ARTQUEST - Intermediate/Advanced PHOTO

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ARTQUEST PHOTOGRAPHY- Intermediate / Advanced Room 23 Class Schedule: MON.-FRI.PERIODS 3rd and 4th Instructor: John Sappington - email address: jsappington@srcs.k12.ca.us PHONE: 528-4822 CLASSROOM / MOBILE 707-332-0987
Syllabus (this document): http://www.basearts.com/artquest/indexAdvPho.htm Submitted: Welcome Letter and Guidelines : AQ PHOTO 2017-18 Welcome Syllabus --------- IMPORTANT DATES: Please mark your calendar for these important dates: Wednesday August 31 : AQDA forms & Lab Contributions are due. Please contact teacher for scholarship information or extensions. Back to School Night September 14th - 6:30-9pm October 5, 6:30 pm: “ArtQuest 23rd Annual Fall Showcase of Programs”, beginning at 6:30 pm in the Auditorium. This is an evening for prospective students and families, to find out more about the opportunities ArtQuest has to offer, as well as current ArtQuest families to learn more about the program. Please plan to attend and also help us spread the word. Early application is highly recommended due to limited space. Tuesday October 17th to November 9th , “Shadowing”, ArtQuest offers students interested in the ArtQuest program the opportunity to "Shadow" a specialty for a day. Shadowing is by appointment only. Call (707) 535-4842 for more information and to schedule your student. Monday through Thursday. ArtQuest Application Deadline for Fall 2017 Entry Priority Deadline is November 13, 2017
CYBER AND ERGONOMICS SAFETY README http://www.basearts.com/handouts/readme.htm
Online Photography Resources CURRENT News and Events Blog: http://blog.basearts.com Class Notes http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/notes/ Generalized Selection of Photo resources available online and local http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/Res.Photo.htm A broad spectrum list of working/historical photographers http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/photographerslisting.htm A recommended reading list centered around photography and imaging http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/Res.ReadingList.htm basearts selection of resources lists http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/resources.html
Weekly Lecture/LabSchedule (subject to change)
Summer Projects: Photo-a-day Make one image per day which represents the day or some variation on strategy presented in advance. Create a social media outlet for presentation of the daily photo - shared to group list: *A Story of Summer* - document an discrete event or an adventure specific to your experience of the summer. First project of the fall will be to produce in a sequence of images and text which tells this story. This will be printed and presented at Fall showcase. - to include social media hyperlinks.

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Week 1	date:	Syllabus Overview - REVIEW Handout Expectations, Requirements, Objectives, Best Practices. Assignments: Begin Sketchbook Reflect Theme : "Objects in Mirror Closer Than They Appear " 5 thumbnails - SRHS beginning of the year_ previsualize Portfolio presentations
Artists: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce / Louis Daguerre William Fox Talbot - Pencil of Nature This site contains the full text of William Henry Fox Talbot’s writings contained in The Pencil of Nature published in London between 1844 and 1846. http://www.thepencilofnature.com/ Animated sequence of a race horse galloping. Photos taken by Eadweard Muybridge. The horse's body demonstrates squash and stretch in natural musculature. Eadweard Muybridge http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/ http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/muybridge_image_and_context/ Reading: Local Galleries and Suppliers Masters of Photography - Good starter site for Analogue Masters http://www.masters-of-photography.com/ Lomographic Society http://www.lomographics.com Artspace http://www.artspace.com/tags/photograph Art.com http://www.art.com/gallery/id--c23946/photography-prints.htm Camera Reviews http://dpreview.com http://www.keh.com
Week 2-3	8.21-28	Lecture: Vision Camera Obscura Camera Lucida Camera Fundamentals Assignments: Begin Self Portraits FINISH Intro Presentations
Reading: Focus on Photography - Chapter 1 Incident involving the discovery of Fairies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottingley_Fairies Artists: Eugene Atget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugène_Atget Paul Strand http://youtu.be/jSLCTI1BTdw Manhatta (1921) is a short documentary film directed by painter Charles Sheeler and photographer Paul Strand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhatta http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/movies/09kehr.html?_r=0 John Herschel Fredrick Scott Archer
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
Week 4	9.4	Lecture: Beginning Exposure ISO White Balance ---- Zone System Introduction: (Digital Application) Practical Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3 Zone System \| Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_System< Assignments: Self Portraits - 3-5 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMS - 3-5 Scans / 3 Final COMPOSITIONS
Reading: Short Course - Chapts. 1-4 / concentration on 3 / Exposure Focus on Photography - Chapts. 2-4 - Review Elements and Principles / Exposure Basics Joseph Perrnell - "Is Photography Art?"- 5 Discussion Points /in sketchbook Moholy-Nagy - From Pigment to Light - 1936 Artists: Ansel Adams FRED ARCHER Lazlo Moholy-Nagy https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/moholy-nagy-future-present Moholy - Nagy Foundation: http://www.moholy-nagy.org/ Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Moholy-Nagy Man Ray Olivia Parker http://oliviaparker.com/newindex.php
SCANNING Scanning Procedures - Flat Art Photography - Scanning Procedures Epson : SRJC Digital Photogram Objects for Scanning - 3 Dimensional Objects as well as prints or flat art that you may want to digitize. - (3) Review Historical Photograms/Montage works: Photography - Photograms and Montage Samples Photography - Scanography - Example Files Photography - Scanning Procedures Artists: Peter Krohn (local)- http://photographicakrohn.com/ Away in Israel until Oct. back to see us following. Niko Robinson - Student Scanner work
Foundations of Photography: Exposure Understand how shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings relate to one another, and how these settings expand your artistic options with any photograph. http://www.lynda.com/Digital-Photography-tutorials/foundations-of-photography-exposure/71923-2.html
Steven Sasson invented the first digital camera at Eastman Kodak in 1975 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Sasson
Week 5	9.11	Lecture: Camera Operation Best Practices - Beginning Camera Setup Outline Beginning Vocabulary Factsheet Exposure Factsheet for review - Exposure Factsheet for Download Adobe Lightroom / Photoshop / Bridge Workflow Introduction http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/what-is-adobe-bridge-cs6/ File Browser - Bridge / Automation Techniques / Contact Sheets File Types, Format Field Notes: Zone System Exposure Chart Shot Card Rev.2 for field experiments
Reading: Ansel Adams - 3-5 pnts of discussion A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapters 4, 5 and 7 Artists: Eugene Atget Eastman House Collection: http://collections.eastman.org/advancedsearch/objects/peopleSearch%3Aatget Wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Atget ----- Henry Wessel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wessel,_Jr. Todd Hido http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Hido Robert Adams About Robert Adams Robert Adams was born in Orange, New Jersey, in 1937. His refined black-and-white photographs document scenes of the American West of the past four decades, revealing the impact of human activity on the last vestiges of wilderness and open space. Although often devoid of human subjects, or sparsely populated, Adams’s photographs capture the physical traces of human life: a garbage-strewn roadside, a clear-cut forest, a half-built house.... continue reading SEGMENT: Robert Adams in "Ecology" http://www.art21.org/videos/segment-robert-adams-in-ecology http://www.pbs.org/video/2365178810/ Browse all videos
Exposure Assignments: Shooting in Low Light without a flash. 5-10 Images (2) Work with the ISO settings, White Balance settings, feel free to experiment, try to find the lowest level of light possible to render a readable image. Use a tripod if you have one. Student Examples: ONLINE SPRING LOW LIGHT SUBMISSIONS http://basearts.com/curriculum/studentwrk/OnlineSpring2016/2016SpringART82LowLight/ Jesse Klein - nitelight Karl McJimsey - Flora Justin Stevick - paintingwlight/celestial ---- ISO / White Balance Bracketing (3) - Create sequence of a single shot utilizing all ISO levels - 8-9 exposures - Create sequence of a single shot utilizing all White Balance setting. 8-9 exposures Example Student Work: http://basearts.com/curriculum/studentwrk/OnlineSpring2016/2016SpringISOWhite%20Balance/ ---- Beginning Exposure Beginning Bracketing (4) Point and Shoot Exposure Adjustment Simple tonal adjustments utilizing the shutter half step. (Good time to work with (Point and Shoot) exposure controls) - Working with the half-step shutter lock and/or AF-L create 3-5 exposures of a given scene showing + and - alternative exposure adjustments. Exposure Value Compensation http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-exposure-compensation-to-take-control-of-your-exposure/ ---- Bracketing Exposures - (5) - P mode - Working with the half-step shutter lock - AE-L - (M)Manual mode - Working with exposure scale in camera manual bracketing. Establish baseline exposure parameters of ISO and White Balance (manually set) - AEB* - Auto Exposure Bracketing - EV - Exposure Compensation Value - 5-15 exposures for each with alternate exposure. Review and set camera for optional .3/.7 or .5 stop configuration. 1st exposure according to meter reading or on the meter. 2nd + .5 half step or 1/3 stop greater (aperture/ time value / EV - exposure value ) selection or more exposure (over) 3rd + 1 whole step (full stop) or 2/3 stop greater (aperture/ time value / EV - exposure value) selection (over) 4th .5 half step or 1/3 stop smaller (aperture/ time value / EV - exposure value) selection or less exposure (under) 5th - 1 whole step (full stop) or 2/3 stop smaller (aperture/ time value / EV - exposure value) selection or less exposure (under) Example Student Work: http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/studentwrk/OnlineSpring2015/Art82Spring2015ExposureBracketing/
Masters Readings(first left hand spread of each essay is last page of that essay: Ansel Adams - .pdf - 344KB - 3 pages Edward Weston - .pdf - 360KB - 3 pages Henri Cartier-Bresson- .PDF - 234KB
Week 6	9.18	Lecture: Adobe Lightroom / Photoshop / Bridge Workflow Basics Continues...	Assignment(s): Self Portraits 1 - formal following convention 2 - alternatives Critiques: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMS - 3-5 Scans / 3 Final COMPOSITIONS Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents - (3) Create a minimum of 2-3 files utilizing 1) Output to PDF 2) Files to Layers Experiment with a standard contact sheet layout to document bracketing exposure experiments/design starts/. Student Work Contact Sheets Spring 2015 http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/studentwrk/OnlineSpring2015/Art82Spring2015ContactSheets/
Reading: Ansel Adams - 3-5 pnts of discussion Edward Weston - 3-5 pnts of discussion Cartier-Bresson - 3-5 pnts of discussion Short Course 4,5,7 (Digital Workflow) Review - ArtTalk Study Guide Chapter 2 Wear Good Shoes, Advice from Magnum Photographers A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapter 5 Artists: Jim Goldberg on his documentary practice http://youtu.be/BzDbugn4XDw on Sensitivity and Polaroids http://youtu.be/3mfMjPkxePc Walker Evans - wiki : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1599/walker-evans-american-1903-1975/ CURRENT EXHIBITION AT the SF Museum of Modern Art https://www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/walker-evans Alfred Stieglitz wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stieglitz http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/stgl/hd_stgl.htm http://www.theartstory.org/artist-stieglitz-alfred.htm ------------ Jerry Uelsmann http://www.uelsmann.net/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Uelsmann http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/uelsmann/
Week 7	9.25	Lecture: Photoshop : Layers PS Best Practice #1 - Duplicate the pixel based background layer as first step on opening a .jpeg. PS Best Practice #2 - All adjustments to adjustment layers - no pixel damage. ------s File Types File Size Resize Issues Introduction to Layers: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/layer-basics-explained.html?set=photoshop--get-started--essential-beginners Updated! - Adobe TV Photo Editing http://tv.adobe.com/channel/photography/photo-editing/ Adjustment Layers - http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/the-power-of-adjustment-layers/ Levels Adjustment Layers - http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/levels-101/ Histogram History Move Tool / Auto Select Transform /Scale / Skew / Perspective Working with and around Selections Brush controls Dodge and Burn - http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/dodge-burn-and-sponge-101/ Photoshop: Adobe TV Online Resources for Learning Photoshop - Review Episodes http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/what-is-photoshop-cs6/ http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-photoshop-cs6/	Assignment: Dia Los Muertos Submissions Due Thursday !!!!!!!!!! Gallery Response Form - UnPacked: contemporary works from private collections of Northern California Critiques: Self Portraits 1 - formal following convention 2 - alternatives DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMS - 3-5 Scans / 3 Final COMPOSITIONS
Reading: Masters Readings Continue ... (first left hand spread of each essay is last page of that essay): Ansel Adams - .pdf - 344KB - 3 pages Edward Weston - .pdf - 360KB - 3 pages Henri Cartier-Bresson- .PDF - 234KB Artists: John Divola http://www.divola.com/ Larry Sultan http://larrysultan.com/ Michael Light http://www.michaellight.net/ Robert Mapplethorpe http://www.pbs.org/video/2365747778/ Lauren Greenfield http://www.laurengreenfield.com/
Self in Portraits - Work, Home, Hobby, Nationality?) see : Tseng Kwong Chi http://www.tsengkwongchi.com/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Aperture, Self Portraiture in the First-Person Age, http://aperture.org/blog/self-portraiture-first-person-age/
Week 8	10.2	Lecture: Photoshop Continues ... Adjustment Layers / Smart Object Layers Curves - Adjustment Layers Channel Mixer- Adjustment Layers Pixel Based Masks Essential Layer and Masking Processes in Photoshop.pdf Pixel based Masks --- Working with layers as masks Shadows and Hightlights History Brush Compositing Extract Selections - Paths (Pen) Blending Options Sharpening Noise Reduction Replacement and Removal techniques / Healing tools Color Modes/ LAB /Luminance Sharpening	Assignments: Gallery Response Form - Faculty Show, SRJC ----------- Self Portraits (1) 1 - formal following convention 2 - alternatives DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMS (2) - 3-5 Scans / 3 Final COMPOSITIONS Contact Sheets : (3) Self Portraits Digital Photograms
Vivan Maier Vivian Maier - John Maloof Collection http://www.vivianmaier.com/ the wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Maier Finding Vivian Maier - the film http://www.findingvivianmaier.com/ http://www.vivianmaier.com/film-finding-vivian-maier/ -------Misc. the controversial print collection - Jeffrey Goldstein Collection http://www.vivianmaierprints.com/vivian-maier-images.html ------- Chicago Tonight Series: http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2012/07/31/vivian-maier http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2012/08/02/searching-vivian-maier http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2012/08/01/meteoric-rise-vivian-maier The New Yorker - Vivian Maier and the Problem of Difficult Women BY ROSE LICHTER-MARCK http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/vivian-maier-and-the-problem-of-difficult-women PBS - Bringing a portrait of private artist Vivian Maier to the big screen http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/bringing-portrait-private-artist-vivian-maier-big-screen/ PBS - From glamorous to ordinary, Vivian Maier’s street photography captured America’s mid-century urban life- BY DAVID COLES http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/from-streets-scenes-of-the-50s-and-60s-to-neighborhood-characters-photographer-vivian-maier-captured-it-all/
WEEKS	10.8-26	Wildfires
Week 9	10. 30	1st Week Back
Artists: Francesca Woodman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Woodman Sharing a Guarded Legacy - NY Times 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/arts/design/francesca-woodman-retrospective.html Diane Arbus *see below
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 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/29/arts/design/diane-arbus-photos-unseen.html How Diane Arbus Became ‘Arbus’ MAY 26, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/arts/design/how-diane-arbus-became-arbus.html Diane Arbus: The Early Years JULY 6, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/arts/design/diane-arbus-the-early-years.html
Week 10	11.6	LAB: Beginning Exposure Beginning Bracketing (4) - AEB - Auto Exposure Bracketing - EV - Exposure Compensation Value Point and Shoot Exposure Adjustment Review and set camera for optional .3/.7 or .5 stop configuration. 1st exposure according to meter reading or on the meter. 2nd + .5 half step or 1/3 stop greater (aperture/ time value / EV - exposure value ) selection or more exposure (over) 3rd + 1 whole step (full stop) or 2/3 stop greater (aperture/ time value / EV - exposure value) selection (over) 4th .5 half step or 1/3 stop smaller (aperture/ time value / EV - exposure value) selection or less exposure (under) 5th - 1 whole step (full stop) or 2/3 stop smaller (aperture/ time value / EV - exposure value) selection or less exposure (under) Exposure Value Compensation http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-exposure-compensation-to-take-control-of-your-exposure/ ---- Bracketing Exposures - (5) - P mode - Working with the half-step shutter lock - AE-L - (M)Manual mode - Working with exposure scale in camera manual bracketing. Establish baseline exposure parameters of ISO and White Balance (manually set) Simple tonal adjustments utilizing the shutter half step. (Good time to work with (Point and Shoot) exposure controls)* - Working with the half-step shutter lock and/or AF-L create 3-5 exposures of a given scene showing + and - alternative exposure adjustments. - 5-15 exposures for each with alternate exposure. Example Student Work: http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/studentwrk/OnlineSpring2015/Art82Spring2015ExposureBracketing/	Assignments: Artists Profiles : Begin Presentations Nov. 13 Education - Biography - Aesthetic / Style - 680 word minimum 20 images minimum Home : Due date November 26 addressing the theme of home Conceptualizing - First Exposures / Critique ------- Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents - (3)
William Klein http://aperture.org/blog/magazine-interview-william-klein/ Hiroshi Sugimoto http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/portfolio.html Stephen Shore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Shore Sophie Calle http://www.egs.edu/faculty/sophie-calle/biography/ Uta Barth http://utabarth.net/
Week 11	11.13	Lecture: working with flash... Lighting Good Alternative Manufacturer of speedlite flash units http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-index.php Portrait & Controlled Light Working with Ambient Light Flash
Reading: Photoshelter - Lighting Handout ------------------- Harold Edgerton http://edgerton-digital-collections.org/ Interview with Martin Schoeller Photographer Martin Schoeller speaks with Feature Shoot about the portrait that launched his career, photographing celebrities and advice for emerging photographers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqvGH9A7VIE George Hurrell http://georgehurrell.com/gallery/ Richard Avedon Irving Penn Philippe Halsman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Halsman - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/10022756.html
African Portrait Photographers : 1900-1960 Seydou Keït http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seydou_Ke%C3%AFta_%28photographer%29 Malick Sidibé http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malick_Sidib%C3%A9 Obituary: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/apr/16/malick-sidibe-1936-2016-in-pictures Mama Casset http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_Casset
Thanksgiving Holiday 11.18-26
Week 12	11.27	Lab / Lecture: Photoshop: Printing 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 : Resolution (review) File Preparation Color Management Color Modes Papers Surface/Finish Texture Color Weight
Artists: Alice Shaw http://www.flysfo.com/museum/exhibitions/alice-shaw-exalted-landscape Lorna Simpson Mona Kuhn https://youtu.be/RDngAUrn-Pk Zoe Leonard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Leonard Zoe Strauss - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Strauss Reading: *A Short Course in Digital Photography:* *Chapter 6*
Week 13	12.4	Assignments: Artists Profiles : Begin Presentations Nov. 13 Education - Biography - Aesthetic / Style - 680 word minimum 20 images minimum Home : Due date November 26 Draft Proposal addressing the theme of home Conceptualizing - First Exposures / Critique Shooting in the style the photographer from your artist profile ... Deadline Dec. 18th Spring Showcase Poster Design Competition - Deadline Jan. 19 ------- Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents - (3)
Artists: John Baldessari http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/john-baldessari/
Week 14	12.11	Lab/Lecture: Lens Selection Lens Selection: Link to external sites of interest regarding lens selection DPReview Lens Reviews http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/ DP Review Lens Widget: http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/ Tilt- Shift: A DIY guide http://cow.mooh.org/projects/tiltshift/ Angle of View: Fig 1
Artists: Bernd and Hilla Becher Aperture Rememberance http://aperture.org/blog/remembrance-hilla-becher-tk-2015/ Reading: Photographs Not Taken Jim Goldberg - from Photographs Not Taken: A Collection of Photographers' Essays, Edited by Edited by Will Steacy, daylight Community Arts Folundation 2012
Bokeh http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/tips-and-solutions/understanding-bokeh Depth of Field and Bokeh - more of the science from Zeiss Camera Lens Division, by H.H. Nasse. http://basearts.com/curriculum/PDF/TechHandouts/ScienceofBokeh.pdf ------------ Additional Lens review sources: Photozone for lens reviews Thom Hogan for Nikon equipment reviews Foundations of Photography: Specialty Lenses From ultra-wide angle to ultra-telephoto to macro, tilt-shift and more, discover the creative options that specialized lenses and attachments provide. http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Foundations-Photography-Specialty-Lenses/111233-2.html Foundations of Photography: Lenses Shows how to understand, choose, and properly use lenses. http://www.lynda.com/Photography-tutorials/foundations-of-photography-lenses/76336-2.html
Week 15	12.18	Continues...
Artists: Nathon Lyons http://museum.icp.org/museum/exhibitions/nathan_lyons/index.html Jenny Holzer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Holzer
Winter Holiday Break
Text - Typography Text tools Vector graphic
Composition tone balance line framing Collection of composition links: Rule of Thirds http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/rule-of-thirds/ More on the Rules of Photography http://macteens.com/magazine/features/fullstory/the_rules_of_photography/ Holding your Camera at an Angle http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/hold-your-camera-on-an-angle/ Rules for Landscape Photography http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/4-rules-of-composition-for-landscape-photography/ Diagonal Lines http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/using-diagonal-lines-in-photography/ Converging Lines http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/converging-lines/ Foreground http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/pay-attention-to-foregrounds/ Framing http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/framing-your-shots-photography-composition-technique/ http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/5-elements-of-composition-in-photography/ ---------------- Rule of Thirds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rule_of_thirds_1845_George_Field_Chromatics.png Golden Mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-lenses.htm http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/hyperfocal-distance.htm
Foundations Assignments Equivalents: Depth of Field - (6) 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: Depth of Field Spring 2015 http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/studentwrk/OnlineSpring2015/Art82Spring2015DOF/ Additional - EXAMPLE FILES - Shooting Assigments ----------- Equivalents: Motion / Blur - (7) - Contact Sheet : 5-15 Images in sequence which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time value selections. - (7) Shutter / Time Values: Fig 1 Student Work : Motion Blur Spring 2015 http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/studentwrk/OnlineSpring2015/Art82Spring2015MotionBlur/ Photography - EXAMPLE FILES - Shooting Assigments Bracketing Equivalents (Shutter and Aperture side effects) Wrap up current technical experiments
2nd Semester / 3rd QTR.
Jan.		Lectures and Labs : Digital Workflow Adjustment Layers based editing Printing Procedures - Proof to final Assignments: Home addressing the theme of home Conceptualizing - First Exposures / Critique : 1st Draft Shooting in the style of... the photographer from your artist profile : 1st Draft ----- Spring Showcase Poster Design Competition - Deadline Jan. 19
Artists: Margaret Bourke-White Tina Modotti Imogen Cunningham Nan Goldin - Tate Shots-https://youtu.be/r_rVyt-ojpY Sally Mann Sherry Levine Judy Dater Annie Liebovitz Graciela Iturbide
Feb.		Assignments: Home addressing the theme of home Conceptualizing - First Exposures / Critique - CASE Exhibit Shooting in the style of... the photographer from your artist profile Begin Research Projects Choose Technical, Aesthetic, Conceptual from Contemporary Field for presentation...
March		Assignments: Home addressing the theme of home Conceptualizing - First Exposures / Critique - Final Shooting in the style of... the photographer from your artist profile - CASE Exhibit Begin Research Projects Choose Technical, Aesthetic, Conceptual from Contemporary Field for presentation...
April		Lab: final preparations for Showcase! Thursday April 12, 6-9pm through April 26 Exhibit Design/Sequence/Hanging Assignments: Construct - Photograph as Object - create an photograph/series of images which function as an object/sculpture/or alternatively a hand made book. Resulting from feedback generated from showcase the majority of students were interested in the altered book project - a Visual Fine Arts Project wherein the student artists take and existing bound book and manipulate it with drawing, painting, cut and paste techniques. Self Portrait Composite Minimum of 5 / maximum of 8 images composited to 13x19 @ 240-360ppi - includes image of self - develop a contextual collage of images from your life - document your photoshop Final Portfolios Research Projects Choose Technical, Aesthetic, Conceptual from Contemporary Field for *Presentations* Lecture: Visiting Photographers Jeremiah Flynn - Monday 4.22 Stan Clark - TBD Lakshman Roth - Tues 4.23
May		Lab/Lecture : Dance Collaboration - forming groups to create collaborative images. Assignments: Self Portrait Composite Minimum of 5 / maximum of 8 images composited to 13x19 @ 240-360ppi - includes image of self - develop a contextual collage of images from your life - document your photoshop Research Projects Students research and present contemporary technical and aesthetic developments in Photography. Presentations Final Portfolios All students create end of year portfolios of all work assigned-personal in multiple digiial formats and presentations. 18-20 images - organized according to assign or project in full resolution. ----- *Xtra Credit* Construct - Photograph as Object - create an photograph/series of images which function as an object/sculpture/or alternatively a hand made book. Resulting from feedback generated from showcase the majority of students were interested in the altered book project - a Visual Fine Arts Project wherein the student artists take and existing bound book and manipulate it with drawing, painting, cut and paste techniques. Visiting Photographers: Jessica Layton - May 2 @ 9 am Christopher Woodcock - May 9 @ 9am Jeff Lee - May 22 @ 10:15
Summer Assignments: Photo-a-day Submit Proposal for Photo-a-day Make one image per day which represents the day or some variation on strategy presented in advance. Create a social media outlet for presentation of the daily photo - shared to group list: *A Story of Summer* - document an discrete event or an adventure specific to your experience of the summer. First project of the fall will be to produce in a sequence of images and text which tells this story. This will be printed and presented at Fall showcase. - to include social media hyperlinks.
*Copyright and Legal Rights and Responsibilities Resources:* Legal and Photorelease - Resources Listing PDFs Legal Advice - Photographers Rights - pdfs Model Release Examples - plain text PDN: What Photographers Need to Know About Model Releases http://www.pdnonline.com/features/What-Photographers-N-10515.shtml Three experts explain when and why you need model releases, including a variety of uses where, without a signed release, photographers can create trouble for themselves and their clients. Photoshelter Guide to Copyright /copyright ------------ Usage and Licensing: American society of Media Photographers (National) http://asmp.org/ American society of Media Photographers (Local) http://www.asmpnorcal.org/
Saved Readings: Robert Adams - Truth - http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/PDF/Readings/RobertAdamsTruth.pdf Robert Adams - Beauty - http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/PDF/Readings/RobertAdamsBeauty.pdf Robert Adams - Good News - http://www.basearts.com//curriculum/PDF/Readings/Rbt.Adams.GoodNews.pdf Robert Adams - Collegues - http://www.basearts.com//curriculum/PDF/Readings/RobertAdams.Collegues.pdf Susan Sontag - In Plato's Cave- http://www.basearts.com//curriculum/PDF/Readings/SusanSontag.pdf Susan Sontag - Melancholy Objects - http://www.basearts.com//curriculum/PDF/Readings/SusanSontagMelancholyRev2.pdf
Shooting Assignments Summary - Intermediate / Adv. 1st Qtr. (1) - Initial 5-10 Digital Camera images between the first and the second class meeting - bring these to share on the 2nd class meeting. (3) - Beginning Exposures Point and Shoot Exposure Adjustment - Working with the half-step shutter lock and/or AF-L create 3-5 exposures of a given scene showing + and - alternative exposure adjustments. (3) (4) - Bracketing Exposures 3 Subjects - 5-15 exposures for each with alternate exposures. (7) - Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents Create a minimum of 3 contact sheets documenting bracketing exposure experiments. (8)- Shooting for Grayscale / Black and White 4-8 images you make which would be appropriate to convert to gray scale - include both full color and grayscale image ---2nd Qtr. (5) - Equivalents: Depth of Field 5-15 Images which illustrate the side effects of aperture selections. (6) - Equivalents: Motion / Blur 5-15 Images which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time value selections. (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/ ---- (2) - Shooting in Low Light without a flash. -Feel free to experiment, try to find the lowest level of light possible to render a readable image. Night Shooting / Lowlight Photography 101: Shooting in Low Light course Photography 101: Shooting in Low Light http://www.lynda.com/Photography-Cameras-Gear-tutorials/Photography-101-Shooting-Low-Light/163091-2.html Light Stenciling, compliments of Carolyn Reed: Here's what it looks like: http://www.fubiz.net/2012/01/30/light-stencils-in-vietnam/ Here's a video on how it's done. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DJsLqwsqlg Lowlight artist / painting with light + range of lighting equipment http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannepaint/4287648439/in/photostream/ 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/ (9) - Critique I - Presentation of a representative selection of your portfolio subjects (5-10 of each at minimum 3 times throughout the course. (11) - Prints - create 3-5 - 8x10 minimum. (11) - Images of Light 5-15 images of light -- consider the characteristics of the light situations you are encounter. Images with good or interesting light conditions - focus on the light (diffuse, sharp, moody?) (12) - Critique II - Show progressive state of your portfolio. (13) - Final Portfolio, Presentation and Critique - 1 Subject Presentation / 3 Subjects Total 3 subjects / 20 images each = 60 Images Total
Archived Assignements: Black and White - (8) Shooting for Black and White / Gray Scale Camera RAW for Black&White Mode ONLY! _ Conversion Methods _ Previsualization / Exposure, Tonal Considerations -------- Shooting Camera RAW for Gray Scale / Black and White This weeks shooting assignment requires that you configure your camera for Camera RAW capture. This is a setting found in the image Image Quality menu. When shooting in Camera RAW you can generate both a RAW file and a JPEG file - the resulting images are displayed as B/W in the LCD but in editing will contain all color channels and data. If you are not using either Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom - you may want to shoot in this dual file mode so that you will have access to the JPEGs prior to processing. Note: all manufacturers generally include a software application for converting RAW files. 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. What makes the images suitable for black and white? Why shoot in black and white when you can shoot full color? ---------- Here are optional online tutorials for black and white conversion in Lightroom and Photoshop: Foundations of Photography: Black and White with Ben Long http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-CS5-tutorials/Foundations-of-Photography-Black-and-White/80300-2.html Converting to black and white From: Photoshop Artist in Action: Tim Grey's Abandoned Farmhouse with Tim Grey http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Converting-black-white/123556/133465-4.html Converting color to black and white with Julieanne Kost http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Converting-color-black-white/122999/137813-4.html Black and White with Lightroom and Photoshop with Bryan O'Neil Hughes http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Thinking-black-white/122444/131805-4.html
Alternate Assignments: Cropping 5-n-1 - Take an existing file and crop to create 5 variations on the composition. Focus is on re-framing and composing. Not compositing. Composite - 1 in 5 - Create an image file from the components or pieces of minimum 5 image files. Create multiple variations on the composition at will. 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. Images of light - 5-15 - (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.
dpBestflow / American society of Media Photographers / Best Practices Resource: http://www.dpbestflow.org/ Walter Bejamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", 1936 - Excerpt translanted by Harry Zohn

About Robert Adams

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