bobspho1700sketchbook: class 1

class schedule
week 1) sep 7th     image sketchbook
week 2) sep 14th   contact sheet - bring photos on jump drive
week 3) sep 21th   perspective
week 4) sep 28th   portraits (look into converting them into paintings)
week 5) oct 5th     retouching
week 6) oct 12th    scanning
week 7) oct 19th    layers (rain)
week 8) oct 26th    selections
week 9) nov 2nd    masks
week 10) nov 9th    final project proposals
week 11) nov 16th    final project
week 12) nov 23rd    final project
week 13) nov 30th    printing
week 14) dec 7th    review (with be atlantis)
week 15) dec 14th    final project presentations

to do)
1) shot perspective photos
2) photobook, from roadtrip
3) finish scanning stuff from home
4) put together a list of websites to look for photo ideas
5) look into upgrade to cs5 (and maybe new desktop, win7 64bit)
6) order tablet, wacom int4 medium
7) split blog into sections, notes, projects, final project, etc...
8) look into some lights
9) organize all photo mags and find ideas
10) look into how to store photos online so we can access them from class

final project ideas
1) high speed photos using flash
2) highly manipulated photos, example - photo i did of chris
3) flower photos, hummingbirds (may be too late in year), landscapes
rose in a glass vase, light from bottom, black out so only glass edge is lit
(use light table)
butterfly series (macros) could shoot at zoo
4) photobook,
5) automotive photos
6) star track photos
7) tennis posters (examples in fredmiranda.com)
8) smoke photos
9) macro photos (use extension tubes)
10) skyline photos, maybe shoot detroit across the river, at night, long exposure
11) composite photo, floating, shoot multiple photos, remove chairs

ideas for projects
1) exploded views, etch-a-sketch