactly how to describe it. Its like a google image search and it gives you the ability to save all the images you like. Its a social and digital version of what artist have been doing for hundreds or even thousands of years, we call it a morgue (ya weird name). Pinterest lets you collect art work or images. It is easy to use and will make more sense after you get your login.

Notes about how to and what to collect:

• As stated above you should have a board just for this class. Pinterest can be very addictive, so make a board for your self, and one for the class. There is no limit to boards you can make as many as you want. 
• About the images. As we will mainly be working in black and white, all of the images for this class are to be black and white. You will want to search for black and white photography specifically or you will spend a lot of time looking at images that you can't use for the class. 
• What are we looking for? For now just look for images you like (we will be eliminating that word from our vocabulary soon, so live it up while you can). We are looking at these images to get an eye for what black and white photography should look like. For now just start collecting and have some fun with it.

There is no rush on this, I just don't want you to get board. Have a great weekend, and I will see you all  next week.

I have received most but not all of your availability yet, but right now it looks like Wednesday is working the best for everyone. Please send that ASAP if you haven't already.

Hello Everyone!

Welcome and/or Welcome Back!

In case you don't know me, my name is Chad Adelhardt. I am the Professor for this class, and the coordinator for the DDM.

I am very sorry for all the problems we are having this week, but it is out of my hands. I am stranded in Abq. with a very sick truck, and the studio/lab computers are all down with no known schedule for repair.

Aside from the obvious we also have some scheduling problems. Photo I and II are connected and need to overlap. So in addition to the below email assignment I need you to send me what times you are available from 5–9:00pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. 

Even with all of this, we shall not be defeated! SOOOO....

On to the class:
To start with, if you have not had DDM Photo I, before you are in it now. Regardless of which one you actually signed up for, you need the info from Photo I before you move on to II. While previous darkroom photography classes will help you, and in my opinion essential to a good education of a photographer it is not the same.

Your Syllabus, schedule, and most of the class info is over there >>>> in the 'Pages' section. Those of you taking the class for a second time there are a few minor changes so you might want to read up on that, particularly in the standing assignments section.

A brief note for those in Photo I:
As you may have guessed from the name this is an intro photography course. We will be learning to use the dslr (digital single lens reflex camera). If you don't know what that is click here. If you have a dslr or think you have a dslr bring it in and lets see if it will work for the class. If you don't we have cameras that you can check out for the semester.

Don't be intimidated by that those pictures. It looks a lot more complicated to use than it is.  Well at least the basics, which is what this class is about. We will be taking it one step at a time, and one function at at time. Aside from a few of those buttons and the view screen in the back, it is really no different than the ones we have been using for almost 100 years now.

For everyone:
We have a few easy assignments to get started so that we can get the class going.

1. Gmail account: Yes specifically gmail. we will be using Google for a lot more than just email. Just set it up, send me an email from it with Photo I or II in the subject, and your name in the body (also the times your available as stated above). This is the easies 100 points you could ask for.

2. Watch some videos: as a UNM student you have free access to lynda.com. You will need to sign in with your UNM id the same one you use for getting on myUNM. The below link will take you to the videos for this class. Right now there are 2 in the list, you only need to watch the chapters hat have a little red book mark symbol next to them.

• Click here for the Videos to watch

ADDITIONAL: There is a new link called 'General Tutorials' in the 'Links' section over there >>>>
Check it out. It has some general how to videos that are useful to all DDM classes

DDM Potluck n Movie Day

Just a reminder. Tomorrow is our end of the semester Potluck and Movie Day. If you can bring something GREAT we will be glad to eat it. If your just to busy with finals to think about it just stop by and have a snack, relax and watch a movie too if you have time. It should start around noon and go till around 5 (latter if you guys want).

Studio Day

The studio will be open. (If for some reason the door is locked go to the Applied Tech Office CH 167 505-863-7615)

I will not be in the studio today, but I will be online available for chat or email if anyone needs help. If anyone needs to see me, I will be in tomorrow afternoon.

Don't forget about Tomorrow's potluck n movie day. Bring food if you can, if not just stop by and have a bite.

Portfolios will be collected Thursday during normal class time.