| Digital Photography Location: Class Schedule: Lecture/Lab – Wednesday 4:00 - 7:00 PM Instructor: John Sappington - john@basearts.com |
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Online Syllabus: http://www.basearts.com/DigitalPhotoSRJC.htm
DESCRIPTION:
The exploration and analysis of digital imaging techniques as applied to the
art of photography. Traditional and new electronic photographic methods are
studied as a vehicle to understand the implication of this new media from concept
to execution. Emphasis is placed on the creative process while exploring electronic
image making as an effective mode of communication used by photographers, artists
and designers today.
Outcomes and Objectives:
Explore digital photography.
Use the tools of digital and electronic photography.
Employ creative thinking skills in assessing visual images
Develop skills in manipulating photo images with new tools
Examing past work for relevance
Practice aesthetic criticism
Topics and Scope:
Synthesize digital tool manipulation with photographic images.
Produce work using a variety of computers and digitizers.
Investigate how digital tools change photographic images.
Analyze the work of current artists and designers using these tools.
Assignments:
1. flatbed scanning techniques
2. printing procedures
3. combining text with scanned graphics
Recommended Technical Texts:
"The Photoshop Book for digital photographers",
Scott Kelby,
New Riders Publishing, 2003
www.scottkelbybooks.com
"Photoshop 7 Professional Photographic Techniques",
Janee, Nyree Costello, Gavin Cromhout, Vikas
Shah, friends of Ed, 2002
www.friendsofed.com
"Photoshop 7 for Windows and Macintosh",
Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas, Peachpit
Press 2003
www.peachpit.com
Required Supplies / Equipment:
A digital camera is required.
Students are required to obtain backup media to store class example files and work in progress.
Optional media types are:
- 100MB Zip disks
- CD ROM, Write-once or Re Writable: Approx. capacity 700+MB
Students are also required to have an e-mail account. This can be accessed through the lab and may be a free account like those available from Hotmail, Yahoo, Freemail, Excite, etc. The instructor will assist students in obtaining an e-mail account if necessary only on the first day of class. Students will be expected to check this e-mail account at least once a week. General class announcements will be reported via e-mail.
EVALUATION:
50% of student grades will be based on class participation. Students must attend class in order to effectively participate.
40% of student grades will be based on the completion of assigned exercises. These exercises will not be graded for skill or content, but will be checked for completion. Incomplete assignments will be considered undone.
10% of student grades will be determined by averaging grades on three evaluative class assignments and one final project.
ATTENDANCE POLICY:Students are expected to attend all of every class meeting unless they have received prior permission from the instructor. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class meeting. Anyone absent when attendance is taken will be assumed absent from the class. If you are late to class it is your responsibility to make sure your attendance is acknowledged by talking to the instructor.
If you are intending to drop the class, it is your responsibility to drop the class. You should not assume that the instructor will automatically drop you because of absences. If you stop attending classes and you do not drop the class, and the instructor has not dropped you from the class; the instructor may be required to give you a grade of F for the class.
Digital Photography
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| Week 1 |
01.14.04 |
Syllabus Overview - Expectations, Requirements, Objectives, |
Assignment: Email account exchange - email my account (john@basearts.com) with Digital Photography SRJC in the subject line for the purposes of a class email list.
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Reading: Review Internet Resources |
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| Week 2 |
01.21.04 |
Critique |
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| Week 3 |
01.28.04 |
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Assignment: WARM UP If you are having problems deciding I would start with the self portraits begin photographing yourself /your immediate environment.
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Search Artists: SF Camerawork - SF Photography Gallery |
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| Week 4 |
Lecture: Vision/ Light /
Digital Imaging / Camera Basics: Camera
Photoshop Intro - Best Practices
Review/Critique as required |
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| Week 5 |
02.11.04 |
NO CLASS |
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| Week 6 |
02.18.04 |
Photoshop Continues: Basic Raster Tools - Creating Selections and Manipulating
Review/Critique as required |
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Search Artists: |
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| Week 7 |
02.25.04 |
Photoshop:
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Reading: Search Artists: Joel Meyerowitz |
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| Week 8 |
03.03.04 |
Photoshop:
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Reading: Ways of Seeing Excerpt ...cont. Search Artists:
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| Week 9 |
03.10.04 |
Mid-Term Reviews |
Assignment: Evaluation
Form (Please Complete and Submit
from your home system) |
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| Week 10 |
03.17.04 |
Photoshop:
Mid-Term Reviews Continued...as
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Warmed Up - # 3 |
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Reading:
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| Week 11 |
03.24.04 |
Photoshop: Printing
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Reading: Continued...
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| Week 12 |
03.31.04 |
Photoshop:Printing
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| Week 13 |
04.07.04 |
Printing cont...
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Proof Prints Continued... |
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Reading: Search Artists (German): New Web Links:
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| Week 14 |
04.17.04 |
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| Week 15 |
04.21.04 |
Photoshop: Web Output
Discussion |
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| Week 16 |
04.28.04 |
Photoshop: Web Cont...
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| Week 17 |
05.05.04 |
Legal / Copyright Issues Protecting your images
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| Week 18 | 05.12.04 | LAB Review Portfolio Requirements |
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| Week 19 | 05.19.04 |
Final Critiques
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