Digital Photography
Summer 2010
Section 9027 - M-Thurs 5:00pm-7:15pm - Barnett RM 1261 - 06/14-07/22

Class Schedule: 
Monday thru Thursday - 5:00am-7:15pm

Location:
Barnett 1261

Office Hours:
Mon-Thurs - 4-5 pm by appointment

Instructor:  John Sappington - john@basearts.com


Syllabus:
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/SRJC.DigitalPhotoSummer.htm

Overview:
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/DigPhooverview.html

REPEAT Students <---CLICK HERE

 
 
Digital Photography
Schedule

(subject to change)		 Photography Resources

http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/Res.Photo.htm
and
basearts resource menu |
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/resources.html
Week 1  

Syllabus Overview - REVIEW Handout

Expectations, Requirements, Objectives, Best Practices.

Assignments:

  • Bring Camera to second class meeting with cables (usb/firewire), or card reader.

  • Locate and begin reading Camera Manual - Cover to Cover.

  • Required Text -A Short Course in Photography, Barbara London and Jim Stone 7th Edition, Prentice-Hall ISBN #0136031870

  • Set Camera to highest resolution / lowest compression.
  • TURN OFF THE FLASH! Until further notice.
  • Backup all images on working media/card
    and
    FORMAT card prior to first shooting assignment.

  • Make 5-10 Digital Camera images between the first and the second class meeting
    - Bring these to share on the 2nd class meeting.     - (1)

  • Begin JOURNAL of questionable functions, settings, usage, portfolio ideas, reading notes etc...

  • Email john@basearts.com with your current email address
    - include SRJC Digital Photo and your section number in the subject line.

Reading:

Chapters 1 and 9
A Short Course in Photography, Barbara London and Jim Stone 7th Edition, Prentice-Hall ISBN #0136031870

Sites:

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

Camera Reviews

http://dpreview.com
http://www.keh.com

 

Print, Sign and Return field trip liability waiver in pdf form via the link below:
http://www.santarosa.edu/for_students/student_affairs/pdf/SRJC_Field_Trip_Activity_Liability_Waiver.pdf
Week1. 2

  

Lecture:

Digital Technology

Camera /

Transferring images from camera/media to system.

Begin fundamentals of camera technology/exposure.

Lab:

Establish Home Directories
Work with camera connection / file transfer

Assignment:

Shooting in Low Light without a flash. - (7)

Feel free to experiment, try to find the lowest level of light possible to render a readable image.

Depending on what you may or may not know regarding ISO, experiment with this setting in your camera as well.

Student Examples:

Jesse Klein - nitelight
Karl McJimsey - Flora

 

Reading:

Local Galleries and Suppliers

Moholy-Nagy - From Pigment to Light - 1936

Artists:

Lazlo Moholy-Nagy
Man Ray
David Hockney

Olivia Parker
http://oliviaparker.com/newindex.php

Bruce Conner
David Hockney

Print, Sign and Return field trip liability waiver.
Week 1.3  

Lecture:

 

Lab

 First File Transfers



Experiment with White Balance Bracketing.

Discussion:

Moholy-Nagy - From Pigment to Light - 1936

Digital Camera Review - Technical Glossary
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/


Artists:

Paul Strand
Eugene Atget
Eadweard Muybridge

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Sites:

Compliments of Logan Missner:
Lowlight artist / painting with light + range of lighting equipment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannepaint/4287648439/in/photostream/
Week 1.4  

Lecture:


Scanner
Scanning Procedures - Flat Art

Camera Operation:

Shot Card Rev.2 for field experiments
Shot Card for field experiments

Zone System Introduction: (Digital Application) Practical
Fig 1
Fig 2

Fig 3

Zone System | Wikipedia Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_System

 

Lab:

Bracketing Exposures

3 Subjects - 3-5 exposures for each with alternate exposure. - (3)

1st exposure according to meter reading.
2nd + .5 half step greater aperture/shutter selection or more exposure (over)
3rd + 1 whole step (full stop) greater aperture/shutter selection (over)
4th .5 half step smaller aperture/shutter selection or less exposure (under)
5th - 1 whole step smaller aperture/shutter selection or less exposure (under)

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Reading:

Chapter 3
A Short Course in Photography, Barbara London and Jim Stone 7th Edition, Prentice-Hall ISBN #0136031870

Artists:

Edward Weston
Minor White
Ansel Adams
FRED ARCHER

Robert Adams

Uta Barth
http://www.sieshoeke.com/artists/uta-barth

Sites:

Compliments of Logan Missner:
Lowlight artist / painting with light + range of lighting equipment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannepaint/4287648439/in/photostream/

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The photographs in Intimate Nature: Ansel Adams and the Close View represent an under recognized and rarely examined aspect of Ansel Adams's half-century-long career: his study of the intimate details of nature through the close view of his camera.
http://www.creativephotography.org/education/educatorsGuides/anselAdams/

Other Guides:
http://www.creativephotography.org/education/educatorsGuides/

Week 2.1

  

Lecture:

Camera Configuration and Exposure Bracketing Continues ...

Lab:

Review :
Photography - EXAMPLE FILES - Shooting Assigments

Exposure Bracketing

Wrap up current technical experiments:

- P mode exposure control
- Exposure Compensation
- Manual Mode

Assignment:

Objects for Scanning - 3 Dimensional Objects as well as prints or flat art that you may want to digitize. - (2)

Review Historical Photograms/Montage works:

Photograms and Montage Samples
Niko Robinson - Student Scanner work
more scanner work - various

Reading:

Chapter 3
A Short Course in Photography, Barbara London and Jim Stone 7th Edition, Prentice-Hall ISBN #0136031870

Ansel Adams - .pdf - 344KB - 3 pages
Edward Weston - .pdf - 360KB - 3 pages
(first left hand spread of each essay is last page of that essay)

Artists:

Henri Cartier-Bresson
http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.PhotographerDetail_VPage&l1=0&pid=2K7O3R14T1LX&nm=Henri%20Cartier%20%2D%20Bresson


Hiroshi Sugimoto
http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/portfolio.html

John Divola
http://www.divola.com/
Week 2.2  

Camera Configuration and Exposure Bracketing Continues ...

Lab:

Assignment:

- Equivalents: Depth of Field

3-5 Images which illustrate the side effects of aperture selections. -(4)

 Aperture:
Fig. 1
Fig. 2

Wikipedia Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_System

Depth of Field Calculator
http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

Reading:

Henri Cartier-Bresson - .PDF - 234KB


Artists:

Lauren Greenfield
http://www.creativephotography.org/education/educatorsGuides/girlculturefacultyguide/

Henry Wessel
http://www.renabranstengallery.com/wessel.html

Stephen Shore
http://www.masters-of-fine-art-photography.com/02/artphotogallery/photographers/stephen_shore_13.html

Todd Hido
Larry Sultan


Sites:
Week 2.3
  

Equivalency Bracketing Continues ...

Photoshop:

Layers Palette Introduction

PS Best Practice #1 - Duplicate the pixel based background layer as first step on opening a .jpeg.


Assignment:

- Equivalents: Motion / Blur

3-5 Images which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time value selections. - (5)

Shutter / Time Values:
Fig 1

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Artists:
John Baldessari
Sophie Calle
Nick Waplington
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Michael Light
http://www.michaellight.net/
Week 2.4  

Lecture:

PS Best Practice #2 - All adjustments to adjustment layers - no pixel damage.

Photoshop:

  • Adjustment Layers
  • Levels Adjustment Layers
  • Histogram

Adobe Bridge Automation Techniques:
PDF based Contact Sheets and Presentations
Multiple Files to Layers - Manual Composite/Contacts

Lab:



Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents

Create a minimum of 3 contact sheets documenting bracketing exposure experiments. - (6)

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Discussion:

Ansel Adams - .pdf - 344KB - 3 pages
Edward Weston - .pdf - 360KB - 3 pages
Henri Cartier-Bresson - .PDF - 234KB
Week 3.1
  

Photoshop:

  • Adjustment Layers
  • Levels Adjustment Layers
  • Histogram
  • Size / Resize / Resolution
  • Curves
  • Channel Mixer-
  • Size/Resize/Resolution
  • Shadows and Hightlights
  • Working with and around Selections
  • Photo Filters-
  • Sharpening/ Unsharp Mask
  • History Brush
  • Compositing
  • Extract
  • Selections - Paths (Pen)




 

Assignment:

1st Critique- 10-15 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.

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Shooting Assignments Due:

(1) - Make 5-10 Digital Camera images
between the first and the second class meeting - bring these to share on the 2nd class meeting.

(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.

(3) - Bracketing Exposures
3 Subjects - 3-5 exposures for each with alternate exposure. -

(4) - Equivalents: Depth of Field
3-5 Images which illustrate the side effects of aperture selections. -

(5) - Equivalents: Motion / Blur
3-5 Images which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time value selections. -


Artists:

Diane Arbus
Lorna Simpson
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Gregory Crewdson
William Klein
Lorna Simpson
Richard Prince
David Hockney


William Carlos Williams

Reading:

Robert Adams - Truth
Robert Adams - Beauty

Sites:

Slinkachu - Street based installations and photography
http://slinkachu.com/

Artists:

Philippe Halsman - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Halsman - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/10022756.html

Philippe Halsman, with Marilyn Monroe in 1959, started asking all his subjects to jump as a way to loosen up
Week3.2 06.29


Understanding Camera Histograms - Tones and Contrast:
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/histograms1.htm

Understanding Camera Histograms: Luminance & Color:
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/histograms2.htm

Levels Adjustment Tutorial:
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/levels.htm

Curves Adjustment Layer Tutorial:
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/photoshop-curves.htm


Photoshop continues...

Assignment:

1st Critique- 10-15 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.

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Week 3.3 06.30


Meeting at the Sonoma County Museum to tour the current exhibition:

Polaridad Complementaria: Recent Works from Cuba

425 7th Street, Santa Rosa
Location and Directions:

http://www.sonomacountymuseum.org/index.php?page=visit

Shooting afterwards...


Week 3.4

 06.31

Lecture:

    • Output options - PDF / Contact Sheets
    • Pixel based Masks

      - Sharpening
      - Noise Reduction
      - Replacement and Removal techniques
      - Color Modes/ LAB /Luminance Sharpening
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    Installation Instructions for optional plug-ins:

    Contact Sheet II and
    Layer Comps to Web Photo Gallery




NO CLASSES - MONDAY JULY 5, INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY
Week 4.1

 

 07.06 Lecture:

 

Assignment:

Printing
5 prints - 5 pnts. - 8x10 minimum - (9)

Additional Printing Resources:

http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/PDF/ - see contents for various PDFs

Epson R1800 Printing Guide


 

Artists:

 Harold Edgerton
Richard Avedon
Irving Penn

Edward Burtynsky

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Device/Paper Profiles - additional resources http://www.basearts.com/Res.Printing.htm

Device/Paper Profiles - additional resources:

INTERNATIONAL COLOR CONSORTIUM
The purpose of the ICC is to promote the use and adoption of open, vendor-neutral, cross-platform color management systems.
The ICC encourages vendors to support the ICC profile format and the workflows required to use ICC profiles.

http://www.color.org/iccprofile.xalter
http://www.color.org/resource2.xalter - Resource Center

MOAB PAPER
http://moabpaper.com/icc-profiles-downloads/
http://moabpaper.com/profile-use-and-installation/

Ilford Paper Profiles
http://www.ilford.com/profiles/index_en.asp?type=profile

Inkpress Paper
http://www.inkpresspaper.com/howtouse.asp

Red River Paper
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/profiles/index.htm
http://www.redrivercatalog.com/profiles/downloads.htm
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Print Permanence
- An Epson White Paper -
http://www.epson.co.jp/e/technology/print_permanence_basics.htm

Color Field Guide - how to install and apply
Epson's ICC Profile Guide

Red River Paper -How to Install and apply profiles.Epson(PC)
Red River Color Profiles -How to Epson(MAC)


Digital Art Supplies (San Diego based, print supply )
http://www.digitalartsupplies.com

PS Print (LA based commercial printer)
http://www.psprint.com/
Preparing files for print - Pagemaker, Illustrator
http://www.psprint.com/helpcenter/preparingyourfiles/digitalcheck_pm.asp


---------------local printers santa rosa

Jeremiah's Photo Corner
http://www.jeremiahsphotocorner.com/Jeremiahs_Photo_Corner/Welcome!.html

Color Folio
http://colorfolio.com/index.htm

Skylark Images
http://www.skylarkimages.com/

The Lab
http://www.thelabsantarosa.com

Lenny Eiger
http://www.eigerphoto.com/index_ep.php

Week 4.2 07.07 LAB Lab:

Printing continues through to the end...

DIY - paper lens hoods - Compliments of Gene

http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/

Week 4.3

 07.08

Lab:

Printing


 Lab:

Critique - Current progress on portfolios - (5 pnts)
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Reading:

HDR Software resources

HDRSoftware - Photomatix - http://hdrsoft.com/
Nik Software - niksoftware.com
Adobe Lightroom - adobe.com - http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/
Extra Credit Shooting Assignment:

Architectural Exteriors - Day/Night

Sonoma County Museum - 425 7th Street

The Sonoma County Museum building was originally the Santa Rosa Post Office and Federal Building. Built in 1909 it was among the first 12 buildings built by the federal government in California. The architecture of the building is Roman Renaissance Revival showing influence of the Spanish style.
Week 5.1
 07.12

Lecture:


Camera RAW
HDR - High Dynamic Range Imaging
Stiching - Photomerge


Resource Links for Camera Raw and HDR -& software

Reading:

REVIEW - Chapters 2 and 4 , READ CHAPTER 7
A Short Course in Photography, Barbara London and Jim Stone 7th Edition, Prentice-Hall ISBN #0136031870


Artists:

Diane Arbus
Jeff Wall
Richard Barnes


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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/

Assorted:

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

 
Week 5.2 07.13
Shooting Field Trip to Graton, CA

Driving Directions:

http://www.mapquest.com/mq/10-FzPmY8bGc6Jw




Week 5.3
 07.14

A Studio Day -

In class lighting/posing/staging


Family of Angles from:
Light--science & magic: an introduction to photographic lighting
By Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, Paul Fuqua
 Lab

Critique - 5-10 Progress toward final subjects

Assignment:

3-5 images of light - (10)

- Pre-Visualization
- sensitivity toward the lighting conditions(less focus on subject)

Lighting Links compliments of Diego:

lighting blog
http://strobist.blogspot.com/

DIY photography
http://www.diyphotography.net/            

Lighting--- http://www.diyphotography.net/taxonomy/term/154

10 Photography lighting facts
http://www.popphoto.com/content/top-10-photography-lighting-facts-you-should-know


43" 110CM Round Multi Disc Light Reflector! Portable, 5 in 1 : Translucent, Silver, Gold, White, and Black! Collapsible! Perfect for Studio or any Photography Situation!
Other products by Neewer Electronics Accessories
Week5.4 07.15


Photoshop :

- Sharpening
- Noise Reduction
- Replacement and Removal techniques
- Color Modes/ LAB /Luminance Sharpening


Noiseware is asoftware tool from Imagenomic for digital image noise reduction.
http://www.imagenomic.com/products.aspx

Batch and Automation
Distribution/Web /DVD

  • Output options - PDF / Web Gallery
  • Image Optimization - email/web
  • Roxio Toast - CD and DVD Burning


Photo Sharing

http://www.webshots.com/
http://www.dpchallenge.com
http://www.flickr.com/
http://www.slide.com
http://www.kodakgallery.com/
http://www.snapfish.com/
http://www.shutterbook.com/home/
http://www.deviantart.com/
http://www.zoto.com/
www.smugmug.com


Commercial Collection:
http://gabrieljeffrey.com/ 
http://www.imagebychristos.com/ 
http://vixpetportraits.com/ 
http://www.studio-ca.se/ 
http://dirkrauscher.de/ 
http://www.reneadler.com/ 
http://www.tedmorrison.com/  
(Director API driven)http://www.indyrain.com/ 
http://www.sambroadbent.co.uk/ 
http://www.accesi.lv 

LOCAL:
http://www.svenwiederholt.com/
http://www.peterkoval.com/
http://www.nadavkander.com
http://www.jockmcdonald.com/
http://www.milesaldridge.com/
http://www.marcleclef.com/


Network Artists :

Lynn Hershman Leeson
http://www.lynnhershman.com

George LeGrady
http://www.georgelegrady.com

John Maeda
http://www.maedastudio.com/
http://dbn.media.mit.edu/
http://www.maedastudio.com/indexold.html
http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/maeda/

Ted Nelson
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0155.html
http://xanadu.com/
http://ted.hyperland.com/

Lev Manovich
http://www.manovich.net/bio_00.htm
http://www.manovich.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Manovich

Victoria Vesna
http://www.bodiesinc.ucla.edu/

Timothy Druckrey
http://users.rcn.com/druckrey/
http://users.rcn.com/druckrey/texts.html
Week6.1 07.19

Lecture:

Legal / Copyright Issues

Protecting your images
Respecting the work of others

Legal and Photorelease - Handout

Photographers Rights - pdfs

Photography - Model Release Examples

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Usage and Licensing (GETTING PAID)

 American society of Media Photographers

(National) http://asmp.org/

American society of Media Photographers

(Local)
http://www.asmpnorcal.org/
Artists:

Margaret Bourke-White
Tina Modotti
Immogen Cunningham
Nan Goldin
Sally Mann
Sherry Levine
Judy Dater
Annie Liebovitz
Graciela Iturbide

Research:
Week 6.2 07.20 Lab

Business - Usage and Licensing (GETTING PAID)

 American society of Media Photographers

(National) - http://asmp.org/

American society of Media Photographers

(Local) - http://www.asmpnorcal.org/

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/
Week 6.3 7.21

LAB:

Critiques
Week 6.4

7.22

 Final Critique

Presentations of selections from individual portfolios 10-20 images. = 10 pnts

Final Exam is here --> TEST

Assignments:

(1) - Make 5-10 Digital Camera images
between the first and the second class meeting - bring these to share on the 2nd class meeting.

(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.

(3) - Bracketing Exposures
3 Subjects - 3-5 exposures for each with alternate exposure. -

(4) - Equivalents: Depth of Field
3-5 Images which illustrate the side effects of aperture selections. -

(5) - Equivalents: Motion / Blur
3-5 Images which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time value selections.

(6) - Prints: 3-5

Reading:

New section : Research

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

Imagenomic - Noiseware - Noise reduction plug-in for photoshop/lightroom - educational discount information