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Digital Photography Assignment 1 Name: What is a Carte de Visite? Using Google, do an Internet search to learn about carte de visites. Sign into the class blog using this link: http://kidblog.org/CommunicationTechnology-3/ You will post one photo of a carte de visite you have found with your answers to the following questions. - Why did they become a trend in the 19 th century? - What size were they? - What purpose did they serve? - Can you think of a modern-day version of a carte de visite that is used in the online world? - An interesting fact about carte de visite… Create a Portrait Now that you understand the history of carte de visites, you will practice taking photographic portraits of your classmates. Sign out a camera in pairs of two, and following the steps on page 2, you should each come back to class with a photo of yourself that is of your head and shoulders. Use a card reader to move the photo files into your user space on the school server, and rename your photo file in the format: lastname_portrait1.jpg

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Page 1: Introduction to portraiture

Digital Photography Assignment 1 Name:

What is a Carte de Visite? Using Google, do an Internet search to learn about carte de visites. Sign into the class blog using this link: http://kidblog.org/CommunicationTechnology-3/ You will post one photo of a carte de visite you have found with your answers to the following questions.

- Why did they become a trend in the 19th century?

- What size were they?

- What purpose did they serve?

- Can you think of a modern-day version of a carte de visite that is used in the online world?

- An interesting fact about carte de visite…

Create a Portrait Now that you understand the history of carte de visites, you will practice taking photographic portraits of your classmates. Sign out a camera in pairs of two, and following the steps on page 2, you should each come back to class with a photo of yourself that is of your head and shoulders. Use a card reader to move the photo files into your user space on the school server, and rename your photo file in the format: lastname_portrait1.jpg

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Introduction to Portraiture: Tips for taking good portraits 1. Natural light is best! The person being photographed should stand by a window. He or she should stand slightly turned toward the window while still looking straight at the camera. (See the diagram below)

2. Make sure the flash is turned off. Ask Miss B. for help if you arenʼt sure. (It is best to take photos using the ʻmanualʼ mode in your digital camera so that you can control the amount of light and shadow.) 3. Make sure you are standing a good distance from your subject and zoom in with the lens. Standing too close to your subject will distort their face! 4. Before taking the picture, look at what is in the background! Are there things in the background that will be distracting from the portrait? 5. If your photos are coming out blurry, sign out a tripod! 6. Make sure your lens is zoomed in so that the photo only shows the head and shoulders of your partner.

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Editing Your Portrait in Photoshop Once you have downloaded your portrait onto your user space, open the file in Photoshop Elements. You will edit this photo to become a split portrait, showing one half of your identity that is rooted in the physical world, and the other half of your identity that is influenced by the online world.

1. Open your file. Your photo is the background layer in your layer palette. Double click the background layer to make it into Layer 0. Make a new layer (Layer 1).

2. With Layer 0 selected go to ʻSelectʼ > ʻSelect Allʼ then go to ʻEditʼ> ʻCopyʼ

>ʼPasteʼ into Layer 1

 

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3. You now have two versions of your portrait. You will make changes to Layer 1 and leave Layer 0 as a backup in case you need to go back to your original image at any point. Using the ʻRectangular Marqueeʼ tool select half of your face.

Go to ʻEditʼ > ʻCutʼ, make a new layer (Layer 2), and go to ʻEditʼ > ʻPasteʼ Your layer palette should look like this:

4. One half of your face will stay untouched. The other half will be edited to show your digital identity. Select Layer 1. Select the ʻMagnetic Lassoʼ tool. Use this tool to trace around the half of your face that is on Layer 1. Tip: Double-click to complete the selection path before releasing your hand from the mouse. Make a new layer (Layer 3). Go to ʻEditʼ > ʻPasteʼ into Layer 3.

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(Hint: to make it less confusing to match up the images, Click on the little ʻEyeʼ button at the left-hand side of each layer to hide it from view. When you want all layers visible just click on the eye again.) 5. Now you will edit Layer 3. Go to ʻFilterʼ. You can select any of the filter options to adjust your appearance. I am using ʻAdd Noiseʼ to create the look of digital noise on my face.

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6. I am also going to tint my face to be a different colour. I usually think of the colour blue when I think of the internet. To do this, hold down the ʻControlʼ key on your keyboard as you click on Layer 3 in your layer palette. This selects only this layer. Without deselecting this area, make a new layer (Layer 4) in your palette. Go to the ʻPaint Canʼ tool and choose a colour, and click the Paint Can tool inside the selected area of your photo.

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7. Make sure you still have Layer 4 selected. Go to the layer blending options in your layer palette.

8. Now find images of the website logos that you use frequently on the internet and ʻCopyʼ and ʻPasteʼ them into new layers in your file. Use the layer blending options (shown in step 7) to change the way these images are integrated into your photo. Add at least 3 logos into your photo.

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9. To make sure that the ʻsplitʼ between the photos remains distinct, drag Layer 2 to the top of your layer palette.

10. You may choose to add words to the ʻdigitalʼ side of your portrait. Use the ʻTextʼ tool

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11. Go to ʻFileʼ > ʻSave Asʼ . Make sure you use this file name format: Lastname Firstinitial_digital CDV.psd MAKE SURE YOU CLICK ʻSaveʼ ʻAs a Copyʼ and save to your Media Arts folder in your user space on the school server. Marks will be deducted if you do not save your file properly and if your folder is not well organized.