Assignment 1 for Critique 1

Take three series of photographs present them unedited except for levels.

1. Take a series of five photographs of roughly the same view in the early morning, mid afternoon, late afternoon or early evening, dusk and night. Notice how the lighting affects shadows, highlights, contrast and color intensity.
2. Take a series of five photographs of different views of the same object or area. Take some closer and some further away. Also vary the direction it is shot from. Do not take them at mid day. Notice how scale, focus and composition issues change from image to image.
3. Stand in one place (three foot circle) and take a series of five photographs. Look for strong compostions.

Format for all assignements. Bring them to class for the critique on a zip disk stored as full size .jpg images.

Label the images as follows:

Series 1

Your intials in caps, followed by the time of day, folowed by .jpg as in LHKevening.jpg

Series 2

Your initials in caps followed by series2 follwed by -1, 2,3,4, or 5, followed by .jpg as in LHKseries2-3.jpg

Series 3

Your initials in caps followed by series2 follwed by -1, 2,3,4, or 5, followed by .jpg as in LHKseries2-3.jpg

Each of the series is graded pass/ fail (90 for pass 59 for fail)

Assignment 2 for Critique 2 Shoot a series of images, Archive the orginals, turn copies to black and whites, crop and edit them as necessary to evaluate them. Choose the best three images and do a careful job converting them to black and whites, edit them as necessary and turn in a self critique sheet. File names should consist of your initials, followed by Crit2 followed by 1,2,and 3.

Assignment 3 for Critique 3 Shoot a series of images. Archive the originals.Convert the photographs into black and whites. Recolorize the photographs using Duotone Mode, Layer Color Blend mode or another technique. Turn in the best three images and a self critique sheet. Print one image 8x10 or a little smaller. Put it in a clear plastic image sleeve. Turn it in with your images on disk.

Assignement 4 for Critique 4 Shoot a series of images. Archive the originals. Edit them. Print the best three. turn them in in plastic sleeves and on disk.

Final Portfolio Twenty of your best images submitted on disk in .jpg format. The should be labeled in the folowing format Initials followed by portfolio followed by a two digit number 01,02 etc. followed by .jpg. The preceding zero in "01" is important.

Final Project

1. Select a photographer from Newhall’s History of Photography.
2. Have the professor approve your selection by April 12th.
3. Take photographs that relate to this photographer’s work in style, concept and/or subject matter. You should have many (20+) photographs from which to choose. Select 3-5 photographs that you think are your best, title them, print them and present them in plastic protectors, in a binder.
4. Write a paper. The paper should be 3-5 pages, double-spaced and MUST include the following information:
   1. The selected photographer’s name, country and dates.
   2. Information about their style, technique, and contributions to the history of Photography.
   3. How your photographs relate to the work of your selected photographer.
   4. cite at least 3 references (2 from printed publications); include AUTHOR,TITLE, PUBLISHER, YEAR, and PAGE NUMBER, or WEB SITE.
5. Add your essay to the binder.

You can find additional books and articles in the library on many of these photographers. The ART INDEX is helpful for finding articles, as is the internet.

GRADING: Essay

• Name ,country, dates (10)
• Photographer’s style, technique, historical importance (20)
• Info on how your work relates (10)

Photos

• Quality of images (20)
• Relation to Photographer (20)
• Quality of presentation (10)
• Works cited (10)

Minor White said “photography is the art of selection.”

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