Instructor: John Sappington - jsappington@santarosa.edu - john@basearts.com


Syllabus:
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/SRJC.DigitalPhoto.htm

Overview:
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/DigPhooverview.html

SRJC Open Computer Lab Schedule:

http://online.santarosa.edu/presentation/page/?37555


ANALY HALL - ART COMPUTER LAB HOURS

DATES AND TIMES TO BE DETERMINED

Analy Hall - Shooting Studio by Appointment

DATES TO BE DETERMINED

REPEAT Students <---CLICK HERE

Canon Digital Rebel Manual

Online Photography Resources

CURRENT News and Events Blog:
http://blog.basearts.com

Class Notes
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/notes/

Generalized Selection of Photo resources available online and local
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/Res.Photo.htm

A broad spectrum list of working/historical photographers
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/hotographerslisting.htm

A recommended reading list centered around photography and imaging
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/Res.ReadingList.htm

basearts selection of resources lists
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/resources.html

Syllabus Overview - REVIEW Handout

Expectations, Requirements, Objectives, Best Practices.

Assignments:

• Bring Camera to second class meeting with cables (usb/firewire), or card reader.
  
  
• Locate and begin reading Camera Manual - Cover to Cover.
  
  
• Begin JOURNAL of questionable functions, settings, usage, portfolio ideas, reading notes etc...
  
  
• Required Text or Online Digital /Rental - Short Course in Digital Photography, A, 2/E Barbara London, Multimedia Learning Jim Stone
  ISBN-10: 0205066429 ISBN-13: 9780205066421
  
  
  
• Set Camera to highest resolution / lowest compression.
  
  
• TURN OFF THE FLASH! Until further notice.
  
  
• Backup all images on working media/card
  and
• FORMAT card prior to first shooting assignment.
  
  
• (1) - Make/Bring 5-10 Digital Camera images to the second class meeting
  - Images should represent your interest in Digital Photography

Reading:

A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapters 1, 3 and 9

Supplimental Sites and Web Resources :

Local Galleries and Suppliers


Masters of Photography - Good starter site for Analogue Masters
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/

Lomographic Society
http://www.lomographics.com

Camera Reviews

http://dpreview.com
http://www.keh.com

Lecture:

Digital Technology

Transferring images from camera/media to system.

Begin fundamentals of camera technology/exposure.

Lab:

Establish Home Directories
Work with camera connection / file transfer
First File Transfers

Assignment:

Shooting in Low Light without a flash. - (2)

Feel free to experiment, try to find the lowest level of light possible to render a readable image.

Depending on what you may or may not know regarding ISO, experiment with this setting in your camera as well.

Student Examples:

Jesse Klein - nitelight
Karl McJimsey - Flora
Justin Stevick - paintingwlight/celestial

Other:

Light Stenciling, compliments of Carolyn Reed:
dHere's what it looks like: http://www.fubiz.net/2012/01/30/light-stencils-in-vietnam/
Here's a video on how it's done. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DJsLqwsqlg

Lowlight artist / painting with light + range of lighting equipment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannepaint/4287648439/in/photostream/

Reading:

Local Galleries and Suppliers

Moholy-Nagy - From Pigment to Light - 1936

Artists:

Lazlo Moholy-Nagy
Man Ray
David Hockney

Olivia Parker
http://oliviaparker.com/newindex.php

Bruce Conner
David Hockney

Course Notes : http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/notes/

Lecture:

• Camera Operation

  Best Practices - Beginning Camera Setup Outline
  Beginning Vocabulary Factsheet
  Exposure Factsheet
  

• Adobe Bridge Introduction
  
  http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/what-is-adobe-bridge-cs6/
  
  
• File Browser - Bridge
• File Types, Format
  

Lab:

Camera / Scanner
Scanning Procedures - Flat Art
Photography - Scanning Procedures Epson : SRJC


Assignment:
Digital Photogram
Objects for Scanning - 3 Dimensional Objects as well as prints or flat art that you may want to digitize. - (3)



Review Historical Photograms/Montage works:

Photography - Photograms and Montage Samples

Photography - Scanography - Example Files

Photography - Scanning Procedures

Niko Robinson - Student Scanner work
more scanner work - various

Reading:

A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapters 4, 5 and 7

Italiano Calvino - Adventures of a Photographer

Digital Camera Review - Technical Glossary
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/


Artists:

Paul Strand
Eugene Atget
Eadweard Muybridge

CHECK THE BLOG

http://blog.basearts.com

Week 5

Lecture:

Exposure Factsheet

Equivalent Exposures Continues ... ?

Artists:

Henri Cartier-Bresson
http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.PhotographerDetail_VPage&l1=0&pid=2K7O3R14T1LX&nm=Henri%20Cartier%20%2D%20Bresson

Hiroshi Sugimoto
http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/portfolio.html

John Divola
http://www.divola.com/

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Jerry Uelsmann
http://www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org/exhibition/digital-darkroom

Lecture:

Adobe Bridge to Adobe Photoshop- Layers

PS Best Practice #1 - Duplicate the pixel based background layer as first step on opening a .jpeg.

PS Best Practice #2 - All adjustments to adjustment layers - no pixel damage.

• Adjustment Layers - http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/the-power-of-adjustment-layers/
• Levels Adjustment Layers - http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/levels-101/
• Histogram
• History
  
  
• Move Tool / Auto Select
• Transform /Scale / Skew / Perspective
  
• Working with and around Selections
• Brush controls
• Dodge and Burn - http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/dodge-burn-and-sponge-101/

Assignment:

- Equivalents: Depth of Field - (5)

5-15 Images which illustrate the side effects of aperture selections. -(5)

Aperture:
Fig. 1
Fig. 2

Wikipedia Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_System

Depth of Field Calculator
http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

Reading:

A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapter 5

Henri Cartier-Bresson - .PDF - 234KB




Artists:

Larry Sultan :

* Katherine Avenue (2010)
* The Valley (2004)
* Pictures from Home (1996)
* Evidence (1977)

Lecture:

Discussion : Adams, Weston and Cartier-Bresson

Assignment:

- Equivalents: Motion / Blur - (6)

5-15 Images which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time value selections. - (6)

Shutter / Time Values:
Fig 1

Review :

Photography - EXAMPLE FILES - Shooting Assigments

Bracketing
Equivalents (Shutter and Aperture side effects)
Wrap up current technical experiements

Assignment:

Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents - (7)

Create a minimum of 2-3 files utilizing 1) Output to PDF 2) Files to Layers Experiment with a standard contact sheet layout to document bracketing exposure
experiments/design starts/. - (7)


Critiques - 5 pnts. - (8)

5 Images - should represent beginnings of portfolio subjects either content or technique.
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Reading:

Robert Adams - Truth
Robert Adams - Beauty

Optional:
Robert Adams - Good News
Robert Adams - Collegues


Artists:

Diane Arbus
William Klein

Richard Prince
David Hockney

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Lytro Camera Review and Related:
A Review of the Lytro Camera By SAM GROBART
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/a-review-of-the-lytro-camera/?ref=technology

Thoughts About the Lytro and Photojournalism By SAM GROBART
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/a-review-of-the-lytro-camera/?ref=technology

Adobe Lightroom :

Develop Module Introduction
http://www.lynda.com/Lightroom-tutorials/Develop-module-overview/124393/141813-4.html

Understanding White Balance and Color Temperature
http://www.lynda.com/Lightroom-tutorials/Understanding-white-balance-color-temperature/124393/141819-4.html

Creating a Contact Sheet:
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-lightroom-5/creating-a-contact-sheet/

Using the Histogram to Correct Exposure
http://www.lynda.com/Lightroom-tutorials/Using-histogram-correct-exposure/124393/141827-4.html

Understanding Vibrance and Saturation
http://www.lynda.com/Lightroom-tutorials/Understanding-vibrance-saturation/124393/141836-4.html

Assignment:

1st Critique- 5-10 images of your own work - looking toward portfolio subjects. If you haven't made any decisions it could be just images you have made since the beginning of the semester that you believe were good.

Critiques - 5 pnts. Continue through Wed.

Photoshop:

Adjustment Layers / Smart Object Layers

Lecture:

• Achival Issues / Backing up
• Roxio Toast - CD and DVD Burning

Evaluation Form <--click here
(Please Complete and Submit from your home system)

Shooting Assignments Due for Midterm:

(1) - Initial 5-10 Digital Camera images
between the first and the second class meeting - bring these to share on the 2nd class meeting.

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Sample Packs of Inkjet Paper are required for Printing - beginning week after next

Available now at Jeremiah's Photo Corner - $ 9.75
Jeremiah's Photo Corner
http://www.jeremiahsphotocorner.com/Jeremiahs_Photo_Corner/Welcome!.html

Artists:

William Klein
Lorna Simpson
Bernd and Hilla Becher

Discussion:

Reading:

Robert Adams - Truth
Robert Adams - Beauty

Optional:
Robert Adams - Good News
Robert Adams - Collegues

Supplimental Sites and Web Resources :

Slinkachu - Street based installations and photography
http://slinkachu.com/

Trey Ratcliff
http://stuckincustoms.smugmug.com/Burning-Man-Page
- compliments of Stacey Dennick
www.sdennick.com

ART REVIEW

A Camera Ravenous for Emotional Depth

By ROBERTA SMITH

The British photographer Bill Brandt, whose work is on view at MoMA, took pictures whose balance of art and humanity is frequently called strange, mysterious and irresistible.

•    Slide Show
  
  

Spring Break 3.17-23

Photographer Captures Subjects' Lives by Peeking in Fridges

What’s in your fridge? Photographer Mark Menjivar wants to know. The 33-year-old San Antonio, Texas, native has spent the past four years snapping the insides of people’s refrigerators for “You Are What You Eat,” a photo series that recently inspired his first book, simply titled "Refrigerators," to be published in December. “I was hoping to learn about people through their food — refrigerators are a private space — but more importantly to shine light on how people take care of their bodies and our food supply,” Menjivar tells Yahoo Shine. Here, fascinating fridge photos that capture the lives of 10 very different people. —By Elise Sole

--compliments of Eden Piper

Daniel Kukla: The Edge Effect

DK: “I believe that it is impossible to capture a landscape in the frame of an image. Landscapes are so vast and varied that they engulf the very frame that one holds to it. As an artist that works with the shifting tensions between humanity and nature, landscapes are integral to my work and prove to be both the most frustrating and inspiring subjects to work with.” ...“I work at the juncture of these disciplines, focusing in on capturing evidence as images that have the power to articulate our ever-changing relationship with the natural world. In both science and photography the act of collection is universal. Whether specimen or subject, the collection process allows one to categorize, control, and critically describe one’s findings, and contribute them to the collective work of others in the field.”

http://lenscratch.com/2014/03/daniel-kukla-edge-effect/

LAB:

Monday - Mid-Term Interviews - 5 pnts

Open Lab during interviews.

The midterm interview is mandatory and = to a shooting assignment.

Prepare a selection of ideas for you your final portfolio. Write up a brief description of each and submit during the interview. Reference specific images within your home directory if you have images related to the subjects chosen for the final portfolio.

Open Lab Monday throughout the interviews.

Evaluation Form <--click here
(Please Complete and Submit from your home system)

WEDNESDAY IS THE FIELD TRIP TO GRATON

WEDNESDAY 3. 26.14

GRATON Shooting Field Trip : 3/26/2014 - 3/26/2014 @ 1pm

1-4 pm

Map:
https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=1501+Mendocino+Avenue,+Santa+Rosa,+CA&daddr=Graton,+CA&hl=en&sll=38.436302,-122.869716&sspn=0.031868,0.046864&geocode=FV_TSgIdE3Kv-CnTWX2gdTiEgDE8O8THkTEtkg%3BFc59SgIdLCit-CnJsihYBTuEgDEQMoLg33QEBw&oq=1501+M&t=h&gl=us&mra=ls&z=12

Reading:

New Postings ---> http://blog.basearts.com

Artists:

Alice Shaw
http://www.flysfo.com/museum/exhibitions/alice-shaw-exalted-landscape

Alexander Gronsky
http://alexandergronsky.com/

Ernest Lowe
Harvesting my life--in radio, photography, poetry, organization design:
http://ernestlowe.com

industrial ecology, eco-industrial parks, sustainable agriculture &
regional economic recovery: www.indigodev.com
poetry: www.indigodev.com/poetryernestlowe.html
photography: www.takestockphotos.com or
erniesalbums.shutterfly.com

http://ernestlowe.com/photos/dont-cry-for-me-babey-revisited/

Supplimental Sites and Web Resources :

Slinkachu - Street based installations and photography
http://slinkachu.com/

• Camera RAW Workflow
  
  
• HDR - High Dynamic Range Imaging
• Stiching - Photomerge
  
  
  Resource Links for Camera Raw and HDR - plugins/extensions/software
  
  
• Adobe TV : Why You Should Set Photoshop to Open Your JPGs in Adobe Camera RAW
  
  
• Enhancing Raw Images
  http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/enhancing-raw-images/

• Easily merge JPEGS into a 32-bit TIFF you can open in Photoshop with access to the full controls of Camera Raw.
  
  
• http://tv.adobe.com/watch/cs6-creative-cloud-feature-tour-for-web/32bit-hdr-and-camera-raw/
  
  
• Recovering detail in raw images by Richard Harrington http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs5/recovering-detail-in-raw-images/
  
  
• Adobe Camera Raw workflow by Russell Brown - http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/ACRBridgeToBridge_SM.mov
  

Lecture:

Photoshop: Printing

Processing a Digital Image for PRINT rev4.13.pdf

Printer Profile File Names: profilenames


Additional Printing Resources:

Device/Paper Profiles - additional resources
http://www.basearts.com/Res.Printing.htm
and
Color Management Resources:
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/color/basearts-Photography-color.html

- see contents of directory listing below for various white papers:
htttp://www.basearts.com/curriculum/PDF/ColorManage


Printing Demonstration - Epson R1900

Printer :

• Resolution (review)
  
• File Preparation
• Color Management
• Color Modes
  





• Papers
  
  Surface/Finish
  Texture
  Color
  Weight
  
  

Assignment:

Printing
3-5 prints - 5 pnts. - 8x10 minimum - (9)

Lab:

Printing continues through to the end...

Additional Printing Resources:

http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/PDF/ - see contents for various PDFs

• http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/srgb-versus-adobe-rgb-debate.html
  
  
• http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/sRGB-AdobeRGB1998.htm
  
  

DATE: April 9th @ 1

Jeremiah's Photo Corner - LIGHTING DEMO

We will meet at Jeremiah's @ 1pm for a Portrait Lighting Workshop

Corner of Sebastopol St. and South A

• Photoshop: Printing
  
  Processing a Digital Image for PRINT rev4.13.pdf
  
  Printer Profile File Names: profilenames
  
  

The World of Inkjet Papers
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/inkjet

PDF of Digital Printing Supply Catalogue
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/static/pdf/catalogs/fs_creative_imaging_catalog.pdf

Freestyle - Inkjet Comparison, Ratings and Reviews
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/inkjet/paper-ratings

Inkjet Papers Glossary
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/inkjet/glossary

Artists:

Harold Edgerton

Richard Avedon
Irving Penn

Philippe Halsman - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Halsman - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/10022756.html

Reading:
Photographs Not Taken Jim Goldberg
- from Photographs Not Taken: A Collection of Photographers' Essays, Edited by Edited by Will Steacy, Daylight Community Arts Folundation 2012

Lecture:

Lens Selection

Lens Selection:
Link to external sites of interest regarding lens selection

DPReview Lens Reviews
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/

DP Review Lens Widget:
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/

Tilt- Shift: A DIY guide
http://cow.mooh.org/projects/tiltshift/

Angle of View:
Fig 1

Lighting

- Utilizing Ambient Light
- Flash

Good Alternative Manufacturer of speedlite flash units
http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-index.php

Photozone for lens reviews
Thom Hogan for Nikon equipment reviews

• 
  

  Foundations of Photography: Specialty Lenses
  From ultra-wide angle to ultra-telephoto to macro, tilt-shift and more, discover the creative options that specialized lenses and attachments provide.
  
  http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Foundations-Photography-Specialty-Lenses/111233-2.html

  
  

  
  Foundations of Photography: Lenses
  Shows how to understand, choose, and properly use lenses.
  http://www.lynda.com/Photography-tutorials/foundations-of-photography-lenses/76336-2.html
  
  
  
  

Artists:

Rahubir Singh - *see wikipedia also
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/masters/Raghubir Singh/

Collection of composition links:

Rule of Thirds
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/rule-of-thirds/

More on the Rules of Photography
http://macteens.com/magazine/features/fullstory/the_rules_of_photography/

Holding your Camera at an Angle
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/hold-your-camera-on-an-angle/

Rules for Landscape Photography
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/4-rules-of-composition-for-landscape-photography/

Diagonal Lines
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/using-diagonal-lines-in-photography/

Converging Lines
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/converging-lines/

Foreground
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/pay-attention-to-foregrounds/

Framing
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/framing-your-shots-photography-composition-technique/

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/5-elements-of-composition-in-photography/

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Rule of Thirds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rule_of_thirds_1845_George_Field_Chromatics.png

Golden Mean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-lenses.htm

http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/hyperfocal-distance.htm

Check the blog

http://blog.basearts.com

Lab:

Printing continues through to the end of the semester...

Shooting Assignment:

- William Carlos Wiliams
- Lydia Davis
- Billy Collins

Artists:

Paul Rand
Matthew Carter

Nathon Lyons
http://museum.icp.org/museum/exhibitions/nathan_lyons/index.html

Jenny Holzer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Holzer

Photo Sharing

http://www.webshots.com/
http://www.dpchallenge.com
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.slide.com
http://www.kodakgallery.com/
http://www.snapfish.com/
http://www.shutterbook.com/home/
http://www.deviantart.com/
http://www.zoto.com/
www.smugmug.com


Commercial Collection:
http://gabrieljeffrey.com/ 
http://www.imagebychristos.com/ 
http://vixpetportraits.com/ 
http://www.studio-ca.se/ 
http://dirkrauscher.de/ 
http://www.reneadler.com/ 
http://www.tedmorrison.com/  
(Director API driven)http://www.indyrain.com/ 
http://www.sambroadbent.co.uk/ 
http://www.accesi.lv 

LOCAL:
http://www.svenwiederholt.com/
http://www.peterkoval.com/
http://www.nadavkander.com
http://www.jockmcdonald.com/
http://www.milesaldridge.com/
http://www.marcleclef.com/

Lab:

Printing continues through to the end of the semester...

Online Storage / Services

http://www.livedrive.com/

http://www.carbonite.com

Achive and Publishing

Shutterfly
Fastback Creative Books
Digifilm Labs VioVio
Print and Share
Qoop
100 Books Publishing
Xlibris
Album Printer Software
Print My Photobook
Picaboo
MyPublisher
Vision Art Book

Map: http://www.santarosa.edu/map/shone-farm.html

Map: http://www.santarosa.edu/map/shone-farm.html

Address:

6225 Eastside Road
Forestville, CA 94536

Directions:

From the north:
From Hwy 101, take the River Road/Guerneville exit.
Turn right onto Mark West Springs Rd. (turns into River Rd.) 5.82 miles.
Turn right onto Trenton Healdsburg Rd. travel 1.34 miles.
Turn left onto Eastside Rd. travel .04 miles.

From the south:
From Hwy 101, take the River Road/Guerneville exit.
Turn left onto Mark West Springs Rd. (turns into River Rd.) 5.82 miles.
Turn right onto Trenton Healdsburg Rd. travel 1.34 miles.
Turn left onto Eastside Rd. travel .04 miles.

Shone Farm
http://basearts.com/work/2013/shonefarmfall/

New Photoshelter Guides :

For a Business Plan /business plan

Creating a Porfolio /portfolio

Photographers Guide to Copyright /copyright

DISCUSSION:

"The photo wars back then",
Disappearance of Darkness: Photography at the End of the Analog Era
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/life/photo-wars-back-then

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5.19

ARTIST TALK : SRJC ART COLLECTION
John Sappington Forestville, Utensils
http://basearts.com/work/2013/SRJCCollection/index.htm

Reading:

dpBestflow / American society of Media Photographers / Best Practices Resource:
http://www.dpbestflow.org/

Walter Bejamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", 1936 - Excerpt translanted by Harry Zohn

All Assignments Due for Completion of Art 82 :

(1) - Initial 5-10 Digital Camera images
between the first and the second class meeting - bring these to share on the 2nd class meeting.

(2) - Shooting in Low Light without a flash.
-Feel free to experiment, try to find the lowest level of light possible to render a readable image.


(3)Objects for Scanning - 3 Dimensional Objects as well as prints or flat art that you may want to digitize. - (3)

OR

(3)LIGHT AND SHADOW / 5-15 exposure bracketed shots with alternate exposures for each.

(4) - Bracketing Exposures
3 Subjects - 5-15 exposures for each with alternate exposure. -

(5) - Equivalents: Depth of Field
5-15 Images which illustrate the side effects of aperture selections. -

(6) - Equivalents: Motion / Blur
5-15 Images which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time value selections. -

(7) - Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents
Create a minimum of 3 contact sheets documenting bracketing exposure experiments. -

(8) - Critique - Make presentation of representative selection of your portfolio subjects (5-10 of each at minimum 3 times throughout the course.

(9) - Prints - create 3-5 - 8x10 minimum.

(10) - Images with Caption - 3 photographs - experiment with description, consider describing a photograph to someone who cannot see the image.

(11) - Critique - Make presentation of representative selection of your portfolio subjects (5-10 of each at minimum 3 times throughout the course.

(12) - Final Portfolio, Presentation and Critique
- 3 subjects / 20 images each - final presentation of 1 subject 20 images or split between 2 subjects 10/10