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Photography Insights!!!
Being the passionate photographer and instructor that I am…
I am anxious to share any information on photography and Photoshop that would further enhance the lives of you and your students. I would first like to get some feedback on what you would find helpful and interesting regarding photography. Please look over my ideas for faculty workshops and email me at enorris@aii.edu with what excites you here – if any or all!
Orienting the Bridge – the “new skool” light table for photographers! I feel this is one of the most under used programs in the Creative Suite. Let me show you why this is the first program I launch each day! I will show you how to read and append meta data, view student and your own files, create a contact sheet, panoramic photos, etc…
Digital Workflow – how to keep all those image files organized and safe like they were back in photo albums a century ago. What are the best ways to name your files to store them and access them? Tips will be given that will aid you and your students. I envision this workshop to be an open forum with suggestions given by any faculty member on this topic.
The Digital Negative – RAW format – what are the advantages of shooting in RAW mode versus JPEG? Too many not to use RAW! Learn the benefits of RAW and the DNG file extension and how to edit all image files and create a fabulous black and white image in the RAW window in Photoshop.
How to shoot artwork if it’s too big to scan – I can provide step-by-step instruction on the best way to shoot artwork when scanning is NOT an option. Working with available light and a point and shoot camera can work just fine for you and your students - if only you knew how! I can show you and then you can pass the information along to them.
I am interested in ALL of these! I look forward to the development workshops (: JPrentice
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featured in This Land Is My Land, a curated exhibition
at The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
opening January 18, 2008.
The selected artists take viewers beyond our shared notions of today's
cultural and social communities to the voices of the other -
the identities informed by sensibilities of alienation,
separation, empowerment and displacement.
note: usually we include the bio here as text - but Joe already has a unique bio at the link below- check it out (: JP
http://www.veronadesign.biz/jp-bio.html
Works by Joe
24" x 36", oil on prepared masonite, 1992, titled "Elegy to Charles Miller"
pencil illustration for a short story for the North American Review, March-April edition, 2007
from Maria Creyts
Mac users: Your local Apple Store has a Genius Bar where you can gain free
advice about your computer; this is great for laptops since you can bring
your computer into the store. Make your appointment online and show up a
few minutes early.
Find an Apple Store near you: http://www.apple.com/retail/storelist/
Are you seeing students struggling w/ new PCs and Vista?? W/ Windows XP, the last service pack was finally enabling Windows to work really well w/ design software. There are documented “bugs” with the new Vista system in the way it works w/ CS3...
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb400825&sliceId=1
So the students are trying to get it all together with a new computer for their studies, then they wind up having to de-install and re-install CS3 in the middle of class b/c Vista is not properly coordinating with CS3...
In my classes one student expressed dismay b/c there just aren’t PCs available w/o Vista now... I think another is giving up b/c she can’t get Vista to coordinate w/ Photoshop, and a third is in the process of trying to reinstall the design softare on her Vista OS machine and get work in before the week concludes.
Does anyone have similar experiences, and if so, can you advise all of us in the next newsletter of any solutions?
backup computer tip:
A student with a computer problem went and rented time on a Kinko's machine
to stay on schedule w/ her assignments; since then, I have suggested this as
a possibility for other students in the same kind of jam.
Find a Kinko's near you:
http://fedex.kinkos.com/locations
Call ahead to be your local store has a design computer available.
from Jeff Prentice
Problems with scanners not showing up now that you have updated to an intel processor computer? I did - and spent a considerable amount of time downloading drivers and other things until I found the following solution:
Click on the photoshop icon and do a "get info" and check "open with Rosetta: - the scanner list that was missing will reappear
you can also purchase the program vuescan and bypass many of the native versus non-native driver and twain issues.
2 marked up images describing the horizon line for perspective and drawing - these can be found along with other support material at jeffprentice.net/teachf/onlinedrawing.htm jeff prentice
Above - click to enlarge. 3 views of interiors, with overlays showing how parallel lines converge at vanishing points on a horizon line. To find the horizon line when drawing, just measure where the lines of a fence, building, table converge. Remember, in one and two point perspective there is always only one horizon line.
Above - click to enlarge. A view of an interior, with overlays showing how parallel lines converge at vanishing points on a horizon line.
by Marnie Michels
Ask yourself the above questions. If you answer NO to several, your teaching style and methods of teaching needs to be readdressed.
First, are you looking at your IDEA survey scores and comments? What is an IDEA survey and why should I view it?
If you click on the link on top of each survey you will see a pdf link which helps explain the purpose of the IDEA survey. Here are 4 points discussed in this pdf.
The IDEA Short Form Report is designed to respond to four questions:
Overall, how effectively was this class taught?
How does this compare with the ratings of other teachers?
Were you more successful in facilitating progress on some class objectives than on others?
Do some salient characteristics of this class and its students have implications for instruction?
Note: Ask your mentor to look into your course(s) to give your effective input. Your mentor is there to assist you in the best tools to teach effectively online and at AIOP.
To locate your IDEA scores and comments from students log in to the classroom and before you select your courses scroll to the bottom of the pate to the REPORT HOSTING TOOLS and click on the link under that titled: View Your Survey Results
After clicking on the VIEW YOUR SURVEY RESULTS you should see the following screen where you can click the dropdown menu for the term you wish to access an IDEA report
You should see 2 pdfs for each term. One will look like the below screen capture.
o The other pdf will look like the following screen capture – This is where individual student comments can be viewed
LAST NOTE: Keep assessing yourself throughout the year. Look at your students responses in the IDEA surveys. Ask them during week 5 to fill them out. The more you assess yourself the more you will learn about your teaching and how effective you are with your students here at AIOP. This will tell you how many students
were in the class and how many filled out surveys.
When obtaining a unreliable survey one can see the importance prodding students to fill these surveys out in order to assess your teaching performance.
The pdf link will help you understand the IDEA survey. Please read through the information.
For more information on how to read the IDEA surveys please contact Jodie Minor at jminor@aii.edu
from painting.about.com
What are the signs that you're an artist?
If you have reviews, links, information or other content you'd like to share in an upcoming newsletter, if you have found a particular tutorial helpful, want to have us list an exhibition you are in, post department-related information, comment on a group resource or have questions or comments regarding this newsletter
contact Jeff Prentice jprentice@aii.edu or Marnie Michels mmichels@aii.edu