This document discusses technology-based art and digital photography. It provides examples of early computer-generated art from the 1960s and discusses how computer art has evolved. It describes how today's artists use various image editing programs and applications to digitally manipulate and create art. The document also discusses different types of digital photography, including landscape, portrait, and documentary styles. It provides tips on photographic techniques like using the rule of thirds and considering point of view. Finally, it presents some assignments for students involving pixel art and photo shoots with themes.

3. What can
you say
about the
pictures?

5. T E C HN O L O G Y
A G P O H L N N EC O TM Y Z

6. A G P O H L N N EC O TM Y Z

7. TECHNOLOGY-BASED ART

14. • Essentially computer-generated and/or
manipulated.
• Today’s computer artists employ the ever-
expanding powers of
– image manipulation programs and applications to
create their works which can appear in an entire
range of media—whether as a physical output or a
virtual experience.
TECHNOLOGY-BASED ART

15. Computer/Digital Arts
• Early 1960s
• There were questions as
to whether it was, in fact,
“true art” since it made
use of Electronic and
mechanical devices.
• General acceptance - exciting and thought-
provoking form of modern art.
• Computer art masters or “superstars” came to the
fore in Europe, Russia, and the United States.

16. Frieder Nake
Polygon Drawings, 1965
Georg Nees
Schrotter, 1965
International Scene

17. Vera Molnar
(Des) Ordres, 1974
Ronald Davis
Mountain and Ataurolyte, 1997
Computer-Generated 3D Art

18. Manfred Mohr, 1974 Olga, Kisseleva, 2012

19. Jean-Pierre Hebert, 2007

20. Mobile Phone
Art /Computer-
generated
Images

21. Original image
Modified with cropping, superimposed text,
and a ‘silk’ texture

22. Original image Modified to ‘pencil sketch’ effect
in gray scale, plus rounded corners

23. Mirror Photo

24. Original image
Modified with color retained
on selected portions

25. Original image Modified to a completely different color

26. Original image
Modified to a multi-image collage in
different tints

28. Computer Programs and Applications:
1. Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
2. Paint.net
3. Inkscape
4. Xara Extreme
5. Artweaver
6. Draw Plus
7. Pencil
8. Picasa

29. 9. Paint Star
10. Smooth Draw
11. Spray
12. Karbon
13. Adobe Photoshop
14. Corel Paintshop Pro X5

30. Things We Can Do:
1. Re – size
2. Crop
3. Skew/Warp
4. Rotate
5. Flip
6. Adjust brightness
7. Adjust sharpness
8. Change colors

31. Things We Can Do:
9. Gray scale
10. Sepia
11. Apply a texture
12. Superimpose text
13. Apply frames
14. Crop

32. Digital Photography
•Point-and-shoot
•DSLR (Digital Single Lens
Reflex)

33. Photographs:
The Stories They Tell
Is a picture
worth
a thousand words?

34. Young immigrants at Ellis Island

35. Migrant worker and her
children, 1936

36. Father playing with his child, 1998

37. …Three Stories
Three Families…

38. • Three photos of families (same
subject)
• Arranged in different ways
• Tell different stories

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What is Photography?
Photography is an art form like
drawing and painting.
Photographers use their camera
to make us see life in a different
way, feel emotions, and record
stories and events.

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There are three basic
styles of photography.

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Landscape
Landscape is a
photograph of the
environment. It could
be the forest,
mountains, oceans, or
your backyard. Ansel
Adams is a famous
landscape
photographer. Here is
one of his images.

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Ansel Adams Photographs

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What do you see in
your landscape
photograph?
Imagine that your
taking pictures…

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Portrait Photography
What is the emotion shown in
this photo?
Scared
Angry
Other…
Portrait photography is a
photo of a person or
animal.
It is important to show
an emotion.

45. Rubenesque - Keith Carter
Lukasz Holma, Poland - Lauren Bacall
Can you compare and contrast these photographs?
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Different Portrait Styles
How are they similar? How
are they different?

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The Dress - Sally Mann Boy and Car, NewYork City - Jerome Liebling, 1949
More Portraits
Portraits can be the whole body.

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Documentary
Documentary photography
presents facts without
changing anything.
Good documentary
photographs make you
wonder what the story is
behind the photograph.
Migrant Mother - Dorthea Lange

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What are the stories in these photos?

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Where do you find
documentary photographs?
Magazines

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Documentary photographs can be either landscape or portrait.
Which photo shows a portrait, and which shows a landscape?
Portrait Landscape

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One photograph uses rule of thirds and the other uses central focus.
Central Focus Rule of Thirds
Which photograph do you find more interesting? WHY?

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Rule of Thirds
Aphoto is more interesting if the subject is NOT directly in the
center. Try placing your subject 1/3 to the left or right, or 1/3
from top or bottom.

58. LINES

63. SYMMETRY

66. Point of View
Try selecting and unusual point of view.
Eye Level
Above or Birds Eye View
Below or
Where was the photographer standing for each picture?
Worm View
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67. Design Principles
• Unity
• Variety
• Dominance
• Rhythm
• Movement
• Balance

68. ACTIVITY 2
• Pixel Art

73. Assignment
• Photo shoot using the “themes” below.
– Everyday Living
– Lipad
– Source of Happiness
– Tagumpay
• Please take note that the subject in the picture
will be your group members
• Put the collections in the movie maker and do not
forget to write some captions
• Music is imperative to make it more interesting.