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


Syllabus:
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/SRJC.DigitalFall2014.htm

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

bASEARTS Announcement List Subscription

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

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

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

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:

Click to launch the 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/

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

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/

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

Lecture:

• Camera Operation

  Best Practices - Beginning Camera Setup Outline
  Beginning Vocabulary Factsheet
  Exposure Factsheet
  

• Adobe Bridge Introduction
  
  http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/what-is-adobe-bridge-cs6/
  
  
• File Browser - Bridge
• File Types, Format
  

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
http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/
http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk/muybridge_image_and_context/
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

Week 5

Lecture:

Exposure Factsheet

Equivalent Exposures Continues ... ?

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/

Uta Barth

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Jerry Uelsmann

http://www.digitalphotopro.com/profiles/jerry-uelsmann-the-alchemist.html

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

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

• 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/

Assignment(s):

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)

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- 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:

A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapter 5

Henri Cartier-Bresson - .PDF - 234KB




Artists:


Larry Sultan

Jim Goldberg
on his documentary practice
http://youtu.be/BzDbugn4XDw
on Sensitivity and Polaroids
http://youtu.be/3mfMjPkxePc

Henry Wessel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wessel,_Jr.

Todd Hido
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Hido

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Michael Light
http://www.michaellight.net/

Lecture:

Discussion : Adams, Weston and Cartier-Bresson

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

Reading:

Robert Adams - Truth
Robert Adams - Beauty

Optional:
Robert Adams - Good News
Robert Adams - Collegues


Artists:

Diane Arbus
William Klein
Richard Prince
David Hockney-
Secret Knowledge - Part One (BBC Documentary)
http://youtu.be/ynrnfBnhWSo

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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

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 throughout the interviews.

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

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. - (8)

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

Artists:

William Klein
Lorna Simpson
Bernd and Hilla Becher

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Jim Goldberg
on his documentary practice
http://youtu.be/BzDbugn4XDw
on Sensitivity and Polaroids
http://youtu.be/3mfMjPkxePc

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.

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

(4) - Equivalents: Depth of Field
5-15 Images which illustrate the side effects of aperture selections. -

(5) - Equivalents: Motion / Blur
5-15 Images which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time value selections. -

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

(7)- 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

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

Lecture/Lab :

• Workflow :
  
  Adobe Lightroom
  
  Camera Raw

Camera RAW Workflow - UNDER REVISION

• 
  
  
  Resource Links for Camera Raw and HDR - plugins/extensions/software
  
  
• Adobe TV : Why You Should Set Photoshop to Open Your JPGs in Adobe Camera RAW
  
  
• Enhancing Raw Images
  http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs6/enhancing-raw-images/

• Easily merge JPEGS into a 32-bit TIFF you can open in Photoshop with access to the full controls of Camera Raw.
  
  
• http://tv.adobe.com/watch/cs6-creative-cloud-feature-tour-for-web/32bit-hdr-and-camera-raw/
  
  
• Recovering detail in raw images by Richard Harrington http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-photoshop-cs5/recovering-detail-in-raw-images/
  
  
• Adobe Camera Raw workflow by Russell Brown - http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/ACRBridgeToBridge_SM.mov
  

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

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/

Supplimental Sites and Web Resources :

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

Week
11

• HDR - High Dynamic Range Imaging
• Stiching - Photomerge
  
  Trey Ratcliff
  http://stuckincustoms.smugmug.com/Burning-Man-Page
  

DATE: Thurs. 10.30

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

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
  

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

• http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/srgb-versus-adobe-rgb-debate.html
  
  
• http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/sRGB-AdobeRGB1998.htm

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

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

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

Artists:

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

Additional Lens review sources:

Photozone for lens reviews
Thom Hogan for Nikon equipment reviews

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  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
  
  
  
  

Is a tri-annual publication of photography and writing. It celebrates a community of visual thinking,
with affection and humor, and publishes idiosyncratic and original work that is deserving of further
recognition. DEAR DAVE, is interested in the most unpredictable work of all genres and sensibilities.

http://deardavemagazine.com/

Lab:

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

Shooting Assignment:

- William Carlos Wiliams
- Lydia Davis
- Billy Collins

Artists:

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

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

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

Lab:

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

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

COMMERCIAL / LOCAL:
http://www.svenwiederholt.com/
http://www.peterkoval.com/
http://www.jockmcdonald.com/

New Photoshelter Guides :

For a Business Plan /business plan

Creating a Porfolio /portfolio

Photographers Guide to Copyright /copyright

Thurs - Last Lab Day

SRJC Shone Farm - Shooting Field Trip
Date: 12.9.14

Map: http://www.santarosa.edu/map/shone-farm.html

Map: http://www.santarosa.edu/map/shone-farm.html

Address:

6225 Eastside Road
Forestville, CA 94536

Directions:

From the north:
From Hwy 101, take the River Road/Guerneville exit.
Turn right onto Mark West Springs Rd. (turns into River Rd.) 5.82 miles.
Turn right onto Trenton Healdsburg Rd. travel 1.34 miles.
Turn left onto Eastside Rd. travel .04 miles.

From the south:
From Hwy 101, take the River Road/Guerneville exit.
Turn left onto Mark West Springs Rd. (turns into River Rd.) 5.82 miles.
Turn right onto Trenton Healdsburg Rd. travel 1.34 miles.
Turn left onto Eastside Rd. travel .04 miles.

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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Contemporary Japanese Photographers - compliments of anton(Rudolph) kuehnhackl

REN HANG :

http://renhang.org/ (all of his work is on display here, has links to his flickr and tumblr plus facebook)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdnZlynWFMs (ren hang: the art of taboo. vice japan doc that aired on sep 2nd 2013 extremely good, i highly recommend you watch this.)

KISHIN SHINOYAMA :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishin_Shinoyama (recently discovered his work, fell in love.)

NOBOYOSHI ARAKI :

http://www.nowness.com/day/2014/5/29/3868/nobuyoshi-araki-love-on-the-left-eye/?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=SM&utm_term=01_type&utm_content=nobuyoshi-araki-love-on-the-left-eye%2F&utm_campaign=FB10072014

JOHN SYPAL :

http://tokyocamerastyle.com/ (main website i think? features many different photographers in tokyo and their personal work)

http://petapixel.com/2011/09/12/interview-with-john-sypal-of-tokyo-camera-style/

12.18

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