SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Course Outline for ART145: Digital Photography I

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1 SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Course Outline for ART145: Digital Photography I Semester: Fall 2010 Section: Digital Photography I ART Location: Eastern Campus, Orient Building, Room 205 Meeting Time: Saturday, 9 am to 1:10 pm, September 11, 2010 to December 19, 2010 Instructor: JoAnne Dumas Contact: [email protected] Catalog Description: Students learn basic digital camera skills beginning with exposure control including bracketing, reciprocity, exposure modes, and the use of the histogram. The creative techniques of depth of field and movement control are explored as well as techniques for low light and night photography. Image processing skills are introduced using Adobe PhotoShop including basic digital workflow management, density and contrast control, basic black and white conversion, dodging, burning, cropping, and retouching. Print presentation and archival storage methods of prints and digital media will be explored. Students are required to have any fully adjustable digital camera with a resolution of 4MB or greater; Photographic Imaging majors are required to have a have a digital SLR camera with a resolution of 6MB or greater. Students must provide their own memory cards, storage drives, CD-Rs, DVDs, ink jet paper and some other supplies. Prerequisite: None. Credits: 3 (2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab) Course Objectives: By the completion of this course students will be able to: use a digital camera to create well-composed images including scenes, portraits and still life control exposure, color space, ISO, including bracketing, reciprocity, exposure modes, white balance (WB), the use of the histogram, depth of field, focal length and lens choice, movement control, low light and night photography sign in and download images to the computer, organize images including file naming, use of folders, portable storage and archive work import and convert an image to a raw file using Adobe Bridge, use of psd and jpg, adjust a photograph using Adobe Photoshop to adjust images using curves, sliders, levels, layers, smart objects, cloning, control density, contrast, dodge, burn, crop, selection methods, feathering, retouching and convert images to black and white, create montages and learn about final file size available light, built-in flash, portable flash, remote flash, studio lighting using hot and cold lights, multiple light sources, color and texture to improve their image aesthetically use print profiles to print their images on various papers, learn display methods of displaying portfolio or framed work and learn archival storage methods speak about their work using the technical and aesthetic vocabulary learned in this course Method of Instruction: Classes will include lecture, visual presentations, in-class demonstrations, critiques, in-class lab and individual attention. Outside class assignments will be given throughout the semester and will require you to shoot your assignments outside of class time and read assigned chapters from A Short Course in Digital Photography by Barbara London and Jim Stone. Some additional open lab time will be required outside of in-class labs for you to complete your assignments. There will be discussion, analyses and critiques of master and student work as well as individual and

2 group critiques. Quizzes and a final exam will be given. Text Books: Photography (Required): A Short Course in Digital Photography, by Barbara London, Jim Stone Photoshop (Optional): The Adobe Photoshop CS5 Book for Digital Photographers, by Scott Kelby Supplemental Reading: Photoshop User (Magazine in stores, free with NAPP membership) Websites of Interest: Adobe Photoshop Killer Tips Adorama American Society of Media Professionals B&H Photo/Video (free shipping with NAPP membership) Calumet Photo National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Grading Policy: Photo Assignments 50% Quizzes and In-Class Work 25% Final Exam and Final Portfolio 25% Students are required to read all assigned work in the textbook. The final will be based on the textbook. Completed assignments are to be submitted for grading on the due date. No credit will be given for work that is incomplete. Late assignments will be accepted one week after the due date for half credit. Any assignment, quiz, or test not submitted for a grade will a receive 0. (Students are solely responsible for obtaining any missed class information and assignments outside of class time.) All work must be created during the current semester and must be yours. Any use of another person s work is a breach of the school academic conduct and copyright laws. Work will be assessed based on the criteria set forth in the assignment, the skills covered in class and principles and elements of design discussed in class. Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend and participate in all classes; since this is a weekly class, one semester absence is tolerated, a second absence will lower the student s grade 3 points and a third absence will result in failure. Lateness to class is equal to an absence. Cell Phone Policy/Internet Use: Cell phone devices must be completely turned off during class time. This means no calls, no checking voice mail, no instant messaging, no surfing the web, no , no games, or any other applications your cell phone device will perform. (You may request from the instructor at the beginning of a class to leave your cell phone turned on to vibrate if there is a personal emergency situation, but you must leave the classroom to use the phone.) The classroom computers are not to be used to access the internet during class time for anything but class work. Photo /Computer Labs: Open lab time is provided for any student currently registered in a credit bearing photography course at SCCC. You are required to use your ID card when signing into open lab. You cannot

3 use the lab without your ID card. No visitors are allowed in the Photography Lab at any time, unless approved by the instructor one week before the visit. No open food or drink is allowed in either the photography or digital lab at any time. Extra Help: I will be available for extra help a half hour before and a half hour after class. Equipment: Digital SLR Camera of at least 6 MB for photo majors and at least a 4 MB fully adjustable digital camera for non-photo majors (with camera instruction manual) Portable External Hard Drive (Minimum 120 GB) Supplies: Class notebook Memory Cards 50 Sheets of Epson 8.5 x 11 Photo Quality Paper Portfolio Storage Black 3 Ring Display Book 8.5 x 11 Display Sleeves Clear Standard Sheet Protectors 3 Ring Camera Batteries (Charged) Camera Cable or Card Reader for Download (Above supplies to be replaced as needed.) You are expected to come to class prepared with all of the above for each class. I would suggest that you have a special bag for your photography course supplies and equipment and that you set up the night before class. Please check that your batteries are charged, you have the right cable or card reader for download, etc. If you are prepared for class you will succeed, but if you are not you will lose valuable work time and teacher assistance. Weekly Outline: See Outline of Weekly Class Work for ART145: Digital Photography I for more information.

4 SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Outline of Weekly Class Work for ART145: Digital Photography I Semester: Fall 2010 Section: Digital Photography I ART Location: Eastern Campus, Orient Building, Room 205 Meeting Time: Saturday, 9 am to 1:10 pm, September 11, 2010 to December 19, 2010 Instructor: JoAnne Dumas Contact: [email protected] Course Outline: Review of course outline, attendance policy and equipment needs. Log on to computer and navigate to Bridge, PhotoShop and D2L. Work on images provided, learn renaming of images (01LastNameFileNumber.jpg) and use of drop box. Introduce basic digital camera controls, discuss DSLR vs. point and shoot, use of different modes, exposure control, shutter speed, aperture, reciprocity, movement control, focus, depth of field, use of the camera s histogram and composition. For next week read chapter 1, do assignment 1 (5 points) and bring all equipment, supplies and materials in the course outline to class (5 points). (You have 2 weeks before your next class so this is gives you extra time to be prepared.) Exercises in composition, using shutter speed for effects, lighting techniques, flash, depth of field and introduction to lenses, focal length, perspective, polarization, vignetting and filters. For next week read chapter 2 and do assignment Introduce studio lighting. Form groups for use of the lighting studio. Review chapter 3 on light and exposure. Discuss histograms on the camera, use of light meters, flash, cold light, hot lights, cross lighting, table top, fill flash, remote flash, interior and exterior lighting situations. For next week read chapter 3 and do assignment Work on additional adjustment of images using levels, curves, cropping, selections, feathering, cloning, perspective adjustments, layers, smart objects smart filters and conversion of images to mono tone, duo tone or spot color. For next week read chapter 4 and 5 and do assignment Introduce the use of a tripod, low light situations, motion blur, panning. Discuss types of printers, printer color profiles, paper profiles, external storage, back up systems, file size, archival methods--types of inks and papers, matting techniques, framing, printed image protection, file protection copyrighting. For next week read chapters 6, 7 and 8 and do assignment Continue working on portraits and still life images in the light studio. Advanced critique discussion on composition and digital darkroom techniques. Discuss techniques for selecting work to be put into a portfolio, photo essay or a body of work. For next week read chapter 9 and do assignment 6.

5 Methods of creating shallow depth of field with various lenses and distance as well as using Gaussian blur in PhotoShop. Discuss simulation of other camera techniques such as motion blur and double exposure. For next week read chapter 10 and do assignment Continue adjusting images with PhotoShop and use burning, dodging, layers, selections, sharpening, composting, contrast, retouching and other adjustments we have covered. Discuss ethics in digital imaging. For next week read pp. 204 through 210 and do assignment Continue portfolio work. Review necessary camera techniques and review composition and eye movement techniques. Conduct student critiques of portfolios in progress. For next week read pp. 212 through 215 and do assignment Continue portfolio work. Introduction to sources of camera and program information on the internet. Student critiques of portfolios in progress. Do assignment Continue portfolio work. Student critiques of portfolios in progress. assignment Class and individual critique of images and prints to-date. Review for final. Individualized work Final exam, presentation of 12 printed images in a portfolio and submission of these images with your name on the file and saved as jpgs (01LastNameFileNumber.jpg ) in a folder with your NameFinal Portfolio 01Dumas22.jpg DumasFinalPortfolio