Studio Fundamentals: Photography Art IS 210x - Spring Semester 2012
Instructor: Emma Powell, Office: 50 Design, E-mail: epowell@iastate.edu
Course times: Monday & Wednesday 11 - 1:50; Friday 11 - 1, Location: DESIGN 0003
*Cameras* (2nd Link)... can be checked out from the communications building.
If links do not work EMAIL me! So I can fix them.
Extras (calls for entries, links to blogs etc...)
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Week 6
Monday - Reiman Gardens
-Bring your camera and film! Meet at the gardens or in the classroom (on time!)
Week 5
Road Not Taken due Wed. 4-5 images!
Research Assignment -These will be presented at the end of the course. Start preliminary research to choose who you would like to study. Tell me when you have decided. If you know what kind of photography you are interested in but not a specific photographer let me know and I will help you pick one.
Read Chapter 2: Black and White Printing for Friday Feb. 10th
Week 4
Week 3
Read the chapeter on Developing a Negative (from the textbook) Due Monday 1/30/12
2 Prints (Simplicity and Harmony) and contact sheets due Friday 1/27/12
-Here is a helpful image to look over as you continue to learn your camera. -Some specifics may vary depending on your camera.
Extra handouts
How to Photograph moving water
Week 2
Bring paper Friday
FYI - Thursday January 19th 4:30-6 Brunnier Art Museum Faculty exhibition
Week 1 Downloads:
Survey 2nd link-Hand in or email by Wed. Jan 11th
Camera Basics Presentation -2nd Link
Assignment 1 (finish a roll of film for Wed. Jan 18) or 2nd Link
Seeing Photographs -Due Friday 10/21 -2nd Link
Bring Wed:
Filled out introductory survey (or email)
Bring in your camera + 1 roll of film
Bring in several small objects (smaller than a sheet of paper) with interesting silhouettes or transparent quality. example - an interesting leaf with holes, a piece of lace, a glass object...
Reading Due FRIDAY:
"Seeing Photographs"
Text: Photography (Barbara London) p. 309-330 or download (the downloaded version is slightly different/older, but they both have the same info). *I will not be uploading every reading, you will need to buy the book.
Bring to class friday: Bring in a photograph. It can be out of a magazine, in a book, and old family photo...
This might help If you are confused by camera controls: