SYLLABUS SUBJECT TO CHANGE – CHECK FREQUENTLY
POLICIES TO REVIEW
NO REQUIRED TEXTBOOK FOR THIS COURSE
Class will always begin in FA111 (Inside of FA107.) You will have to attend open lab hours to complete your assignments. Open lab times will be posted.
You will be given a starter kit to get you up and running for class, this will include:
You will eventually need to purchase some film and paper supplies:
Get a light meter app for your iPhone or Android phone (set your ISO to 200 on your phone)
Syllabus (subject to change)
THE NO PHOTOGRAPHS LIST:
Campus – Squirrels or other small woodland creatures – Waterfowl (ducks, swans, geese, etc.) – Closeup Baby Faces – Closeup Horse Faces – Closeup Flowers – Sunsets – Cars without People – Homeless or other at-risk populations (unless you are involved with an organization that helps at risk populations)
Exceptions can be made to this list if you can demonstrate a genuine connection and interest in the subject matter and make a really interesting or different kind of photo of the subject matter.
Introduction and review of syllabus.
What is an SLR? What is Film?
Camera Obscura: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-visual-delights-of-camera-obscura/
Demo: Loading film in camera, camera functions. Film Exposure; Practice Loading Film.
Shoot a roll of film and process it next class
***Starting in week 3 you must always have printing and processing to do during lab hours, unless otherwise stated.***
Processing Film, Making Contact Sheets
You must have all of your materials by now. You will need your photo paper, film pages for every lab session.
Lecture: Editing Contact Sheets and Making Prints; Comparing exposures to shoot logs. Discuss Shoot Log
Printing Photos and Contact Sheets
Shutter Speed and Aperture Exposure Basics Review More Review: https://fstoppers.com/education/exposure-triangle-understanding-how-aperture-shutter-speed-and-iso-work-together-72878 Cleaning film.
Exposure Bracketing
Dodging and Burning
Introduction and review of syllabus.
What is an SLR? What is Film?
Assignments Motion
Lecture/Lab: Hand out supplies; class Demo: Loading film in camera, camera functions. Film Exposure; Practice Loading Film.
ASSIGNMENT-Using the Camera: 101-Camera
Shoot a roll of film and process it next class
***Starting in week 3 you must always have printing and processing to do during lab hours, unless otherwise stated.***
Lab: Processing Film, Making Contact Sheets
You must have all of your materials by now. You will need your photo paper, film pages for every lab session.
Lecture: Editing Contact Sheets and Making Prints; Comparing exposures to shoot logs. Discuss Shoot Log
ASSIGNMENT – PRINTING: 101-Printing
Make a contact sheet and two prints from your roll of film.
Lab: Make Prints of Assignments 1 & 2. Cleaning film.
Lecture: Bracketing; Look at assignment 2; Dodging and Burning
DUE: 2 PRINTS – 1 CONTACT SHEET
Homework: Have prints from Assignments 1 & 2 ready for next lecture.
Read: Explanation of Variable Contrast Photo Paper
Resolve any difficulties with basic print and film development.
Review for Quiz on exposure – processing – camera functions
Depth of Field and Motion
Understanding Depth of Field in Photography
Look at work by Ralph Eugene Meatyard for interesting blur photos
Schedule Mimic Presentations
Watch this in class: DOF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Trjy35jLE
QUIZ on Chemicals and Contrast Layers
OPTION TO SHOOT COLOR VERSION OF BW FILM: ILFORD XP2
Take color/b&w film to NY Camera or Princeton or Taylor Photo
Lab: Resolve any difficulties with basic print and film development.
Lecture: Review for Quiz on exposure – processing – camera functions
ONLINE QUIZ ON EXPOSURE – PROCESSING – CAMERA CONTROLS
Shoot_Log
Lecture: Depth of Field and Motion, Critique Assignment 3
Look at work by Ralph Eugene Meatyard for interesting blur photos
Assignment: Motion
Schedule Mimic Presentations
Motion – DOF Review
Assignment: Depth of Field
Watch this in class: DOF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91Trjy35jLE
QUIZ on Chemicals and Contrast Layers
WORK ON Motion and Depth of Field
MOTION-DOF DUE
Review Photographer’s Eye
Assignment: Frame/Vantage
OPTION TO SHOOT COLOR VERSION OF BW FILM: ILFORD XP2
Take color/b&w film to NY Camera or Princeton or Taylor Photo
Spotting and Window Mounting Lecture
Shoot Portraits in Class – Bring Camera
Lecture: Tripods and other means of stabilizing your camera; Low light photography
ASSIGNMENT PORTRAITURE
Spotting and Window Mounting Lecture
Shoot Portraits in Class – Bring Camera
Read Photographer’s Eye
Tripods and other means of stabilizing your camera; Low light photography
***Start Window Mounting and Spotting Your Final 15 Prints***
FINAL ASSIGNMENT:
This assignment is about shooting carefully. I want you to think about the edges of your frame and where you stand when you make the photograph.
Work on Matting and Spotting Prints
Both Classes – Final Portfolio Assembly
Lab: Spotting and Window Mounting Lecture
Lecture: Shoot Portraits in Class – Bring Camera
Lecture: Tripods and other means of stabilizing your camera; Low light photography
Assignment: Portraiture
***Start Window Mounting and Spotting Your Final 15 Prints***
LAB: Work on Portraits
Last Assignment: Subject Matter
Work on FRAME/VANTAGE
Work on Matting and Spotting Prints
Look at Portraits
Both Classes – Final Portfolio Assembly – Lab time
Final Critique: 10 PRINTS FROM THE SEMESTER; ANY 3 WINDOW MOUNTED; ONE PRINT SHOWING SOME ATTEMPTS AT SPOTTING.)
-Final 10 Prints will include: 6 from any assignment during the semester, can include MIMIC; 4 from the last assignment + 2 contact sheets from last assignment
ESTIMATE AND DETAIL OF SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR THE SEMESTER
10 rolls of 35mm – 36 exposures – Ilford HP5+ or Kodak Tri-X (You will need about another 10 rolls halfway through the semester. We will discuss your options at that point.)
1 box (100 sheets) Ilford Multigrade RC 8×10 Glossy Paper or Alternatives on kit link
25 pack of Negative Storage Pages (7 rows of 5) PrintFile 35-7B, VueAll or Clearvue brands recommended.
10 Sheets of 11×14 White Mat Board (white all the way through or black on one side; 2-ply)
Additional Supplies:
35mm Camera, three ring binder for negatives, folder or box for 8×10 prints, sheet protectors for assignments, scissors, notebook, thin sharpie marker, hand/kitchen towel
Evaluation of student learning
70 points – Assignments/Quizzes
Photo assignments require that you integrate many of the skills and techniques demonstrated in class. The assignment will reinforce technical concepts and require you to investigate what you want to photograph and how you want to treat the subject matter. You will be graded on both technical and creative aspects of your work. Quizzes will test your comprehension of assigned readings and lectures.
15 points – Mimic Photographer Presentation
An oral presentation that combines biographical and aesthetic analysis of a well-known photographer with photos made by the photographer and made by the student in the style of the chosen photographer.
15 points – Final Presentation
Students will organize their best work into a presentation for a final group critique. Grades are based upon technical and aesthetic concerns as well as participation in the group critique.