Vis/Pro Syllabus Complete FALL 2009

#1

09/01 Intro
09/03 Bring camera and film to photograph
Lecture: Camera, Film and Exposure
Demo: Film Developing
Blogs
Class pic
Read: Upton & Upton. Chapter 1,2 &3.
Source Book: 10 Photographers-Names and examples
A paragraph on the most important photograph in your life

09/05-06 Lecture: Project #1
Demo: Making Contact Sheet ,The Print
Read: Chapter 4&5. **memorize chart on pg 99 ( B&W zones ).
Recommend : Chapter 16, History o f Photography.
Exerciset#1: read The Vocabulary of Form. William Henry Fox Talbot, " Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing"

#2

09/08 Printing
09/10 Printing
Source: What is offensive? 10 examples


#3

09/15 Critique Exercise #1
Lecture: A Short History
Source: Photo of 3 people that you know, 3 people that you would like to know, and 3
strangers
Recommend: Peter Turner. History o f Photography Chapter 5: Brave New World. The Rise of Modernism.

09/17 Workday


#4


09/22 Critique#1
09/24 Critique#1
Source: Names and examples of at least 3 artists for possible emulation

09/29
10/01

10/06 Demo: Toning and Matting
10/08 Workday
Source: 20 images lifted from other blogs

10/13 Critique #2
10/15 Critique #2

Fall Break

Vis/pro Sylllabus. Fall 2009
2nd Module

10/27 Lecture: Personae
Demo: Scanning
Sign up for Evaluations
Lab clean up
Sourcebook: 3 portfolio from Zone Zeroe
Check out pinhole resource

10/29
Bring materials for Pin Hole
Demo: Toning
Source Book: Nominating the best 3 blogs


Weekend Brunch @ Pipo

11/03 Lecture: Brief History
Workday
11/05 Lecture: The landscape
Demo: Lighting
Work in Progress

11/10 Workday
11/12 Critique 3

11/17 Critique 3
11/19 Lecture and demo

11/24 Open Lab
11/26 Thanksgiving

12/01 Work in progress
12/03 Workday

12/08 Final Critique
12/10 Final Critique

052/02 Email Fall 2009

brian.becker@oberlin.edu,Brendan.Casey@oberlin.edu,
Gary.Cohen@oberlin.edu, Rachel.cotterman@oberlin.edu,
efeld@oberlin.edu,sjee@oberlin.edu,
slo@oberlin.edu,Rebecca.Mann@oberlin.edu, arhee@oberlin.edu ,
lla@oberlin.edu,Claire.Stepherson@oberlin.edu,lkim@oberlin.edu,colemma@gmail.com,
joanna.percher@oberlin.edu,afine@oberlin.edu,nmine@oberlin.edu

052/01 Email Fall 2009

Alyssa.cypher@oberlin.edu, jdevito@oberlin.edu,tfung@oberlin.edu,
sjang@oberlin.edu, sniedbal@oberlin.edu,
Francesca.reinisch@oberlin.edu,nsteinma@oberlin.edu,
aolmsted@oberlin.edu,lbriffa@oberlin.edu,hadass.silver@oberlin.edu,
achomet@oberlin.edu,sblankem@oberlin.edu,apohanka@oberlin.edu,
rblank@oberlin.edu, ddudley@oberlin.edu

Making a B&W contact sheet

Color Group Email. Fall 09

theora.kvitka@oberlin.edu,leah.greenberg@oberlin.edu,
sophia.miles@oberlin.edu,Erika.zarowin@oberlin.edu,
leo.walker@oberlin.edu,elias.steltenpohl@oberlin.edu,
vkarim@oberlin.edu,Sophia.yapalater@oberlin.edu,
James.hagan@oberlin.edu,Meredith.simon-pearson@oberlin.edu

052. Vispro Syllabus, Fall 2009

#1

09/01
09/03 Bring camera and film to photograph
Lecture: Camera, Film and Exposure
Demo: Film Developing Making Contact Sheet
Blogs
Read: Upton & Upton. Chapter 1,2 &3.
Source Book: 10 Photographers-Names and examples
A paragraph on the most important photograph in your life


09/05-06 Lecture: Project #1
Demo: Making Contact Sheet ,The Print
Read: Chapter 4&5. **memorize chart on pg 99 ( B&W zones ).
Recommend : Chapter 16, History o f Photography.
Exerciset#1: read The Vocabulary of Form. William Henry Fox Talbot, " Some Account of the Art of Photogenic Drawing"

#2

09/08 Printing

09/10 Printing

#3

09/15 Critique Exercise #1
Lecture: A Short History
Source: Photo of 3 people that you know, 3 people that you would like to know, and 3
strangers
Recommend: Peter Turner. History o f Photography Chapter 5: Brave New World. The Rise of Modernism.



09/17

#4


09/22 Critique#1
09/24 Critique#1

09/29
10/01

10/06 Demo: Toning and Matting
10/08 Workday

10/13 Critique #2
10/15 Critique #2

Fall Break

078/01 Syllabus. Fall 2009

#1

09/01 Intro
Ordering Materials
Create Blogs

09/03 Color Exposure
Demo: Film Developing
Demo: Printing
Project #1
EXERCISE#1: Printing a B&W negative using color paper
Project 1
EXCERCISE#1: Printing a B&W negative using color paper
Source Book: 5 inspiring classical paintings
5 photo websites


09/05-06

#2

09/08 Looking at Exercise #1
09/10 Demo: The Digital Contact Sheet
Source Book: 10 examples of work and photographers of post 90s
Read: T. Barret Criticizing Photographs First 3 chapters


#3

09/15 Critique #1


09/17 Critique #1
Making a book


#4


09/22 Lighting
10 images made with artificial lightings (not yours)
09/24 Lighting
your 3 images with artificial lights


#5

09/29 Workday
10/01 Workday

#6

10/06 Crit# 2
10/08 Crit #2
#7

10/13 Project #3
Source: 5 photographers working with staged narratives
10/15 Open

Fall Break