Sunday, April 1 lab hours

Just a reminder the lab will be open to you on Sunday, April 1 from 5 to 10 pm. Linda Quigley and I will be available to help with your assignments during that period.

The assignment is due at the end of class on Tuesday, April 3.

The assignment is posted on this blog: Major project 2

A new blog from the Society for News Design

The Society of News Design is a resource students should learn about. This blog is their latest venue for communication. Check it out:

SND Update Blog

Eric Volz links

Last week we were brainstorming about ways to cover the Eric Volz case. Here are the primary links that tell his story for reference.

Friends of Eric Volz

Free Eric Volz MySpace page

Online Vision coverage

The Professional Organization for Editors of Magazines' top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years

This is a link to the ASME's Top 40 Magazine Cover. This site has great reference material. Remember there is nothing new under the sun only rearranging everything that has come before. So look for inspiration.

Reminder about Sunday, March 18th

Just a reminder the lab will be open to you on Sunday, March 18th from 5 to 10 pm. Linda Quigley and I will be available to help with your assignments during that period.

The assignment is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, March 20.

Photography resolution

I've found a couple of good tutorials on image resolution. Read them, but don't get stuck on the math. Try to understand the concept, and we will talk about it more on Thursday.

Tutorial 1-photographer J. Nevins

Tutorial 2-Vivid Light guide

Tutorial 3-"Dummies Guide to Resolution"

Cornell University has a site that explains resolution, file formats, and compression.
Link

Thanks to Michael Krouskop

I enjoyed class Thursday, and was delighted to hear about Michael's varied career as a photographer. Here's a link to his Web site so you can see more of his photography:

deluxelight.com