Final Portfolio

Due:

Final critique, Wednesday 4/27, beginning of class.

Two Parts:

1. Print. 6 exquisitely printed and window matted prints, demonstrating strongest work from the semester. Images may be drawn from any of the projects from the course. Print on decent quality paper. Choose carefully—seek guidance from instructor and classmates for multiple opinions
2. Files. 14 high quality jpegs at max 1200 pixels per longest side. This group should include the images from the print portfolio above in addition to 8 more from other assignments not represented by your print portfolio. The following assignments must be represented. Its okay to have more than one image from a single assignment, if that best represents your strengths. Its also okay to include 1-2 images shot for the course that perhaps fell outside of an assignment, or that were significant revisions not already submitted. All files should be edited appropriately (cropped, enhanced, retouched, etc.)

• Active/Passive *or* 4 Factors of light (choose strongest)
• Using strobes *or* working with reflections (choose strongest)
• Still Life
• Natural light portrait (creative)
• Single strobe portrait
• Multiple lights on figure (exercise) *or* creative multiple light (choose strongest)
• Mixed continuous with daylight
• Open Project

All files must be named with the following method. Incorrectly labelled files will not be counted.:

Lastname_Project_number.jpeg

With your editing decisions, all work should be technically strong, but place an emphasis on creative vision, if you have a choice. Any questions, just let me know.

Two additional large prints can be run for you—for your own collection, freebies! Turn in correctly sized files (up to 16 x 20 at 360 dpi) by Monday 4/25

Thanks,

Chris

Demo Images from Class

Tungsten

Strobe

Mixed

This is strobe/daylight sequence. Only the shutter speed was changed to create the effect.

Balancing strobe with continuous light

This is a technique that is quite popular these days—balancing strobe with daylight, especially when the strobe/softbox is given priority, as in the last image of this award-winning self-portrait sequence. I hope you are all laughing. The trick lies in the little bit of photo magic related to how strobes and continuous light sources behave with respect to f-stops and shutter speeds. Strobes are "shutter blind" — they are only affected by f-stop, not shutter speed, while continuous lights are affected by both. Using a faster shutter speed makes the daylight go darker, while the strobe is left unchanged (but appears brighter in proportion). This technique can be especially nice in fading daylight. More in class...