AIO-PHOA232 | Portraiture€¦ · Web viewTo complete your course scenario of working for a fictional college, write a 150-word closing letter to the Marketing Department at Bowenhouse

COURSE CODE: AIO-PHOA232 Portraiture Milestone 6

Milestone 6: Final Project Submission: Images to the PR Department

Learning Path

Milestone 6 Overview

Milestone 6 Learning Activities

Other Portrait Considerations

Postproduction

How to Edit Pictures in Postproduction

“Closing Letter” for Course Scenario

Summary

Textbook: Going Professional

Milestone 6 Submission: Instructions

Milestone 6 Submission: Post Here

Due <Week 6, Day 3>

AIO-PHOA232 | Portraiture 1


Milestone 6 Overview

Milestone 6: Final Project Submission: Images to the PR Department

Over the last several weeks, we have discussed the various lighting schemes, posing styles of portraiture, working in the studio or on location, and the importance of props and wardrobe. To complete this milestone, think about your subject’s facial features and the texture of their skin. Also, focus on editing your images in postproduction as well as other things you should consider when planning a portrait photo shoot.

What You Will Learn

When you successfully complete this milestone, you will be able to:

Analyze all that you have learned so far, select the best photos, and edit the images in a professional manner.

Learn what would be considered ideal retouching verses excessive retouching. Discuss editing techniques in Adobe Lightroom after watching a course from Lynda.com.

You will complete…

Learning Activities

Other Portrait Considerations Postproduction How to Edit Pictures in Postproduction Summary

Required Reading

From your course textbook, The Portrait Photography Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The Essential Guide for Student Photographers, read the following chapter:

Going Professional

Milestone 6 Submission


NIIT, 04/26/18,

Note for DCEH: We will insert milestone overview video here.


Look back at all of the feedback you’ve received in order to put a portfolio of your top 10 images shot throughout the last 5 milestones. Combine your 10 images into a slideshow using Adobe Lightroom. Also, submit the same 10 images as JPEGs; each image saved as three different resolutions. To complete your course scenario of working for a fictional college, write a 150-word closing letter to the Marketing Department at Bowenhouse College explaining your overall experience, the exact files which are in your submission, and your contact information and website link.

Slideshow 30 JPEG Files Closing Letter Milestone Report

REQUIRED 120m


Sauer, Damon A., 06/21/18,

Perhaps overtly contextualize this as the course scenario. Completed; details noted in an LA. –MF on 6.21.18


Milestone 6 Learning Activities

Review each learning activity by selecting the Next button. It is recommended that you review the activities in order, beginning from Learning Activity 1, before completing your tasks.

Required Activities

1. Other Portrait Considerations

Consider your subject’s facial features and the texture of their skin.

READING 10m

Image/Icon related to the topic.

2. Postproduction

Learn that postproduction refers to the process of making any changes to an image after the shoot.

READING 10m


3. How to Edit Pictures in Postproduction

Learn a step-by-step process of how to edit your pictures in Adobe Lightroom like a professional!

VIDEO 160m


4. “Closing Letter” to Complete Course Scenario

Students will write a closing letter to the Marketing Department of the fictitious school they have been taking photos for throughout the course.

READING 5m

New text

5. Summary

Consider the final steps required to put your top edited




photos together to create a professional portfolio.

READING 5m

Required Reading

From your course textbook, The Portrait Photography Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The Essential Guide for Student Photographers, read the following chapter:

Going Professional



Other Portrait Considerations

Unique Facial Features

Interest in unique characteristics in faces is what brings us all to portrait photography. But you must be sensitive about those you photograph. You may want to enhance the very thing subjects do not like about themselves. Big ears, crooked smiles, and age lines are some of these features. Many great images have been created from the unique and sometimes strange human face, but a photographer should show great compassion and sensitivity.

Emphasis of the Skin Texture

We have all seen photos of a man or a woman who has spent a lifetime of hard work in the sun. The skin on the hands and faces tells the stories. To bring out maximum texture and emphasis, use a light that produces deep, rich shadows. Converting a portrait to black and white and adding contrast in postproduction can help.

Postproduction

Postproduction refers to the process of making any changes to an image after the shoot. There are several programs designed for initial image management, general manipulation, and specific area manipulation. Adobe Lightroom and Apple Inc. Aperture are the most popular for image management and general manipulation. Once you have selected your best images, you want to deliver a final product that everyone will love. In working toward this goal, you may find some of those individual smile lines could use some softening. Adobe Photoshop is the most well-known software for this specific type of manipulation, but other companies have developed software specific to the portrait photographer and making skin look its best. You might find one of them just as useful.



We call this process retouching, and there are numerous ways to get your end result. Any retouching should look invisible; the subject should never be able to see where it was done. It's a matter of subtle technique and knowing when to say when.

When Is It Too Much?

Retouching has gone too far if it looks retouched or just plain weird; if you are not sure, then you probably have too much retouching. You want your client to respond positively. Any comment from a client regarding Adobe Photoshop or how much younger he or she looks is often a signal that the retouching was heavy-handed.

Cost of Postproduction

Fees for retouching will vary in price and quality, in the same way a photographer's fees will. And you have to consider the workflow and timing of using a retouching service. You don't want it to cause you to miss a deadline. It's most important to get before and after samples and cost before you ask someone to retouch. This way you can work those fees into your clients' cost.

How to Edit Pictures in Postproduction

In the Lynda.com course below, you will learn from Bryan O’Neil Hughes about how to use Adobe Lightroom to edit your images. Throughout this course, he brings you through a step-by-step process of adjusting your images’ exposure, white balance, noise reduction, lens correction, tone, color, and more! Be sure to watch the entire length of the course to get the most insight out of the video!


NIIT, 04/27/18,

Include new text; embed the video directly into the coursehttps://www.lynda.com/Lightroom-tutorials/Lightroom-Mastering-Develop-Module-2017/618728-2.html


“Closing Letter” to Complete Course ScenarioBelow is the final letter from the Marketing Department at the fictitious school that you have been taking photographs for throughout the course. Within the letter below, you’ll see their final request.

Hello Photographer,

We have enjoyed working with you during the period of this course. We would now like you to deliver 10 of your best images to our Marketing Department in a few different formats. These images should be edited in a professional manner. Make sure to combine all 10 of your top images into a slideshow and submit as an Adobe PDF. We would also like you to submit the images as separate JPEG files in various resolutions: high-resolution, web size, and print ready. From there, we’ll be able to have the correct size of file for our different marketing formats.

We’re also curious to hear how your experience working for Bowenhouse College has been regarding all of the different portraits you’ve shot for the school. Please provide us with a brief summary describing your overall experience and be sure to also note all items that are enclosed. We may contact you for future inquiries, please include your updated contact information and website.

The Marketing Department, Bowenhouse College

Summary

To summarize this milestone’s topic based on postproduction, nearly all portraits are "retouched" in some way. In today's world, photographers use a variety of programs not



just to facilitate the removing of blemishes and reducing of wrinkles but also to add their unique look by adjusting other settings. The combinations are endless; what is important to remember is to explore the options, continue to learn, and discover for yourself what works best.

Remember, when taking someone’s portrait, there are a few things you want to consider. Portrait photography is an exploration of the human face and the emotions that change it. A photographer who believes this will always enjoy the people he or she meets and will find something beautiful or wonderful to photograph about each one. There are more considerations than just light patterns and f/stops, but you must know your equipment so well that setting lights and adjusting your camera is second nature. Then, and only then, can you focus on the person in front of the lens.

As you explore all the wonders of the face, be kind and grateful to everyone who allows you to take their portrait. It is an intimate, personal, and trusting moment for them.

Textbook: Going Professional



Milestone 6 Submission: Instructions

Milestone 6 Submission

Overview

To complete your project, look back at all of the feedback you’ve received in order to put a portfolio of your top 10 images shot throughout the last five weeks for Bowenhouse College. When choosing your best shots, pay close attention to the suggested top images your instructor has pointed out to you and what editing may be required in postproduction.

Also write a 150-word closing letter to the Marketing Department at Bowenhouse College explaining your overall experience and an inventory list noting the exact files that are within your submission. Include your contact information and if available, a website link to your online portfolio within the letter for future inquiries.

Additionally, write a 300-word Milestone Report that summarizes your learning experience during this course.

Submission Specifications

A zipped file named PHOA232_LastnameFirstinitial_M6_Submission.zip that includes:

o Slideshow: Slideshow of top 10 images compiled in an Adobe PDF file named PHOA232_LastnameFirstinitial_M6_Submission_Slideshow.pdf

Images Slideshow should be 1600pixels at the largest dimensiono 30 JPEG Files: A folder named “PHOA232_LastnameFirstinitial_M6_Submission_30JPEG

Files” containing: Top 10 images saved as high-resolution images, the same top 10 images saved

as web-ready images, the same top 10 images saved as print-ready images, and named as follows:

PHOA232_LastnameFirstinitial_M6_Submission_HighRes_1.jpeg (follow through to 10)

PHOA232_LastnameFirstinitial_M6_Submission_WebReady_1.jpeg (follow through to 10)

PHOA232_LastnameFirstinitial_M6_Submission_PrintReady_1.jpeg



I think file delivery is a good idea and an important skill. However, I’m not crazy about the redundancy here.Perhaps the 10 images could be broken up:7 – web ready2 – Print ready1 – full res.… and the student chooses the best images for the higher resolution versions.If changed, this would need to be reflected throughout the course wherever the final milestone is discussed.These file sizes for different purposes were at the request of Doug & approved during topical outline. Leave as is. -MF on 6.21.18


I generally think it is good to include specifications. 1600 x 1200 would be my preference.Added on 6.21.18-MF


Not all students will have this.Changed this to be an option vs. requirement on 6.21.18 -MF


Contextualize this as the course scenario for clarityCompleted on 6.21.18-MF


Remove for clarityCompleted on 6.21.18-MF


Perhaps this can just be included as a LA preceding this page?Good idea; added as an LA preceding this final submission. – MF on 6.21.18

Mary Yates, 06/21/18,

No communication in milestone submissionCommunication removed and has been added to an LA preceding the Summary LA. –MF on 6.21.8


(follow through to 10)o Closing Letter: A 150-word closing letter to the Marketing Department at Bowenhouse

College in a Microsoft Word document named PHOA232_LastnameFirstinitial_M6_Submission_ClosingLetter.doc and containing a list of inventory; what you have included in your files.

o Milestone Report: A Microsoft Word document named PHOA232_LastnameFirstinitial_M6_Submission_MilestoneReport.doc that includes:

A 300-word summary of your learning experience. This report should address your interpretation of the tasks, your approach and the improvements that you made with your revision.

Steps for Success

1. Review the feedback that you received during Milestone 1 to Milestone 5.2. Select 2 top images from each milestone. While selecting your top images, consider that

your images show:

An understanding of a strong one, two, and three light set-up. A variety of focal lengths. A variety of light ratio. The use of both traditional studio setting with paper backdrops and environmental

settings/on location.

3. In total, your breakdown of the top images should look like this:

Milestone 1: 2 edited top images Milestone 2: 2 edited top images Milestone 3: 2 edited top images Milestone 4: 2 edited top images Milestone 5: 2 edited top images

4. This will give you a total of 10 images for your final project submission.

5. Revise your work as advised by the instructor. Refer to the editing and post-production resources provided in Milestone 6 for

assistance. The final portfolio should feature images that have been edited in a similar style

regarding exposure, contrast, white balance, highlights, shadows, cropping, color adjustments, etc.

If you need to re-shoot any previous tasks, this is an option. Please ensure to include the edited top images only to complete this submission’s requirements.

6. Once you have completed editing your images in Adobe Lightroom (and/or Adobe



I think it would be useful to directly address that re-shooting is an optional aspect of this revision. – Agreed; if students would like to re-shoot, they are welcome to at this stage. Although, I think it’s important to note that students should only submit the final top images. At this stage, instructors should not be re-reviewing an entire re-shoot w/ contact sheets, lighting schemes, etc. given that the course has re-shooting worked directly into it. Added-MF


Perhaps since this is a unique situation / set of revisions, the language should be adjusted slightly to accommodate that. Task work was not completed for this milestone, so at least that should be removed. - Adjusted - MF


This doesn’t really apply this time around.This applies to the changes they made from M6T1 to M6-Final Submission. Thoughts? MF on 6.21.18


I think we need to indicate the inventory here. This should be a clear and succinct summary of all required elements, so that is important enough to list as part of the description here. - Added - MF


I think the idea of an inventory is equally important so that should be mentioned here as wellThe inventory is noted in the Overview and in the steps for success. -MF on 6.21.18


Photoshop), combine all 10 images into a slideshow using Adobe Lightroom. Your slideshow should meet the following criteria:

Include a Cover Page with your logo or full name; this will be the first page of your portfolio.

Place one image on each page. Your images should be “right side up” when scrolling through slideshow; avoid

having to make viewers turn their heads. No watermarks should be used. Use a white background to place all of your images on; avoid gradient backgrounds

and drop shadows. Export the slideshow and save it as a PDF file.

o The largest image in the slideshowslideshow width should be 1600 pixels. Label your slideshow as noted in the Submission Specifications section.

7. Create a folder that contains your 30 JPEG files; this folder will contain your top 10 images saved as three different sizes. Your folder should contain:

Top 10 images saved as high-resolution imageso 3:2 aspect ratio; 3600 pixels (largest dimension) at 300ppi

Top 10 images saved as web-ready imageso 3:2 aspect ratio; 1024 pixels (largest dimension) at 72ppi

Top 10 images saved as print-ready imageso Cropped for 8 x 10; 3600 pixels at 300ppi

[8.] Write a closing letter to the Marketing Department at Bowenhouse College. Your letter should be at least 150 words in length and should discuss your experience of taking weekly portraits of different faculty members, students, coaches, and teammates who either work at or attend the school. Be sure to also include an inventory list of that clearly details all included items in your submission as well as your contact information and, if available, a website link to your online portfolio so they may get in touch with you in the future.

8.[9.] Write a Milestone Report in 300 words that summarizes your experience selecting your images, editing your images, creating the slideshow, and resizing the images into three different sizes. Discuss how your overall experience within this course could help you shape your own freelance photography business.

9.[10.] Save your newly revised files as noted in the Submission Specifications section.10.[11.] Place all of your items into a folder and name the folder as noted in the Submission

Specifications section. Compress the folder into a zipped file.11.[12.] By the due date, submit the zipped file in the Submissions Area on the next page.



Perhaps: “…website link or social media link”Adjusted this to be an option vs. a requirement on 6.21.18. -MF


If they have not previously cropped to this ratio, then they will need to re-crop for this export. I’m just not sure I see the benefit of this requirement. I’m also not sure instructors will be checking this. By submitting the files as a full frame size, this gives the client the option to crop. This will help prevent students from submitting files that have been overly cropped to compensate for skinny backdrops. Shall we keep or remove? Either is fine with me. NIIT: please move forward with Damon's next suggestion of either keeping a 3:2 aspect ratio or removing. -MF


This is a good idea, but I’m not sure students will be able to crop intentionally to a specific ratio (I realize this is full frame, but there is a decent chance students have applied a crop). I’m afraid this might just complicate matters unnecessarily.I disagree; students can apply a crop but that can also ensure that the aspect ratio of that crop is a 3:2 aspect ratio for the high-res and web-ready files. This info should remain the same. – MF on 6.21.18


As mentioned above, my suggestion would be 10 images to avoid unnecessary redundancies.The files will be used for different purposes; this should remain the same; details noted above. –MF on 6.21.18


My point here was really about the Export process. Typically students are either submitting contact sheets or slideshows, so I’m just wondering if they might have trouble with this since it is a different approach. I think this is a good opportunity for students to learn how to adjust their file sizes (as this will be required in the “real world”) and to place those files into a folder. Adjusting the file sizes for different scenarios was requested by Doug several months ago. I would suggest that we move fowrad with this plan. -MF


I’m not sure how comfortable students are with batch exporting images. I think we need a learning activity that addresses both file delivery to clients as well as using Lightroom to export multiple images with specific process settings would be helpful.Students are note asked to batch export. They can export the images individually. –MF on 6.21.18


Resolution specs should be indicated as well.Added on 6.21.18-MF


Grading Criteria Table

Your Milestone 6 Submission will be evaluated as follows:

Submission Criterion Descriptor Points

Slideshow

Specifications How well directions were followed.

15

Professional Practice

Submission demonstrates an understanding of standard

business practices and a professional approach to the

task.

(Slideshow was put together according to course standards

with Adobe Lightroom.)

10

30 Top Images

Lighting Professional lighting tools utilized with effective skill,

creative vision and appropriate technique to meet

the final submission’s objectives.

(10 images from slideshow show an understanding of past

lighting schemes and light ratios.)

25

Visual Communication

Demonstrate a unique perspective and creative interpretation of project. Effectively engages and communicates with the

25



Same as aboveI think the 30 images should be assessed purely on the ability to follow formatting guidelines.Remains the same; see notes above. –MF on 6.21.18


I think the criteria that are associated with image characteristics (lighting, communication, post-production) should be associated with the slideshow. In my mind, the slideshow is the presentation of the portfolio. The ‘30 images’ are a test of client delivery, so it’s about dealing with the image material effectively rather than the images themselves. Therefore, I think the ’30 images’ should be assessed only on the student’s ability to meet the technical specifications.Agreed. Details added in italics to further clarify. -MF


Illustrator think we need to refer to the Submission Specifications here. - Students are using Lightroom; adjusted MF


I don’t feel this is clear. If I were a student, I wouldn’t know where to look for the course standards on slideshows. Instead, I would refer to the submission specifications. Should we include details related to their past lighting schemes and light ratios? If so – I’ve added details in italics. – MF on 6.21.18

Melanie Fiander, 05/29/18,

Because there are a few “Professional Practice” Criterion in this rubric, does the additional italicized information in the Descriptor help things to be more clear? If not, I can remove it.

NIIT, 05/10/18,

Note to DCEH: The descriptors in this grading criteria table are not as per the standard verbiage for PHOA curriculum, the SME has customized as per the specifications required for the artifacts. Please suggest.


audience.

(10 images show a variety of compositional strategies and

changes in focal length.)

Post Production

Images employ strong postproduction technique

appropriate to the task; Final images demonstrate a clear and relevant concept that

addresses the project objectives; Images display a

similar style of editing techniques.

(10 images from slideshow show an understanding of

professional editing techniques.)

25




task.

(The 30 images were re-sized for different uses as noted in

the Steps for Success.)

30

Closing Letter




task.

20



Because there are a few “Professional Practice” Criterion in this rubric, does the additional italicized information in the Descriptor help things to be more clear? If not, I can remove it.


Same comment as above.Details added in italics to further clarify. –MF on 6.21.18


Because there are a few “Visual Communication” Criterion in this rubric, does the additional italicized information in the Descriptor help things to be more clear? If not, I can remove it.


Research and Writing

Text is grammatically correct and addresses the task

requirements and is supported by research. Writing skills

meet MLA format.

10

Milestone Report

Critical Thinking Evidence of critical thinking, conceptual development, and

creative effort.

15

Research and Writing

Text is grammatically correct and addresses the task

requirements and is supported by research. Writing skills

meet MLA format.

5

Final Milestone Written report of at least 300 words that addresses

challenges and lessons learned.

25

All Milestone Deliverables

Timeliness Adherence to deadlines. 40

Total Points 240

Submit

Milestone 6 Submission: Post Here



Milestone report had previously only been assessed by one criteria (Final Milestone). I don’t think any report really needs 3 criteria, so I would suggest keeping consistent with previous milestones and just using the last one here.Removed Research and Writing; added points to “Critical Thinking” on 6.21.18-MF


Instructions

Submissions

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Due <Week 6, Day 3>

Review/Approval

Reviewer DateComments (Ex: Approved as is; Approved with changes noted; etc.)

Damon Sauer 5/31/18 Reviewed

Mary Yates 6/4/18Approved with changes – please simplify steps for success. See Damon’s notes.

Damon Sauer 6/27/18 Second Review


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AIO-PHOA232 | Portraiture€¦ · Web viewTo complete your course scenario of working for a fictional college, write a 150-word closing letter to the Marketing Department at Bowenhouse