ClassInfo

This is an introductory class incorporating both digital and analog (black and white darkroom) technologies. This course will be conducted in-person. We will emphasize a balance of technical skills, exploration of personal vision, and development of critical thinking and vocabulary relating to photography. Your own image making will be considered in the context of photography as a fine art. Class activities will consist of lectures, demonstrations, lab time, readings, discussions, and critiques. The core of the class work is a series of assignments, as well as exercises. Students' work will be constructively discussed by classmates and instructor. Students will learn the fundamentals of camera operation, composition, moment, light, and subject. Students will be introduced to both analog and digital hardware, darkroom developing/printing, and software tools for image adjustment/manipulation (primarily Adobe Lightroom Classic).

You are required to provide your own advanced digital camera capable of producing RAW files, and with manual control of shutter speed and f-stop.

Grading of the work in this course is determined including but not exclusive to this criteria and considerations:

Achievement of the criteria of the assignment

Understanding, discovery, and quality of the resolution of the ideas in your work

Evidence of intention behind the work

Challenged yourself and quantity of work, making enough of it to explore and claim your ideas

Technical quality of work with appearance and presentation

Attendance and class participation to create a forum for critical dialogue, sharing ideas, and speculating on possibilities in each-others work

About 6 hours of online work each week plus additional time making photographs and editing/post-processing in Adobe Lightroom Classic.