Digital Photography
SUMMER 2014

ART 82

Class Schedule: 
Monday-Thursday - 1:00pm - 5:30pm

Location:
2926 Maggini Hall, Santa Rosa Campus

Office Hours:
by appointment

Instructor: John Sappington - jsappington@santarosa.edu - john@basearts.com


Syllabus:
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/SRJC.DigitalPhotoSummer2014.htm

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

SRJC Open Computer Lab Schedule:

http://online.santarosa.edu/presentation/page/?37555


ANALY HALL - ART COMPUTER LAB HOURS

DATES AND TIMES TO BE DETERMINED

Analy Hall - Shooting Studio by Appointment

DATES TO BE DETERMINED




REPEAT Students <---CLICK HERE

Canon Digital Rebel Manual
 
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Digital Photography Schedule

(subject to change)

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
Day1 DATE:

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.

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

  • Required Text or Online Digital /Rental - Short Course in Digital Photography, A, 2/E Barbara London, Multimedia Learning Jim Stone
    ISBN-10: 0205066429 ISBN-13: 9780205066421


  • 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.

  • (1) - Make and Bring 5-10 Digital Camera images to the second class meeting
    - Images should represent your interest in Digital Photography

Reading:

A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapters 1, 3 and 9

Supplimental Sites and Web Resources :

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

 

Print, Sign and Return field trip liability waiver:
http://www.santarosa.edu/for_students/student_affairs/forms/SRJC_Field_Trip_Activity_Liability_Waiver.pdf
Day2
  

Lecture:

Digital Technology

Transferring images from camera/media to system.

Begin fundamentals of camera technology/exposure.

Lab:

Establish Home Directories
Work with camera connection / file transfer
First File Transfers

Assignment:

Shooting in Low Light without a flash. - 5-10 Images - (2)

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
Justin Stevick - paintingwlight/celestial

Other:

Light Stenciling, compliments of Carolyn Reed:
dHere'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/

 

Reading:

Local Galleries and Suppliers

Moholy-Nagy - From Pigment to Light - 1936

Artists:
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce / Louis Daguerre
William Fox Talbot

John Herschel
Fredrick Scott Archer


Print, Sign and Return field trip liability waiver:
http://www.santarosa.edu/for_students/student_affairs/forms/SRJC_Field_Trip_Activity_Liability_Waiver.pdf

Course Notes : http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/notes/
Day3  

Lecture:

Assignment: Beginning Exposure - (3)

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)

- Simple tonal adjustment
- Good time to work with (Point and Shoot) exposure controls

Reading:

A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapters 4, 5 and 7

Digital Camera Review - Technical Glossary

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/


Artists:

Eadweard Muybridge
Paul Strand
Eugene Atget



SCANNING - OPTIONAL -

Artists:

Lazlo Moholy-Nagy
Man Ray

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

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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

Niko Robinson - Student Scanner work
more scanner work - various


Exposure Bracketing for Smart Phones

10 Best Apps for Exposure Bracketing (android) | AppCrawlr
http://appcrawlr.com/android-apps/best-apps-exposure-bracketing

25+ Top Apps for Exposure Bracketing (iPhone/iPad
http://appcrawlr.com/ios-apps/best-apps-exposure-bracketing

Day4 6.19

Lecture:

Camera Operation
Exposure Factsheet

view course page for Foundations of Photography: Exposure
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

Field Notes:

Zone System Exposure Chart

Shot Card Rev.2 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

 

Assignment: Bracketing Exposures - (4)

- 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
- White Balance Bracketing.

- 5-15 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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Review :
Photography - EXAMPLE FILES - Shooting Assigments


Reading:

Ansel Adams - .pdf - 344KB - 3 pages

Artists:

Edward Weston
Minor White
Ansel Adams
FRED ARCHER

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.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/segment-robert-adams-in-ecology

Browse all videos





Day5

 

Lecture:


Exposure Factsheet

Equivalent Exposures Continues ... ?

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

Photoshop:

Adobe TV - introduction
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-photoshop-cs6/

GS-01: Switching and saving workspaces
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs5/gs01-switching-and-saving-workspaces/

The Output Module can offer so much more than slideshows. Here we see how it can be used to create contact sheets, two-by-two type prints or a customizable Web gallery.

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/understanding-adobe-photoshop-cs6/adobe-output-module-bridge/

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

Lab:

Continue to experiment with:

- 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
- Exposure Compensation Value - EV
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)

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/

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Jerry Uelsmann
http://www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org/exhibition/digital-darkroom

Day6  

Lecture:

Adobe Bridge to Adobe 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.

Photoshop

Assignment:

Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents - (5)

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/. - (5)

Reading:

A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapter 5

Henri Cartier-Bresson - .PDF - 234KB

Cartier-Bresson's Camera


Artists:

Uta Barth
Larry Sultan

Lauren Greenfield
http://www.creativephotography.org/education/educatorsGuides/girlculturefacultyguide/
Henry Wessel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wessel,_Jr.
Stephen Shore
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Shore
Todd Hido
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Hido

 

Impossible photos of Erik Johansson

Impossible photos of Erik Johansson

Stefan Gruenwedel

Get to know this photographer and retouching artist whose topsy-turvy landscapes pleasantly fool the mind.

More ›
Day7
  

Lecture:

Discussion : Adams, Weston and Cartier-Bresson

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:

- Equivalents: Depth of Field - (6)

5-15 Images 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



 

Reading:

Italiano Calvino - Adventures of a Photographer

Artists:
John Baldessari
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/john-baldessari/
Sophie Calle
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sophie-calle-lecture/id435584516?i=93669518&mt=2
Nick Waplington
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Michael Light
http://www.michaellight.net/
Day8-11  

Lecture/Lab :

  • Workflow :

    Adobe Bridge to Adobe Photoshop

    Adobe Lightroom

    Camera Raw



 

Reading:

Robert Adams - Truth
Robert Adams - Beauty

Optional:
Robert Adams - Good News
Robert Adams - Collegues


Artists:
Diane Arbus
William Klein
Richard Prince
David Hockney

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Lytro Camera Review and Related:
A Review of the Lytro Camera By SAM GROBART
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/a-review-of-the-lytro-camera/?ref=technology

Thoughts About the Lytro and Photojournalism By SAM GROBART
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/a-review-of-the-lytro-camera/?ref=technology

Adobe Lightroom :

Develop Module Introduction
http://www.lynda.com/Lightroom-tutorials/Develop-module-overview/124393/141813-4.html

Understanding White Balance and Color Temperature
http://www.lynda.com/Lightroom-tutorials/Understanding-white-balance-color-temperature/124393/141819-4.html

Creating a Contact Sheet:
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-lightroom-5/creating-a-contact-sheet/
Using the Histogram to Correct Exposure
http://www.lynda.com/Lightroom-tutorials/Using-histogram-correct-exposure/124393/141827-4.html

Understanding Vibrance and Saturation
http://www.lynda.com/Lightroom-tutorials/Understanding-vibrance-saturation/124393/141836-4.html
Day12
  

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. Continue through Wed.

Photoshop:

Adjustment Layers / Smart Object Layers

Lecture:

  • Achival Issues / Backing up
  • Roxio Toast - CD and DVD Burning

 

Evaluation Form <--click here
(Please Complete and Submit from your home system)

 

Assignment:

- Equivalents: Motion / Blur - (7)

5-15 Images which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time value selections. - (7)

Shutter / Time Values:
Fig 1

 Review :

Photography - EXAMPLE FILES - Shooting Assigments

Bracketing
Equivalents (Shutter and Aperture side effects)
Wrap up current technical experiments

 

Artists:

William Klein
Lorna Simpson
Bernd and Hilla Becher

Supplimental Sites and Web Resources :

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

Trey Ratcliff
http://stuckincustoms.smugmug.com/Burning-Man-Page

A Camera Ravenous for Emotional Depth

By ROBERTA SMITH

The British photographer Bill Brandt, whose work is on view at MoMA, took pictures whose balance of art and humanity is frequently called strange, mysterious and irresistible.
 Slide Show
Photographer Captures Subjects' Lives by Peeking in Fridges

 What’sin your fridge? Photographer Mark Menjivar wants to know. The 33-year-old San Antonio, Texas, native has spent the past four years snapping the insides of people’s refrigerators for “You Are What You Eat,” a photo series that recently inspired his first book, simply titled "Refrigerators," to be published in December. “I was hoping to learn about people through their food — refrigerators are a private space — but more importantly to shine light on how people take care of their bodies and our food supply,” Menjivar tells Yahoo Shine. Here, fascinating fridge photos that capture the lives of 10 very different people. —By Elise Sole

Daniel Kukla: The Edge Effect

DK: “I believe that it is impossible to capture a landscape in the frame of an image. Landscapes are so vast and varied that they engulf the very frame that one holds to it. As an artist that works with the shifting tensions between humanity and nature, landscapes are integral to my work and prove to be both the most frustrating and inspiring subjects to work with.” ...“I work at the juncture of these disciplines, focusing in on capturing evidence as images that have the power to articulate our ever-changing relationship with the natural world. In both science and photography the act of collection is universal. Whether specimen or subject, the collection process allows one to categorize, control, and critically describe one’s findings, and contribute them to the collective work of others in the field.”

http://lenscratch.com/2014/03/daniel-kukla-edge-effect/
Day 12-14  

LAB:

Mid-Term Interviews - 5 pnts

Open Lab during interviews.

The midterm interview is mandatory and = to a shooting assignment.

Prepare a selection of ideas for you your final portfolio. Write up a brief description of each and submit during the interview. Reference specific images within your home directory if you have images related to the subjects chosen for the final portfolio.

Open Lab Monday throughout the interviews.

Evaluation Form <--click here
(Please Complete and Submit from your home system)

Assignment:
Critiques - 5 pnts. - (8)

5 Images - should represent beginnings of portfolio subjects either content or technique.

Shooting Assignments Summary

(1) - Initial 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.

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

OR

(3)LIGHT AND SHADOW / 5-15 exposure bracketed shots with alternate exposures for each.

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(4) - Bracketing Exposures
3 Subjects - 5-15 exposures for each with alternate exposure. -

(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. -

(7) - Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents
Create a minimum of 3 contact sheets documenting bracketing exposure experiments. -

(8) - Critique - Make presentation of representative selection of your portfolio subjects (5-10 of each at minimum 3 times throughout the course.

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Artists:

Alice Shaw
http://www.flysfo.com/museum/exhibitions/alice-shaw-exalted-landscape
Alexander Gronsky
http://alexandergronsky.com/
Ernest Lowe
Harvesting my life--in radio, photography, poetry, organization design:
http://ernestlowe.com

industrial ecology, eco-industrial parks, sustainable agriculture &
regional economic recovery: www.indigodev.com
poetry: www.indigodev.com/poetryernestlowe.html
photography: www.takestockphotos.com or
erniesalbums.shutterfly.com

http://ernestlowe.com/photos/dont-cry-for-me-babey-revisited/


Digital Grange, Petaluma - Joe MacDonald and Bill Kane
Wed. July 9 2-4pm

405 East D Street (at Lakeville)
Studio B
Petaluma, CA 94952

Google Map

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lakeville+St+%26+E+D+St/@38.332412,-122.616813,9z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8085b6a9fb660d5b:0x45f4d5209da9e263?hl=en-US

 

Supplimental Sites and Web Resources :

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

Lego Remixes Of Famous Photographs
It's one thing to recreate the Jedi Starfighter ship using legos and a set of well-crafted directions. It's another thing entirely to reinterpret the subjects and landscapes of famous photographs, using only the tiny toy bricks and an artist's eye for design.

 

Day
15-18

 7.10-15

Lecture:

      • Resolution (review)
      • File Preparation
      • Color Management
      • Color Modes

      adobe RGBsRGB

    • Papers

      Surface/Finish
      Texture
      Color
      Weight

Assignment:

Printing
3-5 prints - 5 pnts. - 8x10 minimum - (9)

Lab:

Printing continues through to the end...

Additional Printing Resources:

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


DATE: Wed./Thurs. July 16/17

Jeremiah's Photo Corner - LIGHTING DEMO

We will meet at Jeremiah's @ 1pm for a Portrait Lighting Workshop

Corner of Sebastopol St. and South A

  


Jeremy Jachym
http://www.newworldphoto.com/

Reading:

A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapter 6

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Sample Packs of Inkjet Paper are required for Printing -

Available now at Jeremiah's Photo Corner - $ 9.75
Jeremiah's Photo Corner
http://www.jeremiahsphotocorner.com/Jeremiahs_Photo_Corner/Welcome!.html

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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

PDN:

Connect: Using your tablet as a photographic light source Published on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:36:02 AM GMT   Connect: When you're not using it to browse the web, show off your photos or check your e-mail, have you considered using your tablet computer as a light source for photography? It may not offer a high-speed sync mode but, with an inexpensive app, it can open up some creative opportunities. Read full story →
Apple Raw update brings support for 11 cameras, including D600 and RX100Published on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:05:02 PM GMT   Apple has issued Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.01, adding support for 11 cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto '11. The update includes support for many of the latest cameras including the Nikon D600, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100, Canon EOS-M and Panasonic G5. Many of the latest enthusiast compacts, including the Canon G15 and S110, and Panasonic DMC-LX7 are also covered, though there's still no support for recent high-end Fujifilm models. Read full story →  
Day15-18 7.14-17 Lecture: LAB:

Printing continues through to the end...

The World of Inkjet Papers
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/inkjet

PDF of Digital Printing Supply Catalogue
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/static/pdf/catalogs/fs_creative_imaging_catalog.pdf

Freestyle - Inkjet Comparison, Ratings and Reviews
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/inkjet/paper-ratings

Inkjet Papers Glossary
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/inkjet/glossary

Artists:

 Harold Edgerton

Richard Avedon
Irving Penn

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

 

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

DATE: Wed./Thurs. July 16/17

Jeremiah's Photo Corner - LIGHTING DEMO

We will meet at Jeremiah's @ 1pm for a Portrait Lighting Workshop

Corner of Sebastopol St. and South A
Day19 7.17-21

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

Lighting

- Utilizing Ambient Light
- Flash

Good Alternative Manufacturer of speedlite flash units
http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-index.php

 
Assignment:

5-15 images of light - (10)

- Pre-Visualization

Lab:

Critique - (11) -Make presentation of representative selection of your portfolio subjects (5-10 of each at minimum 3 times throughout the second half of course.

Additional Lens review sources:

Photozone for lens reviews
Thom Hogan for Nikon equipment reviews

 

 

Artists:

Rahubir Singh - *see wikipedia also
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/masters/Raghubir Singh/

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/

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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
Day20 7.21-22
Lecture:

Composition
  • tone
  • balance
  • line
  • framing

Internet Presence / Websites / Automation

  • Image Ready
  • Optimization
  • Batch and Automation
  • Scripting
Text - Typography
  • Text tools
  • Vector graphic

Lab:

Printing continues through to the end of the semester...

Shooting Assignment:

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.

- William Carlos Wiliams
- Lydia Davis
- Billy Collins

Artists:

Paul Rand
Matthew Carter

Nathon Lyons
http://museum.icp.org/museum/exhibitions/nathan_lyons/index.html

Jenny Holzer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Holzer

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/
Day21 7.23

Lecture:

- Protecting your images
- Respecting the work of others

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

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Usage and Licensing:

 American society of Media Photographers (National) http://asmp.org/

American society of Media Photographers (Local)
http://www.asmpnorcal.org/

Lab:

Printing continues through to the end of the semester...
Artists:

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

Online Storage / Services

http://www.livedrive.com/

http://www.carbonite.com

Achive and Publishing

Shutterfly
Fastback Creative Books
Digifilm Labs VioVio
Print and Share
Qoop
100 Books Publishing
Xlibris
Album Printer Software
Print My Photobook
Picaboo
MyPublisher
Vision Art Book
Day22 7.24 Lecture:

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/

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/

 Lab:

Printing continues through to the end of the semester...

DISCUSSION:

"The photo wars back then",
Disappearance of Darkness: Photography at the End of the Analog Era
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/life/photo-wars-back-then

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Day23

7.23-24
Final Critique is @ 1:00 in Room 2926

Final Portfolio, Presentation and Critique(12)

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

Final Exam is here --> TEST

 

ARTIST TALK : SRJC ART COLLECTION
John Sappington Forestville, Utensils
http://basearts.com/work/2013/SRJCCollection/index.htm

Reading:

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

All Assignments Due for Completion of Art 82 :

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

OR

(3)LIGHT AND SHADOW / 5-15 exposure bracketed shots with alternate exposures for each.

(4) - Bracketing Exposures
3 Subjects - 5-15 exposures for each with alternate exposure.

(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.

(7) - Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents
Create a minimum of 3 contact sheets documenting bracketing exposure experiments.

(8) - Critique 1- Presentation of a representative selection of your portfolio subjects (5-10 of each at minimum 3 times throughout the course.

(9) - Prints - create 3-5 - 8x10 minimum.

(10) - Critique 2

(12) - Final Portfolio, Presentation and Critique 3
- 3 subjects / 20 images each - final presentation of 1 subject 20 images or 2 subjects split 10/10