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Assignment #1

Both VAP402 students will present independently; presentations should last for approximately 10 minutes; visual aides are required and should include personal work, as well as work from another photographer (at least when addressing point #3)

After re-reading Exploring Color Photography, Chapter 5 - Seeing the Light prepare a ~10 minute presentation, addressing these key concepts/questions:

What is Visual Literacy? What does it mean to you and your practice? Why is it important?

Visual or Haptic: which are you? 

Give a detailed break-down on which style of photographic practice fits you best, use personal work for visual example and to describe your working methods

Personal work examples does not have to come from VAP402, but can come from a multitude of classes students have produced work for over the years

Color & Composition Keys

What are yours? Use personal work for discussing, addressing and defending your conclusions

Personal work examples should be different than imagery selected to discuss point #2

5-10 images of personal work are needed to effectively talk about color/composition keys

Find a body of work by a photographer that you find personally meaningful and discuss their color/compositional keys

MONDAY FEBRUARY 12

IN-CLASS

Color Photo I:

DISCUSSION Chapter 4 - Filtering The Light

CRITIQUE Assignment #1 - Color Strategies

5 final prints for critique

Write color coordinating color concept/strategy on back of prints

Two contact sheets (printed from Bizhub) for critique

Digital files of final, edited imagery (show your work) & contact sheets to Server - TIFF/PSD, JPG

Written #1 (see handout)

REVIEW 

The DSLR Camera

Metering, White Balance, AF-modes

Electronic flash

Lightroom basics

Creating & managing LR catalogs 

Library: Organizing your files

Develop: Basics

Print: Contact Sheets

Photoshop: Creating Contact Sheets

Color Photo II:

CRITIQUE Assignment #1 Revisited - Color & Tableau

3 final mural prints of 3 unique tableau scenes, for critique

Larger than 17″ on the shortest side

3 contact sheets (printed from Bizhub) for critique

Digital files of final, edited tableau imagery (show your work) & contact sheets to Server - TIFF/PSD, JPG

REVIEW: Stay for Electronic flash review, dismissed after unless interested in refresher on existing technical material

OUT-OF-CLASS

Color Photo I:

READ Chapter 5 - Seeing The Light

SHOOT Assignment #2

Color Photo II:

READ Exploring Color Photography, Chapter 5 - Seeing The Light (same as VAP 302) [handout]

VAP 402 students will present on Visual/Haptic - A Photographer’s Keys using personal work on 12/14 (see handout)

SHOOT/RESEARCH Semester Project

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14

IN-CLASS

Color Photo I:

DISCUSSION/PRESENTATION Visual Literacy & A Photographer’s Keys (presentation by VAP402 students)

REVIEW Light, Color, Time & Weather

CATCH-UP 

Creating & managing LR catalogs 

Library: Organizing your files

Develop: Basics

Print: Contact Sheets

Photoshop: Contact Sheets

ACTIVITY

Speedlight (electronic) flash in-class testing

Color Photo II:

PRESENT Visual/Haptic - A Photographer’s Keys

Using personal work

[Dismissed after]

OUT-OF-CLASS

Color Photo I:

SHOOT Assignment #2 - due 02/21!

Color Photo II:

READ In, Around, and Afterthoughts (On Documentary Photography) by Martha Rosler [handout]

Tuesday November 28

DISCUSSION Chapter 10, “The Quantum Leap” - Jesse presents

LECTURE/DEMO Basic Editing, manipulating clip speed, and basic color correction

Thursday November 30

Meet @ Front Street Index Gallery @ 2:30 PM to begin Dayton Dessert Chronicles Exhibit installation

To Do (Weekend)

WATCH & DEMO Lynda recordings: Working with titles (43 & 44), Exporting (45 & 46)

Over the course of the next week I will be posting inspiration for Assignment #1: Place - One Square Mile. The artists I share with you work under similar conceptual parameters that I asked you all to make work under....stay tuned!