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Syllabus (this document): http://www.basearts.com/artquest/indexBegPho.htm Welcome and Welcome back! to ArtQuest Photography and the 2017-18 School Year! Dear Parents and Students, I’m John Sappington and I am the AQ Photography Teacher for the 2017-18 school year. The AQ Photography syllabi, as well as my credentials and portfolio are available online at: ------------------------------------------------ AQ Theme 2017-18 – “… and still we rise” IMPORTANT FALL DATES: Friday August 18 : Forms & Lab Contributions deadline. PLEASE DON’T FORGET to return the field trip and donation form by Friday August 18. It is with great pleasure that I welcome you ArtQuest Photography. All the ArtQuest teachers are excited about the opportunity to meet each and every one of our unique students. Our goal is to help each student grow as successful individuals in the classroom and beyond. The following packet of information is to explain a little bit about what students might expect from this program and provide some guidelines for success in this award-winning program in general and Photography in particular. Welcome (& welcome back) to school and to the SRHS ArtQuest Photography program. Please read these next 3 pages carefully and place it in your sketchbook for future reference. I require that students and a parent or guardian sign and date the information sheet at the bottom of the last page and that the student return it to me no later than Friday, August 18, 2017. Hopefully this outline of the course description, expectations and rules will help to answer questions. Parents/Guardians are welcome to email me with any questions or concerns. John Sappington: jsappington@srcs.k12.ca.us Overview Photography has been the most powerful visual art medium and form of communication since the 19th century. The purpose of this program is to develop an expressive visual language utilizing the medium of photography and to exploring the ways in which photography has impacted our lives. Questions about what photographs do will be explored as well as how we can make photographs that will impact our society. Problems and assignments are structured to develop a personal vision and to build a working knowledge of photographic materials and methods. The five components of the California Visual Arts Framework are an integral part of the fine arts curriculum. Development of content (message or concept), artistic vision and style, critical thinking, judgment skills and technical skills will all be emphasized. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to meet local fine art and commercial photographers to interact and learn more about photography as a course of study and/or profession. ArtQuest Photography classes will incorporate the California State Department of Education Framework for the Visual Arts at the appropriate levels. The State Framework is organized around the following five core competencies: • Artistic Perception - Perception of art and identification of structures and functions of art, using the language of visual arts. It is assumed that students who have applied and have been accepted to the Photography program have a deep interest in the convergence of Art and Photography and some experiences in making art work. What this all means is that we will look at art in various forms and from many cultures. We will study and engage with elements and principles of art. We will develop and refine skills utilizing a variety of software. We will make artworks on paper and on the computer. We will discuss and make artwork in response to historical and contemporary cultural issues as well as artwork addressing more personal issues. We will investigate the interrelationships of art and technology as well as the relationship of art to other aspects of contemporary culture. Program Description Technical aspects include the use of the camera, film, and film processing and printing. An emphasis will be placed on craft and presentation. Students will also develop an understanding of photographic image in terms of light, shape, form, and organization of the 2D plane. Beyond this, each student will be encouraged to use photography to develop a personal vision and to explore an autobiographical concept in his or her work. Attendance Grading Criteria You will earn a grade for every assignment. In addition, you will receive grades for the work in your sketchbook. Incomplete and/or late work will result in lower points for each day past the due date. For Example: A project grade of A- becomes a B+ if handed in by the next class meeting an A- becomes a B if handed in by the second class meeting past the due date, etc. In addition, grades will reflect the student's: Ability to demonstrate a grasp of curriculum material through the creation of exceptional artwork. While I do not grade on behavior, I do grade on your level of participation. Complete all assignments to the best of your abilities and submit them on time. Rules Our classroom rules are simple, and they revolve around respect and responsibility. • Respect other people and their work. Keep a noise level that allows others to work. Be honest, but kind during critiques. Don't tamper with other people's work. At the completion of this program, students will be able to do the following: Personal Phones I do allow students to have their cell phones on (*ringers off) during class. I know that there will be Learning or Physical Disabilities Materials Additionally students are required to have the following: Journal/Sketchbook This is a great classroom/darkroom and we want it to stay as clean and efficient as it is for many years. Please do your part! ArtQuest Application Deadline for Fall 2017 Entry Priority Deadline is November 13, 2017
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CYBER AND ERGONOMICS SAFETY README http://www.basearts.com/handouts/readme.htm |
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Online Photography Resources Class Notes A broad spectrum list of working/historical photographers A recommended reading list centered around photography and imaging basearts selection of resources lists |
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Weekly Lecture/Lab Schedule (subject to change) |
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Week 1 | date: |
Syllabus
Overview - REVIEW Handout
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Artists: ------- Lomographic
Society Artspace |
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Anna Atkins - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Atkins (née Children; 16 March 1799 – 9 June 1871) was and English botanist and photographer. She is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources claim that she was the first woman to create a photograph |
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DP Review: Readers' Showcase: Astrophotography Click here to take a look at the gallery of images: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/3579675465/readers-showcase-astrophotography/ |
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Reserve Textbook available in library A Short Course in Digital Photography : digital an introduction to photographic technique / Barbara London, Jim Stone. Third edition. CALL NO : TR267 .L647 2015 |
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Week 3 | date: | Assignments: --- Beginning Exposure - (4)
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Reading: Digital Camera Review - Technical Glossary Eugene Atget |
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SCANNING - OPTIONAL - |
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![]() Foundations of Photography: Exposure Understand how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings relate to one another, and http://www.lynda.com/Digital-Photography-tutorials/foundations-of-photography-exposure/71923-2.html |
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Week 4 | date: | Lecture:
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Assignment: Example Student Work : - AEB - Auto Exposure Bracketing 1st exposure according to meter reading or on the meter. ------------------------ |
Reading: Ansel Adams - .pdf - 344KB - 3 pages About Robert Adams | |||
Steven Sasson invented the first digital camera at Eastman Kodak in 1975 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sasson |
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Exposure Assignments: ISO / White Balance Bracketing (3) Beginning Exposure Beginning Bracketing (4) --------------- Bracketing Exposures - (5) - AEB - Auto Exposure Bracketing 1st exposure according to meter reading or on the meter. |
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Reading: A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapters - 2, 3 and 4 Edward Weston - .pdf - 360KB - 3 pages (first left hand spread of each essay is last page of that essay) --- DPS: http://digital-photography-school.com/ Exposure Value Compensation http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-exposure-compensation-to-take-control-of-your-exposure/ Artists: |
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Week 6 | date: | Lecture: PS Best Practice #1 - Duplicate the pixel
based background layer as first step on opening a .jpeg. ------ |
Assignment(s): - Equivalents: Depth of Field - (6) - Contact Sheet : 5-15 Images in sequence which illustrate the side effects of aperture selections. -(5) Aperture: Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_System Depth of Field Calculator http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html Student Work: Contact Sheets Spring 2015 http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/studentwrk/OnlineSpring2015/Art82Spring2015ContactSheets/ Depth of Field Spring 2015 http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/studentwrk/OnlineSpring2015/Art82Spring2015DOF/ Additional - EXAMPLE FILES - Shooting Assigments |
Reading: John Divola |
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Week 7 |
date: | Lecture: Photoshop
Photoshop: |
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Equivalents: Motion / Blur - (7) |
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Week 8 | date: |
Photoshop Continues
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Vivan Maier Vivian Maier - John Maloof Collection the wiki Finding Vivian Maier - the film http://www.findingvivianmaier.com/ the controversial print collection - Jeffrey Goldstein Collection ------- The New Yorker - Vivian Maier and the Problem of Difficult Women PBS - Bringing a portrait of private artist Vivian Maier to the big screen |
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Week 9 | date: | Shooting Camera RAW for Gray Scale / Black and White When shooting for black and white images, never shoot with camera's black and white modes. These "creative" modes are almost always reduced data exposures. Always shoot full color and convert your images in the post process through either the camera raw processor or Photoshops many conversion methods. The only exception to this is when shooting in RAW. If you have configured for Camera RAW files then you are able to shoot in the cameras Black and White /Grayscale mode - the resulting images are displayed as B/W in the LCD but in editing will contain all color channels and data. Submit and comment on 3-5 images you make which would be appropriate to convert to gray scale or black and white as it is known historically. Submit both the original color image and the gray scale image, if converted. Black/White or Gray Scale images can be converted using the Channel Mixer, the Black and White Adjustment layer or the Hue and Saturations adjustment layer. Include both the color and the black and white image. Add commentary that describes your thinking and your method of conversion. Here are optional online tutorials for black and white conversion in Lightroom and Photoshop: Foundations of Photography: Black and White with Ben Long Converting to black and white
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Assignment: Black and White - (8) Shooting for Black and White / Gray Scale Camera RAW for Black&White Mode ONLY! _ Conversion Methods |
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Diane Arbus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Arbus Previously Unseen Arbus, Unearthed Years After Her Death http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/arts/design/diane-arbus-met-breuer-in-the-beginning.html The Diane Arbus You’ve Never Seen MAY 26, 2016 How Diane Arbus Became ‘Arbus’ MAY 26, 2016 Diane Arbus: The Early Years JULY 6, 2016 |
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Week 10 | LAB: Prepare a selection of 3-4 ideas for your final portfolio subjects. All portfolios are comprised of 3 subjects of your own selection. Write up a brief summary description for each portfolio subject and compile this into a statement for submission and review at the final critique or Final.
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Assignment: 1st Critique- 5-10 images of your own work - looking toward portfolio subjects. If you haven't made any decisions it could be just images you have made since the beginning of the semester that you believe were good. Critiques - 5 pnts. - (9) |
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Stephen Shore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Shore Sophie Calle http://www.egs.edu/faculty/sophie-calle/biography/ Uta Barth http://utabarth.net/ John Baldessari http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/john-baldessari/ |
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Shooting Assignments Summary (2) - Shooting in Low Light without a flash. (5) - Equivalents: Depth of Field |
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Optional: Susan Sontag - In Plato's Cave- http://www.basearts.com//curriculum/PDF/Readings/SusanSontag.pdf |
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Week 11 | date: | Critiques continue... Lighting
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Reading: Interview with Martin SchoellerPhotographer Martin Schoeller speaks with Feature Shoot about the portrait that launched his career, photographing celebrities and advice for emerging photographers.
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Subtitles available in English
https://www.coursera.org/learn/photography/
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Adobe TV : Why You Should Set Photoshop to Open Your JPGs in Adobe Camera RAW Adobe Lightroom :
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Processing a Digital Image for PRINT rev4.13.pdf Printer Profile File Names: profilenames Additional Printing Resources: Device/Paper Profiles - additional resources http://www.basearts.com/Res.Printing.htm and Color Management Resources: http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/color/basearts-Photography-color.html - see contents of directory listing below for various white papers: htttp://www.basearts.com/curriculum/PDF/ColorManage Printing Demonstration - Epson R1900 Printer :
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Assignment: Printing 3-5 prints - 5 pnts. - 8x10 minimum - (11) |
Artists: Device/Paper Profiles - additional resources: Digital Art Supplies (San Diego based, print supply ) INTERNATIONAL COLOR CONSORTIUM Urban Digital Color Rayko Photo Dickerman Prints Photo Works SF
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Additional
Printing Resources:
The World of Inkjet Papers PDF of Digital Printing Supply Catalogue |
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Week 13 | date: | Lab:
Processing a Digital Image for PRINT rev4.13.pdf Printer Profile File Names: profilenames |
Assignment: (10) - Self Portrait - Selfie (10)Try a variety of techniques and poses. You are you own best model. You know exactly what you want you to do. Experiment wih various strategies; self timer, hand held, reflection. (Variation on The Selfie - Create a series of 6 images of your self presented in the front of significant locations from your life. Try to create an overall sense of context for the sequence. - Work, Home, Hobby, Nationality?) see : Tseng Kwong Chi http://www.tsengkwongchi.com/ - Aperture, Self Portraiture in the First-Person Age, http://aperture.org/blog/self-portraiture-first-person-age/ |
African Portrait Photographers : 1900-1960
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Week 14 | date: | Lab: Lens Selection |
Assignment: Critique - (12) - Make presentation of representative selection of your portfolio subjects (5-10 of each at minimum 2-3 times throughout the second half of course. |
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Photozone for lens reviews |
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Week 15 | date: | Lab: Composition
Internet Presence / Websites / Automation
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Assignment: 5-15 images of light - (12) - consider the characteristics of the light situations you are encounter. Images with good or interesting light conditions - focus on the light (diffuse, sharp, moody?)- not the content of the image Is there something within the light you could replicate with artificial means? Alternative: At the edges of light and shadow - Create a series of images exploring the contrast at the edges between shadow and light. Experiment with exposure latitude, extremes between 10am and 2pm with direct natural light. Try the Golden Hour, the Blue Hour. |
Artists: Jenny Holzer Collection of composition links: http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/5-elements-of-composition-in-photography/ http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-lenses.htm http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/hyperfocal-distance.htm |
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Artists: ------------------------------------ Online Storage / Services Publishing
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Week 17 | date: | Lecture: American society of Media Photographers (Local) - http://www.asmpnorcal.org/ New Photoshelter Guides : For a Business Plan /business plan Creating a Porfolio /portfolio Photographers Guide to Copyright /copyright PhotoShelter Business Plan Worksheet - http://www.photoshelter.com/mkt/research/Transitioning from Assistant to Pro Photographer: Free White Paper In this useful packet, assistants explain how they made the leap to shooting for their own clientele and managed the financial challenges of their first year in the business. You can download the PDF here. Photojojo: Starting Your Photo Biz… Part 1: You Sure ‘Bout That? http://photojojo.com/content/photojojo-original/starting-photo-business/ Starting Your Photo Biz… Part 2: What’s In a Name? http://photojojo.com/content/photojojo-original/photo-business-name/ Starting Your Photo Biz… Part 3: The Nitty-Gritty Business Details http://photojojo.com/content/photojojo-original/starting-photo-business-details/ Starting Your Photo Biz… Part 4: Fame and Fortune http://photojojo.com/content/photojojo-original/photo-business-marketing/ |
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Week 18 | date: | Shone Farm : http://www.basearts.com/work/2015/ShoneFarmFall2015/ Final
Critique - TUESDAY 5.23 @ 1-4pm - 2926 Magginni |
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(2) - Shooting in Low Light without a flash. (5) - Equivalents: Depth of Field (10) - Self Portrait - Selfie (10)Try a variety of techniques and poses. You are you own best model. You know exactly what you want you to do. Experiment wih various strategies; self timer, hand held, reflection. (11) - Prints - create 3-5 - 8x10 minimum. (11) - Images of Light |
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Alternate Assignments: Bokeh- Create a series of like images of the same subject with various lenses @ largest to smallest aperture bracketed to test bokeh results for all. Flare / Glare - Create a series of images exploring the selective use of glare /flare with alternate light sources (*sunlight, streetlights (sodium vapor), car lights(halogen). Tilt Shift - Create a series of landscape images exploring tilt shift or the post focus effect simulating tilt shift. (an optical system (such as a camera) when the lens plane is not parallel to the image plane produces an effect of selective focus. Originally developed to correct for converging parallel lines in aerial photography. Captioned - Submit 3 images with a brief textual description. Explore the challenges of describing an image to someone with a visual impairement or someone lacking visual acess to the image.
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