The Chicken and Me

Sample Layout for Sequence/Series Project:

A Note about Printer Inks

If you are about to print and your computer warns you about low ink levels, check the front of the printer. If the ink button is flashing red, ask me to change the ink cartridge. If not, no worries -- continue printing!

How to Print

Hi Digital Photography,

Use the following post when you need a refresher on how to print an image in the Digital Photography Lab. Remember, you may only print with my permission and on the paper you purchased at the beginning of the school year.



1. Make sure Computer #7 is on.

2. If you are using a Mac: Move your photograph to a PC. At this moment, we can only make prints from the PCs, so if you are using a Mac you will need to move your image(s) to a PC. First, flatten your image (Layer - Flatten Image) and Save-As a JPEG. Then use my USB drive, located on the side of my desk, or your own, to move your file(s) to one of the PCs.

3. Open your image in Photoshop. Flatten your image (Layer - Flatten Image) and Save-As a JPEG.


4. Check your Image Size (Image - Image Size). Be sure you are NOT working from an image you downloaded from your Photoblog. This image will be too small - you will see the resolution is 72, too small for making a print.

5. Your print resolution must be 300 dpi. If I require a particular-sized print, such as 8x10 or 5x7, use the crop tool to resize your image. Be sure to enter 300 for the resolution. This action should make your image smaller. If your canvas suddenly expands, call me over for help.


5. Next, select "Print with Preview" in the File menu (PC). Or, "Print" in the File menu (Mac).

6. Check to make sure the height and width (and resolution) is correct.


7. If you need to change the paper orientation (Portrait or Landscape), select Page Set-Up and select the appropriate orientation.

8. Click "Print"

9. Printer Name should be "EPSON Stylus Photo R2400." Be sure not to accidentally select the "HP Photosmart."

10. Click on the button named "Properties"

11. Quality: Select Photo

12. Paper Options: Type: Select Premium Photo Paper Glossy

13. Click on the button named "Advanced"

14. Uncheck "High Speed"

15. Click on the button named Ink Config

16. Add 2 units of "Drying Time per Print Head Pass."

17. Press "OK"

18. Press "OK"

19. Press "OK"

20. Before you press the final "OK," be sure you are ready to print. Is your paper in the printer, shiny side facing out? Is someone else printing right now? If so, wait. If not, go for it!

Lee Friedlander - Frame within a Frame

Our next project is called "Frame within a Frame." Every photograph has an exterior frame (the limits of the image), but these photographs by Lee Friedlander and the ones you will make for this assignment will also have an interior frame. We will use the interior frame to direct the viewer's attention. Last year, Digital Photography students made some excellent Frame within a Frame photographs that you can check out here:

Frame within a Frame Gallery, Spring 2009

For the first part of today's class, paste* three of these images below into a new post on your Photoblog. For each one, describe the interior frame and how it directs the viewer's attention. You may find more than one interior frame in a given photograph; when this is the case, record and analyze both.

*Upload each photograph by the URL method. This is good practice for those acquainted with this method, and a good time to learn for those uninitiated. Right-click (PC) or Control-click (Mac) the image you would like to select, a fly-out window will appear. From this window, select "View Image." The image you selected will pop up, alone, in your window. Return to your Photoblog, hit the add-image button and copy-paste the link from your image window into the URL space. Finally, press the big orange button - "Upload Image."

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"Photoshop Disasters"

A link to the article we read in class: Should Photos Come With Warning Labels?

Some examples from "Photoshop Disasters:"

Remember:

You can find your homework assignments at: Art Notes

Another Movement/Mood Example

(Photograph by a friend.)