Please submit your photos on CD formatted to be read on a Macintosh computer. Prepare your images in jpeg format no larger than 6” x 9” and 100 dpi. Do not put images in multiple folders. Put all images on the CD using the following file naming protocol:
Do not submit your photographs with names like: old shoes.jpg. Instead rename and save your portfolio of twenty images using your own name, a hypen and then a three digit image number. The first image in the portfolio would be 001, the second 002, continuing until the last 020. Put single images first. Follow with photo stories. IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS ON NUMBERING, THE IMAGES WILL NOT PLAY IN SEQUENCE
YOUR NAME-001.jpg
YOUR NAME-002.jpg etc. ending with …
YOUR NAME-020.jpg.
If you are presenting a digital portfolio we assume that you work with a sophisticated consumer or professional level digital camera with interchangeable lenses—not a point and shoot camera or high quality scans of your film-based images. We also assume you have at least a rudimentary knowledge of Photoshop software. Your captions should be entered into the file information field found in the File menu of Adobe Photoshop.
If necessary you may also provide a separate document with brief captions keyed by number to the images. Captions should give relevant information--who, what, where, and when. Remember to put single images first, followed by a photo essay that shows your story telling skills.
Um, frownie face.
8 comments:
which part are you forwny facing?
the "rudimentary knowledge of photoshop" can be faked. If you are having trouble getting things mac campatable, you just need a friend with a mac or a friend with a UT ID so you can go on campass and steal their macs.
If the problem is the "professional level digital camera", I say fuck them and scan your images and then if/when you make it into the program drop the cash on a new camera.
they are just being difficult, but don't let it stop you!
Oh, also, Jen's Copies on the drag across from the Comms Building (not the one by the scientology building) is where it's at. If you took your photos and these requirements in there they would help get you set up. They have saved my ass on a number of occassions.
I am concerned with the whole "formatted for Macintosh" thing, but the main reason for the frowns is that it feels a bit overwhelming with all of the specifications.
Although, what worries me the most is the line "displays storytelling skills." I've never enjoyed the benefit of any real photojournalism program or staff to review my work, and therefore I feel that I don't have the best eye for judging what would make one photo better than another in regards to journalism.
John's dad knows someone who works at the Dallas Morning News, so I'm thinking of contacting him for advice, but I just really have no clue how to make a strong portfolio.
Thank you for telling me about Jen's, I'll have to check them out.
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If they didn't specify every minor detail it woudl be impossible for them to compare one portfolio with another. I actually think this could help you since kids who may have benefited from photoJ courses before won't be able to overload their portfolio with 50 different school projects. This sort of levels the playing field for you, in a way.
Doesn't Mrs. Warren have a mac? You could make a weekend of it and go talk to this DMN guy and then get things set up on the Mac. But, I am pretty sure that a photoshop file is a photoshop file is a photoshop file and you should be able to open it on any computer with the software. That's worth checking though... I'm not 100% on that.
Don't stress! Talk to the DMN guy and go with your gut. you'll be fine!
Formatted for mac? WTF does that even mean? Just make sure your images are .jpg like they ask. Any burned CD containing nothing but images will work on any computer with a CD drive and a photo viewer. These people sound too uppity for my tastes.
Shelley - Mr. Warren tried to give Mrs. Warren a MAC for christmas last year but she was not at all interested in learning a different operating system and had it returned.
Jeremy - That's what I thought, too! I've made image cds on my pc and it's always worked fine on a mac, I thought.
Everyone - I don't have photoshop, do y'all get the impression from the instructions that I should be using it?
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