Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Portraiture Class May/June 2012


University settlement
Portraiture Class
Wednesdays, 1-3pm
May 2, 9, 23, 30
June 6, 13, 20, 27

Teacher: Christina Freeman
christinahfreeman@gmail.com
www.universitysettlementphoto.blogspot.com

Materials for Class:
Please bring a camera to each class and a pin-drive/CD of your work to share

Questions:
What interests you in portraiture?
What experience do you have with portraiture?
What strengths and weaknesses do you have when taking pictures of people?
What things are you excited about? What things are you concerned about?

Things to consider:

Different types of portraiture:
Street Photography
Studio Portraits
On Location posed portraits
Group or Family
Animal- William Wegman
Symbolic /Still Life- takashi yasumura, sophie calle, Vik Muniz (Wasteland), Sarah
Palmer
Exotic/Tourist
Constructed (Collaged, Digital Composite)- kelli connel, Cindy Sherman, Alex Prager
Found Photography - Lorna Simpson
Projection
Writing - Wendy Ewald or Sharin Neshat
Celebrity - Andy Warhol
Empathetic - Nicholas Nixon
Event – Larry Fink
Other?

Styles: Fashion, Documentary, Artistic, (or a mix of sytles)

Lighting: Natural, Artificial, Mixed

Field Trip: We can take a field trip together to see an exhibition if enough people are
interested.

Photoshop Syllabus May/June 2012



University settlement
Photoshop Class
Wednesdays, 1-3pm
May 2, 9, 23, 30  
June 6, 13, 20, 27

Teacher: Christina Freeman
christinahfreeman@gmail.com
www.universitysettlementphoto.blogspot.com

Materials for Class:
Please bring a pin drive or CD with your own images or projects to work on during class


Topics to cover:

Adjustments particular to portraits – white balance, temperature, exposure

Healing Brush

Opacity & Layers

Working with Raw files and adjusting multiple Raw files at one time

Masking

Preparing the image for print, Image Size, Border, Canvas

More topics as desired