1 in 8 millon pics

Your images are due on Thursday at the end of class, edited, with captions!!!

captions for pics

NOTE: Your captions need at least 2 sentences per image!!! Remember your images should tell a story, the captions should aid in this. Monday we will make a movie of these 8 images with a soundtrack, bring music.

Choosing the image

First lets start with the image. Think about what you want to portray. Find an image that matches the aspirations of your brand. Choose one that is quick to recognise and will work on the smaller screen resolutions of the web. There are numerous image banks on the web and you do not need to pay the earth for excellent imagery.

Cropping the image

Cropping the image is also an important stage. At this stage you should be aware of the text to go on the image and have an idea of where it should go. Play with where the text is going to appear using the Move tool.

Creating the opaque layer

Create a new layer and draw a shape using the rectangle tool. You are not limited to the rectangle tool so experiment with other tools. To reveal some of the image underneath you alter the opacity of the layer. In the layers menu highlight the rectangle layer you have just drawn. In the very top right hand corner is an option called Opacity. Click on this and then drag the slider until you are happy with the appearance.

Adding text

Add the message you would like on top of the layer. You can play with colors and fonts but I find the a strong contrast works well.

YOU PICS

will need to be awesome!

Today you will learn 2 ways to make this happen.

• beauty retouch, pick a couple: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/15/70-beauty-retouching-photoshop-tutorials/

• http://www.photoshopcafe.com/cs3/bw.htm pics into black and white

Your Subject...

Please answer the following questions:

• Who is your subject?
• What are ten adjectives/traits/hobbies/activities etc. that describe him/her?
• How could you photograph each of the above?

Next we practice!!!

one in 8 million project

Photo Journalism is about telling a story with images. One way to do this is to tell a story about one person. The NY Times has been doing this the past few years. They use images and narration by the subject to tell their tale.

check them out here

Your task is going to be to do the same. You will tell us about someone with images. We will use captions in favor of narration, but the idea is the same.



Specifics:

• Choose someone to tell us about (friend, family, coworker, etc).
• Narrow down your story, what specifically about them would you like to tell us? A hobby of theirs? A specific event? A trait? etc.
• You will be shooting a BUNCH of images of this person. From these 7 will become your tell of their tale?

Today's Task:
Watch a handful of the above clips then post a comment on this blog answering the following questions:

• Which 1 in 8 million photo essay did you like the best? why?
• Which image in that essay did you find most interesting?
• What did the photographer do to make their images interesting and unique, not just snapshots? Compositionally? Lighting? etc.

Homework: Find a subject for your 1 in 8 million adventure!

PhotoJ Magazine Assignment

First photo: the 2-page layout I've chosen as inspiration for this assignment. It's from the October 2007 issue of Domino magazine.

Second photo: a student made magazine layout assignment, in reverse format, using their images.

Your task:

1. Find a layout you dig
2. Think about which section of a yearbook this could fit into
3. Now, lets try and recreate the images to fit your needs. Similar angles, backgrounds, colors etc to create a similar page of images... (3+ images)
   

Welcome

Photojournalism provides, for me, a more complex and fully human way of capturing, describing and explaining to others what words often fail to do. My frustration with words is that many times I feel they can only go so far to evoke emotion, imagination, consternation and expectation. Words, for me, often only superficially depict what I see, think and feel.

Photographs can evoke a range of human feelings -- dignity, integrity, shame, industry, integrity, pain, or joy -- far beyond verbal linguistic description.