02/29/12 - darkroom printing/contrast filters/scanning contact sheets/using a china marker

02/29/12                  

- work in class in darkroom on assignment #1 + #2

- contrast filter handout + in class explanation

- how to scan your contact sheets

- using your china marker effectively as a recording tool
-Download handout from today's class here (this is the same information that is posted on this site)

For next week:

-QUIZ: Darkroom procedures and safety - review the handout from 02/15

-READ: Handout “A Guide To Evaluating Photographs” download handout here

-PRINT: Group A - Have 7-10 well printed prints ready for the critique next week

-PRINT: Group B – Work on printing 7-10 prints for class on March 10^th

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Procedure for marking (with a china marker) and scanning (using a scanner and computer) contact sheets to turn in to your instructor. (available during class only)

1)          Print a contact sheet in the darkroom so that most frames are readable.  If need be, expose different rows for different times so that you can see what is going on in your negative.

2)          Use a China Marker/grease pencil (white or possibly red) to mark your contact sheet indicating which images are meant to be your visual response to each part of the assignment.  (If you do not have 5 images for each this is OK, just make sure you mark what it was you thought you shot to fulfill that part of the project, even if they are too dark/light/blurry, etc.)

3)         Use my computer during class time to scan your contact sheet

4)         Place your contact sheet face down with  one corner lining up with the purple arrow

5)         Hit the PDF button on the front of the scanner.

6)         When the dialog box pops up, where it says “Name”, enter your name and the assignment #.

7)         Choose “Format” = PDF

6)         Hit “Scan”