Syllabus

SP.747 - Creative Imaging

Staff:



Class Schedule, Spring 2002



All classes meet Thursdays 2 to 5 PM. All classes will commence in 4-402. For some sessions, students are in either the Crimson or the Grey team. The Crimson team will continue in 4-402; the Grey team will move to 26-139. Teams will exchange rooms at 3:45 PM.

(L) stands for lecture in 4-402.

Date

Topic

4-402

26-139

Homework

2/7/2002

Ground rules, schedule.

Creative Imaging (L).

Mac basics, intro to Photoshop.

X

 

 

X

Review your camera.

Make a list of things to photograph.

Look at assigned web sites.

Bring camera to next class

2/14/2002

Camera types. (L).

Photography session.

Portraits.

X


Color film - Assignment 2. Have roll developed.

Shoot roll of b&w film.

2/21/2002

Darkroom chemistry (L).

Film developing.

CIB lessons 1.

X

 

 

X

Darkroom work.

Look at assigned web sites.

CIB lesson 2, 3.

2/28/2002

Digital Theory I (L).

CIB lesson 4.

Developing, scanning

X

 

X

 

X

Scanning

Dkrm. work: photograms

Bring 'in progress' photo prints to next class.

3/7/2002

Review of student work.

Image clarity (L).

 

X

 

CIB lesson 5 & 6.

Darkroom work.

Shoot roll of masks.

Bring camera to next class.

3/14/2002

Balence (L).

Photography session.

Introduction to Illustrator.

X

 

 

X

CIB lesson 7.

Illustrator CIB 2, 7, 8.

Poster assignment due (4/11).

Idea sequence prints due next class.

3/21/2002

Student presentations.

CIB lessons 8 & 9.

X

 

X

Finish any unfinished CIB lessons through 11.

Design a graphic using type and incorporating repeating symmetry (due 4/11).

3/28/2002

SPRING BREAK




4/4/2002

Halftoning, ink jet printing. (L)

Dye sublimation printing.

Color management.

CIB lesson 12 & 13.

X

 

 

X

Prepare writeup of your term project for next class.

Digital printing of scanned color/b&w photo(s).

4/11/2002

Review of student work.

Discussion of term project ideas.

Darkroom color printing (demo).

CIB lesson 14.

X

 

X

Chemical darkroom - color printing.

CIB Lesson 15 & 16.

4/13/2002 Technical photography lab. X    

4/18/2002

Darkroom color printing (demo).

CIB Lesson 14.

CIB Lesson 17.

X

 

X

X

Chemical darkroom - color printing.

CIB Lesson 15 & 16.

4/25/2002

CIB (17)

Work on term project, scanning, darkroom and Photoshop editing.

X

X

 

X

Project preparation

5/2/2002

Work on term projects.

X

 

Project preparation.

5/9/2002

Project presentations

Work on term project.

X

 

Project preparation.

5/16/2002

Project presentations

X





Note: Using this schedule, decide what items you need to bring to each class, e.g. camera, negatives to be developed, negatives to be printed, Zip drives, CIB text with its CD, etc



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