Time to start planing your final. Don't put this off, if you start now you should have no problem.
Late work will not be accepted. This is a chance to improve any work that you have done during the semester, and at least get some credit for assignments you may have missed. (No, it does not count for missing a critique, but it you will get credit for them in your portfolio).
Your final consists of:
- 10 New images, 5 of them matted prints
- Portfolio
Final: 10 NEW Images. The images may NOT have been used as assignment or project. The final 10 images should showcase what you have learned both technically and aesthetically in the class.
Matted Prints: A minimum of five (max 10) of your best pieces and best printing. ONLY two,
can be chosen from previous assignments or projects. The rest from your 10 final images.
If done well, extra points may be considered for printing and matting all 10 of your final images.
Framing: Framing the prints is optional. Framing is expensive and not required,
and no additional points will be given for frames. You will be graded on
image quality, and mat production.
If you are interested in framing,
please talk to me before you purchase them. There are a lot of different
kinds of frames and many of them will not work for photography.
Portfolio: Digital portfolio, consisting of 3 parts.
- Final 10 images (10 images not used for projects or assignments)
- Projects
- Assignments
How do you start:
- Plan and start shooting and/or selecting your final 10 images. Remember, these images can not be images used for projects or assignments. They can be shot anytime during the semester as long as they were not graded as another project or assignment.
- Organizing your images. Divide them into collection/collection sets, labeled as final, projects, and assignments, in Lightroom. Check the 'Techie Stuff, for links to help you out on this. >>>
- Look closely at each of your projects and assignments. Be very critical of your self, and improve them with what you have learned since you turned them in. Project and assignment images can be replaced with new images, provided you turned in the assignment when it was due it will replace the image that you originally submitted. If images are replaced you should indicate that in your portfolio.
- Buy white matboard and foam core. You can pick this up at one of the local frame shops or at a arts supply, or craft store. (It a good idea to get archival boards but not required.)
Prints and Portfolio are to be turned Tuesday of finals week, during our regular meeting time. Late work will not be accepted.
Just a reminder, because some of you seem to have forgotten. Your 'Blog Projects' count for almost half of your grade. At this point you should ALL have about 11 images posted as 'Blog Projects'. They are graded on both quantity and QUALITY. Don't put this off till the last min. They MUST be in posted AND in your final portfolio, these are 2 different grades.
