Date
Topic
Room
Homework
Class Schedule, Spring 2009
All classes meet Thursdays 2 to 5 PM, in the room indicated below. Using this schedule, decide what items you need to bring to each class, e.g. camera, negatives to be developed or printed, flash drive, etc.
Cameras - Photographers - Intro to Photoshop (PS1)
Bring camera to next class
2/12
The camera
4-402
Work on your journal
Photo session - bracketing and space
Practice abstracting spaces and photographing
2/12,14
Darkroom lab - film developing
4-402
Make a good photogram - Develop a roll of film on your own
Look at journal images and Assignment 1
Photo session - Composition
4-035
2/19,21
Darmrook lab printing
4-402
Develop film, make contact sheets.
Toning demo
Make at least (3) b&w 8"x10" prints for each roll.
Photoshop (PS2)
26-139
For next class: Make a high contrast self portrait digital
Abstracting an image
negative image in photoshop
Bring digital camera to next class
3/5
Alternative process workshop
4-402
Finish images
Reading on reserve at Rotch
3/5,7
Alt process and digital negative lab
3/12
Review of Assignments 2 and 3
4-402
Due 4/2: Make a sequence of 3-5 photograms that tell
Review of workshop images
a story - a photographic comic strip
Photoshop (PS3)
3/12
Lab 6PM
W20-307
3/19
Field trip MFA
MFA
Write up your impressions from the Museum
Due 4/9: Create a graphic word art poster using
your words and impressions from one or more works of
the artworks you viewed at the MFA
3/26
Spring break
4/2
Presentation of image-idea photo prints
4-402
Due 4/9: Work on defining your final proj. idea
Do a short writeup
Presentation of photogramic comic
Due 4/23: Shoot a roll of color print film, have it
Photoshop work period
developed, and have a photo CD made from it
4/9
Review of MFA word art posters
4-402
Make a layout for your digital portfolio and final project
Project idea discussion
Photoshop work period
4/16
Field trip: TBA
4-402
Due 4/30: Put together a short photo-essay from the
field trip
4/23
Color printing
4-402
Due 4/30: Work on color printing. Prints due next class
Digital printing
4-035
Look at work of John Paul Caponigro
4/23,25
Color lab
4-402
4/30
Review of color prints
4-402
Work on final projects
Review of photo-essay
Work on final projects
5/7
Final project presentations
4-402
Prepare hard copies and electronic copies of final
project, digital copy of portfolio, and final project write-up
5/14
Final project presentations
4-402