| Cerritos College Photo 122 - Color Photography Syllabus Fall 2010 Teacher: Ed Heckerman Room: FA 40 Office: FA 64B class hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 4:00 - 7:00 PM office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 3:00 - 4:00, and Tuesdays 10:00 - 11:00 office phone: (562) 860-2451 x2603 http://www.cerritos.edu/eheckerman/ Course Description: This course provides instruction in the practical and theoretical principles of color photography. The student will examine choices in film, scanning, digital capture, and digital output. Image evaluation will include technical considerations of light, exposure, color correction, computer monitor calibration, and advanced inkjet printing procedures. Furthermore, color and vision, color theory, and color symbolism will be examined at length. Specific assignments will be addressed with individual and class critiques. Lab Fee: $ 20.00 Attendance Three tardy arrivals are equivalent to an absence. Any student with more than six unexcused absences, including lab days, will be dropped. Absences due to illness, family emergencies, jury duty, and religious holidays will be excused unless excessive only if it is feasible for the student to make up the lost time. It is the student's responsibility to notify the instructor promptly of the expected dates of predictable excused absences. Also, if a student arrives fifteen or more minutes late, or leaves class early without requesting to do so for whatever reason, they will receive a half-absence. If the student does not work on lab days they will be marked absent even if they are physically present. Grading and Withdrawal Criteria: The following factors will influence the final grade: a. Participation, including class discussions, critiques, and attendance. Also included in this category will be effort and enthusiam, courtesy, and appropriate lab etiquette. (10%) b. Excellence and punctuality of assignments (80%) - Late assignments will receive one full reduced letter grade. Late assignments will not be accepted in excess of one week past the due date, except for excused absences. - All assignments except the final project may be redone after the due date for a higher grade, but late assignments will not receive an "A" unless the student's absence on the due date was excused. c. Workbook (10%) For additional information on attendance and grading see the Cerritos College General Catalog. Plagarism Statement Representing the ideas of another as one's own is not acceptable. Classroom Conduct Please turn off your cell phone. Do not cause disturbances in class. Please do not chat while the teacher is lecturing or during class discussions and critiques. Make an effort to be courteous to the teacher and remain vertical during all classroom activities. Do not take extra long breaks. Please do not come to class under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol. Lab Conduct Please do not handle other student's work unless unavoidable. If you must touch another student's prints or negatives please handle them as if they were your own. Do not use the inkjet printers without the approval of the lab tech or teacher. Special Needs / Disabilities If you think you will require any special assistance please contact the Disabled Persons Programs and Services (562) 860-24511 x2333 (DSPS) office on campus immediately and we will do our best to accommodate your needs. Materials Needed Professional camera stores (a selection): - Samy’s Camera, 585 Venice Blvd., Venice, (310) 450-4551 - Samy's Camera, 431 Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 938-2420 - Bel Air Camera, 10925 Kinross Ave. at Gayley in Westwood Village, (310) 208-5150 - Calumet, 1135 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA (213) 466-1238 - Calumet, 1430 S. Village Way, Suite A, Santa Ana, (714) 285-0143 - Freestyle, 5124 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, (213) 660-3460 - Freestyle Catalog Quick Order Counter 12231 Florence Ave. Santa Fe Springs, (800) 292-6137 Class Calendar This calendar is subject to alteration, additions, and omissions at the teacher’s discretion, including due dates for assignments. If the student was absent the previous session they should make sure to check http://www.cerritos.edu/eheckerman/ (click on "teaching" link) for updates and revisions to the calendar. In the event that we should find ourselves ahead of schedule, a field trip to a gallery or museum housing a photo exhibition may be arranged. Please always bring your camera so that you can use the time to take photographs in the event no computer station is available. 1. 8/16/10 Review of syllabus / materials needed for class Lecture: Illuminations on Color and Light Clarifying Options: Film (negative and transparency) vs. Digital Capture (Raw and Jpeg formats) Related Reading: The Beginning of the Rainbow from "Color" by Victoria Finlay 2. 8/18/10 Lecture: The Reverie of Color; Theories of Color Harmony Assignment #1 explained Video: "What About Me?" by Sakyong Mipham Assignment #5 explained Clarifying Options: Setting Color Space and white balance, and other in-camera options; film and Kelvin temperature 3. 8/23//10 Lecture: Luminism and the Transcendence of the "Vulgar"; DVD special feature The Look of Amelie; The New School Paradigm - Big and Colorful Photoshop: Adjustment Layers - Hue / Saturation and Channel Mixer Discuss Victoria Finay reading Related Reading: Towards A Chaotic Sea by Shomei Tomatsu 4. 8/25/10 C-41, E-6 and Cross Processing Output Options: Chromogenic Printing; Ilfochrome Printing, Inkjet, and Light Jet Demo: Importing and processing Raw files Photoshop: Processing value and contrast Photoshop: Color Processing Options 5. 8/30/10 Demo: Scanning negatives and transparencies Demo: Operating the Epson 7880 and 7800 inkjet printers Lab 6. 9/1/10 Demo: Monitor Calibration Lab Labor Day 7. 9/8/10 Lab 8. 9/13/10 Discuss Shomei Tomatsu reading Beginning of Film Analysis Presentations Lab 9. 9/15/10- Lecture: Coded Color - Social and Emotional Symbolism; scene selections from the film Hero Assignment #2 explained 10. 9/20/10 Lab 11. 9/22/10 Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations Critique of Assignment #1 Lab 12. 9/27/10 Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations Lab 13. 9/29/10 Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations Lab 14. 10/4/10 Lecture: Ambient Photography Assignment #3 explained Lab 15. 10/6/10 Critique of Assignment #2 Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations 16. 10/11/10 Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations Lab 17. 10/13/10 Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations Lab 18. 10/18/10 Lecture / Demo: Presentation and Display Options Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations Lab 19. 10/20/10 Lecture / Demo: Storing and Archiving Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations Lab 20. 10/25/10 Lecture: Background As Subject Assignment #4 explained Photoshop: Working with Layers Lab 21.10/27/10 Critique of Assignment #3 Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations 22. 11/1/10 Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations Lab 23. 11/3/10 Continuation of Film Analysis Presentations Lab 24. 11/8/10 Lab 25. 11/10/10 Lab 26. 11/15/10 Lecture: Portfolio Strategies Assignment #6 (final project) explained Lab 27. 11/17/10 Critique of Assignment #4 Lab 28. 11/22/10 Extra Credit Assignments explained Individual meetings with teacher Lab 29. 11/24/10 Individual meetings with teacher Lab 30. 11/29/10 Individual meetings with teacher Lab All redo assignments due 31. 12/1/10 Individual meetings with teacher Lab 32. 12/6/10 Critique of Assignment #6 Part 1 Pot Luck 33. 12/8/10 Critique of Assignment #6 Part 2 Pot Luck 34. Finals Week (date yet to be determined) Final Exam Pick-up Final Project Assignments Enough lab time will be provided to complete all assignments during class time. However, a considerable amount of extra time outside of class hours will be required to successfully take photographs and complete the reading necessary to actively participate in class discussions. Do not use old work. New images must be generated for each assignment. (See individual assignment sheets for descriptions, related reading, objectives, suggestions, and evaluation criteria.) (Percentages do not include participation (10%) and other factors listed at the beginning of this syllabus.) 1. Imperative Color (10%) 2. Coded Color (10%) 3. Ambient Color (10%) 4. Trace and Transformation (20%) 5. Film Analysis (10%) 6. Final Project (no redo / 20%) 7. Workbook (10% of grade) Each student is required to keep an ongoing written journal reflecting on the assigned readings and lectures. It is recommended that the student take exhaustive notes, but these are not required. A qualitative response is more valuable than a large quantity of words. The journal should not be written at the end of the semester, but rather be evidence of a continuing personal investigation into color, why you work in color, and what color means to you. Extra Credit 1. Exhibition Review View an exhibition space currently housing a show with color photographs. Write a one to two page review. This piece of writing should demonstrate that not only have you observed the exhibition, but also considered the works personal, cultural, and social import. Engage in the following four activities: describing, interpreting, evaluating, and theorizing, with the goal of increasing appreciation and understanding of the works in question. 2. Custom Color Chart Make your own color chart. Feel free to be funky, beautiful, outrageous, goofy, or as sublime as you wish. Include your color chart in several photographs in various lighting conditions, i.e. diffused (fog, overcast), shade, bright sunlight, early morning and late afternoon. Try to match the colors on your chart when printing. The chart can be either the primary or secondary subject of the photographs, but whichever the case, make the picture more than a mere document of a color chart. Please hand in your assignments together with proof sheets, and the appropriate assignment description sheet with your name on it. Please note: Poorly done redos will not improve your grade. However, you may redo the assignments more than once. All assignment redos are due on 11/28/07. |
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