Spring, 2014
Week 1
Tuesday, February
4, 2014
- Go over the syllabus
- Student introductions
- What are you goals and expectations for this class?
- Short demo on
- How to get images off your camera
- Using thumb drives
- Download/use Picasa and Photoshop.
- http://picasa.google.com/
- Mini assignment, due before next class meeting: Take 1 photograph with your camera or cell phone, edit it in Picasa or Photoshop on your home computer, and email it to nsloan@lbcc.edu or nssloan@gmail.com. (This is the one and only time a cell phone photograph is acceptable).
Week 2
Tuesday, February
11, 2014
- Due: Mini assignment mentioned above before class starts. We will look at the photographs emailed to me and we will talk about them in terms of color, content (idea), and composition.
- Lecture: Camera function lecture, ISO, F-stop, shutter speed.
- Assign Project #1: Photographing the world from a different point of view.
- Hand out Quiz study guide.
- Bring your available cameras and their manuals. If your manual is missing, download it online and print it out.
Week 3
Tuesday, February
18, 2014
- Bring to class: a photograph that uses abstraction that you find interesting.
- Lecture: Slide lecture on photographers that have used abstraction in their work.
- Review: Using Picasa and Photoshop to edit a photograph.
- Review: Quiz study guide.
Week 4
Tuesday, February
25, 2014
- DUE: Project #1. Please arrive early ready to install your work.
(Project is due on this date, and will be collected at the end of class. Any assignments not turned in will be considered late, and will be given a lower grade).
Week 5
Tuesday, March 4,
2014
- Continue critiquing Project #1.
- Quiz on camera function.
- Lecture: Contemporary and historical examples of exterior photographs.
- Assign Project #2: Exterior photographs.
- Assign readings: Walter Benjamin, extract from “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.”
Week 6
Tuesday, March 11,
2014
- Return quiz.
- Review on camera function.
- Discuss readings: Walter Benjamin, extract from “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.”
- Refresh on camera function, meet with students and look at their cameras again.
Week 7
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
- FLEX DAY NO CLASS
Week 8
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
- DUE: Project #2. Please arrive early to install your work. Project #2 will be collected at the end of class.
Week 9
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
- Continue critiquing Project #2.
- Assign Project #3: Interior and Nighttime Photography.
- Lecture: Photographing in low light environments, camera function, shutter speed, ISO, tripod and camera stabilization. Example of photographs rendered inside/nighttime.
- Slide lecture on Interior and Nighttime Photography.
- Assign readings: Lev Manovich, the Paradoxes of Digital Photography.
Week 10
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
- Bring to class: a photograph that depicts and interior environment, or a nighttime scene to share.
- Discuss readings: Lev Manovich, the Paradoxes of Digital Photography.
Week 11
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
- DUE: Project #3. Please arrive early to install your work. Only 1 day is reserved to critique this project.
- Hand out assignment for Project #4: The Portrait. Think about who you want to photograph.
Week 12
Tuesday, April 21-26, 2014 – SPRING
BREAK
Week 13
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
- ESSAY DUE.
- Slide lecture on The Portrait.
- Watch Tierney Gearon's “The Mother Project.”
Week 14
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
- DUE: Project #4. Please arrive early to install your work. Project #4 will be collected at the end of class.
Week 15
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
- Assign project #5: The Narrative
- Written proposals on what you plan to do for your final project are due next class.
- Slide lecture on The Narrative.
Week 16
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
- DUE: Written proposal. One-on-one meetings with the instructor on your written proposal for the final project (can be hand written or typed).
Week 17
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
- Due Project #5. Please arrive early to install your work. Project #5 will be collected at the end of class.
Week 18
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
- Due Project #5. Please arrive early, and bring push pins to install your work.
Bring a tasty snack, pot luck!
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