Tasks for this week:
Senior Portraits/PIxelstick Tasks:

• 801: Operate digital camera and accessories.
• 802: Compose a photograph through the lens.
• 803: Differentiate lighting options and their effects.
• 804: Stabilize camera.
• 805: Download and manage digital images.
• 507: Utilize basic functions of a raster-based image editing software.

Photoshop Tasks:

• 507: Utilize basic functions of a raster-based image editing software.
• 508: Utilize intermediate functions of a raster-based image editing software.

​​This week we will begin taking Senior Portrait images in our lab. These sessions usually take a little bit longer than regular portraits as we try to be creative partners with our subjects in getting really memorable photos for this year's graduating class. We will be taking a formal image, cap and gown image, diploma image with cap and gown, tight face crop landscape image and any other image the senior wants. In the end we should end up with 5 to 9 images for retouching.

We are done taking most of the standard portraits that will be used for ID cards and underclass portraits for the yearbook. This week we'll be learning how to touch up these images by removing blemishes and brightening teeth and eyes. You will each begin by touching up your own photo. Since these could be used in a publication, it's important that we all use the same technique for accomplishing these tasks - it will make it look like one person did all of this editing.

The following link is a more advanced method, but it might be something second or third year students wish to read: https://fstoppers.com/bts/complete-guide-retouching-portraits-photoshop-free-98236

We'll also be doing some light painting experimentation with our Pixelstick. The key element to creating Pixelstick images in Photoshop is that they need to be 200 pixels high and saved as bitmapped images ((BMP). Watch the video below to get an idea of how wide to make the image you wish to create. These images can be combined in photoshop, so think of things you might want to put together. Also check out the Pixelstick website for premade images.

Tasks for this week:
Student Portraits Tasks:

• 801: Operate digital camera and accessories.
• 802: Compose a photograph through the lens.
• 803: Differentiate lighting options and their effects.
• 804: Stabilize camera.
• 805: Download and manage digital images.
• 507: Utilize basic functions of a raster-based image editing software.

Illustrator Landscape/Geo Portraits Tasks:

• 401: Apply the basic structure of color (hue, saturation, brightness) to generate color solutions.
• 402: Apply appropriate color schemes to generate design solutions.
• 502: Identify the properties of vector and raster images.
• 505: Utilize a basic functions of a vector-based drawing program.

Activities/Projects for this week:
Student Portraits in Photo Lab - Monday through Friday - See attached Schedule
Email Instructor link to your student portfolio - alt@cciu.org
Illustrator Landscape Project - Monday through Wednesday
Illustrator Geometric Portrait Project - Wednesday through Friday
Upload Landscape Project to your student Portfolio - Friday

Tasks for this week:
103: Demonstrate research, employability, and organizational skills.
​507: Utilize basic functions of a raster-based image editing software.
​801: Operate digital camera and accessories.
802: Compose a photograph through the lens.
901: Prepare and present a portfolio.

Activities/Projects for this week:
Photography Scavenger Hunt - Tuesday
Basic Photography Editing in Photoshop - Wednesday
Commercial Art & Graphics Student Portraits - Thursday

 Scavenger Hunt Rules:

1. Team up with another student.
2. You will have 45 minutes to get as many of the images on the list as you can. You will be timed!
3. Do not interrupt any other classes while doing this project.
4. Transfer all of your images to your computer when you return.
5. First team with images showing on computer wins prize.