Week 15 / May 1

Final critiques, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Approximately 10-12 prints with project statement

Week 14 / April 24 and April 26

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Week 13 / April 17 and April 19

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Week 12 / April 10 and April 12

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Week 11 / April 3 and April 5

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Week 10 / March 27 and March 29

Assignment #4:  PowerPoint presentations on student's daily lives and routines

Project proposals due Thursday, March 29 - one page outlining concept and technical considerations of a cohesive series of approximately 12 prints on theme of student's choice. Please address what or who the work is about, where and how it will be shot, and motivations and inspirations behind project.  The first two sentences of the proposal should concisely convey the content of the project.

Individual meetings with students to discuss proposals

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Week 9 / March 20 and March 22

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Discuss final projects and project proposals

Week 8 / March 13 and March 15

In-class work activity: research websites and blogs 

Student presentations on selected articles

PowerPoint demo

Assignment #4: Personal PowerPoint

For this assignment you will be required to create a series of photographs (at least 20 images) that document and investigate your everyday life.  These photographs should cover your typical routine and surroundings and reveal something about your personality, domestic life and habits. Consideration should be given to the sequencing of images and the overall PowerPoint as a time-based medium. Your slides should be a standard 4:3 ratio using a simple white background, one image per slide, with no animations or special effects. The first slide should contain your name and nothing else. Vertical images must be resized to 7 inches high and horizontal slides must be resized to 8.25 inches wide, both at 150 ppi. Students will share their presentations on Tuesday, March 27. 

Week 7 / Feb. 27 and March 1

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Critique Assignent #3

Discussion of online photo resources: website and blogs

Assignment:
Using the Online Photo Resources on the blog, please find an article or post related to photography that is of interest to you.  Ideally, look for articles that are relevant to digital photography specifically if you can find ones, but you are not limited to only these. You can also bring a link to an article on another online resource focussed on photography than what is listed on the blog. It does not have to be the most recent post. Read the post or article, save the link, and prepare to summarize and analyze the content in a presentation to class on Tuesday, March 13. 

Week 6 / Feb. 20 and Feb. 22

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Student presentations on portrait photographers

Week 5 / Feb. 13 and Feb. 15 and Visiting Artist Lecture on Feb.16

Introduction to printing: resizing images for print, color management, settings

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Handouts:

Resizing and Resampling

Basic Sharpening

Nozzle Checks 

Extra Credit Assignment:

Visiting Artist Lecture, McNair Evans, Ball Hall Auditorium, Friday, February 16, 6pm

Write one-paragraph response to lecture 

Week 4 / Feb. 6 and Feb. 8

In-class work activity: research and lab time

Critique Assignment #2: File with retouching layer

Demo: Adjustment layers and layer masks: brightness/contrast, levels, curves, hue/saturation, color balance, selective color and shadows/highlights

Handouts: 

Adjustment Layers

Shadows & Highlights

Presentations: Through the Lens and Making Pictures of People

Assignment #3: portraits and environmental portraits with different focal lengths and presentation on portrait photographer

Research a photographer working in portraiture and write a one-page paper addressing some biographical information and an analysis of the content of the work and the photographer's relationship with his or her subjects.  Prepare to share the photographer's website in an oral presentation to class on Thursday, Feb. 22.  Shoot a series of portraits of one person or a group of people inspired by your chosen photographer. Four prints due on Tuesday, Feb. 27. 

Reading: Chapter 2 / Lens

Week 3 / Jan. 30 and Feb. 1

Critique Assignment #1: 3 images from Light and Shadow

Demo: Introduction to Photoshop CC working space, selection tools, spot healing brush, patch tool, clone stamp tool, move tool, zoom tool, creating a retouching layer from background copy

Introduction to scanning prints

In-class exercise: making selections and retouching images

Reading: Chapter 6 / Scanning