Student Portfolios

Project Goal:  Design an online web-based portfolio of your photography work. Create a philosophy statement. Color manage, down-sample and upload photography work to your web site.


Web Portfolio Example: http://flashman2000.wix.com/dresslerportfolio

Directions:  Go to www.wix.com and create a free account.  Work off of a pre-existing wix template or design one from scratch.  Create a navigation bar for your project work (*see list below). Upload project work (*see directions on color managing down-sampling project work). Create an artist statement about yourself.  Publish site!

The following projects are required to be on your final portfolio site:  (More project work to be announced).  Each individual project should be linked to a separate page.  Homework images can be linked to a single page. 

1. Digital Collage (1 image)
   
2. Pleasantville Project (3 images)
   
3. Portrait Overlay (6 images)
   
4. Photo Montage (2 images)
   
5. Tryptich (3 images)
   
6. More studio work: TBA
   
7. Homework #1 - Extreeme Angles (5 images)
   
8. Homework #2 - Framing
   
9. More homework: TBA
   

Down Sampling: Control File Size and Format
Before uploading work to your Wix web site, check the (1) file size & (2) resolution.  The average graphics file size on the web is 200k - 1.5mb.  


1000 kilobytes (k) = 1 megabytes (mb)
Check the image information with Adobe Photoshop:
After opening the image in Photoshop Go Image > Image Size
Here you will see a section called document size.  Establish your width, height and resolution. Typical file sizes are 6x8, 8x10, 8.5x11, 12x17.  Resolution should be set at 72dpi.  
*Make sure the Constrain Proportions' box is checked before changing file size. Click OK when finished.  Go File > Save As.  
Save file using .JPG format. 

Create a new folder on your computer called Web Images.  Save your formatted images into this folder.  Consider relevant file names for better organization.  Example: plesantville_1.jpg, plesantvill_2.jpg, etc...

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Color Management: Control Value and Contrast

Photoshop Keyboard shortcuts: Hold down the Command & L key down at the same time for the levels window.  Slide the black & white pointers across the histogram to optimize value and contrast.

Color Management: Hue & Saturation

Hold down the Command & U key to access the Hue & Saturation menu.  Here you can isolate individual channels of color and saturate or desaturate color.  

Rubrics:

• All Project work listed above has been posted on your wix web site.
• 10 Portrait Overlay study to be included as part of portfolio requirement and studio grade assessment *.
• Categories of work have been neatly displayed within individual pages/galleries.
• All photos have been color managed through Adobe Photoshop and resized and formatted when required.  *See directions above on color management and downsampling.