The first photographers worked mainly in the Black & White medium. Each spent thousands of hours in the darkroom perfecting their prints were as important to the final power of their prints as was their hard work and artistic eye when they originally shot them.
Although we won't be going into a traditional wet darkroom this year, we will be using another type of darkroom, Photoshop, to change and manipulate our photos. In the near future we will begin using Photoshop but first lets look at some of those famous photographers and their work.
Step 1: Review the masters
Click through all of the master photographers listed on the left side of the site. Look at their photos. When you click on individual photographers, their work will show up in the middle of the screen in a little slide. You will need to click on one of those, and then use the magnifying glass to zoom in. You will also see a forward button so you can flip through all of their work.
Step 2: Choose three you like
Make note of their names. Choose well because you will be assigned one of these photographers for a more extensive assignment. At least two of the three must have done documentary work (candid photos of people).
Step 3: Post on your blog
Make a new blog post titled "Masters of Black and White Photography."
Post the names of the three photographers you like and your favorite photo (at least one) from each. You may have to do a Google Image search to find the photo you want, as not every photo on the "masters-of-photography" website are linkable.
Make sure you SAVE the photos you pick out to the proper place. You should save all photos you download from the Internet to your Student Folder on the server. To get to the server you must have first connected to it using the "Journalism Drive" (black camera icon) on your desktop. DO NOT just save them to your desktop or your downloads folder.
Use the "Insert Image" button to upload the photo to your blog post.
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