Digital Photo Syllabus

8/3/2019 Digital Photo Syllabus

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Vis/Pro: Intro digital photo - ARTS-045-01

Credit Hours: 3 | Tue/Thu 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM | Lab Fee: $100

Professor: Arzu Ozkal

Office: 163A

Phone: (cell) 716 400 6728

Email address: [email protected]

Office Hours: Wednesday 1:30 - 2:30 and by appointment

Course description

This course is designed to help students develop an understanding of the language and tools of digital

photography. Students will learn how to create, import and transform images into digital format as well as

alter them using Adobe Photoshop. Assignments will be concept driven and thematically address the

changing nature of truth in our contemporary culture. Topics will include file management, image size and

resolution, flatbed and film scanning, color modes, file formats, painting and editing tools, image

adjustments, working with layers and layer masks, and output options.

Course goals and objectives

Understand basic photographic vocabulary.

Examine the work of several artists within the field of photography / digital photography.

Demonstrate critical evaluation skills regarding your own and the work of others.

Produce a range of projects from simple small scale exercises to conceptually and technically sophisticated

artworks utilizing the software covered in class.

Course requirements

Attend all scheduled class meetings.

Complete required readings and online research before each class meeting.

Complete all the assignments and projects.

Expect between 4 to 6 hours of outside-class work per week.

No required textbook but below are some suggested readings:

Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography by T.J. Demos and Editors of Phaidon Press

Art and Photography (Themes & Movements S.) by David Campany Blink by Editors of Phaidon Press

On Photography by Susan SontagCamera Lucida by Roland Barthes

Required materials

Students are required to provide the following:

A digital camera.

Digital storage media: External hard drive, thumb drive, CD-R/DVD.

Oberlin College | SPRING 2011 | Arzu Ozkal
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Methods of instruction

Sessions combine lectures, screenings/ viewings, technical and critical readings, in-class work, discussions

and critique of student work.

Attendance policy

Regular attendance is expected. This includes lectures, individual consultations and class critiques.

Students are expected to be punctual and prepared for every class and stay for the class duration.

Chronic lateness will result in a grading penalty: 3 latenesses = 1 absence.

The final grade will be reduced by 1 grade (ex: B+ to B) for every absence beyond two absences.

Critiques

For every scheduled group critique or presentation you must present your solution to the group in a state

of completion suitable for group discussion.

Only legitimate excuses will be accepted for not presenting work at the scheduled times, in which case you

should notify the instructor before the critique. Class participation accounts for 10% of your final grade.

(See grades for details.)

Explanation of grades

Project 1 = Technical %10 + Creative solution %10 + Crit/defence = %5 (Total %20)

Project 2= Technical %10 + Creative solution %10 + Crit/defence = %5 (Total %20)

Project 3= Technical %12 + Creative solution %12 + Crit/defence = %6 (Total %30)

Each Exercise (Submitted on time) = %5 = Total %20, -- (If late) = %4

Presentations = %5

Participation + attendance = %5 (See attendance for details.)

Changes to the syllabus

During the semester the following assignments and exercises may change at the instructors discretion.

Attendance is required to be sure that you are current with all assignments. Should you miss a class, please

contact a fellow student first, to obtain the needed information. I am not able to explain all the details of

assignments to students who have missed a class. I may use email on occasion to update or announce

changes or corrections.

Weekly schedule

Feb | Tue 08 NO CLASS

Feb | Thu 10 First day - Intro



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For next class read: Beyond the Surface + Digital Cameras (PDF on BlackBoard)

Feb | Tue 15 Anatomy of a digital image

{Ex 1 Assigned: Shoot a series of images, indoors and outdoors.

Choose 3 to show in class }

Feb | Thu 17 Ex 1 Critique

Feb | Tue 22 Intro to Photoshop: Basic tools and techniques

{Ex 2 Assigned: Saving pictures high-res and low-res }

Feb | Thu 24 Student Presentation 1: Idris Khan

Submit Ex 2 in class.

In class: Intro to Photoshop | Masking | Layers | Cut-out techniques

{Ex 3 Assigned: Create an abstract photomontage by juxtaposing several images } For next class read: Art of Color and Photoshop Image Optimization

(PDF on BlackBoard)

Mar | Tue 01 Student Presentation 2: JeongMee Yoon

Ex 3 Critique.

In class: Photoshop Color Adjusting Tools | Sharpness | Filters

{Ex 4 Assigned: Color correct assigned images - folder will be on BB }

For next class read: Camera and the Lens (PDF on BB)

Mar | Thu 03 Student Presentation 3: Loretta LuxSubmit Ex 4 in class.

In class: Camera Controls | Capturing Light & Color

For next class read: Confessions of a Closet Situationist by Veronique Vienne

>>> PROJECT I ASSIGNED: OBERLIN PORTRAITS

Mar | Tue 08 Student Presentation 4: Anthony Goicolea

Field day: Explore Oberlin - make sketches.

Mar | Thu 10 Field Trip: Cleveland

Mar | Tue 15 Student Presentation 5: Mariko Mori

Work-in-progress: Possibility to discuss technical and conceptual questions

and Printing Demo.

For next class read: Digital Photographic Output (PDF on BlackBoard)



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Mar | Thu 17 One-to-one meetings: Schedule will be announced.

Mar | Tue 22 Project 1 Critique.

Mar | Thu 24 Student Presentation 6: AES+F Group

>>> PROJECT 2 ASSIGNED: HYPERREAL LANDSCAPES

Mar | Tue 29 - Spring Recess

Mar | Thu 31 - Spring Recess

Apr | Tue 05 One-to-one meetings: Schedule will be announced.

For next class read: From Dada to Digital: Montage in the Twentieth Century

by Timothy Druckrey.

Apr | Thu 07 Student Presentation 7: Anthony Goicolea

In class: Advanced cut-out techniques in Photoshop

Take a look at: Photographic Print Finishing and Mounting (PDF)

Apr | Tue 12 Student Presentation 8: Alexander Apostol

Work-in-progress: Possibility to discuss technical and conceptual questions.

Apr | Thu 14 Student Presentation 9: Hans Gindlesberger

Student Presentation 10: Daniel LeeWork-in-progress: Possibility to discuss technical and conceptual questions.

Plan ahead printing time.

Apr | Tue 19 Project 2 Critique.

Apr | Thu 21 Student Presentation 11: Nancy Burson

Student Presentation 12: Pipo Nguyen-duy

>>> PROJECT 3 ASSIGNED: YOUR RESEARCH HERE!

Apr | Tue 26 One-to-one meetings: Schedule will be announced

Apr | Thu 28 Student Presentation 13: Wafaa Bilal

Student Presentation 14: Trevor Paglen

Work-in-progress: Possibility to discuss technical and conceptual questions.



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May | Tue 03 Work-in-progress: Possibility to discuss technical and conceptual questions.

May | Thu 05 Work-in-progress: Possibility to discuss technical and conceptual questions.

Guest artist and crit: Kate Parzych

May | Tue 10 FINAL PRESENTATIONS.

May | Thu 12 No class: I will be in Portland, OR to attend a conference


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