Orientation

Dear Everyone in Photography MW 1:10,

Although class officially starts up again tomorrow, I will only take attendance on Monday morning for work posted to our blog, https://introphotosp2020.blogspot.com/ during the previous week... in other words, I will take 2 attendance records on Monday, March 30th for work you post during the next 7 days.  Use this week to get up and running... install Photoshop, post on the blog, watch my how to videos, etc.

You all have free access to Photoshop, but you need either a pc laptop or desktop (not a Chromebook) or a Mac laptop or desktop.  If anyone needs a laptop in order to work from home, please let me know right away.  The college has about 20 laptops in all to lend out,  and they will go quickly.  If you need an internet connection, your phone can work as a hotspot feeding wifi to your laptop... Even if you have 2 bars of strength, it will work.  Read about that here.  If you feel you might run out of data, there are thousands of free wifi spots in CT through your cable TV provider.  If you aren't too far from New Haven, you could even use Albertus wifi sitting in your car if you had to... If you have any tech questions or concerns, please let me know ASAP so I can solve them for you!

In terms of posting to the blog, I want you to keep going with your shooting.  Analog photographers will switch to digital.  I need you to set up your Google Drive right away this week and share it with me. Digital folks you have a folder on Google Drive, but it may not be shared with me.. Take a moment to check that and share it with me using jnevins@albertus.edu if you haven't done so already.  I posted a short video on the blog on how to do that.  If you don't have a DSLR, you can shoot with any digital camera or phone.  Those new to digital should watch a few of the videos where I demonstrate how to edit using student work using the link in the upper right  side of the blog titled, Playlist of Photoshop Editing Videos.  I will give written feedback to each post on the blog until the end of classes.

Hang in there everyone!

Prof. Nevins