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Ms. Toad

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22. I've actually declared a minor in art history.

Mon Oct 7, 2024, 04:19 PM

Oct 7

Which is exceedingly odd . . . since I didn't take a single history class in college (or for my masters or JD degrees, either). I avoided them like the plague, because of bad high school experiences. but the requirements for the BFA plus the additional requirements for the history of photography put me at one course away from a minor. I took the first of the history classes last spring - but I'm only up to about 1250 CE. Now I'm on break from the history classes while I finish up the foundation courses - and photography courses that are offered once in a blue moon (second semester darkroom this semester; large format next semester).

Thanks - I've encountered the first class I'm not really enjoying. ( 2D Foundations - the person in charge keeps tinkering, so the syllabus and materials that everyone has to use aren't stable, with new errors introduced every semester, and most of the folks teaching it are adjuncts without institutional or course history. Couple that with an immature instructor - and and immature class.) Now that I have time to teach myself, the rest of the semester will be more fun. But one out of 8 isn't bad.

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Very interesting article in New Republic about the "enhanced" Vance photo. [View all] LAS14 Oct 6 OP

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I could use a Filter and do it, as long as it wasn't big changes, and I'm not even that proficient in PS. mucholderthandirt Oct 7 #5

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At my old high school senior pictures were routinely "cleaned up". Igel Oct 6 #3

Same thing happened to me. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #4

There's a sampling tool in Photoshop that's used... brush Oct 7 #10

Mine was back before the day of photoshop. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #11

My career overlapped the airbrushing actual hard copy photos and the arival or... brush Oct 7 #12

Yup. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #13

Thanks for this. A question, did it come a time that you... brush Oct 7 #14

I was largely out of the photography business during that time frame. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #17

Sounds like you're in deep but know how and when to spend your money. brush Oct 7 #19

In deep - with gaps. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #20

Wow! You keep busy. brush Oct 7 #21

I've actually declared a minor in art history. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #22

When I worked as a new Engineer in a Land Developer office.... WarGamer Oct 7 #16

And in a few decades, Ms. Toad Oct 7 #18

They used filters to soften the images back in my day. A little smudge and everyone looked smoother. ;) mucholderthandirt Oct 7 #6

there are a million phone apps that do this... you think all the Insta pics are real?? WarGamer Oct 7 #15