Schedule
(subject to change)
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/Res.Photo.htm
and
basearts resource menu |
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/resources.html
Syllabus Overview Expectations, Requirements, Objectives, Best Practices.
Assignment:
- Bring Camera to second class meeting with cables (usb/firewire), or card reader.
- Locate and begin reading Camera Manual - Cover to Cover.
- 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.
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
Lecture:
Digital Technology
Camera / Scanner
Scanning Procedures - Flat Art
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.
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:
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
Lecture:
-
Camera Operation
Best Practices - Beginning Camera Setup
Beginning Vocabulary
Exposure basics
Print, Sign and Return field trip liability waiver.
- Photoshop Introduction
File Browser - Bridge
File Types, Format
Lab
First File Transfers
Assignment:
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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Experiment with White Balance Bracketing.
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
Reading:
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:
Lecture:
Best Practices - Beginning Camera Setup
Beginning Vocabulary
Exposure basics
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Shot Card Rev.2 for field experiments
Shot Card for field experiments
Camera
Operation
- Zone
System Introduction: (Digital Application) Practical
Fig 1
Fig 2
Zone System | Wikipedia Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_System
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
Artists:
Edward Weston
Minor White
Ansel Adams
FRED ARCHER
Robert Adams
Uta Barth
http://www.sieshoeke.com/artists/uta-barth
Sites:
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 5
Lecture:
Equivalent Exposure Continues ...
Photoshop:
Adobe Bridge Automation Techniques:
PDF based Contact Sheets and Presentations
Multiple Files to Layers - Manual Composite/Contacts
PS Best Practice #1 - Duplicate the pixel based background layer as
first step on opening a .jpeg.
- Layers Palette Introduction
- Adjustment Layers
- Levels Adjustment Layers
Lab:
Assignment:
-
Equivalents: Motion / Blur
3-5 Images which illustrate the side effects of shutter speed / time
value selections. - (5)
Shutter / Time Values:
Fig 1
Assignment:
Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents
Create a minimum of 2-3 contact sheets documenting bracketing exposure experiments/design starts/. - (6)
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Review :
Bracketing
Equivalents (Shutter and Aperture side effects)
Wrap up current technical experiements
Readings:
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/
Sites:
Depth of Field Calculator
http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html
Zone System | Wikipedia Entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_System
Lecture:
Photoshop:
- Adjustment Layers
- Levels Adjustment Layers
- Histogram
- Size / Resize / Resolution
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.
Assignment:
Continue working with bracketing as required/contact sheet design
Review:
Photography - EXAMPLE FILES - Shooting Assigments
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:
Lecture:
Photoshop:
- Curves - Adjustment Layers
- Channel Mixer- Adjustment Layers
- Size/Resize/Resolution
- Shadows and Hightlights
- Working with layers as masks
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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Contact Sheets of Brackets/Equivalents
Create a minimum of 3 contact sheets documenting bracketing exposure experiments. - (6)
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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/
Lecture:
- Roxio Toast - CD and DVD Burning
Photoshop:
- Working with and around Selections
- Photo Filters- Adjustment Layers
- Sharpening
Unsharp Mask
- History Brush
- Compositing
- Extract
- Selections - Paths (Pen)
- Blending Options
Lab:
Critiques - 5 pnts.
5 Images - should represent beginnings of portfolio subjects either content
or technique.
Assignment:
Subject explorations / Framing exercise. - (8)
Shoot a minimum of 20 images of a single subject from every angle and
a variety of compositional arrangements.
explore position/ balance/ background/ etc...
William Klein
Lorna Simpson
Richard Prince
David Hockney
William Carlos Williams
Wed:
Mid-Term Interviews - 5 pnts
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.
You are only required to show
up for the time of your interview.
If you haven't signed up email me for a time.
Evaluation
Form <--click here
(Please Complete and Submit from your home system)
Artists:
Diane Arbus
Lorna Simpson
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Gregory Crewdson
Reading:
Robert Adams - Truth
Robert Adams - Beauty
Sites:
Driving Directions
Link:
Start address: 1501 Mendocino Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95401 End address: Starbucks 1001 McClelland Dr Windsor, CA 95492-9597
Start at: 1501 Mendocino Ave Santa Rosa, CA 95401
1. Head north on Mendocino Ave toward Carr Ave - 0.4 mi 2. Turn left at Steele Ln - 0.5 mi 3. Turn right to merge onto US-101 N toward Eureka - 7.4 mi 4. Take the exit toward Central/Windsor - 0.1 mi 5. Merge onto Los Amigos Rd - 39 ft 6. Turn left at Old Redwood Hwy - 0.2 mi 7. Continue on Windsor River Rd - 0.2 mi 8. Turn right at Bell Rd - 371 ft
Arrive at: Starbucks 1001 McClelland Dr Windsor, CA 95492-9597
Lecture:
- Resolution (review)
- File Preparation
- Color Management
- Color Modes
- Papers
Surface/Finish
Texture
Color
Weight
- Random Photoshop tools
- ruler
- skew/perspective Tranformations for barrel or pincushion distortion (not parallax) see ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_distortion
- Text - Typography
Text tools
Vector graphics
Photoshop:
Printing
Processing a Digital Image.pdf
Printer Profile File Names: profilenames
Printing Demonstration - Epson R1800 / 1280
- Sharpening
- LAB
Color Mode/Luminance Sharpening
Printer
:
Assignment:
Printing
5 prints - 5 pnts. - 8x10
minimum - (9)
Lab:
Printing continues through to the end...
Additional
Printing Resources:
http://www.basearts.com/curriculum/PDF/ColorManage - see contents for various PDFs
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
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
Skylark Images
http://www.skylarkimages.com/
The Lab
http://www.thelabsantarosa.com
Lenny Eiger
http://www.eigerphoto.com/index_ep.php
- Photoshop: Printing
LAB:
Critique - Current progress on portfolios - (5 pnts)
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Printing continues through to the end...
Artists:
Harold Edgerton
Richard Avedon
Irving Penn
Week 12
Lab
Camera RAW
HDR - High Dynamic Range Imaging
Stitching - Photomerge
Resource Links for Camera Raw and HDR -& software
Critique - Current progress on portfolios - (5 pnts)
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Assignment:
3-5 images of light - (10)
- Pre-Visualization
- sensitivity toward the lighting conditions(less focus on subject)
Reading:
Resource Links for Camera Raw and HDR -& software
Revised Printing Handout : NEW AND IMPROVED!
PROCESSING A DIGITAL IMAGE.PDF
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/
Angle of View:
Fig 1
- Lighting
- Utilizing Ambient Light
- Flash
- Composition
-tone
-balance
-line
-framing
- Automation / Scripting
Reading:
Susan Sontag Melancholy Objects.pdf
Artists:
Diane Arbus
Jeff Wall
Richard Barnes
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Matt Williams 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
- Wed. 11.18.09 A Studio Day -
we will meet in in 1261 at the usual time but will migrate to the Analy Hally Photo Studio (second floor room 796 - last room on north end of the hallway) at 10 am for a show and tell session with strobes, hot lights, and related hardware ...
Critique - 5-10 Progress toward final subjects
Review images of light.
Printing continues ...
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
Lecture:
Lecture
Automation / Scripting
- Batch and Automation
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/
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Adobe has recently released the public beta of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.
Available now on Adobe labs:
www.adobe.com/go/lightroom_beta
Lab
Internet Presence / Websites
- Image Ready
- Optimization
Text - Typography
- Text tools
- Vector graphics
Wed. 12.02.09
Map:
View Directions to main st, Graton CA in a larger map
Artists:
Margaret Bourke-White
Tina Modotti
Immogen Cunningham
Nan Goldin
Sally Mann
Sherry Levine
Judy Dater
Annie Liebovitz
Graciela Iturbide
Research:
There are some plug-ins and presets that have been removed in Photoshop CS4.
Specifically:
• Picture Package (ContactSheetII)
• Web Photo Gallery (WebContactSheetII) plus presets
Optional plug-ins and ReadMe
If you wish to use these plug-ins and presets still you can find them in your Goodies folder on your DVD install disc or available via this link to Adobe Downloads:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4048 : Windows/PC
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4047 : Macintosh
The following plug-ins and associated files are included in this package:
• Bigger Tiles
• Picture Package (ContactSheetII)
• ExtractPlus
• PatternMaker
• PhotomergeUI
• Web Photo Gallery (WebContactSheetII) plus presets
• script for Layer Comps to Web Photo Gallery
• Texture presets for Texturizer
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/
Presentations of selections from individual portfolios 10-20 images. = 10 pnts
Final Exam is here --> TEST
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