Photo Midyear

Pablo Inirio, master darkroom printer for Magnum Photos, shows off his incredible skills in this marked up print of Dennis Stock’s iconic portrait of James Dean in Times Square.

The photography midyear is a major assessment with a personal explanation. The technical assessment will be worth 80% and the rationale will be worth 20%. In this assessment you must show me the ability to burn and dodge your images in the darkroom and in photoshop. Choose one film image and one digital image that you have not used before or passed in, You must approve your choices with me before you begin. You will be creating a google slideshow to show your work and write your rationale. 

Assignment
Your assignment is to show us the foundational skills that you have learned throughout the first semester in photo, both in the darkroom and the digital lab.

Steps

1. Choose 1 negative that needs burning/dodging (one that you have NOT passed in)
2. Print 1 5x7 using a filter (if necessary)
3. Using a sharpie, mark up the areas that need to be burned or dodged. Also write down your exposure time and contrast filter #
4. Print a new 5x7 using the same filter and burning/dodging, fixing the areas that needed to be burned or dodged
5. Photograph these two images using your cell phone or iPad
6. Choose 1 digital image that needs burning/dodging (one that you have NOT passed in)
7. In Photoshop, show the same techniques as burning/dodging using the selection tool + adjustment layers
8. Take a screenshot of your workspace so we may see your layers (CMD+SHIFT+3)
9. Save the original & edited image as a jpeg
10. In Google Slides, create a slideshow that reflects your work
    1. Title
    2. Original 5x7 darkroom photo (marked up)
    3. Edited 5x7 darkroom photo
    4. Original digital image
    5. Screenshot of your Photoshop workspace
    6. Edited digital image
    7. Well written rationale and explanation of what was done to each image. SHOW YOUR WORK!