Week 06 - 20-30 images, final project, and Midterm

Next week we will be looking at your first round of 20-30 images that should be working towards developing your final book project.

Next week in addition to your first critique, we will be taking a short Midterm Exam that will be reviewing camera functions, exposure, and the ideas covered in the Barrett readings. Please take a look at all the handouts we've discussed. The slideshows we've looked at might be helpful as well. It also might be helpful to re-read Barrett based on the discussion we had in class.

Next week:
Midterm Exam - review handouts on exposure, camera controls, and Barrett readings

20-30 Prints - bring 20-30 NEW images as 4x6 prints, review critique guidelines
- Wallgreens, CVS, Adorama are just a few of the affordable places to get prints made by uploading your jpegs online. Please allow ample time to get your images printed. Waiting until the last minute, mishaps with printing, and prints not being ready in time will not be an excuse for not having work each week. Plan ahead. 
- You will also be graded on your participation in critique of your peers work. Bring a notebook to jot down ideas and comments, and review the critique guidelines to give you some ideas for how to engage verbally with your classmates' work.

Final Book Project- Review the final book assignment prompt to get an idea for the eventual goal of your 20-30 images assignments. I will be bringing in some books next week for us to look at and suggest some places for you to go to look at other photography books for inspiration.

See you all next week!

Week 05 - Lighting

This week we learned about the principles of light:

1. direction - what direction is the light coming from and how does that transform the appearance of your subject
2. intensity - how strong/bright the light is
3. quality - hard light or soft light
4. color - cool, warm, or other

We had an in class demo of the principles of light using a couple continuous light sources and also discussed three point lighting (key, fill, back light)

 Hard Rembrandt light (no color adjustment) note the triangle under camera left eye

Hard Rembrandt light with adjusted white balance (color)

 Hard Rembrandt with bounce card fill

Soft Rembrandt light with diffusion (note softer edges of shadows)

Side/split lighting

Edge/hair light

Overhead light

Up-Lit

Front-lit

Rembrandt with front fill light

Rembrandt with less fill light intensity (lighting ratio)

Two side lights 

Two side lights with front fill bounce card

Remember, with lighting it is all about what you are trying to show or communicate about that subject. Choose the lighting quality, direction, intensity, and color that tells the story you want to tell about that subject.

For your assignment you will be taking several images changing lighting quality and direction.

Start thinking of what kinds of subjects you like to shoot based on what you've learned during our technical assignments and we will talk about starting your personal projects next week. 

Also start thinking of/doing research on your photographer for your oral presentations.

Week 04 - Color and Composition

After looking at the homework, we did a crafty composition exercise arranging squares on a blank canvas to create illustrations of different words.

  

Then we used that as a jumping off point to discuss the basic elements of photographic composition.

We also talked about the usage of color and white balance to shift the mood and tone of our images.

We did an overview of the oral presentation which will be due 11/11. The next step is to start looking at other photographer's work so you can choose a photographer to present on for your oral presentation which is due as a blog post on 10/28. The blog post to claim your photographer should include the photographer's name, 2-3 images of their work and a few sentences about why you chose them. Each student must choose a unique photographer - first one to claim that photographer via blog post gets to present on them.

Good resources for finding a photographer's work include:

• Going to see shows 
• See last week's blog post with suggestions for your exhibition review 
• You might like to do your presentation on a photographer whose work you see in person
• If you would like to do this be sure to claim your photographer sooner rather than later via blog post as multiple students may see the same show
• The library
• Marymount library (limited collection, but some photo books)
• New York Public Library, Mid Manhattan Branch has a great collection of photo books that you can walk through and browse the stacks 
• Looking at magazines or photo books in bookstores (Printed Matter, Kinokuniya, Dashwood Books, Rizzoli, MoMA bookstore, Strand, Housingworks Bookstore are all good sources of art and photography books)
• Online research is ok but if you find a photographer this way make sure you there is enough information out there about this photographer that you can give a comprehensive presentation including historical information about the photographer's life and contextual information about specific photographs

HOMEWORK

• Assignment 4 - Composition, due next session (10/07) as blog post and image files due to your Google Drive folder
• Assignment 5 - Exhibition Review is also due next session (10/07)
• Start thinking about which photographer you'd like to present on for your oral presentation

Week 03 Depth of Field and Shooting modes, Exhibition Review

This week we discussed lenses, focal length, depth of field, and shooting modes.



Two handouts with further information on focal length and shooting modes can be found in this folder.




We also discussed Assignment 5 which will be an Exhibition Review. Here are two organizations in NYC that specialize in photographic exhibitions:

• Aperture, 547 W 27th St 4th fl, New York, NY 10001

• International Center of Photography Museum, 250 Bowery, New York, NY 10012

Another way to find shows to see is to visit nyartbeat.com and click on the “photography” heading which will give you a list of many of the photographic shows currently on view in NYC.

Here are a few recommended shows that are currently on view:

• Mitch Epstein “Property Rights” Sikkema, Jenkins & Co
• “Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now” Exhibition Guggenheim Museum
• Garry Winogrand “Color” Brooklyn Museum
• “LIFE: Six Women Photographers” Exhibition The New-York Historical Society
• “Sex Crimes” Exhibition ClampArt
• “FR:20, Part I, The Environment in Contemporary Photography” Exhibition Front Room Gallery
• Ishiuchi Miyako Exhibition Fergus McCaffrey (514 W 26th St.)
• Daido Moriyama “Within The Shadows” Bruce Silverstein (529 W 20th St.)
• Roy DeCarava “the sound I saw” David Zwirner (34 E 69th St.)
• Roy DeCarava “Light Break” David Zwirner 19th Street
• Sara VanDerBeek “Women & Museums” Metro Pictures
• Roe Ethridge “Sanctuary 2” Andrew Kreps Gallery
• Erin O’Keefe “Seeing Things” Denny Dimin Gallery
• Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. “Arms to pray with” Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
• Lili Jamail “Rollercoaster” Team Gallery
• “The Criminal Type” Exhibition apexart
• Susan Lipper “Domesticated Land, 2012 - 2019” Higher Pictures
• Hiroshi Sugimoto “Past Presence” Marian Goodman Gallery
• Don McCullin Exhibition Howard Greenberg Gallery
• Wayne Miller and Marvin E. Newman Exhibition Keith de Lellis Gallery
• “Lamentable tierra / Sorrow Land” Exhibition Baxter Street/ the Camera Club of NY
• Txema Yeste “Crossroads” Staley-Wise Gallery
• Laura Letinsky “To Want for Nothing” Yancey Richardson Gallery
• Peter Hujar “Master Class” Pace Gallery (540 W 25th St.)
• “By Hoof, Paw, Wing or Fin: Creatures in Photographs” Exhibition Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Fine Photographs
• Jonathan Anderson & Edwin Low “RITUALS - Spiritual – Physical” Throckmorton Fine Art
• Lynn Davis “Landmark” Edwynn Houk Gallery

Also please be sure to be sure to brush up on your Barrett readings for our quiz next week. 

Week 02 - Shutter Speed and Motion

Week 2 - Shutter Speed and Motion

This week in class we reviewed the basics of the camera and exposure and went over the homework from last time.

We then built on what we had learned last week by further discussing shutter speed and its effect on motion.



We also discussed the basics of digital imaging

HOMEWORK

Due next week:

• Shutter Speed and Motion Assignment (2 photos, due as blog post AND Google Drive upload) 
• Read Terry Barrett, Criticizing Photographs, Chapter 2
• Writing about Barrett reading, due to your blog in a separate post: Reading Assessment 1 

The Shutter Speed and Motion Assignment and Reading Assessment are both due as separate blog posts before class next week.

Welcome - Art 226 Digital Photography

Welcome to Digital Photography class and to the class blog. 

HOW TO USE THIS BLOG
Here you will find reviews of what happened in class each week as well as assignments and a look forward to what's happening next/due in subsequent weeks. 

You are responsible for saving this url and checking this blog WEEKLY for updates on class assignments. In the case of missed classes students are responsible for checking the blog, looking at any missed course materials (which are all linked and listed on this blog) and completing any/all assignments on time. 

This week in class we went over the basics of how the camera works. 

HOMEWORK

• Create your own personal class blog on blogger.com (see details below)
• Email the URL of your blog to the instructor
• Make sure you have successfully accessed the class Google Drive folder (this is restricted access, and necessary for completing assignments so if you cannot access it please email the instructor)
• Read Exposure handout - QUIZ on this information next week (know how to define exposure, aperture, shutter speed, ISO and stop)
• Shoot and upload Assignment 1 to your new personal blog and images for Part 1 to personal Google Drive folder - DUE NEXT CLASS

How to create your class blog

• Go to blogger.com
• Click on "Create Your Blog" (or "Sign In" if you already have an account)
• Sign into your Google account (or create one)
• Click on "Create Your Blog"

• If prompted by Google Domains for a domain name simply click "no thanks"

• (1.) Choose a professional, school-appropriate title for your blog that includes at least your first name
• (2.) Choose a blog address
• (3.) Then click "Create Blog"

• Once your blog is created, click on "Theme" in the lefthand column
• Change your blog's theme to "Simple"

• Click on "View Blog" (left panel, underneath blog title)
• Copy and paste the link address/url of your blog and email it to your professor (see syllabus on Google Drive for email address)
• To create new posts for your homework assignments click on "Posts" and then "New Posts" (orange button to the right of blog name). 

Google Drive How To

To view the Google Drive class folder with all course materials simply follow this direct link to the class folder and login with your Google account credentials. Or you can always go to drive.google.com, login with your Google credentials and then search for "Digital Photography Fall 2018" in the search bar.

To upload your photos to your own student work folder follow this direct link to the Student Work folder. Within that folder you should see only one folder with your name, double click -> Find the appropriate folder for your assignment, double click on it, click and drag all images into the folder. 

Throughout the semester if you have any issues with Google Drive please see support.google.com/drive to try and troubleshoot. If you still cannot resolve the issue, please contact your professor.