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

Syllabus:
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/SRJC.DigitalPhotoI.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

Online Photography Resources

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

Post Notes: http://www.basearts.com/POSTNOTES.html

Compiled Internet Resources:
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/Res.Photo.htm
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/resources.html

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

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 -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.
  
  
• 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, 3 and 9, A Short Course in Digital Photography

Sites:

Local Galleries and Suppliers


Masters of Photography - Good starter site for Analogue Masters
http://www.masters-of-photography.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.- (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

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

Sites:
theheirloomexpo.com

Lecture:

• Camera Operation

  Best Practices - Beginning Camera Setup
  Beginning Vocabulary
  
  Exposure basics

• Photoshop Introduction
  File Browser - Bridge
  File Types, Format

Discussion:

Moholy-Nagy - From Pigment to Light - 1936

Reading:
Chapters 4, 5 and 7- A Short Course in Digital Photography, Barbara London and Jim Stone 7th Edition, Prentice-Hall ISBN #0136031870

Artists:

Paul Strand
Eugene Atget
Eadweard Muybridge

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Sites:

Course Notes - 8.20-9.5 are available here:

http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/notes/fall2012/

Week 5

Lecture:

Exposure basics

Equivalent Exposure Continues ...

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

Readings:

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/

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

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

Imagenomic- Noiseware -
http://www.noiseware.com -
Noise reduction plug-in for photoshop/lightroom - educational discount information

Lecture:

• Adjustment Layers
• Levels Adjustment Layers
• Histogram
  
• History

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.

Reading:

A Short Course in Digital Photography: Chapters-2,3,4

Henri Cartier-Bresson - .PDF - 234KB



Artists:

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

Larry Sultan :
* Katherine Avenue (2010)
* The Valley (2004)
* Pictures from Home (1996)
* Evidence (1977)

Around the WEB: Larry Sultan

* Wirtz Gallery
* Bill Charles Represents
* MoCP: The Valley (2007)
* YouTube: The Genius of Photography
* Artnet
* The Daily Beast
* Daylight Magazine
* Wallpaper Magazine

Sites:

Lecture:


Discussion : Adams, Weston and Cartier-Bresson

Assignment:

- Equivalents: Motion / Blur - (6)

3-5 Images which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time value selections. - (6)

Shutter / Time Values:
Fig 1

Review :

Photography - EXAMPLE FILES - Shooting Assigments

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

Artists:

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

Photoshop:

• Curves - Adjustment Layers
• B/W / Selective B/W
• Channel Mixer- Adjustment Layers
  
• Working with layers as masks

Assignment:

Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents - (7)

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/. - (7)


Critiques - 5 pnts. - (8)

5 Images - should represent beginnings of portfolio subjects either content or technique.
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-------- Lytro Camera Review and Related:

February 29, 2012, 5:00 PM 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

February 29, 2012, 5:59 PM Thoughts About the Lytro and Photojournalism By SAM GROBART

LAB:

Photoshop:

Adjustment Layers / Smart Object Layers

Lecture:

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

Shooting Assignments Due for Midterm:

(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)

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

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

(6) - Equivalents: Motion / Blur
3-5 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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Sample Packs of Inkjet Paper are required for Printing - beginning week after next

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

Mid-Term Interviews - 5 pnts

The midterm critique is mandatory and is equal 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.

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

Reading:

New Postings ---> http://blog.basearts.com

Alexander Gronsky
http://alexandergronsky.com/

Artists:
Lorna Simpson
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Gregory Crewdson

William Carlos Williams

Reading:

Robert Adams - Truth
Robert Adams - Beauty

Sites:

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

Photoshop:

• 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

c

Reading:

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

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Discussion:

Robert Adams - Truth
Robert Adams - Beauty
Robert Adams - Good News
Robert Adams - Collegues

Lecture:

Photoshop: Printing

Processing a Digital Image REV 11.17


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 / 1280


- Files Size/REsize/Resolution
- Sharpening
- LAB Color Mode/Luminance Sharpening

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...

Adobe RGB vs ProPhoto RGB vs sRGB:

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

Lecture:

Dual Workflow :
Adobe Bridge / Camera Raw - preview and editing

• Camera RAW - Workflow
  
  
• Automations, Scripts, BATCH
  
• HDR - High Dynamic Range Imaging
• Stiching - Photomerge
  
  Resource Links for Camera Raw and HDR - plugins/extensions/software
  

Printing

Processing a Digital Image REV 11.17

Artists:

Harold Edgerton

Richard Avedon
Irving Penn

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




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Canon Printing system / pixima pro - 1 :
http://www.usa.canon.com/CUSA/assets/app/html/pixmapro/printers/pro1/features.html?v=i

New 12 Ink System

12 Inks Expand Your Color Possibilities

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

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

Composition

• balance
• line
• framing
  

Photoshop Tools:

Rulers
Guides
Custom Shape Tool

Reading:

A Short Course in Digital Photography, Barbara London and Jim Stone 7th Edition, Prentice-Hall ISBN #0136031870
Chapters 8 and 9

Artists:

Diane Arbus
Jeff Wall
Richard Barnes

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

Lecture:

• Camera RAW Workflow

Internet Presence / Websites / Automation

• Image Ready
• Optimization
• Batch and Automation
• Scripting

Text - Typography

• Text tools
• Vector graphic

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.

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

Photography Hosting / Web Design
http://www.wix.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

SRJC Shone Farm - Shooting Field Trip

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.

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

Business - Usage and Licensing:

American society of Media Photographers

Artists:

Travis Villa : http://www.flickr.com/photos/travisvilla/

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)

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

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

(6) - Equivalents: Motion / Blur
3-5 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.

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

(10) - Images of Light - 3-5 - photographs with an attention on the lighting conditions in the image not physical represention.

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

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