digital photography: abstract photography
(october 27- december 15, 1pm-3pm)
photoshop: creating abstractions
(october 27- december 15, 3pm-5pm)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
digital photograms
making digital photograms using the threshold tool
1. Open Photoshop
2. Open your image by going to the File menu and selecting Open.
3. Choose File and click Open
4. Make sure the Layers Palette is visible, if not go to Window - > Layers
5. Copy your background using the keyboard shortcut CNTRL + J (Command J)
6. Click on the "Create new fill or adjustment layer", choose "Threshold"
7. Adjust the slider until it is about 116-125
for advanced students:
1. you can use the magic wand tool to select particular areas and then press delete to remove the threshold layer.
2. or use the wand tool and then the eraser tool to gradually remove parts of the threshold layer
3. you can also use the wand tool to select areas and then fill them with the brush or paint bucket.
Save the image:
Save your image by going to the File menu and Save As (Choose JPEG for finished images and PSD for unfinished images). For JPEG save the image at the highest size (Size 12).
***REMEMBER YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACKWARDS ONE STEP WITH THE KEYBOARD SHORCUT CONTROL + Z or COMMAND + Z***
making digital photograms using the posterize tool
1. Open Photoshop
2. Open your image by going to the File menu and selecting Open.
3. Choose File and click Open
4. Make sure the Layers Palette is visible, if not go to Window - > Layers
5. Copy your background using the keyboard shortcut CNTRL + J (Command J)
6. Click on the "Create new fill or adjustment layer", choose "Posterize"
7. Adjust the slider until it is all the way to the left.
for advanced students:
1. you can use the magic wand tool to select particular areas and then press delete to remove the threshold layer.
2. or use the wand tool and then the eraser tool to gradually remove parts of the threshold layer
3. you can also use the wand tool to select areas and then fill them with the brush or paint bucket.
Save the image:
Save your image by going to the File menu and Save As (Choose JPEG for finished images and PSD for unfinished images). For JPEG save the image at the highest size (Size 12).
***REMEMBER YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACKWARDS ONE STEP WITH THE KEYBOARD SHORCUT CONTROL + Z or COMMAND + Z***
For advanced students:
making a digital photogram collage
1. Open Photoshop
2. Open your images by going to the File menu and selecting Open.
3. Choose File and click Open
4. Make sure the Layers Palette is visible, if not go to Window - > Layers
5. Copy your background using the keyboard shortcut CNTRL + J (Command J)
6. Use the selection tools (marquee, lasso, or wand to select areas of the image you want)
7. Use the Copy & Paste tools or the Move tool to bring the parts of one image into the other
6. Click on the "Create new fill or adjustment layer", choose "Threshold" or "Posterize" to make it into a photogram.
Save the image:
Save your image by going to the File menu and Save As (Choose JPEG for finished images and PSD for unfinished images). For JPEG save the image at the highest size (Size 12).
making photograms with curves & threshold
making digital photograms using curves & threshold tool:
1. Open Photoshop
2. Open your image by going to the File menu and selecting Open.
3. Choose File and click Open
4. Make sure the Layers Palette is visible, if not go to Window - > Layers
5. Copy your background using the keyboard shortcut CNTRL + J (Command J)
6. Click on the "Create new fill or adjustment layer", choose "Threshold"
7. Use the shortcut CNTRL + E (Command E) to merge down the Threshold layer into the Background Copy Layer
8. Make another copy of your background (CNTRL + J or Command J)
9. Click on the "Create new fill or adjustment layer", choose "Curves"
10. Adjust the points on the histogram
11. Merge Down the Curves layer into the Background Layer below it.
12. On the Top Layer, draw out Marquee Shapes (Oval or Rectangle)
13. Click Delete on the keyboard to remove parts of the top layer.
contemporary photographers working with abstraction
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Vik Muniz
Laurent Millet
Alison Rossiter
Wendy Small
Silvio Wolf
Christopher Bucklow:
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Workshop: Abstract Photography
Workshop: Abstract Photography
From Man Ray’s Rayographs to Aaron Siskind’s Abstract Expressionist images and Silvio Wolf’s color field photographs; we will use the camera to make photographs inspired by painting and other non-photographic forms. We will look at the influence of photography on painting and vice versa, with the following artists as a few of the examples: Laurent Millet, Harry Callahan, Richard Misrach, Alison Rossiter, Adam Fuss.
Students will be asked to create abstract photographs on their own outside of class and bring work to class for discussion (approximately 10-15 images each week).
* Note: It is essential that students bring artwork to class to share for critique. They may show printed images or digital images on a projector (using either on a flash drive or a disc).
Course Plan:
Class #1 (Oct. 27)
1. Introduction to the course, student and instructor introductions.
2. Slide presentation of abstract photographs part I.
3. Review technical elements of student cameras, materials they plan to use, and technique.
4. Questions and comments. Brainstorm subject matter students would like to work on over the week.
Class #2 (Nov. 3)
1. Students present work for group critique.
2. Slide presentation of abstract photographs part II.
3. Group discussion and brainstorming for the upcoming week’s project.
Class #3 (Nov. 10)
1. Students present work for group critique.
2. Slide presentation of abstract photographs part III.
3. Group discussion and brainstorming for the upcoming week’s project.
Class #4 (Nov. 17)
1. class trip
Class #5 (Nov. 24)
1. Critique: Students share progress towards final project.
Class #6 (December 1)
1. Critique: Students share progress towards final project.
Class #7 (December 8)
1. Students share progress towards final project.
2. Students prepare for final presentation by editing their work.
Class #8 (December 15)
1. Final Presentation of students finished images.
2. Group critique.
3. Review of all topics covered
Workshop: Photoshop (Creating Abstractions)
Workshop: Photoshop (Creating Abstractions)
This 8-week course will cover basic Photoshop concepts and techniques, including introduction to the tools palate, layers palate, adjustment layers, various file formats and creating a work-flow that works for you.
There will be a special focus on the tools and techniques for creating abstractions, including Hue/Saturation, Brightness/Contrast, Levels, Curves, Invert, Posterize and Threshold adjustment layers, as well as Patterns, Gradients, and Filters. We will also use the brush tool for digital painting techniques.
It is suggested that this course be taken simultaneously with the Abstract Photography class, but either class may be taken independently.
* Note: Students should have access to a computer where they can practice working on Photoshop outside of class.
Students will also need a flash drive or external hard drive for saving their work.
Course Plan:
Class #1 (Oct. 27)
1. Introduction to the course, student and instructor introductions.
2. Introduction to the Tools Palette
3. Working in Adjustment Layers (Threshold)
4. Save, Save As, JPEG, PSD
5. External Hard Drives and Flash Drives
Class #2 (Nov. 3)
1. Review of Week 1
2. Keyboard Shortcuts
3. Invert Adjustment Layer
4. Using Selections
Class #3 (Nov. 10)
1. Review of week 2
2. Layers/ Adjustment Layers (Hue/Saturation, Brightness/Contrast, Levels)
Class #4 (Nov. 17)
1. class trip
Class #5 (Nov. 24)
1. Review of week 3
2. Marquee Tools
Class #6 (Dec. 1)
1. Review of week 5
2. Filters
Class #7 (Dec. 8)
1. Review of week 6
2. Gradients & Patterns
Class #8 (Dec. 15)
1. Review of all techniques covered
2. Digital Painting Techniques
bibliography
In Defense of "Abstract Art"
L. Moholy-Nagy
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism
Vol. 4, No. 2 (Dec., 1945), pp. 74-76
Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The American Society for Aesthetics
Ideas in Photography
Aaron Siskind
Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University
Vol. 39, No. 1/2 (1980), pp. 4-27
Published by: Princeton University Art Museum
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